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Veteran politician and former Senator Mattson Hlalo has declared that senior citizens in Bulawayo Mzilikazi’s ward eight are no longer content to be sidelined in political processes instead, they are ...
The greatgrandson of King Mzilikazi has castigated the government for claiming that it has discovered the burial place of the last Ndebele king Lobengula, whose warriors defeated 34 colonialists in ...
Mzilikazi Khumalo was born on 20 June 1932 into a deeply religious family of pastors, then living on a KwaZulu-Natal farm owned by the Salvation Army, as the eldest in a family of seven children.
Though Mzilikazi died in 1868, his legacy is still overwhelmingly cherished by the descendants of his kingdom. Born in 1790 in Mkuze in the province of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa, Mzilikazi grew to ...
Mzilikazi was the founding father and first King of the Ndebele State when he left Nguniland after rebelling against King Shaka around 1826. He had been Shaka’s trusted lieutenant.
Analysis - Professor James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932-2021), who has died at at the age of 89, had a distinguished career as a linguist, which complemented a stellar career in music.
Analysis - A composer of great stature, Professor James Stephen Mzilikazi Khumalo (1932-2021) stands out for his contribution to South African arts and culture. He was a distinguished teacher, a ...
PREPARATIONS for ‘Umgubho wenkosi uMzilikazi’, King Mzilikazi’s annual commemorations to mark 156 years since the death of the founder of the Ndebele nation, have begun. Mthwakazi ...
The 19th century ruler, who died on September 5, 1868, settled in now Zimbabwe in 1838 following a bitter fallout with Zulu King, Shaka, whom he had served as a close ally and lieutenant.
In this week’s extract from the expansive and gripping South African history books series Our Story, we continue with the tale of Mzilikazi. We find out how the Great Bull Elephant briefly settles ...
A UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Zimbabwean has come to the rescue of Mzilikazi residents after drilling boreholes to address the suburb’s acute water shortages. Bulawayo residents are currently enduring ...
PREPARATIONS for ‘Umgubho wenkosi uMzilikazi’, King Mzilikazi’s annual commemorations to mark 156 years since the death of the founder of the Ndebele nation, have begun. Mthwakazi ...