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No alternative to genuine reforms in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa got very useful advice when he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the just ended seventh International Conference on African Development (Ticad) in...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:52hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Save Bulawayo from vultures
Bulawayo City Council has for years been considered one of the best run local authorities in Zimbabwe where corruption is regarded as anathema, but that reputation is under serious threat.The ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:19hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mupfumira's case provides litmus test
The arrest of Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira has generated a lot of interest with some commentators aligned to the government claiming it is a sign that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corrupti...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:25hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Austerity should not be just for the poor
Elsewhere on these pages, we carry a story about the impending shortage of bread and the expected price increases, barring immediate government intervention to address the wheat supply crisis facing t...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:43hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnangagwa has to walk the talk
Over a year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa swept to power on the back of a military coup where he promised "a new and unfolding democracy", Zimbabwe has hardly changed.The groundwork had b...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnangagwa has power to end Zimbabwe isolation
PRONOUNCEMENTS by the European parliament on the grave human rights situation in Zimbabwe provided a concise checklist of everything that has gone wrong in the past six months and President Emmerson M...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Army victims deserve justice
A fortnight after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to bring to book soldiers behind the wave of human rights violations that included murder, rape and abduction of civil society as well oppositio...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnagagwa borrows from Mugabe rule book
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that Western countries were behind the violent protests that rocked Zimbabwe a fortnight ago raised fresh questions about his claims that he has broken with the p...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:50hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnangagwa must shoulder shutdown blame
There is a very real danger that Zimbabwe may be plunged into serious social and political unrest unless the leaders of this country stop acting innocent victims of non-existant political plots and in...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Editorial - The Standard
Bully tactics will not work, Cde Mnangagwa
The unfolding labour unrest in the country has the potential to bring Zimbabwe to a halt and to take the country back to that forgettable economic darkness of 2008 if government fails to handle the cr...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:18hrs | | by Editorial - the standard
Prosecute killer soldiers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa deserves praise for keeping his word that he will make public findings of a commission of inquiry into the cold-blooded murder of protestors by soldiers on August 1 even w...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Editorial - the standard
Mnangagwa expose government's lack of appreciation of Zimbabwe's problems
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that social media is to blame for the current economic meltdown has exposed the government's lack of appreciation of Zimbabwe's problems that now require decisive ...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
This is not what Mnangagwa promised
In the run-up to the July 30 elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was saying all the things Zimbabweans wanted to hear.He particularly promised in colourful outdoor billboards and media adv...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:56hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mthuli Ncube needs to cushion the poor
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his guns on Friday after his proposed tax on electronic transactions was received with indignation by already overtaxed Zimbabweans and insisted that taxpayers w...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Editorial - the standard
Mthuli Ncube striking the right note
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has hit the ground running, infusing some urgency into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in dealing with Zimbabwe's multi-layered economic crisis.Ncub...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Editorial - The Standard
All eyes on Mnangagwa's Cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has been well-received after his bold decision to bring in technocrats who are not necessarily politicians and the more to drop deadwood.Zimbabweans ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must find each other for the people
The reported moves by the international community to bring Zimbabwe's political protagonists to the table should be lauded by all peace-loving and poverty-weary Zimbabweans.Zanu-PF may want to...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:29hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnangagwa's refusal raises serious questions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's refusal to acknowledge that soldiers who killed seven civilians in cold blood on August 1 overstepped the boundaries raises serious questions about his commitment to end...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard
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