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Sikhala writes emotional letter to African Union on persecution
INCARCERATED member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala, has written to the African Union, regional bodies and international human rights organisations about the deteriorating political situat...Published: 15 hrs ago | 689 | by Staff reporter
EU's outgoing messenger wants Zimbabwe to rethink on PVOs Bill
THE European Union (EU) yesterday urged Parliament to take the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill back to the people for further consultation because some of its provisions would re...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes first journalist arrests under cybersecurity law
Zimbabwe's Press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."The pair wer...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mark Ngwazi battles for life
Sungura giant Mark Ngwazi of Njanja Express is batting for life after having serious chest problems for the past week.Speaking to Bulawayo24.com the Nharo nezvine Nharo hitmaker said he is in ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:58hrs | 3987 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt bans Chamisa documentary
THE Zimbabwe government has banned "President," Danish filmmaker Camilla Nielsson's Oscar-shortlisted documentary about the African nation's corrupt 2018 presidential election, Variety can exclusively...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:15hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Ex Zanu-PF youth boss Lewis Matutu bounces back
FORMER Zanu-PF deputy youth secretary, Lewis Matutu, who was stopped in his daring anti-corruption fight against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has resurfaced, this tim...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:51hrs | 4429 | by Staff reporter
Dangarembga vows to demonstrate against Mnangagwa's govt again
RENOWNED Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has said that she sees nothing wrong with expressing her feelings through peaceful demonstrations and would do it again should another cause...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:43hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Court tosses Tsitsi Dangarembga freedom bid
Celebrated film maker and author Tsitsi Dangarembga will next week stand trial on public violence incitement charges after a Harare magistrate Thursday dismissed her application for discharge at the c...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 22:31hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets sights on UN Security Council seat
ZIMBABWE has presented its candidacy for an African rotational slot as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2027-2028, and now awaits the authorisation of the African Unio...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala renew freedom bid
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole have filed a fresh application challenging their continued placement on remand in respect of the case they ar...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 19:55hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents up in arms with councillors
BULAWAYO residents have come out guns blazing accusing local councillors of "rubber stamping" any decision made by the council management while ignoring genuine grievances from the people they represe...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Drama in ZANU-PF PCC
There was drama at ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial office in Bindura on Sartuday where party Chairman Kazembe Kazembe nearly exchanged blows ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 20:49hrs | 2432 | by Staff Reporter
Black advocates responds to Adriaan Basson's insults
We the undermentioned advocates respond formally to Mr Adriaan Basson's insults against Dali Mpofu SC as follows: On 7 February 2022 Mr Adriaan Basson, Editor-in-Chief of News 24 published an ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
MRP appeal to UN over 'victimisation'
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) youths on Wednesday called on the United Nations to intervene in the plight of its members who it claims are being continually arrested and threatened with death....Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:53hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commends talented young people
ZIMBABWE is poised to be at the apex of development given its rich pool of talented youths in various fields like engineering who have put shoulders to the wheel in transforming the country towards an...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
South African companies gets a flake over eGodini delays
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo have demanded immediate cancellation of contracts given to two South African companies, citing delays by one while the other has been accused of usurping council.Terracot...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 20:33hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Govt must liberalise airwaves for development
A FREE Press is essential in holding those in power accountable.The Press is a tool that can be used in connecting and building nations.It is the Press which exposed Willowgate, Salary...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 92 | by Muzokomba villager
Zimbabwe gold coins start circulating
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday released the first batch of 2 000 Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins into the market to provide a store of value alternative to the US dollar in a development expect...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway project: A new big step in the right direction
AS we turn right off the Harare-Beitbridge highway - just before the intersection of the Harare and Bulawayo arteries five kilometres north of Beitbridge Border Post on the banks of the Limpopo River ...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mr Mnangagwa
I AM a politician, but I am not writing this letter to you in that capacity.I am writing to you as a young woman, as a citizen and as part of a generation to whom a debt is due. When we were y...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 377 | by Fadzayi Mahere
Biti, Ziyambi in feisty Gukurahundi exchange
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Vice President Tendai Biti and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi had a feisty exchange in Parliament this week over the exhumation and reburial of victims of the 198...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2689 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not going anywhere
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that he would be in power beyond 2023 to foresee all the infrastructural projects he has initiated.Speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony ...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 5822 | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt officials bribing journalists'
INFORMATION and Publicity deputy minister Kindness Paradza has accused influential people of taking advantage of journalists' low salaries by offering them bribes to spike stories that expose corrupti...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay journalists barred from Auxillia Mnangagwa's event
JOURNALISTS from the NewsDay and other private media houses were barred from covering an event where First Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa was commissioning a clinic at the Marondera Female Open Prison....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:56hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threatens 'renegade' group 'with tragic consequences'
Zanu-PF has threatened 'with tragic consequences' a dissident group claiming to be part of them which recently claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa no longer served interests of the party.The ...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:15hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
