Contralesa secretary general and champion of Ancestors Day Zolani Mkiva has challenged the government to live up to the dictates of the Freedom Charter and listen and act on the people’s demands, ...

He's always been clear about his love of culture. He's a poet, actor, praise singer (imbongi) and traditionalist. Zolani Mkiva has now come up with the idea of having an Inaugural Ancestors Day. The ...

If Contralesa has its way, South Africa will have another public holiday added to the 12 on the calendar. It would be Ancestors’ Day on 8 May, dedicated to ‘reflection, prayer and appeasement of our ...

Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) secretary-general Zolani Mkiva has confirmed that the institution's national executive committee (NEC), led by its president, Kgosi Mathupa ...

For 13 years, Zolani Mkiva and the late Nelson Mandela travelled extensively together, sharing planes, meals and cups of tea as the praise-singer sang Mandela’s attributes, often dressed in animal ...

Business people should not prevent people from accessing their ancestral heritage sites for ritual purposes, says Zolani Mkiva, general secretary of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa ...

There is an urgent need for government to deal with people who undermine African cultures, poet Zolani Mkiva said on Wednesday. “Our cultures are attacked all time by the people who undermine it and ...

Castle Milk Stout brand manager Khensani Mkhombo (7th from left) and Contralesa general secretary Zolani Mkiva (8th from left) with other delegates to the Ancestors Day launch. Photo: Sipho Siso BLUR ...

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for Pretoria West in South Africa, Zolani Mkiva (pictured) through the Mkiva Humanitarian Foundation held an inaugural ceremony of the Mhlekazi International Poetry Festival and ...

Ekurhuleni businessman Mongezi Mkiva died on Sunday, a few hours after being shot several times during a robbery at his flat in Rondebult. This is according to his brother Zolani Mkiva, an ANC MP and ...

Transkei-born praise singer Zolani Mkiva will hold the world’s attention today as the first act at the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup “I am thrilled. Making it more exciting and historic is ...