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ZANU PF Proposes Renaming Provinces

2 months agoThu, 31 Oct 2024 14:49:13 GMT
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ZANU PF Proposes Renaming Provinces

ZANU PF has resolved to rename Zimbabwe’s provinces, which currently bear names associated with the country’s colonial past, arguing that these names are divisive.

Zimbabwe is divided into 10 provinces: Harare, Bulawayo, Midlands, Masvingo, Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Matabeleland North, and Matabeleland South.

Most provinces, except Harare, Bulawayo, Midlands, and Masvingo, are named after the predominant ethnic groups in those areas.

The decision, made during the party’s annual conference in Bulawayo, aims to promote national cohesion and will be implemented by various government departments, according to ZANU PF Secretary for Legal Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa. Said Chinamasa:

On liberation war heritage, the party directs government to accelerate renaming of provinces and do away with colonial names, which divide the nation.

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Commenting on ZANU PF’s resolution, historian Methembe Hadebe said naming the provinces based on ethnicity was part of the colonialists’ “divide and rule” strategy.

He remarked, “It was a tactic designed to prevent people from recognising their identity beyond their ethnic backgrounds.”

Hadebe added that renaming the provinces would foster national pride rather than allowing individuals to focus solely on their ethnic identities.

However, Brian, a UK-based Zimbabwean who preferred to use only his first name, told ZimLive that divisions stem from the government’s attitudes toward the regions, not the province names. He said:

This is much ado about nothing, honestly. We have lived with these names for more than 40 years and I did not see anything potentially damaging about them. I stand to be convinced.

While it is their right to deliberate over trivialities, I still feel ZANU PF could have best spent their precious time finding solutions on how to bring other provinces that lag behind in terms of development at par with the rest.

For example, Matabeleland South is known as the poorest province in the country.

I lived in the province for decades confronted by its sorry state of affairs daily. I will not celebrate a sudden change of name when there is still no sign of development there.

Surely, a resolution on how to scale up development in the province is much more substantive and welcome than a dull discussion on changing ink on administrative letterheads and date stamps.

Zimbabwe’s neighbour, Zambia, is divided into ten provinces: Central Province, Copperbelt Province, Eastern Province, Luapula Province, Lusaka Province, Muchinga Province, North-Western Province, Northern Province, Southern Province, and Western Province.

The names of these provinces are generally based on their geographical location, historical significance, or notable features.

