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Devolution helplessly biting the dust at Nkayi registry offices
Despite the unambiguous provisions of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, devolution sadly remains a pipedream in the generality of the country. For purposes of particularity, t...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:52hrs | 13 | by Nhlanhla Moses
MRP Officials confront Magwegwe Police over misspelt station name
This morning, Mthwakazi Republic Party officials comprising mainly youths, descended on Magwegwe Police Station over a banner with a wrongly spelt name of one of the prominent Ndebele chiefs "Magwegwe...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:07hrs | | by MRP
Ndebele villages or regiments: Organisational units within the state
FOR about 25 weeks now we have been investigating the phenomenon of naming, initially starting off at the cosmic level but later getting down to the terrestrial plane. Our interest has been to investi...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 7 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Spelling error angers Mnangagwa
Barely a fortnight after executing a smooth transfer of power in a soft, smart rebellion whose sophistication earned them global acclaim, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) embarrassingly unveiled a pla...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suspends street name correction changes
THE Bulawayo City Council has indefinitely suspended changing names of roads, suburbs and billboards that have wrong IsiNdebele spellings from the colonial era, due to financial challenges.The...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC adamant on misspelt names
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is forging ahead with erecting sign posts with misspelt names in the city.On 2 March, council was forced to pass a resolution indicating it would change the names....Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 10:07hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Bulawayo to rename suburbs, streets
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will shortly launch an exercise to correct misspellings of some of its streets and suburbs - a carryover from the colonial era.A full council meeting ad...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Outcry as ZBC News misspells Ndebele word
There has been a social media outcry after the state TV, ZBC, misspelt 'uGogo uMargarate Mahate vayadingwa'.A Twitter user @siemathe responded to the above screenshot which was posted on t...Published: 29 Nov 2014 at 12:01hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Delta to engage customers over Ndebele spelling mistakes
COCA-COLA is set to engage its customers across the country over incidences of misspelt names on some of its products following the "Share a Coke" campaign launched in Zimbabwe recently, an offic...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 12:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Delta downplays storm over Ndebele errors
DELTA BEVERAGES yesterday downplayed accusations for deliberately mutilating the Ndebele language saying the incidence of misspelt names on some of its products were due to editing errors and was not ...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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