Opinion / Interviews
I didn't steal, says Mugabe's son-in law
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore's name has been at the centre of a raging debate over government's controversial plans to se...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2187 | by Staff reporter
Ex-bodyguard bares all on Nikita Mangena
THE late Zipra commander, Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena, was recently honoured by the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by naming a cantonment...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1193 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa using military's 'spider-web' campaign strategy
RM: Your appointment as ZANU-PF national political commissar was hailed by war veterans and other party membership as a positive development. What are...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:57hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Zimbabwe Airways deal
As Zimbabweans continue to ask questions on the murky Zimbabwe Airways deal, which for long was said to be a private project until last week when gove...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 362 | by Staff rpeorter
Jonathan Moyo ready for Mnangagwa
Exiled former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo (pictured) has declared that he is ready to face President Emmerson Mnangagwa's gov...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:21hrs | 3801 | by Staff reporter
The eye that witnessed Nikita Mangena's death
ON Friday the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially named the cantonment, which houses the Zimbabwe National Defence University and ot...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:17hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe jnr speaks out
Robert Mugabe Jnr has revealed that people need to stop complaining about pricing and must simply work hard to afford the things that they wish to buy...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 19:17hrs | 24807 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T isn't Chamisa private property, says Bhebhe
OUSTED former MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has remained defiant and refused to recognise the recent appointment of Nelson Chami...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Inside Mnangagwa's China sojourn
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived back home from a five-day state visit to China yesterday amid optimism that his campaign to woo investors is payi...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 15:11hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
The Day Chikerema rebuked Mphoko
Today we round up our interview with veteran guerilla and nationalist Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane. In the past two weeks Nkiwane spoke about the state o...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:23hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa close associate eyes MDC-T VP post
MDC-T president Nelson Chamisa's close associate Bekithemba Mpofu is allegedly eyeing the vacant position of deputy party president and also declared ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:34hrs | 5210 | by Staff reporter
'Opposition party splits delay people's victory'
Strong opposition politics in Zimbabwe begun in 1999 when dissent escalated against the Zanu-PF government then led by former President Robert Mugabe....Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:32hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson quits MDC
Lottie Gertrude "Trudy" Stevenson is a remarkable political survivor, appointed as Zimbabwean Ambassador to Senegal in 2009 during the GNU as a deploy...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 15:23hrs | 8635 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu explains MDC splits
SINCE its formation in 1999 the MDC has split a number of times, that is in 2005 when then secretary general Welshman Ncube and others formed another ...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2305 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will win 2018 polls'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's dramatic rise to power last year was mainly driven by former freedom fighters, who were working closely with the milita...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:01hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa tackles Mnangagwa on Gukurahundi
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent a fortnight ago, laid the blame of the Gukurahundi atrocities on the Zap...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:09hrs | 2831 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa tackles Gukurahundi head on
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Independent a fortnight ago, laid the blame of the Gukurahundi atrocities on the for...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 14:04hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and David Stannard led Gukurahundi, says Mugabe
Former President Robert Mugabe has opened on several high profile secrets Zimbabweans have always had questions on.In a wide ranging interview...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 08:52hrs | 10004 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa incapable of resolving Zim problems'
Coalition for Democrats (Code) president Elton Mangoma (EM) has dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as incapable of resolving the country's economi...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:34hrs | 594 | by Staff rpeorter
How Joshua Nkomo was spotted
NOW aged 90, Abraham "BroNnkie" Dumezweni Nkiwane still has that fire in his belly that saw him fighting for the independence of two African states, Z...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to deploy soldiers at hospitals
The government has put Zimbabwe National Army doctors on standby as the situation at the country's public hospitals continues to deteriorate due to a ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:58hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
'No barriers to Zimbabwe rejoining Commonwealth'
Zimbabwe was a member of the Commonwealth since its independence in 1980, but was suspended in 2002 after a diplomatic fallout between Harare and Lond...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:06hrs | 425 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Mugabe blame 'Ndebeles' and Zapu for Gukurahundi
Q: What role have you played in the formation of the National Patriotic Front, the new opposition party led by Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutin...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 14:37hrs | 4787 | by Staf reporter
'I'm not a barking dog'
The release of the second edition of the controversial book Tuku Backstage by his former publicist Shepherd Mutamba last week has been met with mixed ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 08:00hrs | 2471 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa haven't met Mugabe
The dispute between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecessor Robert Mugabe has dominated the headlines since the 94-year-old celebrated his bi...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:04hrs | 840 | by Bernard Mpofu
