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Kudenga, Masunda bid to grab Oliver Chidawu's estate flops
Attempts by chartered accountant Ngoni Kudenga and former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda to grab late former Harare Metropolitan Affairs and Devolution minister Oliver Chidawu's estate have been stopp...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:09hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Masunda acquitted in indecent assault case
Former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda was acquitted yesterday by Harare magistrate Ayanda Ndlamini, who ruled that the State's case lacked evidence. The magistrate emphasized that proceeding further w...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:34hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Muchadeyi Masunda applies for acquittal in indecent assault case
Lawyers representing former Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda have filed an application for the dismissal of an assault charge against their client, arguing that the State has failed to establish a prima...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:55hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Former Harare Mayor in court for indecent assault
Former Harare mayor Muchadei Masunda recently appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of indecently assaulting his client, Ms. Ropafadzo Sibusiso Chidawu (34). Masunda, who has denied ...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 16:14hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zimbabwe nurse carries out 4 operations
A former nurse has been convicted of practicing as a medical practitioner carrying out surgeries on people in Gokwe.Admire Munyeki of Mbizo 5, Kwekwe appeared before Gokwe Magistrate Grace Tup...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 16:23hrs | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants Rahman Gumbo state-assisted funeral
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accorded late Rahman Gumbo a state assisted funeral as Zanu-PF appeared Wednesday to have hijacked the Zimbabwe national football team and Highlanders legend's funeral...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Renowned Zimbabwean mathematician Mandishona dies
RENOWNED research scientist and mathematician Gibson Mandishona has died.He was 80.Born on February 2 in 1943, Mandishona was also an accomplished musician and arts manager.He ...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:40hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF moves to replace Chidhawu
Zanu-PF has nominated Godfrey Gijima to fill the Harare Metropolitan Senate seat left vacant by national hero Oliver Mandishona Chidawu who died in July last year.As with all party lists seats...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chidawu widow's sues own children over estate
THE late national hero Oliver Chidawu's widow Spiwe has approached the High Court seeking to bar her own children from accessing their father's vast wealth arguing that they had no claim to properties...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
No bail for corruption accused border officials
EIGHTEEN security officials drawn from members of the national security cluster were yesterday denied bail by a Beitbridge Magistrate after they were arrested for taking a R2 000 bribe from a cross-bo...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 border security officials in court for corruption
EIGHTEEN security officials drawn from members of the national security cluster deployed to combat crime at the border with South Africa have been arrested on corruption related charges after an anti-...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chebundo roped into Mnangagwa campaign squad
BLESSING Chebundo became "marked for death" in Kwekwe, his house razed down and forced into hiding for days as Zanu-PF hounds bayed for his blood.His sin was daring to challenge Emmerson Mnang...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies acquitted
TWELVE Mashonaland West Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials arrested last year at the party's Chinhoyi offices while holding a meeting have been acquitted.Authorities claimed the mee...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Munatsi: A smart distinguished banker
Zimbabwe is witnessing one of the largest outpourings of grief following the tragic loss of Douglas Tawanda Munatsi (‘DTM') on Monday November 29, 2021.It is definitely a tragedy of unspeaka...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 7 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Zimbabwe teen pregnancy rate rises
ZIMBABWE'S teenage pregnancy rate has risen by two percent to 24 percent, with the majority being schoolgirls that are forced to drop out of school.The worrying trend has also led to debate ov...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa awards his wife with 'Order of the Great Zimbabwe Silver'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created national awards to honour outstanding Zimbabweans - and one of the first recipients is his wife, Auxillia.Mrs Mnangagwa was awarded an Order of the...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court sets trial date for 'MDC Alliance 12'
THE trial of 12 Mashonaland West MDC Alliance officials is expected to kick off on 13 April.The officials were arrested last month at the party's Chinhoyi offices while holding a meeting which...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
12 MDC Alliance activists granted $5 000 bail
CHINHOYI magistrate Ms Tracey Muzondo today gave bail to 12 MDC-A provincial leadership members who were arrested last Saturday in Chinhoyi for contravening Level Four lockdown regulations.The...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials arrested for meeting during lockdown
TWELVE MDC Alliance officials were Saturday afternoon arrested at the opposition party's Chinhoyi offices in Mzari suburb, where they were preparing to hold a strategic meeting.They are part o...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mafume denied bail
