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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 | 288 | 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 | 146 | 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 | 250 | 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 | 277 | 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 | 2189 | 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 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

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

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 | 38 | 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 | 5 | 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 | | 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 | 12 | by Israel Dube

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 | 17 | 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 | | by Israel Dube

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 | 4 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter

Shona judge jails Mthwakazi activists for carrying knobkerries

NINE activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were sentenced to varying jail terms when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Mr Tawengwa Sangster.The nine who had pleaded not guilty were sentenced to jail terms of between 33 …

Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

BREAKING: 9 Mthwakazi activists given community service

Information reaching this publication indicate that the Bulawayo magistrate courty has has handed down community service sentence on nine Mthwakazi Republic Party officials who include national league chairperson Sibongile Banda, Busi Moyo…

Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Mthwakazi delegation engages Zimbabwean ambassador over xenophobic attacks

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Tuesday held a meeting with Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi in Pretoria over a myriad of challenges facing Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring country, including recent xenopho…

Published: 05 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi hits back at Mnangagwa

THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Thursday hit back at Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for making unsavoury remarks against him and his party.Mnangagwa took issue with MRP leader, Mqondisi Moyo's separatist thrust, in which …

Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bulelani's speech on King Mzilikazi Day 2021

Mahlabezulu ,Mthwakazi omuhle, zingane zobaba.Mthwakazi omuhle , namhlanje sihlangane lapha ngosuku olukhulu kakhulu esizweni sethu, ngilethemba elikhulu ukuthi iningi laMahlabezulu lihlanganele kunye lathi ngesikhathi esifanayo kwi nkundl…

Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:59hrs | 23 | by King Bulelani Lobengula kaMzilikazi

Inhlokomo rolls up its sleeves

Inhlokomo YeSizwe sika Mthwakazi is rolling up its sleeves and getting hands on by setting regional structures on the ground. After taking a momentary and deliberate pause to give space for the Phutheho Convention, Inhlokomo is setting off…

Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by IYS

The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims

Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it was desecrated by the evil ZANU-PF forces yet ag…

Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | 3 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza

Nomazulu Thata: Response to your Open Letter

As a personal policy, I rarely respond to comments. But I take exception to yours, which is remarkably interesting as a delusion of an illusion of an existence.1) I do not know the Israel Dube that you are talking about. My name is what it…

Published: 18 May 2021 at 20:34hrs | 2 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza

Jailed Mthwakazi activists in freedom bid

LAWYERS representing incarcerated Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists have applied for bail at the High Court. The application comes after several efforts to secure the freedom of the secessionist party members at the magistrate court…

Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Is secession the only thing that could free Matabeleland?

KALIQUNYE means "cut it" - in this case, cut the country, divide it. It is a demand for independence by the people of Matabeleland or Mthwakazi Republic Party.what the party is advocating for resonates with many in Matabeleland and I belie…

Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 13 | by Thandekile Moyo

Marginalisation, tribalism - The emergence of Mthwakazi Republic Party

A PARTY of young people from Matabeleland, the Mthwakazi Republic Party, believes there is no reason for Matabeleland to remain under the subjugation of Zimbabwe and they have been calling for secession.The Mthwakazi Republic Party's argum…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Thandekile Moyo

9 Mthwakazi activists to spend Easter behind bars

NINE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists who are facing public violence charges were Thursday remanded in custody to 16 April by Bulawayo magistrate Tawengwa Sengester.This was revealed to NewZimbabwe.com by one of the activists' lawy…

Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Tawengwa denies Mthwakazi activists bail

A Bulawayo magistrate Friday denied bail on nine Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists, saying there were high chances the group was going to abscond trial.Magistrate Tawengwa Sengester also ruled the state had a strong case against the…

Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activists bail ruling on Friday

BULAWAYO magistrate Tawengwa Sangster is Friday expected to deliver his ruling in a case in which nine activists of firebrand opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) are seeking bail following their arrest for alleged public violence.The…

Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

False start to Mthwakazi activists' bail hearing

BAIL application hearing for nine Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists failed to kick off in Bulawayo Tuesday after prosecutors failed to produce medical examination reports of the group.Last week, the activists' lawyers applied for an…

Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

9 Mthwakazi activists seek bail

MINE members of the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) will appear in court today for bail application following their arrest last week after they protested outside Bulawayo Central Police Station.The activists sang anti-governmen…

Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland activists 'under siege'

HUMAN rights activists have accused authorities of employing unorthodox means to hound government critics following reports that armed police raided the house of a leader of a Matabeleland-based militant opposition party with the intention…

Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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