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Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa: A spot-on definition of Gender-Based Violence
The physical pain that Merry is going through is not possible to share. However emotional torture is possible and empathize genuinely with Merry Chiwenga. She is going through a physical and mental to...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 13:45hrs | 386 | by Nomazulu Thata
Celebrating gifts beyond creed, color and tribe - Sir Wicknell's Remarkable Gift to Peter 'Nsukuzonke' Ndlovu
The significance of Sir Wicknell's gift to Peter "Nsukuzonke" Ndlovu extends far beyond the material value of the 2024 BMW X6M SPORT COMPETITION. This generous gesture celebrates the remarkable succes...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 20:04hrs | 757 | by Maxwell Haitengeswinyika Teedzai
Corruption of power behind ED2030 push
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This statement by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, or just Lord Acton, in 1887, illustrates the dangers of concentrated power or author...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
We are all Zimbabweans, we cannot continue like this
44 year on, Zimbabwe's political landscape has long been characterised by division and exclusion, particularly under various administrations. This trajectory of alienation began with the marginalisati...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 12:39hrs | 683 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Matebeleland chiefs shower praises on late historian
Chiefs from Matebeleland and Midlands provinces have paid heartfelt tributes to the late historian and author, Mr. Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away on Saturday at 73 after a prolonged illness. Known fo...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:53hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Chief Marupi burial deferred to Wednesday
Chief Marupi of Gwanda District, who passed away last Sunday, will now be laid to rest on Wednesday at his rural home in Mbuzimbili Village, Selonga area. Originally scheduled for burial today, the ar...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:00hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Chief Marupi to be laid to rest on Sunday
Gwanda District's youthful Chief Marupi, who passed away after a brief illness, will be laid to rest this Sunday at his rural home in the Mbuzimbili area of Matabeleland South. Chief Marupi, born Oahe...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:45hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Sever...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 273 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's MRP rallies behind Nigeria's Yoruba people's secession lobby
Zimbabwe's Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), which advocates for the secession of Matabeleland and the Midlands from Zimbabwe to restore a Mthwakazi State, has expressed its support for Nigeria's Yoruba...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:33hrs | 461 | by Stephen Jakes
Chafuka on Zimbabwe social media will topple Mnangagwa government!
I should be forgiven if I said this man is an implant of president Mnangagwa masquerading as a revolutionary. Yet he is playing a political game that speaks the opposite to loo as many as he can get t...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 21:12hrs | 1560 | by Nomazulu Thata
Teaching Ndebele in Zimbabwe schools will have helped Shonas
There are times when you think you are spitting someone, when in fact, you are destroying yourself.One such instance was when Robert Mugabe and his colleagues in ZANU (before it became ZANU-PF...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 287 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Burning Spear jets into Zimbabwe
Jamaican roots-reggae legend Burning Spear touched down in Harare yesterday ahead of his much-anticipated debut performance in Zimbabwe. The 79-year-old will take the stage at Glamis Arena as part of ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Youth urged to Rise up and control their destine
The Youth in Matabaleland have been urged to wake up and rise up to fight for the control f their destine through taking over the management of their local resources and institutions.The devel...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 804 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25198 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mthwakazi Republic Party condemns Chiminya's Monomotapa claims
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vehemently denounced spurious claims made by Timothy Chiminya, who purports to be the Monomotapa King. The party characterized these claims as a blatant attempt ...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 09:35hrs | 1246 | by Stephen Jakes
A historic homecoming: Vahera restoration Genealogy Association announces pilgrimage to Gombe Hill
The Hera people, united by their revered Mhofu Shava totem, are scattered across Zimbabwe and beyond, yet proudly connected to their heritage. A seminal event looms on the horizon – a historic visit...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 19:47hrs | 650 | by Etiwel Mutero
Mukwasha Chiwenga in Math-South improvements. Is development holistic?
Whatever development VP Chiwenga is bringing in Matabeleland South, that should never be interpreted as "Mukwasha inzunza". School children especially benefit from good and safe schools, health care f...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 12:27hrs | 2062 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Nkulumane MP pushes for statues of King Lobengula, Queen Lozikeyi to be erected in parliament building
Nkulumane Member of Parliament Honourable Desire Moyo has made a passionate call for the erection of statues to honor King Lobengula and Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo from the Ndebele Kingdom in Parliament. H...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:17hrs | 873 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF, ANC were publicly sworn enemies
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF and South Africa's old National Party government were publicly sworn enemies. Privately, their relationship was a bit more complicated.On 7 and 8 February, 1983, for instanc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1265 | by Peter Fabricius
The Grand Tour Finale puts Zimbabwe tourism on the global map
The highly anticipated finale of The Grand Tour: One for the Road premiered on Amazon Prime Video over the weekend, showcasing the beauty of Zimbabwe's landscapes and placing the country's tourism in ...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 07:47hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Settler leads King Mzilikazi commemorations
Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has criticized the state of the roads leading to King Mzilikazi's grave, comparing it unfavorably to the well-maintained roads to Cecil John Rhodes's grave. Durin...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:59hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles commemorate Mzilikazi Day
Ndebele people in Bulawayo, as well as those across Zimbabwe and abroad, are commemorating the 156th anniversary of the death of King Mzilikazi Khumalo, the founder of the Ndebele nation. The commemor...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 15:53hrs | 3319 | by Staff reporter
Luvale tribe resumes initiation ceremony
The Luvale tribe of Victoria Falls revived their traditional mukanda initiation ceremony, last held in 2014, with 30 boys aged 6 to 15 undergoing the cultural rite of passage. ...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:10hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 360 | by Silas Nkala
Reconciling nationality and the rainbow nation idea
IT seems dust never settles in Mzansi, the land of gold. Just a few weeks after an election that did not deliver an outright winner, the country is embroiled in what seems to be another identity...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:07hrs | 75 | by Tapiwa Gomo
SADC must kick out Zimbabwe for kiling and oppressing Matabeles
It is quite disturbing that members of the SADC region are falling over each other to condemn Israel for the war against Palestine while they wine and dine with the black apartheid government of Zimba...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 17:00hrs | 897 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa blames Gukurahundi genocide on the nation's 'detractors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday sought to wash blame for the massacre of thousands of civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces four decades ago on the nation's "detractors" as he took p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:43hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens 'detractors' undermining Gukurahundi outreach
President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued a stern warning to those fostering internal divisions and undermining Zimbabwe's efforts to address the sensitive Gukurahundi issue."Gukurahundi," a term me...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:31hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Did we confuse generation Z?
