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Matebeleland leaders fail to push for proper Pathisa Nyathi honour
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced only a State-assisted funeral for revered historian and author Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away on Saturday. The man deserved an honourary doctorate and a nat...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:22hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ngungumbane graduates with a PhD
In a milestone that exemplifies the advancement of governance and education in Zimbabwe, Chief Ngungumbane of Mberengwa District has earned a Doctorate Degree, cementing his unique ability to balance ...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:26hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi Day celebrations bring Bulawayo to a standstill
Bulawayo came alive with vibrant colors and festivities during the annual King Mzilikazi Day celebrations, which halted business in the city and marked the most significant event yet honoring the foun...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 8364 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Music that doesn't speak for the oppressed is not really music!
Of late, we have witnessed divided opinions on our music legend Winky D (Wallace Chirumiko).This is on account of his recent songs, which have mainly touched on the social injustices faced by ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Legendary author praises learners for passion for Ndebele language
Prominent author Barbra Makhalisa has commended the enthusiastic interest shown by students in preserving the isiNdebele language. Makhalisa made these remarks as the guest of honor at the Ndebele Lit...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi celebrations set for Mhlahlandlela
THE annual King Mzilikazi Day, a traditional ceremony to honour one of the most revered kings in Bantu history, is set to take place at Mhlahlandlela, the royal kraal of King Mzilikazi next Satu...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig says hands off Winky D
Zanu-PF outgoing member of Parliament for Mazowe South and former Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi has come out in defence of outspoken dancehall chanter-Winky D at a time he is hav...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Musanhi confident of victory in Bindura North
Zanu-PF politburo member Kenneth Musanhi remains the people's choice for the Bindura North National Assembly constituency as he continues to implement several projects aimed at empowering the youths....Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Langa to grace Matebeleland Cultural Awards
SOUTH African maskandi musician Thokozani Langa is expected to perform at this year's Matebeleland Cultural Awards (MCA) ceremony.MCA chief executive officer Philani Ncube told NewsDay Life &a...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane organises cultural, arts fest
UMZINGWANE district in Matebeleland South province has set Africa Day (May 25) as the day for its annual cultural and arts festival.Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the founding of th...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence
A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd sta...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Jamwanda
Chat GPT: The AI revolution that could change the face of Zimbabwe's economy
As artificial intelligence technologies like Chat GPT (Generative Pre-training Transformer) become more widely adopted, there is growing concern about the potential impact on employment in various ind...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 14:20hrs | 4 | by Taedzwa Chikono
She is a living LEGEND and a HERO!
Barbara Makhalisa, also known by her married name as Barbara Nkala, is a teacher, Zimbabwean writer, Ndebele translator, novelist, editor and publisher, one of the earliest female writers published in...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 09:02hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Mohammed Bushera's physical training is no exercise in futility but the future
The Mohammed Bushera story is a story of perseverance, possibilities and posterity. A story of heroism, help, honesty, health and happiness. Perhaps for someone who has never ever delved into some kin...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe documentary selected for Climate Story Lab ZA
The 2023 Climate Story Lab ZA is excited to announce that nine creative projects from five African countries have been selected to participate in the Lab. The 4-day residential lab brings together cli...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 12:36hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Pumula Arts Awards nominees unveiled
It is awards season and excitement among artistes is at a fever pitch as they wait with bated breath to see who will triumph. With nominees being unveiled for the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards, another aw...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sue Nyathi nominated for AU20 Artistes and Writers Residency Programme in Ghana
BULAWAYO-born fiction author Sukoluhle "Sue" Nyathi has been nominated for the AU20 "Our Africa, Our Future" Writers Residency Programme to be held in Ghana from tomorrow to November 28.The Wr...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kagame expected in Harare
Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to visit Harare as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.This comes about two ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species
I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you wer...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
POETRY: Cont Mhlanga, The Legend
Cont Mhlanga, a fine fount of knowhow, Words, words are not adequate to describe howYou lived and touched the lives of many a soul, May your lovely legacy of ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:21hrs | 6 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe's forgotten intellectual and leader
NDABANINGI Sithole was one of the founding fathers of the modern state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. In August 1963, he became the first president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), the ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Mushakavanhu
IsiNdebele teaching in Buhera/ Buyela excites chief
THE Ndebele community in Buhera, Manicaland Province, has commended Government for reintroducing isiNdebele teaching at their local school, saying it is important for cultural preservation.The...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Massive crowds at Matabeleland Independence celebrations
THOUSANDS of people yesterday celebrated the country's 42nd Independence anniversary in both Matabeleland South and Matabelelend North provinces.In Matabeleland South, the main celebrations we...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Dube grooms up-and-coming poet
AN old adage says "A candle loses nothing by lighting another".This could be the inspiration for Victoria Falls-based praise poet Obert Dube who has identified a promising 18-year-old poetess ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Political messaging too narrow'