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120 Comments

Asshole · 3 weeks ago
Midlands is the only one with English name 👌
Nicole · 3 weeks ago
it won't work will still call them Midlands and Mashona land etc
Vruu Phaa · 1 month ago
These provinces are in fact countries, all what is needed is the devolution of power
Samsung · 1 month ago
ok
Anonymous · 1 month ago
Matebeland South,the poorest province in the country? Who says that? What barometre did you use? Or the meaning of the word poor means something else today??
Anonymous · 1 month ago
Give us the poorest province in your analysis.
Nicole · 3 weeks ago
everyone knows its the poorest kk
· 1 month ago
Tangai mabvisa chirungu chiri pana ZANU PF
Anonymous · 1 month ago
If Nyasaland became a stand alone country Matebeleland was supposed to be a country on it's on . Changing names won't change residents
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Gora · 2 months ago
Zimbabwe, Zig, zesa, zanupf, zrp, ngazvichinjwrvo nokuti hazvienderani ne current life situation
Anonymous · 2 months ago
NONSENSE!! RIGHT NOW, THE MOST URGENT CHANGE THAT WILL FOSTER NATIONAL UNITY AND COHESION THAT THE COUNTRY REQUIRES IS THE TOTAL ELIMINATION IF ZANU, ZANU CULTURE THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL FABRIC OF THE COUNTRY. WITH THE CLEANING OUT OF ZANU, NATIONAL UNITY AND COHESION WILL NATURALLY FOLLOW. IT IS ZANU THAT DIVIDED AND RUINED THE COUNTRY. 44 YEARS OF ZANU NEHANDA MONOMTAPA CHIMURENGA NONSENSE. AS IF THERE ARE NO OTHER CULTURES, LANGUAGES AND HISTORY FROM OTHER FELLOW CITIZENS.
. · 2 months ago
Very childish
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Can they also go back and make a resolution on the Zig, the Zig is a bigger threat than those names.
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Officer#12 · 2 months ago
Mash-East & Mash-West ma twins akakwana... Mukachinja apo munenge maita chinyangadzo baba...
Joe Cool · 2 months ago
Is this the same 'devisive tactic' they used in Britain to name England, Scotland and Ireland?
Zvinorwadzawasara. · 2 months ago
Ngavabve vachinja everthing nevatongi veHUrumende ve from colonial because zve colonial zvese it courses division sekutaura kwawo.
Counter Intelligence Dept · 2 months ago
Old Peoples Home varikuzviona kuti they are losing political grip day by day saka vakuzama kutwasanudza mbambaira
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s. s. · 2 months ago
ko. chinjaika. hutungamiri zvimwe. zvamunochinja. hazvinazvazvinotadzisa
tavez.com · 2 months ago
ndo development hre iyoyo
ZimSketch · 2 months ago
Trying and implementing Chamisa's ideas. From devolution to renaming of provinces........
Patz · 2 months ago
Why should we destroy our identity. Zimbabwe has various tribes of different languages. We should be proud for being one Zimbabwe united in our diversity. Tribalism is not a result of mere differences in culture or language but its caused by leaders who pratice it at the top. Are there no other pressing issues to spent time on than the issues of names of provinces and 2030. We have pressing issues of Health Care, Corruption, Currency and Democracy
Taliban · 2 months ago
this country needs to be renamed too zita rekuti Zimbabwe is cursed
wizzy · 2 months ago
Gyz hazviite zvavarikutaura munhu mukuru hre afunga izvi KKK varikusiya zvinemusoro vachiita pfungwa dzepwere kurota arimurungu
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Dambudzo mnangagwa read a book written by Emerson and he liked the name and added it to Emerson dambudzo mnangagwa. Now they want obviously Shona ndebele names in our province but he chose English. I am from mash east which covers njanja or chikomba now we are in same province with people in mutoko and imagine if they used a njanja name or mutoko name it won't make sense either way. Better mash east
hot icy · 2 months ago
hapamihweland ndomidlands
♨️Discushen♨️ · 2 months ago
chohwachohwaland mash cemt
Sengezo Chabangu · 2 months ago
@Zanu pf zvekuchinja zvinhu mazita doesn't work at all how many times have u renamed the Zimbabwean currency Muchati Rtgs,agro cheques,bearer cheque,bond notes now ZIG but chinochinja hapana same as renaming maprovinces pasina development it's a waste
Laugher · 2 months ago
Are you awarecthat this idea was mentioned by Chamisa few years back
Legend · 2 months ago
To VA tazoita sei paya kana machinja maita kuda kuisa confusion muvanhu zvinotipeyi senyika tangai maita nyaya yegukurahundi opera
Gubhuza · 2 months ago
so muchaita sei nema Birth certificate atinavo akanyorwa Matabelelanx or Midlands
Citizen · 1 month ago
You have to change them within the prescribed period otherwise they will be invalid.
Kulez · 2 months ago