Obert Gutu to contest in Harare East Constituency
A lot of developments have taken place in the MDC-T party since the death of party leader Morgan Tsvangirai recently. There has been internal fighting...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:52hrs | 1661 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'Civilian supremacy must rule over military in polls'
CANADIAN ambassador to Zimbabwe Rene Cremonese (RC) was in Bulawayo last week. Zimbabwe Independent reporter Nqobani Ndlovu (NN) spoke to him on sever...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 07:18hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Independent candidate promises wonders
JOSPHAT Mzaca Ngulube (33) is an independent aspiring legislator for Bulawayo South constituency. He is a teacher by profession, director in the Sport...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:50hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
'General just loves my dressing,' says Marry Chiwenga
A number of people have tried to understand the kind of person vice president Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry, is. She has refused to let her newly...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 08:42hrs | 20621 | by Staff reporter
Mutinhiri fires warning shots
Former Cabinet minister and diplomat Ambrose Mutinhiri was arguably the biggest newsmaker last week after his abrupt resignation from Zanu-PF and Parl...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:38hrs | 3411 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa yet to formally invite EU for Zimbabwe poll
Daily News staff writer Farayi Machamire sits down for a wide-ranging interview with European Union head of Delegation Philippe Van Damme. Find below,...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:57hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's coup govt God's plan, claims minister
Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs minister Advocate Martin Dinha (MD) claims he is a man of the spirit and that he knew long before it happened t...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:18hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Battle for Morgan Tsvangirai's throne escalates
After MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's death last Wednesday, the fight for the control of the party pitting his three deputies escalated with Nelson C...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:03hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri, Chamisa speak on battle for MDC-T top post
MDC-T has had arguably more than its fair share of internal squabbling in recent days as a result of the prolonged absence of its founding leader, Mor...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:25hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has no chance against MDC Alliance'
THE biometric voter registration (BVR) mop-up exercise ends this week and President Emmerson Mnangagwa can proclaim elections anytime from now to ensu...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe 'coup' sets dangerous precedence for Sadc'
The SABC's Foreign Editor Sophie Mokoena speaks to Jonathan Moyo, the former Higher Education minister under former president Robert Mugabe. Moyo fled...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:51hrs | 4095 | by Staff reporter
'Rift with Tsvangirai on alliance unresolved'
SENIOR MDC-T officials, including vice-president Thokozani Khupe, national chairperson Lovemore Moyo and national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
REWIND: Jonathan Moyo savages General Chiwenga
On July 2, 2017, five months before the coup that dethroned Robert Mugabe, The Standard published the interview below.Zanu-PF politburo member...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 17:21hrs | 10063 | by Staff reporter
'I support Mnangagwa, but won't rejoin Zanu-PF'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) has dismissed speculative reports that he was mulling rejoining the ruling Zanu-PF, although he doesn't h...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai captured?
With the MDC being consumed by succession wars that have been triggered by Morgan Tsvangirai's ill health, our chief writer Fungi Kwaramba sat down wi...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 11:26hrs | 5266 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma will whittle down presidential powers
Daily News editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the presidential candidate for the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) — an allia...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:58hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a military State'
Daily News senior staff writer Mugove Tafirenyika sits down for an interview with MDC national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe. Find below excerp...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 15:07hrs | 6664 | by Mugove Tafirenyika
Khupe dismisses reports of a tiff with Tsvangirai, Chamisa
The alleged bad blood between MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Thokozani Khupe has cast a shadow over the opposition's prospects in next ...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:14hrs | 1300 | by Staffr eporter
How Mnangagwa got it wrong
Journalist Violet Gonda (VG) interviewed former Education minister David Coltart on the Hot Seat programme to understand President Emmerson Mnangagwa'...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:08hrs | 2144 | by Violet Gonda
Happy with wrong Zimbawe spelling
Dear Editor,I felt a surge of happiness when I noted that "Zimbabwe" had been spelt as "Zimbawe" on the new plaque at the renamed Tongogara Ba...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:08hrs | 1959 | by M Dube
Mzembi to take a political sabbatical?
Walter Mzembi was the last Foreign Affairs minister to serve under former president Robert Mugabe.Although his tenure was brief, for it was du...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 13:22hrs | 3278 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi was a collective decision'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa remains a closed book for most people.Some say he is cruel while others say he is as soft as wool. The Daily News...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 12:32hrs | 3561 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri spills the beans on Grace Mugabe
in 2014 Zanu-PF politburo member Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri relinquished her position as the ruling party's secretary for women's affairs to make way fo...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:52hrs | 4430 | by Staff reporter
Formation of Patriotic Front
DUE to circumstances beyond our control, over the last three publications we were not able to publish this column. However, the brutally frank, Comrad...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:26hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time t...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 2116 | by Staff reporter
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