IN Europe and other First World countries, politics has proven to be a preserve for sharp minds and there is little room for opportunists riding on good accents.The same does not hold true in ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahoso finally leaves ZMC
Zimbabwe Media Commission chief executive, Dr Tafataona Mahoso, will leave the organisation on retirement at the end of next month.ZMC chairperson, Professor Ruby Magosvongwe, this week confir...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe peddles a world-class Constitution that guarantees
The truth however, is this is just for show and is rarely enforced. How then can we use the beautiful...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 16:49hrs | 8 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa rejects copies of stolen artefacts
Africa should insist that archives and museum objects of its heroes should be originals, not digital copies, with Zimbabwe one of the countries with the facilities ready to receive and protect this he...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 09:34hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Political elites' vacuous populism not serving Zimbabwean people's interest
IN a recent eloquent but rather dense article titled "Dynamics of the Zimbabwe crisis in the 21st century" adopted from a 2003 academic paper of a similar title, Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni ma...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:45hrs | 10 | by Dr Mike Chipere
Gift Nyoni wins UK writers award
Zimbabwean-born writer Gift Nyoni has continued to lift the Zimbabwean flag in the United Kingdom and recently won the New Black and Minority ethnic writers award.Nyoni won the New Black and M...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland cultural awards date set
THE Matabeleland Cultural Awards Trust has set October 30 as the date for this year's second edition of the cultural awards at Amakhosi Township Square in Bulawayo. Trust chief executive Phila...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
$60 million windfall to Mwonzora gives away Mnangagwa's game plan
THE swift allocation of funds under the Political Parties Finance Act to the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC- T by the government clearly reveals the aim by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF to d...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
International Youth Day: Youth VOW to transform food systems for Human and Planetary Health
Youths were urged and vowed to take matters into their hands and not to shun agriculture as a business during the ActionAid and Global Platforms organized 2021 International Youth Day Virtual Commemor...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Alfred Towo
Award winning poet drags Kazembe Kasembe, Matanga to court over police brutality
AWARD winning Victoria Falls based poet Obert Dube is suing Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner General and five police officers who assaulted him for loitering in January...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's signal that never was
When Nelson Chamisa jumped over a coffin to grab the robes of power in the then MDC-T, he mistook funeral euphoria for his own popularity.This gave him a sense of arrogance, which unfortunatel...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:33hrs | 3 | by Brian Rungano Temba
Zimbabwean poet pens poem in solidarity with Zuma
VICTORIA Falls-based award-winning praise poet, Obert Dube has joined hundreds of South Africans who have stood in support of former South African President Jacob Zuma who was recently sentenced to 18...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo poet to launch album on Zupco bus
It's a listening session that can't be missed!Bulawayo actor-cum-poet Prince Ncube otherwise known as Mazilankatha in the local showbiz, is planning a bus trip for his fans where they will enj...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Cabinet meetings by Ndaba Sibanda: A review by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela
The book kicks off with a scene featuring a technology-crazy old man who is drinking with a girl young enough to be his granddaughter. The old man's table manners do not endear him to the girl either....Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 12:13hrs | 4 | by Banqobile Virginia Dakamela
Bukalanga Arts Fest preps underway
ORGANISERS of the annual United Kingdom Bukalanga Arts Festival, which brings together Zimbabweans in the diaspora to celebrate and showcase their culture, yesterday said preparations for the event sc...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officiate at the Culture Week commemorations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Friday officiate at the Culture Week commemorations at Chief Njelele's homestead in Gokwe South, Midlands province.The concept of culture week is derived f...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt on drive to promote marginalised languages
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a nationwide drive to promote previously marginalised indigenous languages.Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told journalists at the la...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff writer
'Broadcasters should speak all national languages'
Reaching 90 years of age on March 15 this year , retired veteran broadcaster and national languages enthusiast Amon Nyamambi, better known on the airwaves as 'uMaqhulayibambe' his grandfather's name, ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:26hrs | 4 | by John Masuku
Mbira queen ventures into poetry
Finest mbira queen and jazz musician Ruvimbo Hope Masike, professionally known as Hope Masike dedicated much of her time during the Covid-19-induced lockdown exploring different ventures.The v...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 11:33hrs | 3 | by Shelton Muchena
Energy Mavaza reveals what is beneath the African sun
The upcoming Great Zimbabwean young writer Energy Mavaza is set to release his second poetry oozing thought-filled book titled Beneath the African Sun. online. The book will be out this co...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
WATCH: Uluju, Bekezela's gift to all ladies
Ladies, soulful musician, Bekezela Nkomo has just gifted you with a Christmas present that will definitely cheer you up. The gift is in the form of a single titled Uluju.The praise poetry sing...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
King 98 set to spoil lucky fans
Hip Hop star King 98 is set to spoil winners with a holiday in Kariba.The musician today released a song "I Bet" with a video.He said as a token to fans, they have launched an I ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mambo Dhuterere reveals soft spot for needy people
Darlington Mutseta, aka Mambo Dhuterere, says one unique aspect about his music (which he also labels Dhuterere) is that it addresses the challenges of mainly the poor.Speaking on the sideline...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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