Colonial past kudiyi, handiti thats our identity. Samanyika, Ndebele, Shona whats wrong with that. In fact Masvingo should have been Karangaland, Mashonaland West should be Tongaland while Mashonaland Central should be Zezuruland.
Makatukura · 2 months ago
Mash west kune matonga here
jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 2 months ago
****land central korekoreland not zezuruland. Zezuru is ****land east
aika · 2 months ago
imi 15 billion iya yakazowanikwa here munoziva ndaifungaso
Inini · 2 months ago
Now that you have remembered, what are you doing about it?
African Observer · 2 months ago
Zvakango oma hazvo zanu pf trolls doing what they do best........ wasting time and energy on useless things.
madhu · 2 months ago
zanu pf is government and government is zanu pf nonsense
Sir African · 2 months ago
Masvungo Should be Karangaland.Since midlandshas a mixture of Ndebeles and Shanas we can name it NdebeSholand.1😃😃😃
Kkkk · 2 months ago
Dayi Salisbury isina kuitwa renamed to Harare, it would still be the Sunshine city. Look at Cape Town, Durban Johannesburg etc
🤡 Sinjipi Pinjisi · 2 months ago
kana kuti Shondebeland. kkkk
Mudhibhisi · 2 months ago
Harare is still Salisbury officially.What the he.ll are u talking abt?Stone age steam that generates nothing.
Anonymous · 2 months ago
There should be a new province to replace Harare, it should be called: Shonaland
wizzy · 2 months ago
Kkkk vashaya zvekuita kuchinja mazita hazvishande vatadzirira mari kt iitepower magetsi hakuna manje so
maya · 2 months ago
no to Zig provinces
chaka · 2 months ago
the true president of Zimbabwe after Mugabe is mpboko
nicole · 2 months ago
iii akusi kuda kut tizorasika here uko kana vakuchinja mazita enzvimbo,isu vamwe zvekudzoserwa kuxul kocramer mazita enzvimbo atichada just let it lyk that
Zigi boy · 2 months ago
Ndezveku mama izvo
🇿🇼44yrs · 2 months ago
Haaa mapupusi chaiwo
🇿🇼44yrs · 2 months ago
Kuchinja zvinochinja anything here why wasting time nezvinhu zvisina basa......Mapriorities anotinetsa mulife sorry maningi!!!!!
The Adjudicator · 2 months ago
If they are going to change Province names they must first change the name Zimbabwe.
nicole · 2 months ago
yeah tobva tangogara taziva kut zvese zvachinja
🇿🇼44yrs · 2 months ago
Totangira Ipapo
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Yes, change the name of the country to Shonaland. That fits in very well with the current happenings in Zimbabwe.
Corruptmore Looto · 2 months ago
Busy copying Chamisa, he included this in his manifesto last year but the difference is that Chamisa would have changed more than names in these provinces, kickstarting development while Zanu PF only knows how to change names but everything stays the same if it worse, like how they renamed Rhodesian assets to NRZ, ZUPCO, ZESA, and destroyed them
Makhobolondo · 2 months ago
Unfortunately Zimbabwe is a binary country, Matebeleland and part of Midlands are not Zimbabwe, the urge to want out is growing each day.
Corruptmore Looto · 2 months ago
😅 Don't try to start war in the country with these secessionist thoughts, the country is one and no one is dividing it. Founders of the AU foresaw this, that's why they agreed that borders will remain as they are, so don't go on trying to lie to people that a separate state will be supported by our neighbours, they won't because there are also various different ethnic groups in their countries, for example the Zulu will demand that KZN be separated from the rest of SA. So secession politics will get us nothing but more suffering
Ctrl Alt Del · 2 months ago
NONSENSE
Black Mambazo · 2 months ago
zvekupenga izvo
Goi koi · 2 months ago
Nekunaka kwakaita zita rwekuti midlands unonzwa yakunzi chingaira kana burombo kana zvobgo
Mazuva · 2 months ago
As usual, Zanu Pf majors on minors. They want the whole nation which didn't vote for them to continue to suffer. Once in a while, they wake up hallucinating about things that don't change our lives. If it was about names, Rhodesia would never have been so much better than Zimbabwe. What has the nation benefited from the name Zimbabwe? We want a strong economy. We want modern and fully equipped hospitals. There is no equipment which the wealth of this country cannot afford us. We need well equipped and staffed schools. We want a well paid civil service. We want a caring and corruption free government leadership.
Muhera · 2 months ago
The above map is very old. It still has Charter/Chikomba district under Midlands province, yet its now under Mashonaland East.
Makatukura · 2 months ago
Didn't know that Chikomba was at one time under Midlands
Makatukura · 2 months ago
ko apo panoganhurana Mash west be Mat North pachiri pakadaro here apo
Muhera · 2 months ago
Now @ Makatukura you know. Also remember that Chivhu was called Enkeldoorn
