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'Recalled Makone still running Harare'
RECALLED Harare mayor Ian Makone is still running the municipality behind the scenes advising his inexperienced successor Lovejoy Chitengu.Chitengu was recently elected mayor of Harare after M...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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 | 7 | by Nhlanhla Moses
As Rhodes falls Nehanda arises
WHILE Zimbabweans bemoan the little money spent to remember a mother of our liberation, the Black Lives Matter Movement engulfs the globe after the massacre of George Floyd. Resultantly, statues and m...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
'Vote overwhelmingly and counter (Zanu PF) rigging' - regurgitated nonsense, didn't work for 41 years why now
The 2023 elections are nigh upon us and already the volume of material offering fool proof strategies on how the opposition can win the rigged elections in growing."The only option left for th...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mashonaland police apologise over wrong Magwegwe spelling
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued an apology to members of the public after they erected a sign post at Magwegwe Police Station with a wrong spelling which has since been corrected. Messages star...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Death stalks Mnangagwa family
President Emerson Mnangagwa, former president Robert Mugabe, and all the architects of Gukurahundi - the 1980s massacre of unarmed civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands - carry a deadly curse tha...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Methusi Ncube
Could it be more about money and less about Chiwenga?
"The joke is on you," goes an English saying.If you say that the joke is on a particular person, you mean that the person has tried to make someone else look silly, but has, in the process, ma...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:37hrs | | by CONWAY TUTANI
Min. Paul Mavima speaks on leaked ZIMSEC papers
Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Paul Mavima has blasted rumours circulating on social media that certain ZIMSEC papers leaked and hence they will be a re-sitting of the same pape...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 18:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's petition weak on law, heavy on politics
THE MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa on Friday August 10, 2018 filed Constitutional Challenge Case No CCZ 42/ 2018, disputing the presidential election results announced by the Zimba...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Dr Itayi Garande
Zara Lounge serves 'Tea born' instead of T-bone
ONE of Bulawayo's trendy joints, newly opened Zarah Lounge, is trending on social media for serving 'Tea born' instead of T-bone steak.This was after one of the bar and grill's waitresses by t...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over Ndebele spellings, IDIOT Damasane defend the wrong words
A MATABELELAND South chief has accused the government of insulting Ndebele people with 'a new word' when the country's constitution was translated into the official language.The Ndebele versio...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Happy with wrong Zimbawe spelling
Dear Editor,I felt a surge of happiness when I noted that "Zimbabwe" had been spelt as "Zimbawe" on the new plaque at the renamed Tongogara Barracks. The new plaque was written Zimbawe Defence...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:08hrs | | by M Dube
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 | | by Staff reporter
Crown Camphor Cream in Ndebele language storm
Bulawayo residents have expressed concern over continued distortions of the Ndebele language by corporates, saying it was a violation of the people's identity and language. Surprisingly the shona tran...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 10:30hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Mujuru coins new Ndebele word
Mujuru coins new isiNdebele word. Many have fallen cause of misspelt ...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 12:11hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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
Ndebele spelling mistakes spark debate
THE decision by the Bulawayo City Council to correct misspellings of some of its streets and suburbs has sparked debate among the city's social analysts who argue that more needs to be done to create ...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:45hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Thank you BCC for suburbs and street names correction
I would like to sincerely thank the Bulawayo Mayor, the Bulawayo City Councilors, the Bulawayo Acting Town Clerk and all the Council Staff for the Council decision to accent to my request to have all ...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 11:49hrs | | by Khumbulani Maphosa Bulawayo Resident
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
National monument with misspelt Ndebele word
Former ZBC Radio Two personality Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has criticised authorities in Zimbabwe over a misspelt Ndebele word at the Great Zimbabwe.@EZRATSHISA, twitted: "Zim authorities c...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 15:56hrs | | by Byo24News
'I'm not Masuka, I'm Masuku,' says Auntie Dot
While Zimbabweans and others the world over have known and called her Dorothy Masuka, the legendary musician said people were getting her surname wrong.On Thursday, the jazz singer who was cel...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 14:54hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Bulawayo Zulu kaNdaba votes ZAPU
The people of Bulawayo have reaffirmed their support and voting for ZAPU candidates in the Bulawayo by-election of 10 June 2015. The slogan is "Keep ZANU PF out of Bulawayo". The younger generatio...Published: 23 May 2015 at 09:18hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Dignity in resistance
"CAN we think Zimbabwe out of this? Yes. If we abandon bigotry and bigots as a nation we can study and think Zimbabwe out of her present conflictual political condition that is seeing heroes and heroi...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 11:32hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
We are not debating with you Nathaniel Manheru
Last week I responded in part to Nathaniel Manheru's article of December 27 in which he described the people of Matabeleland as cry babies and described the Gukurahundi atrocities of theeighti...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 04:16hrs | 5 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Nathaniel Manheru - A misbegotten son of a foul mother?
After reading the latest article by Nathaniel Manheru in the Herald of 27 December 2014 titled "Southern Zimbabwe: Ending an overdue myth", I thought the article had a lot of positives covered in ...Published: 29 Dec 2014 at 11:38hrs | | by Hlosukwakha
EcoCash joins isiNdebele language violators league
Christian Changemakers has written to EcoCash expressing disappointment and dismay at the wrong Ndebele spellings in some of their merchant boards that are usually placed in shops.A Christian ...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 10:31hrs | | by Christian Changemakers Chairperson
Zimpapers and two government departments join isiNdebele language violators
Today (17.12.2014) ZIMPAPERS, Ministry of Information Communication Technology, Postal ad Courier Services and the Rural Electrification Fund joined the crusade of government and private enterprises t...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 06:58hrs | | by Concerned Christian Changemakers Chairperson
Chicken Slice pulls down Ndebele billboard
HARARE fast food outlet, Chicken Slice, was yesterday forced to pull down one of its advertising displays at their new Bulawayo branch following an outcry from Bulawayo residents over misspelt basic...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Chicken Slice must apologise to the Ndebele community
HARARE fast food outlet Chicken Slice opened its first restaurant in Bulawayo on Saturday - but it immediately ran into trouble with locals after misspelling basic isiNdebele words on its display adve...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 08:38hrs | | by Pamela Shumba and Oliver Kazunga
Chicken Slice acknowledges misspelt Ndebele advert
FAST food outlet, Chicken Slice received a baptism of fire at the opening of its first branch in Bulawayo, with the company being accused of using wrong Ndebele spellings in its advertisement....Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'China pledges shame the West,' says Mugabe
President Mugabe yesterday said pledges made by China during his recent visit have shamed those Western nations that imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe in vain efforts to effect regime change...Published: 06 Sep 2014 at 10:11hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
'Zanu-PF presses panic button,' claims MDC-T
The Movement for Democratic change led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai claimed Monday that it had unearthed "fraudulent activities around the voters' roll" as the country gears for elections to be...Published: 30 Apr 2013 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's political career is 'opposing the government of Robert Mugabe'
Now it is official and indisputable as it comes from the horse's mouth. And hear this. Morgan Richard Tsvangirai's political career is "opposing the government of Robert Mugabe". This startli...Published: 18 Oct 2011 at 13:26hrs | 1 | by Professor Jonathan Moyo, MP
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