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Mubaiwa village headmanship wrangle rages
THE fight for the Mubaiwa headmanship has continued even after the death of former Education minister and Mashonaland East governor Aeneas Chigwedere with villager Raines Chadoka accusing him of havin...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians are killing Zimbabwe football'
FORMER Zifa president Vincent Pamire has said political interference is negatively affecting football in the country.Pamire was speaking at a church service for former vice-president Ndumiso G...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs come face-to-face with Zimbabwe's crippled healthcare system
ON January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to Covid-19.The 61-year-old, who rose...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
People should not celebrate death
The country recently lost Cabinet ministers Sibusiso Moyo (Foreign Affairs), Joel Biggie Matiza (Transport) and Ellen Gwaradzimba (Manicaland Provincial Affairs), as well as former Primary and Seconda...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Angry Citizen
Mugwadi accuses Biti of colluding with doctors to target Zanu-PF politicians
Zanu-PF information director Tafadzwa Mugwadi has backed a now withdrawn claim by government spokesman Nick Mangwana that doctors were responsible for purposely killing several ruling party bigwigs wh...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 21:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere buried
Former Education Minister and Mashonaland East Governor Aeneas Chigwedere, who succumbed to Covid-19 on January 22, was buried yesterday at his farm in Marondera. Soon after his death, Preside...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CONDOLENCE SUPPLEMENT: High profile deaths rise as Covid-19 surges
ZIMBABWE is reeling from a sharp surge in coronavirus infections and deaths. By 23 January 2021, the country's caseload was at 31,007 while fatalities were at 974. The victims include high pro...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 19:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs retreat to farms as Covid-19 bites
SEVERAL government and Zanu-PF bigwigs have retreated to their farms and villages as the Covid-19 pandemic bares its teeth with four Cabinet ministers having died so far and President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
This comes as Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza died of Covid-19 today. Four ministers, including Matiza, have so far died. Others are Perrance Shiri, Ellen Gwaradzimba and Moyo. Former minister A...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Aeneas Chigwedere dies of Covid-19-related complications
Former education minister, Mashonaland East governor and historian Aeneas Chigwedere has died at the age of 81. His son Casper said his father died following "Covid-19 related complications"...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Ken Mufuka
Cops implicated in Zanu-PF DCC election rigging
POLICE officers have been implicated in the Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committees (DCC) election rigging scandals in Mutoko East with allegations that they were paid to vote as party members....Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Does Bona Mugabe's censorship board still exist?
The last time the nation heard of a Censorship board was when Ignatius Chombo was the Minister of Home Affairs. Then Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo announced a new Board of Censors that...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chigwedere seeks son's incarceration
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has approached the High Court, seeking a 30-day jail term against his son, Mangwiza, in order to compel him to undergo paternity tests as the witchcraft sag...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Revealed: Full List of Mugabe's preferred President and Cabinet
A former officer in the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation has revealed to us the full list of Mugabe's preferred President and Cabinet who were supposed to take over power after the 2018 elect...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 19:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chigwedere plots to dethrone Chief Svosve
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has filed an affidavit in support of a High Court application filed on October 7 by one Aaron Maruta, who is seeking to dethrone Chief Svosve, real name Wes...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere wins order to force son to undergo DNA test
FORMER Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere, who is embroiled in a nasty witchcraft saga with his son Mangwiza, has obtained a court order compelling him to undergo DNA paternity tests.Chigwed...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere, son ordered to get paternity tests
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has been ordered to have his son Mangwiza undergo a paternity test after the politician disowned his offspring after he accused him of practicing witchcraft...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Board of Censors in limbo
THE new-look Board of Censors, which was appointed in May last year, has not been operational since November 15 last year and are awaiting regularisation.The members of the statutory body hold...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa and the Scarf became inseparable
As my friend Robert Mukondiwa aptly puts it; since the turn of the century and even as early as the advent of Independence, Zimbabwe has been battling to define a culture that makes its mark on the wo...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere's son spits venom
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son, Mangwiza, has revealed that his father has over 40 children, but only loves four.Mangwiza, who is embroiled in a nasty witchcraft saga with C...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere want judges to fatally shoot him
Former Cabinet minister Aeneas Chigwedere's younger brother, Godfrey, wept uncontrollably in court and pleaded with judges to fatally shoot him after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) declined to h...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 10:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere's brother weeps in ConCourt
There was drama at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday when former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's brother, Godfrey, openly wept in court and pleaded with the judges to shoot and kill...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere paternity test case takes twist
THE paternity test case pitting former education minister Aeneas Chigwedere and son Mangwiza has taken another direction after the latter set more conditions.Chigwedere recently agreed to dema...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere agrees to undergo paternity tests
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has agreed to undergo paternity tests with his son Mangwiza at any laboratory of the latter's choice in order to put to rest a witchcraft saga which has bee...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' unions in disharmony