dj TECH 🇿🇼 · 2 months ago
hapana zvinoziikanwa nezanu iyi ! kupererwa chaiko😭😆
konos · 2 months ago
Haa they're failing to remove union jack which is flying at unite square,every day they're walking on top UK flag,if you go on top of next Hotel you will see UK flag at the garden park
Black forest · 2 months ago
whilst to rename the country's province may appear a noble idea , I think compulsory introduction of the ndebele and shona languages may bring cohesion and unity inthe country
Patz · 2 months ago
What for. Why Ndebele and Shona when we have more than a dozen of official languages in Zimbabwe. We already have English that can be used by anyone to communicate in the country and beyond
Wanzwa here · 2 months ago
True that 🙏
Corruptmore Looto · 2 months ago
This should have been done since 1980, everyone should be able to understand the two main languages, Ndebele and Shona, we can't possibly speak all of the 15 languages but the crucial 3 should have been compulsory to everyone
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Noble? A flower by any other name smells just as sweet.
Scud · 2 months ago
Dont be surprised to hear kuti Midlands province has been renamed to Mafidhi province
skye · 2 months ago
zvinhu zviri kungo chinjiwa wena
Dollarboy · 2 months ago
The best way is to change the way the govern bcoz its the one that is dividing the nation
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Good idea. Too many people talking about independence when they have been living in the country for 2 minutes. No San Land or Ba Tonga land. These names divide us and that's what West wants.
Anonymous · 2 months ago
A very good idea remove Matebeleland and call it Macimbi or matoĥwè.kkkk
Wanzwa here · 2 months ago
Makaisa mbuya nehanda mukazodini paya
unity · 2 months ago
this is a good idea. we can not proceed forward without unity
𝙎𝙞𝙮𝙤𝙮𝙤 · 2 months ago
ZANU PF changosara kuchinja zita renyika nemazita emiti
kiv · 2 months ago
kkk yeah cz kana mazita emari yakachinja akawanda
WiFi · 2 months ago
👍Kkkkkkkk. I also support Brian, why now after 40 years that's trivial issue
Goi koi · 2 months ago
Iwe Zanu tanga wagadzrira economy. Zvamakachinja maroads zvakatibatsirei kutumidza zvimazita zvemhondi dzakadeura ropa.
WiFi · 2 months ago
True
370H-55V O773H🙃 · 2 months ago
Mash east iyo ngaingoitwa Midlands, zvino MatebelelandNorth and South any suggestion of new names
Bambo · 2 months ago
they are better things to talk of than re naming provinces misplaced priorities
ȼøɍɍᵾᵽŧɨȼɨȺn · 2 months ago
vakambozviitazve zverenaming zvikoro zvikazodii
Patz · 2 months ago
Zanu yashaiswa zano ne economy. Kubata gidi neku runner economy zvakasiyana.
Chavhunduka · 2 months ago
non starter
Gushaz · 2 months ago
vashya zvokuita economy vaikundika
Patz · 2 months ago
Ngavatange vachinja mafirst name awo aite eshona or ndebele kwete zvekunzi Patrick izvo
You are Clowns indeed !!! · 2 months ago
these bum clowns are really bored and becoming more useless by the day , they have nothing better to do with their time than this sh!t?
Patz · 2 months ago
Ndozvisina kana basa manje izvi. Names of provinces do not affect any peoples lives and living together as one people. Mandau ariko buruwayo. Mazezuru azere ku beitbridge. maKaranga azere kuManicaland. Why concentrating on trivialities instead kuudzana chokwadi kuma conference kuti varume tauraya nyika for once ngatimboitei zvinemusoro. Nekutsiurana chimbavha point blank. Nekuudzana chokwadi kuti ZiG is useless.
WiFi · 2 months ago
👍👍👍👍🤣🤣🤣
Ctrl Alt Del · 2 months ago
wapedza wena problem vanongogara vari mu election mode kuti vafungewo zvimwe dololo unotoshaya kuti vanoswera vachitaurei muzvima meeting zvavo
Ctrl Alt Del · 2 months ago
hazviunze chikafu mudzimba izvi takarasima nezvisina basa itai zvekuti vanhu vawane chikafu igore renzara iri nxaaaaaaa
Gurundoro' · 2 months ago
itai tione takuda vana G-West, Gauteng and Harare will be Zanu central
PVC · 2 months ago
how about naming a road Fidel Castro. What's the difference now zvimwe zvongoda kufungaso
Anonymous · 2 months ago
We must have other more important issues to deal with? I wasn't aware that Manicaland was a word from the King's English.
Mj · 2 months ago
Zanu PF is a political party, we have people belonging to other political parties who are Zimbabweans issues to do with changing names of our provinces is not entirely Zanu Pf mandate to make decisions, Zimbabwe is a country not a political party, everyone has a say in some of these changes.
Elprof · 2 months ago
Unfortunately they have no time to consult masses on things that give them political advantage.
LTM · 2 months ago
whats does that give us as a nation
Tumbare · 2 months ago
Nothing

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