The Kalanga civilisation
Mzala Tom Present day Kalanga people of Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa are believed to be descendants of part of the Bantu people who migrated down south from the Great Lakes region around AD900....
View ArticleOur job was to entertain miners, their families: Devera Ngwena Jazz Band
Raymond Jaravaza, Sunday Life Reporter TODAY it’s unimaginable that Innocent Bitu, a humble man living a quiet life in a village tucked away in Dete, Matabeleland North province, played a bass guitar...
View ArticleMugadza relives 2001 National Sports stampede
Special Correspondent MORE than two decades after Zimbabwe’s worst soccer disaster Muzondiwa Mugadza has revealed how he still struggles with the sad memories of the day. The legendary former Warriors...
View ArticleA cowboy who owned no horse! The legend of Josiah Hadebe and birth of...
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter WHEN South African music legend John “Phuzushukela” Bhengu passed away in 2011, the views of those that came to pay homage on his graveside in Nkandla, Northern...
View ArticleKwantuthu Comedy Festival introduces new monthly comedy nights
Sandisiwe Gumbo, Sunday Life Reporter The Kwantuthu Comedy Festival is launching a series of comedy nights which are set to take place twice a month every month at Cotton Lounge, with the first launch...
View ArticleMapfumo free to return to Zimbabwe
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter CHIMURENGA music founder Thomas Mapfumo is free to come back to Zimbabwe and host any shows, as the Second Republic is not interested in persecuting him for his...
View ArticleDanai Gurira returns to the small screen
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter ZIMBABWEAN actress Danai Gurira is set to return to the small screen, starring in a spin-off of the, The Walking Dead, the television series that initially gave her...
View Article‘Bob Marley: One Love’ a resonant ode to reggae legend
The ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ biopic takes audiences on an immersive journey into the life and legacy of the legendary reggae icon, Robert Nesta Marley. Directed by visionary filmmaker, Reinaldo Marcus...
View ArticleKeys to answered prayers
Sunday Sermon with Apostle Chisale Greetings beloved nation in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 1 John 5:14, “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything...
View ArticleLaws, principles of life
Laws are guidelines that stipulate how people should behave. These guidelines determine our success tomorrow. At home we have laws, for example, don’t steal , don’t lie, greet elders, etc. These laws...
View ArticleThe gospel according to Wicknell
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter WICKNELL Chivayo shares a love-hate relationship with a lot of Zimbabweans. While he has been on a giving spree in the last few months, in the eyes of some, Chivayo...
View ArticleRoyalty or conman? The mystery of ‘Prince’ Peter Lobengula
By Mzala Tom Peter Khutshana Lobengula was a sensation in England in the late 1890s. Peter alleged that he was the son of the last Ndebele king, Lobengula Khumalo and a grandson of King Mzilikazi....
View ArticleAll set for netball league kick-off
Shingai Dhlamini, Sports Reporter MTHALA Queens say they are ready for the Glow Petroleum Rainbow Netball League which starts on 24 February with matches dotted around the country. Bulawayo will play...
View ArticleLegal battles loom over Doek and Slay copyrights
Sandisiwe Gumbo, Sunday Life Reporter THE management team behind the popular Doek and Slay has expressed concern over individuals using the name for their brand. The Doek and Slay Management has...
View ArticleWATCH: Honour your mother, father so that your days may be long, says...
Sandisiwe Gumbo, Sunday Life Reporter MRS Miriam Mlotshwa, a 92-year-old pioneer resident of Mpopoma in Bulawayo has attributed her long life to obeying the biblical concept of honouring the elderly,...
View ArticleForeign coaches are not a football mal-adminstration panacea
Luckson Pasipanodya, Correspondent Zimbabwe national team football coaching has been a two sided coin for many decades. On one hand, there have been local coaches while on the other, a legion of...
View ArticleZvembudzi: tale of Majaivana’s little-known chiShona song
Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday Life Reporter Around this time last year, there was a very public outcry when some of Lovemore Majaivana’s songs seemed to have, overnight, suddenly acquired titles in chiShona....
View ArticleFormer Barcelona footballer Dani Alves sentenced to four and a half years in...
Former Barcelona and Brazilian footballer Dani Alves has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after being found guilty of sexual assault. Catalonia’s top court found him guilty of sexually...
View ArticleThe Mazhiya rebirth: Boy, Collen go down memory lane
ON Friday afternoon Sunday News Leisure had a surprise visitor in legendary football dribbling wizard Boy Ndlovu, whose illustrious career saw him turn out for Bulawayo Wanderers/Eagles, Highlanders,...
View ArticleSoshangana’s Gasa Kingdom
Mzala Tom King Soshangana was born in present day KwaNongoma in KwaZulu, South Africa to Zikode kaGasa, a chief of the Ndwandwe empire under King Zwide kaLanga. The Gasa occupied the Mkhuze region...
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