ONE of our former lecturers reminded us that change is the only constant factor in our lives, whether we like it or not and whether it is good or not.It was not so much breaking news because e...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:16hrs | 134 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa warns against attempts to sow discord
President Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the nation's vigilance against attempts to sow discord by long-standing detractors, urging unity and resilience among Zimbabweans. As the country prepares to h...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:11hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden has entered the twilight zone!
The debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump has revealed a terrible secret Democrats have been hiding from American citizens for the last three years. London'...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:42hrs | 4 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zanu-PF MP calls for ban on reporters
Zanu PF Buhera West MP Tafadzwa Mugwadi has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman George Charamba to ban journalists from covering events and functions at State House.In a fascist inp...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Now that Mnangagwa has attacked King Lobengula, he must brace for Matabeleland breakaway
"If you come for the king, you best not miss. This was a brilliant observation by "Ralph Waldo Emerson. Now that the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa who enjoys belittling, dehuminising, demo...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 20:38hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
Zimbabwean cuisine is very diverse and varied just like its cultures and languages. The staple food is sadza, pap, that can also be called differently by minority tribes. Sadza features in most ...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:13hrs | | by Tondo Chinehasha
Zanu PF stubbornly deny povo title deeds, they're poorest and rural ares are party's strongest hold. Surprised!
Ian Smith refused to give rural peasants the right to own even a piece of land the size of football field and yet white settlers were given title deeds to farms thousands of square kilometres. No one ...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:00hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Why is Zanu-PF opening branches and office in South Africa?
Out of all liberation parties in Africa, Zanu PF is the only one that is opening offices and branches in all major South African cities and beyond. For an independent country like Zimbabwe, an embassy...Published: 17 May 2024 at 13:45hrs | 21 | by Israel Dube
Thabani Mpofu not the complainant in the tribalist student's case
In an earlier version of this story, we erroneously reported that the National University of Science and Technology and its Director of Communications Mr Thabani Mpofu were the complainants in the mat...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tribalist student caged for racial profiling
A NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) student will forever rue the day he decided to post a provocative tribal comment on his X page demeaning Ndebele people, as he has been arraigned...Published: 29 Mar 2024 at 19:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sir Wicknell, actually you're the poorest man in Zimbabwe!
When I read a recent diatribe by self-proclaimed businessman Wicknell Chivayo, I felt like puking.He exhibited zero shame berating and disparaging legendary musician Thomas Mapfumo, as well as...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:12hrs | 142 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa is corrupt because he is still in liberation war mode.' True still shaming him will not end kleptocracy
There is an audio of "Retired Army officer speaks" complaining about Zanu PF's corrupt leaders and how their insatiable greed is the root cause of Zimbabwe's economic melt down. Corruption started soo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Unilateral sanctions are not illegal!
IT was so laughable listening to Information minister Jenfan Muswere fuming over US targeted sanctions on some Zimbabweans.I could easily tell that he was trying his best to please his boss, P...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Tribute to my President Dr. Hage G. Giengob
Dear Mr. President, only if I knew, your sickness was that serious. I lament not praying for you while you needed not only my prayers but the whole nation to unite and fight for you in prayers. Instea...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:52hrs | 2 | by Hosea Hatshaambo Shishiveni
THE RISE OF GENERAL CHIWENGA: Zimbabwe's vanguard to a prosperous future
In the intricate tapestry of Zimbabwean politics, where challenges have often overshadowed triumphs, the emergence of leaders who can steer the nation towards prosperity becomes a beacon of hope. As t...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 13:26hrs | 34 | by Samkeliso Ncube
Thokozani Khupe was from the wrong region
It has happened across the continent so many times, sometimes successfully, and sometimes it is thwarted.When the founding President of Kenya Jomo Kenyatta was dying, his Kikuyi clansmen mafia...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:20hrs | 34 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is evicting resettled blacks, Operation Mavhotera Papi mark 2023 in all but name
"HUNDREDS of farmers and villagers in Mashonaland West province are facing eviction from the land they occupied on the strength of offer letters issued by politicians and lands officers during the cha...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 6 | by Innocent Mpoki
'Zanu-PF not gloating over the disaster in the CCC'
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has denied that the ruling party is rubbing its hands with glee over the crisis bedevilling the main opposition CCC party, saying instead, they feel the unf...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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