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William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 794 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's Minister 'torments' NUST female student
The Minister of State responsible for Agricultural Colleges, Water Resources, and Irrigation Development, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Davis Marapira, has allegedly brought a National University of ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women should be wary of the 'Black police chief phenomenon' but strive to hold real power and influence in society
It is always encouraging reading news reports of women raising up the most treacherous ladder of power - which is usually fraught with seemingly insurmountable challenges, and much resistance from tho...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Linda Masarira's utterances are Zimbabwean: women are merciless judges and advocates at the same time
It is not uncommon in our Zimbabwean societies to see evil deeds mostly on women. Men are in most cases exonerated by the very women who are victims of patriarchal settings. Reading about Linda condem...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
We are not abandoning Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa
To be a woman activist in Zimbabwe is totally different from being an activist in the comforts of Germany. I have come to terms with this fact. Women activism especially in our societies does not mean...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 14:56hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Open letter to Jean Gasho!
Dear Jean, Its already August 2021; incredible how time has flown!My recent conversation with you was uplifting it is one of those rare telephone calls one gets out of the blue we comm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Banjani abantwana ngekhaya? Ndebele women included: Celebrating the International Day of the African Child
To be fair to other cultures in Zimbabwe, it is only in Ndebele culture where a woman is considered and addressed as a child regardless of her age. Ndebele women are called abesintwana by their male c...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 21:56hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
The fighting spirit of Honourable Joanne Mamombe deserves honour: Salute my girl-child
After 2 minutes of watching a video in New Zimbabwe news media, Honourable Mamombe was narrating how they got attacked by a snake in the prison cell in the middle of the night, I did not finish watchi...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 22:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Dr Masimba Mavaza, sex in Zimbabwean culture is tantamount to rape. Men think sex is physics!
Dr. Mavaza, your article was informative, I am sure many will benefit from your input. What excited me most in your article is not so much about sex element which is exciting enough but your confirmat...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
What does it mean searching hymen inside an 18-yr-old daughter's vaginal opening? Hon Priscilla Mishihairabwi-Mushonga I need an
Much as we would like to believe that our societies and families are holier than thou: far from it. We are worse off today, yesterday and a century ago. Violence against women and girl-children is pre...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
If I had married that man, I would be dead by now!
The level of violence in Zimbabwe is alarming: domestic violence accompanies the life of a married woman daily. Daily we read depressing news about the growing number of cases of femicide. Today again...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa thinks white people are stupid!
The former Vauxhall Labour MP Hon. Kate Hoey said: Mnangagwa is Mugabe mark two. This week has been spectacular by proving this statement as more or less correct but in reverse. In a feat of rage, Mug...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 13:48hrs | 39 | by Nomazulu Thata
Deaths on black women on the rise in Germany; how many deaths will it take until we know that too many women have died?
The cold-blood murders of black women in Germany are not German men as such but African men. Bremen-North is plunged into a shock, the newspapers are filled with a recent event of a mother murdered by...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Her privates are too big for Chamisa: My reply
Her privates are too big for Chamisa; Herbert Garikai commented on an international world's favourite newspaper: "The Angolan Times." To think that this man is a diplomat representing Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 15:21hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
The Heroine of Matabeleland is fallen! Matabeleland has heroes and heroines too!
The beautiful ones were born, but not acknowledged; these are women from Zapu - Matabeleland: Soneni Ngweny-Matiwaza is a nations' heroine: who cares today!The lyric from Bob Dylan goes like t...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Fare thee well dear Comrade Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu
He was never a mainstream thinker because he thought outside the box all the time, appearing as if he was a rebel in the Zapu leadership setup. In many ways he was controversial because he was...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:29hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
I thought I saw Jessie Majome in Bremen/Germany; No: it was Manuela Fischer
The similarities of these two great African women cannot be summarized in a single sentence because there is a lot in them that define them as true African woman and African in them both. These two wo...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 20:36hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
When a woman says NO it is a No! Period!
This is the strong message that President Ramaphosa of South Africa gave to the women of South Africa who demonstrated at the Union buildings on the 2nd of August 2018, commemorating the past event of...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Liberate and free the last colony of Africa
Dear Mr. S. Sibanda, "Very true that woman are marginalized" by S. Sibanda That was your article on the 8th of August 2018 on Bulawayo24: I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 17:45hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's political demise: the best thing to happen to us women!
Chamisa was big-headed: he knew it all, apparently never listened to advice because he thought whatever advice came from himself. He lacked foresight, he lacked leadership qualities, his words were un...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 21:37hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Disturbing Harare Demo! Pastor and Advocate Chamisa is surrounded by mob shouting HURE, to Justice Priscilla Chigumba
The Pastor and Advocate Chamisa finds it right and fitting to be surrounded by a mob shouting obscenities on Justice Priscilla Chigumba. The entire mob is for Chamisa a means to his ambitious ends. If...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
In Attorney Jessie Majome and Hilma Shindondola-Mote, Meme Nomzamo Winnie Madikizela Mandela lives on!
It is barely three months when we celebrated the life of of our heroine Ma Winnie Mandela in style: we never cried our eyes out mourning Winnie Mandela; instead, we had the opportunity to reflect on h...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 13:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
#ME-TOO movement in Zimbabwe will be supported by Zimbabwe men!
Fourth letter to the women of ZimbabweI wish you a happy women's day to you all my fellow Zimbabweans wherever you may be: kumativi mana enyika. There are several areas we need to celebrate ou...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa never temper with capital punishment, we need it only for paed0philes!