Dembare sweat for draw
Dynamos 0 - 0 FC PlatinumDEFENDING champions FC Platinum turned up flat and giants Dynamos were equally uninspiring as the eagerly-awaited Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between th...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:13hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
'Foreign missions asked to stop meddling in Zimbabwe's domestic affairs'
Government is prepared to invoke penal provisions of the Vienna Convention to decisively tackle gross interference by rogue foreign missions in domestic matters including politics and the country's le...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF group says Mnangagwa must go
A GROUPING of 'dissident' Zanu-PF members has hit out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing him of reneging on an earlier pact to serve a single presidential term before handing over power....Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 5514 | by Staff reporter
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 1097 | by Israel Dube
135 properties to make way for Mbudzi interchange
At least 135 residential, industrial and commercial properties built near Mbudzi roundabout in Harare will have to be demolished to pave way for the construction of 14 bridges and bridge-like structur...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Breaking Kazembe's hitman arrested
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti has been arrested.Dzimbiti who is being accused of threa...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 17:09hrs | 7005 | by Paul Ndou
Chinese embassy threatens 'strong counter-measures' against The Standard over fabricated anti-China news
The Chinese embassy in Harare has threatened to take "strong counter measures" against The Standard newspaper and the NGO, Information for Development Trust (IDT), over what it calls fabricated "anti-...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
'Only Chamisa or Kasukuwere can save Zimbabwe'
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has made sensational claims that ruling party members have intimated to him their regret at celebrating the ouster and pursuit of former cabinet minister...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:36hrs | 3942 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean NGOs red flag weaponisation of law
CIVIL groups, churches and students yesterday voiced concern over the abuse of the rule of law.Addressing a joint Press conference in Harare, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) president Pete...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo through the eyes of his bodyguard
THE late Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo was an open -minded and friendly person who freely interacted with everyone throughout his entire political life regardless of social standing, one of h...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Journalists urged to promote Zimbabwe's image
ZIMBABWE will continue to democratise the media industry with many commercial and community radio licences already issued and laws changed, but journalists should promote a positive image of the count...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accuses Zimbabwe opposition parties of attempts to rig 2023 polls
The ruling Zanu-PF has, a surprise turn of events, accused opposition political parties of fraudulent activities during voter registration processes in attempts to rig next year's elections.Th...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 3226 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets new record of planted winter wheat hectares
ZIMBABWE has this year set a new record of planted winter wheat hectares and farmers have been exempt from electricity load shedding, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica M...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:19hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Journalism now a crime in Zimbabwe?
Choosing journalism in Zimbabwe is tantamount to walking in a minefield. With or without an accreditation card, a journalist has become a sworn enemy of the police.Assurances from the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 13:18hrs | 551 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
War vets indaba on the cards
PREPARATIONS for the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle League's maiden conference set for the first week of August are at an advanced stage, Zanu-PF National Chairman Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has sa...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Police probe Kazembe's 'hitman'
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Aka Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti is on the run after threatening to as...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 17:39hrs | 1369 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's long but crucial road to digitalisation
In recent days, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said that embracing science and technology, particularly in the field of education, will help to boost the global economy. He added that ...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:54hrs | 792 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa hails 'solid ally' China
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised China as a "solid ally that has protected the country from invaders".He was addressing journalists after meeting senior Chinese diplomat, Yang Jiechi a...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 07:01hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, China continue to strengthen ties
ZIMBABWE and China continue to engage each other on modern challenges as part of solidifying the long-standing bilateral relations that exist between them, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.H...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:57hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime on UN radar over abuses
ZIMBABWE'S legacy of gross human rights violations topped discussions at the 30th meeting of the ongoing 50th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, which put the spotlight on Presid...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:31hrs | 1971 | by Staff reporter
Police caution politicians over hate speech ahead of 2023 polls
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has cautioned politicians against using inflammatory language or hate speech that incite violence and polarize the country ahead of the 2023 elections, The Standard ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:29hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Top Chinese diplomat jets in
CHINA's senior diplomat and Politburo member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Mr Yang Jiechi, jetted into the country yesterday for a high-level visit to further strengthen cooperation between t...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 06:34hrs | 901 | by Staff Reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi's shameful outburst
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has published a shameful attack on the Helen Suzman Foundation and civil society.The Foundation is taking Home Affairs to court because of its decisio...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:44hrs | 2969 | by GroundUp Editors
Zimbabwe's new political party launches, promises economic revival
A NEW political party, the Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) was launched last Friday at the Bulawayo Media Centre.Addressing journalists, the party's 38-year-old leader Fanuel Lisenga said Zimb...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Guvamatanga to 'shut up'
FORMER finance minister, Tendai Biti, has told off current treasury permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, after he claimed civil servants are better paid now that they were during the government of...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 4004 | by Staff reporter
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