🇿🇼 The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has signed a US$533M dealwith China Railway International Group (CRIG)
The investment will revitalize Zim's aging rail infrastructure which is in poor shape
NRZ aims to modernize the dilapidated network under this extensive project
12. This thread is not exhaustive on the subject. Please feel free to share more, educate and correct where necessary on issues of Ndebele identity in Southern Africa. ( Image : amaNdebele of Zimbabwe).
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1. AMANDEBELE OF ZIMBABWE🇿🇼& SOUTH AFRICA🇿🇦
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The name ‘(ama)Ndebele’ is a generic name used to designate three Nguni speaking groups found in South Africa (Southern and Northern (ama)Ndebele) and the Ndebele of Zimbabwe.(Image : South African Ndebeles).
11. For context please check my previous threads : King Shaka's plot to eliminate Mzilikazi, How Mzilikazi became king, Mzilikazi's Kingdom, Ndebele identity ; Who are the Ndebele of Zimbabwe ? & Sivalo Mahlangu.
5. King Mzilikazi only left KwaZulu in the 1800s long after the (ama)Ndebele of South Africa were established. When he was still in KwaZulu Mzilikazi belonged to bakwaKhumalo. He acquired the new name ‘Ndebele’ in the then Transvaal when he was on his way northwards.