Third letter to Women of Zimbabwe: International Day of Women 2018Paed0philes who abuse babies, toddlers, little girls and boys should never be spared from hanging. We ask the government to up...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 18:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Its death, power and money
First letter to the women of Zimbabwe: International Women's Day 2018I read two articles about women yesterday and today from different Zimbabwe social ...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 18:22hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
She turned him down free touristic, free boarding in Germany: NUST Professor insults her hard!
A woman of 64 years, I have been officially pensioned beginning of January 2018 at the same time can continue working for another 5 years if I so wished. My age will inform that under normal circumsta...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Patrick Zhuwao haana kunyarara!
On behalf of all exiled Zimbabweans in the Diaspora: we welcome Comrade Patrick Zhuwao and some of the G40 in exile: the new version of exile is Diasporas: a subtle description of asylum seekers or ex...Published: 07 Jan 2018 at 23:16hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Barbaric Lacoste/G40 off our daughter Zanele Moyo
When the values of humanity/ Ubuntu escape a people, they turn into uncivilized practices that were used in the liberation war of Zimbabwe. Thousands of young people perished in very sad circumstances...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 11:39hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
We make sure no single seat for MDC-T in Mathebeleland! Come 2018 elections! DE-Campaigning started!
MDC-T should never get a single seat in Mathebeleland come 2018. We shall work hard to make sure they don't! We start the de-campaigning of the party MDC-T as from today until the Election Day! We say...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 18:37hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga: her dirty-women-pants! Some street language we cannot take!
It is outrageous, horrendous to hear a whole parliamentarian speaking vomit language in the presence of girl-children and young women in Bulawayo rally. Where she is supposed to show respect as an sit...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Desperation in Marriage-institutions: Zimbabwe is wholly conservative!
Some iconic Journalist Haru Mutasa questioned the desperation of Zimbabwean women in their quest for marriage on twitter: to say it verbatim: Minister Jonathan Moyo replied the good journalist: ...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 09:08hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Women bodies are prerogatives of men they marry? A reply to Khanyi Gumbo!
What an educative article to write Khanyi Gumbo on Bulawayo24, March the 21st 2017. Sorry about that sad experience you had to go through at that tender age. I really could not tell if Khanyi was a fe...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 01:24hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Jonathan Nathaniel Moyo: A pain in the everything!
It is indeed challenging to critique this young man by all account. When the article read "Jonathan Moyo the competent face of an incompetent corruptocracy:" it was the best description we could get. ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 17:23hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Girl-Students are cooking meals for their boyfriend in Zambia: First letter to the women of Zimbabwe
International Women's Day 2017 Of late the social media was telling us big time what is going on in Zambia: the dear neighbours north of us. The young women are going traditional: they are coo...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 16:46hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
What makes Professor Welshman Ncube say: Zimbabwe is a free country?
Professor Ncube has a farm, who knows if he benefited from the farm invasions of the Millennium. He is owner of several buildings and objects for trading in Bulawayo. He has above all a beautifu...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 19:35hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Fighting for the women equity rights and freedoms: the patriarchal women are to blame! Making the cause long and painful!
Dear Nimi Princewill, The problem here is not the men-folk who are oppressing us women so successfully but it's the women who are letting other women down dear Nimi! We need to fight those wom...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 18:47hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Comrade Bekezele Madumo Fuzwayo: a Man above ordinariness! I'm proud of you!
I am indeed responding to the article Cd Fuzwayo wrote on Bulawayo24.com January 19th regarding the cruelty done to a minor by some rouge desperate wife from Gwanda who paraded an innocent victim of s...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 18:01hrs | | by Nomazulu thata
This below the belt kind of thinking! Stinks to high heaven!
When we say our thinking and our ways of life has not changed to better ourselves and our communities this is one classical example. It is just sad and backward to say a girl-child does not dese...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 20:19hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Our traditions are still backward: some of them!
A lot has been said about violence against women and rightly so. It is a topic that has to be dealt with now that we once again recognize the 16 days as from the 25th of November, the Internation...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 21:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2016
Even in death the women are violated in Zimbabwe. I have in mind not so long ago, a body of a woman sex worker who was murdered, her body was found alongside the road, was photographed and was ditched...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 11:22hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Manheru attacks Nomazulu Thata
One Nomazulu Thata - that angry Zimbabwean beauty whose headgear leaves me breathless - is not too pleased with my snide comments on the sitting arrangement of Joice Mujuru, the leader of Zimbabwe Peo...Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 10:35hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
A letter to my Cousin who buys sex in German sex-shops and brothels
I hope I find you well Cousin,I send you this email for your consideration. We women in the Feminist Party Germany are fighting to abolish sex-shops and sex-houses and brothels in Germ...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 22:16hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Misplaced priorities: Mathebeleland is marginalized and abjectly poor
The seeking to restore a monarch in Mathebeleland never ceases to amaze most of us who come from the region. Is restoring a Khumalo clan indeed a priority for our region? What value is the King of Mat...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 16:32hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Nothing good comes out of Mathebeleland?
Kuwe Mnumzana Mbonisi Gumbo, After reading your letter written to Mnumzana Trevor Ncube today on Bulawayo 24, I feel compelled to write you this letter but certainly not a reply to your grieva...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 16:00hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
A girl-child's domestic chores; child labour? or acquiring a traditional woman's apprenticeship
Who has ever seen the agony of a woman in a maternity ward, having just delivered a girl-child instead of a boy-child she had hoped to get to solidify the marriage? She breaks down and cries, sh...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 23:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Presidents Mugabe Gabriel Robert; Zuma Jacob Gehleyihlekisa, Fort Hare students say voetzek!
Foot-sake is just the right word to tell both Mugabe and Zuma to go away! Voetzek Zuma, voetzek Mugabe! Those were Fort Hare students trying to force their way into the Hall where Preside...Published: 23 May 2016 at 18:52hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
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