Teachers' unions have very different legal positions on the mooted Teachers Profession Council (TPC), with the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) refusing to sign the draft document while Z...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 11:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
West setting dangerous precedent in Kenya, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, as a committed pan Africanist, I am deeply disturbed by the very sad developments taking place in Kenya in the name of democracy. You don't need to ...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 13:09hrs | | by CZ
Zodwa ban - Too much censorship emerging in Zimbabwe
The Aeneas Chigwedere-led Board of Censors has unleashed controversy by banning South African socialite Zodwa Wabantu from performing at the Harare International Carnival.Apparently, the board...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 13:36hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zodwa Wabantu, Zimbabwe's an unwanted sideshow
Zodwa Libram (Wabantu) is a plain 32-year-old South African woman who spots unkempt hair and her claim to fame is dancing to other artists' music, minus undergarments. Her differentiation, therefore, ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Conelia Mabasa
Chigwedere paternity test saga opens can of worms
FORMER Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's "troublesome" son, Mangwiza, has claimed that he was born when his mother was only 16 years old after being impregnated by the ex-government minister....Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Chigwedere demands paternity test
FORMER Education Minister Dr Aeneas Chigwedere, accused of witchcraft by "his son" Mangwiza, has approached the High Court seeking to subject his accuser to a paternity test to establish his fatherhoo...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt housing scheme divides civil servants' unions
THE government's recent offer to provide housing units for its employees has left civil servants' unions sharply divided, with the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) rubbishing the scheme ...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White farmer sues Kanengoni-Malinga over seizure of land
MARONDERA commercial farmer David Peter Worsely Worswick has taken Minister of State in Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's office, Tabetha Kanengoni-Malinga, and Police Commissioner-General Augustine...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
'Too early to talk about censorship,' says Chigwedere
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere says he is still learning about his new role as the chairperson of the Censorship Board, almost a week after his appointment.Home Affairs minister I...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bona, don't let them take us back to Stone Age
I doubt that most of the people making noise about the board actually went through the list of names that make up that panel – it is just opportunism – a chance to vent anger about things that are...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:09hrs | | by Mtandazo Dube
Chigwedere still to grasp his censorship board role
Newly appointed chairperson of the Censorship Board, Aeneas Chigwedere has said he is yet to fully grasp his mandate.Chigwedere told the Standard that an induction workshop will help the new b...Published: 28 May 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bona Mugabe 'gets SECOND board appointment in a week'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Chikore, has been appointed a board member of the soon-to-be-established Empower Bank, which will be run by the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowermen...Published: 27 May 2017 at 16:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bona Mugabe Censorship Board unconstitutional'
The new Censorship Board installed by Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo is not provided for in the new Constitution, legal experts said yesterday.The new Board of Censors will be led by fo...Published: 26 May 2017 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe's appointment causes an uproar
The appointment of President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Chikore to the new 11-member Zimbabwe Censorship Board has torched off a storm, with several players in the arts industry questioning her su...Published: 25 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Censorship board tenure increased as Bona is drafted in
Government has extended the tenure of the Censorship Board after drafting in President Robert Mugabe's daughter- Bona Chikore.As first reported by ...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Alice Charamba
'Chigwedere clan will perish', son tells court
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son, Mangwiza, yesterday pleaded with the full Constitutional Court bench to entertain his application, seeking to force the whole Chigwedere clan to ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere witchcraft case stalls
The non-availability of an interpreter for the witchcraft case pitting former education Minister Aeneas Chigwedere and his son last week forced the outgoing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku to sw...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere's son sues father, Chihuri
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son has taken his father alongside police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri and his two junior officers to the High Court, demanding the return o...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banks removed from US sanctions list
The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed ZB Financial Holdings, its subsidiaries, the Industrial Development Corporation along with other indi...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New twist in Chigwedere witchcraft saga
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son, Mangwiza, has turned the heat on his father's lawyer, Tendai Masawi of Masawi and Partners, accusing the legal practitioner of gross misconduct....Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
New twist in Chigwedere witchcraft saga
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son, Mangwiza, has turned the heat on his father's lawyer, Tendai Masawi of Masawi and Partners, accusing the legal practitioner of gross misconduct....Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere sues son for legal costs in witchcraft case
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has filed a notice of taxation against his son Mangwiza, claiming $6 500 in legal costs. Chigwedere claims he incurred the costs during a legal ...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere served with papers to appear in court over witchcraft
The matter in which former Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister and ex-Mashonaland East governor Aeneas Chigwedere (pictured right) is accused of witchcraft by his son, Magwiza, is now before t...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Ivan Zhakata
Chigwedere, son clash over witchcraft allegations
Former Education, Sport and Culture Minister and ex-Mashonaland East governor Aeneas Chigwedere has appeared before the Harare Civil Court over witchcraft claims by his son, Magwiza Chigwedere....Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Ivan Zhakata
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