Cecil John Rhodes

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the remains of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes to be exhumed and repatriated to Britain. Rhodes died in 1902. His self-chosen burial place is at Matobo Hills National Park, south of Bulawayo.
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Asanda Ngoasheng -Global inequality between the North and South, hunger, poverty, ill-health, high infant mortality rates and many other societal ills continue to plague former colonies more than colonising countries. Colonialism continues…
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Zimbabwe’s predicament, a tragedy that mirrors Africa’s diminishing fortunes is and has never been a product of predestination, nor is the impoverished Southern African state a victim of foreign machinations as Robert Mugabe parrots in…
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Zimbabwe has the corpse of colonialist Cecil John Rhodes while South Africa has his statue, said Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe on Wednesday.
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I read the article that attempted to respond to my previous article where I wrote about the failure of our leadership in Zimbabwe over the past 34 years. In that note I contrasted our own leadership with that of Cecil Rhodes and of the…
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Rhodies are an unrepentant lot. It is amazing and surprising that the olive hand that President Robert Mugabe extended to them through reconciliation, just after independence, has not been taken seriously by the former Rhodesian Selous…
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It is a long road from Jambezi Village in the dry district of Hwange, in Matabeleland, to the opulence and influence that currently surrounds Obert Mpofu. Growing up in rural Jambezi, Mpofu came from a family of limited means.
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BULAWAYO - The Welshman Ncube led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has condemned war veterans and ex ZANLA members for undermining Ndebele traditional customs, values and culture, saying this will spark a tribal war.
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BULAWAYO- ZIPRA Veterans Trust chairman, Buster Magwizi said a group of Zanu PF supporters and war veterans led by Monica Mguni-Sikhosana visited Cecil John Rhodes’ grave in Matopos Hills in Matebeleland South province this week demanding…
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The symbiotic relationship between Mugabe and the British did not end with rhetorical support and money changing hands, but it extended to royal endorsement for Mugabe and his policies writes media, journalism and public relations…
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