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MRP defends calls for Mthwakazi restoration

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has defended its calls for the restoration of Mthwakazi, insisting that the movement should not be mischaracterised as reckless secessionism but as a legitimate pursuit of justice, accountability, and the…

Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:50hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi doorsteps Ramaphosa over denied health services

Matabeleland-based secessionist political outfit, the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), on Friday petitioned South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, calling for urgent intervention to stop the barring of Zimbabwean nationals from accessing …

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:28hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi in global advocacy to address Gukurahundi

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned the United Nations (UN), seeking international intervention and support for justice over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, and backing for i…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:54hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi to protest at UN Office in Pretoria

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to stage a demonstration outside the United Nations (UN) offices in Pretoria this Friday, July 4, as the party intensifies its calls for justice over the Gukurahundi atrocities and presses ahead wi…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter

Secrecy shrouds launch of Gukurahundi public hearings

Zimbabwe's long-awaited public hearings on the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities officially began today under a cloud of secrecy and mounting criticism, with observers and victims' groups describing the process as opaque, intimidating, and unli…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:58hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi rejects the genocide interviews: No justice under the perpetrator's gavel

The government of Zimbabwe has announced its so-called Gukurahundi Public Hearings, set to begin soon under the stewardship of none other than Chief Fortune Charumbira, a well-known ZANU-PF loyalist and unapologetic defender of the ruling …

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 22:30hrs | 278 | by Fikile ka Malikongwa

Western Saharawi struggle inspires Mthwakazi

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) says the increasing international calls for autonomy in the disputed Western Saharawi region have inspired its ongoing campaign for self-determination in Zimbabwe.Kenya last week became the latest country…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:06hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi struggle far from over

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on African leaders and the African Union (AU) to prioritise the unfinished business of liberation and self-determination for all marginalised communities across the continent, highlighting the …

Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:53hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter

Tshabangu seals 2030 agenda deal

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu has told legislators aligned to his faction that he has secured a deal that would allow them to remain in Parliament beyond 2028 under a proposed government of…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:30hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi launches fresh bid for secession

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has reignited its push for secession from Zimbabwe by formally petitioning the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to mediate negotiations with the Harare government.In a letter dated May 20 and…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:29hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter

ZanuPF's interference in Matabeleland traditional and cultural activities spark vitriol

THE spirited efforts by the ruling Zanu F to always mindle in the cultural and traditional activities conducted in Matabeleland has sparked vitriol from the region, with fears that this is meant to bastardise and erase the ndebele and othe…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 23:24hrs | 673 | by Stephen Jakes

The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question

I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the development of the idea of Zimbabwe and the…

Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2190 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

MRP Appeals to CICC Over Zanu PF's Crimes Against Humanity in Matabeleland

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) Leader Mqondisi Moyo has intensified his party's efforts by engaging the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) to intervene in what he describes as the Zanu PF government's oppression, margina…

Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:22hrs | 673 | by Stephen Jakes

Mthwakazi petitions UN over Zanu-PF oppression

The Matabeleland secessionist group, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), has petitioned the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies, accusing the Zanu-PF-led government of committing crimes against humanity since Zimbabwe's independ…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:28hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activist jailed for defending Plumtree students

A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhululi Jele, is in prison after allegedly challenging the interrogation of students at Phakamani High School in Plumtree. The students had clashed with their teacher over the controversial herit…

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:19hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi's Treasurer abducted by heavily armed CID officers

Nkosinathi Ncube, the National Treasurer of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), was abducted this evening, 13 December 2024, by a group of heavily armed officers from the CID Homicide department in Bulawayo.The abduction took place at appr…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 11:23hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter

Pathisa Nyathi's 'death a huge loss'

The late veteran author and publisher Pathisa Nyathi has been remembered as an icon and a fountain of wisdom who dedicated his life to telling the true story of Zimbabwe through various literary forms. Nyathi passed away at a private hospi…

Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:21hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter

UK House of Commons receives Mthwakazi petition on Zanu-PF threats

The United Kingdom House of Commons has formally acknowledged receipt of a petition from the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), raising alarm over threats and human rights abuses allegedly committed by Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF p…

Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:57hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdown on its members and pro-democracy acti…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 1156 | by Nkosi Moyo

Mthwakazi members rounded as govt intensifies crackdown

Some members of the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were reportedly detained by police in Nguboyenja, Bulawayo, yesterday amid an ongoing government crackdown on human rights and opposition activists.The clampdown on perceived …

Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:55hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi tells people's chiefs to withdraw from Gukurahundi hearings

The secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has launched an online petition to prevent Matabeleland chiefs from leading the Gukurahundi hearings, a task assigned to them by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The party argues that this invol…

Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo council worried about mushrooming shrines

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is increasingly concerned about the rise of apostolic sects conducting open-air worship in bushes, prompting a blitz to remove these illegal shrines. The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has also been raiding …

Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa aligned apostolic sects claim attacks from Mthwakazi

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has been accused of launching violent attacks on ZANU-PF-affiliated apostolic sects in Bulawayo and other parts of Matabeleland, targeting sacred shrines under the guise of removing alleged dangerous weap…

Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:16hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Vapostori4ED, Mthwakazi clash

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has been accused by shadowy Zanu-PF church affiliates of intimidating their members during raids on unregistered "bush churches" in Bulawayo. The MRP conducted these raids, targeting churches using open s…

Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo councillor praises Mthwakazi

A Bulawayo councillor has praised the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) for evicting apostolic sect churches that had set up shrines in undesignated places, noting that the local authority has failed to remove them.The local authority has att…

Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:32hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi political prisoners strengthened by jail

Activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), recently released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, declared that their imprisonment has strengthened their commitment to the restoration of the Mthwakazi State.The activists made th…

Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi youth leader 'arrested' over apostolic sect raids

Lwazi Khanye, the national youth treasurer of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), was reportedly arrested on Tuesday in connection with the party's recent raids on apostolic sect shrines in Bulawayo.These raids, which began on April 24, ha…

Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:15hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi ups campaign against apostolic sects

The Mthwakazi Republic Party has intensified its clean-up campaigns targeting Apostolic sects' open air churches operating in the bushes.The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has also been conducting raids on the churches accusing them of pollut…

Published: 19 May 2024 at 19:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activists seek medical attention in SA

Opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) members who were released from prison recently have been shipped for medical attention in South Africa.The nine former political prisoners were released recently after being sentenced to three year…

Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mthakwazi activists narrate horror stories from behind prison walls

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists have revealed details of harassment and torture as well as unfair treatment during their incarceration after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bulawayo Central Police station in 2021.The activi…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

SOS for released Mthwakazi activists

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has appealed for donations in cash or kind to support six activists and their families who spent three years in jail on charges of public violence.Nine MRP activists were in 2021 sentenced to three years …

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi vehicle disappears from Zimbabwe police station

Matebeleland-BASED Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has expressed concern over the disappearance of their impounded vehicle at Bulawayo Central Police Station.The vehicle was seized by the law enforcement agents three years ago.Police impoun…

Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi threatens blitz on 'foreign' teachers

The secessionist political party, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), has issued a threat to escalate its campaign against teachers from outside the Matebeleland region. MRP President Mqondisi Moyo, marking the organization's 10th anniversary,…

Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

MRP gears up for Umkhombandlela rally

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to host its highly anticipated Umkhombandlela Rally on December 21, 2023, at Stanley Hall in Makokoba, Bulawayo. The event comes at a crucial time for the party, which has faced a tumultuous year m…

Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Zimbabwe's Two-State Dilemma: Unveiling the marginalization of Matabeleland

In the heart of southern Africa, Zimbabwe stands as a nation marred by a tumultuous history, marked by colonial oppression, independence struggles, and a post-colonial era fraught with political turmoil. At the core of Zimbabwe's challenge…

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 07:29hrs | 22 | by Josh Mhambi

Sengezo Tshabangu, Welshman Ncube and fellow Mthwakazi, come let's declare Matabeleland independence!

"Be sure to appoint over you a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite."Blocked by a thick veil of Shona supremacism coupled with lack of …

Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube

Matebeleland South natives excluded from regional business summit

In a surprise move in Zimbabwe, Matebeleland South natives have been excluded from a business and awards summit to be held in their region.It is not clear as to who is organising this so called Mat South Business and Award summit but, Phel…

Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 13:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakai courts EU on self-rule

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has implored the European Union Observer Mission to the August 23 general elections to help the party re-establish a Mthwakazi State, separate from Zimbabwe.The party's president Mqondisi Moyo directed part o…

Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi presses for Gukurahundi compensation

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) wants the international community to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa to compensate Gukurahundi victims.There has been no redress to the 1980s mass killings that left over 20 000 people dead in Midla…

Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activist remanded to June 5

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activist Chrispen Ncube, who faces charges of public violence and malicious damage to property, has been remanded to June 5 for continuation of trial.Ncube, represented by lawyer Nqobani Sithole, appeared at …

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activists fined for doorstepping High Court

TWO members of the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) who were arrested on September 5 last year while submitting a petition to the Bulawayo High Court have been fined US$100 each.The activists were protesting "irregular" transfer…

Published: 26 May 2023 at 18:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa a 'Mthwakazi agent'

Like a busy bee in the process of pollination, Mnangagwa is now a Mthwakazi agent. Albeit death threats and intimidation, he is spreading the gospel of Matabeleland restoration in Mashonaland. The revolution has turned him into an energeti…

Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube

Mnangagwa's police refuse to release Mthwakazi car

BULAWAYO police are allegedly refusing to release a vehicle belonging to the Mata- beleland-based Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) that was impounded by the law en- forcement agency in 2021.Police impounded the Toyota Dyna ve- hicle, registr…

Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa, ZPCS given ultimatum to reverse prison transfers of jailed Mthwakazi activists

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) a four-day ultimatum to reverse the transfer of its party activists from Khami Maximum Prison to Chikurubi in H…

Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

This & that with Mal'phosa: Freedom is coming tomorrow!

Discussion over what to call the territory once ruled, as the song goes, by King Mambo and King Mzilikazi is a centre of political dispute; some population groups favour Mthwakazi while others opt for Matabeleland, but critically, most agr…

Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:24hrs | 6 | by Clerk Ndlovu

Mthwakazi petitions SA over Zimbabwe crisis

THE Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) has asked the South African (SA) government to intervene and help solve Zimbabwe's problems.In a letter addressed to SA's International Relations and Co-operation minister Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, i…

Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi warns Mnangagwa

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against ignoring their calls for secession, insisting they are prepared for a fight over the matter.Mthwakazi is the name of the original Ndebele kingdom which exis…

Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi hits back at Mnangagwa

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo has hit back at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent remarks that the political group is possessed by demons.Moyo described Mnangagwa and the ruling party Zanu-PF as the ones possessed b…

Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activist trial postponed

THE trial of Mthwakazi Republic Party National (MRP) activist Partone Xaba failed to continue on Thursday after the State failed to serve his defence with closing submissions.The matter has been before the courts since November lastyear.Th…

Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi petitions over State brutality

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over State brutality on its members following incarceration of nine members for violence.Last week, Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa Sangster jailed nine MRP member…

Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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