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Why Zanu-PF cannot be trusted
Zanu-PF last week demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that it cannot be trusted with unfettered control of the legislature when it railroaded the disputed Constitutional Amendment Bill (Number 1) thr...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by The Standard Editorial
Mugabe's violence call despicable
President Robert Mugabe's statements encouraging Zanu-PF youths to take the law into their own hands in dealing with members of the ruling party that go around perpetrating violence in his wife's name...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:56hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mnangagwa's arrogance detriment to the poor
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's arrogant defence of the discredited Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill Number 1 in Parliament last week epitomised Zanu-PF's penchant to major on power retenti...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:51hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mnangagwa's misplaced priorities hurt the poor
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's arrogant defence of the discredited Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill Number 1 in Parliament last week epitomised Zanu-PF's penchant to major on power retenti...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:04hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe is not angel Gabriel Cde Chipanga
The tomfoolery that was displayed by Zanu-PF youth secretary Kudzanai Chipanga at Marondera on Friday is sickening.It is well within the excitable Zanu-PF youth leader to grovel and lick boot ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:33hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe's nepotism stinks to high heaven
The stampede by ministers last week to give President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Chikore, positions at boards of state institutions removed any doubt that the 93 year-old is behind the nepotism an...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:36hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe's party of shame
President Robert Mugabe yesterday gathered thousands of his supporters near the historic Matobo hills to celebrate his 93rd birthday, oblivious of the plight of hundreds of Tsholotsho villagers di...Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Grace Mugabe insulted voters
First lady Grace Mugabe's outlandish claim that Zimbabweans will vote for her husband even if he appeared as a corpse on the ballot paper was another demonstration of a her outrageous sense of entitle...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe must stay at home, do his job
For almost two months, Zimbabwe has been at a standstill because President Robert Mugabe was on holiday with his family, shuttling between Dubai and China.As has become the norm, governmen...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:41hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mugabe' typhoid legacy
The raging typhoid outbreak in some of Zimbabwe's cities and towns is yet another indication of the decay of the economy and infrastructure under President Robert Mugabe's watch since independence...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:32hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Mnangagwa lets cat out of the bag
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa let the cat out of the bag last week when he declared that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's proposed bond notes will be a mode of transaction that the government wi...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by The Standard Editor
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