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume was Monday denied bail by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna who ruled the MDC Alliance politician would use his position to intimidate witnesses and conceal evidence.He i...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare Mayor remanded in custody
HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume (44), who is facing abuse of office charges, will spend the weekend behind bars after his bail ruling was rolled over to tomorrow.Mafume was arrested by the Special A...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail nightmare for Chamisa's mayor as magistrate fails to turn up
THE magistrate presiding Harare Mayor, Jacob Mafume's criminal abuse of office case failed to come to court on Saturday resulting in the MDC Alliance official's continues incarceration.Magistr...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor to spend third night in custody
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume will spend a third night in custody after his bail ruling was postponed to this Saturday by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande.Mafume is facing criminal abuse of offic...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Architects probe US$20m Econet contract
The association of architects in Zimbabwe is embroiled in a favouritism storm over an opaque competition for the design of the new headquarters of Cassava Smartech, a subsidiary of the conglomerate, E...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Not My Job!' declares Kariba Mayor
Residents of Beira Blocks, a section of Mahombekombe suburb, falling under Ward 5, have resorted to using the bush to relieve themselves. The only toilet servicing this bustling community is in a stat...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire | Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism Series
Gaddafi son refuses deportation from Zimbabwe to Libya
THE late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's adopted son, Abdallha Moussa Mone Yousuf Mouammare Aboutminiyare Al Gaddafi, who is detained at Harare Remand Prison as an illegal immigrant, was at one time d...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'In politics, treachery is inevitable'
The book 'Junctions' in one way is a celebration of the coup that toppled long-ruling Robert Mugabe, ushering in President Emmerson Mnangagwa - for a long time the former president's right hand man. ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Staf reporter
Flying toilets at Harare flats
Residents of Matererini flats in Mbare have resorted to using "flying toilets" in the absence of a proper sewage system, The Standard can reveal.For years, the inhabitants of this flat, just l...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe caps 418 HIT graduates
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday capped 418 Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) graduates at a colourful ceremony held at the university campus. The students were drawn from the school of engineering and t...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZPC gives Akbay 'goosebumps'
HIGHLANDERS coach Erol Akbay says their opponents in tomorrow's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium ZPC Kariba give him "goose bumps".ZPC Kariba, who were...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire is a CIO agent on a mission.
A political analyst Tendai Mandishona has claimed that Pastor Evan Mawarire is a Central Intelligence Organbisation member after he launched his protests last year and distanced himself from politics ...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Condemned to hell for use of a toy gun: The Ryan Nush Story
On the 26th of April 2005 the Nation was heart stricken when they heard from radio, tv and newspaper head-lines that Ryan Nush, Cast and Crew members were arrested for use of toy guns, yet the true ma...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Ryan Nush
Sex starved cop bashes wife
A young police officer - Munyaradzi Magombedze aged 22 bashed his wife for being on her monthly menstrual cycle at a time he needed to be intimate with her.Magombedze was fined $100 for assaul...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The Mopane Foundation Annual Fundraising Dinner Ball in aid of orphans' education
Mopane Foundation International (MFI), a recently registered charity Registered Charity Number 1167272 (in England and Wales) is holding its first anniversary red carpet-glam fundraising charity ball ...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Mopane Foundation Press
Dodgy dealers drag Mugabe through the mud
Questions are being raised over the exact nature of the relationship between President Robert Mugabe and his family with various controversial characters and dodgy dealers, including ex-convict-tu...Published: 23 May 2016 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabes a refuge for dodgy dealers
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his family have become a refuge for controversial characters and dodgy dealers trying to hide their criminal activities and get protection by associating themselves with th...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 17:14hrs | | by Wongai Zhangazha
Zimbabwe population to grow two-fold by 2032
Zimbabwe's population is expected to reach 19,3 million by 2032 up from the current 13,1 million with a bulging economically active age group and a narrow dependent age group, an analysis into the...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet Ministers face investigation
Cabinet ministers are caught up in the Premier Services Medical Aid Society's scandal face a parliamentary probe, as legislators seek to unravel the mystery surrounding the abuse of office by top ...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSMAS saga takes new twist
Beleaguered Premier Service Medical Aid Society managing director Mr Henry Mandishona has approached the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare seeking to stop his disciplinary hear...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa, Mupfumira sued over PSMAS
Two Government ministers have been sued for ordering the reinstatement of suspended Premier Service Medical Aid Society managing director Mr Henry Mandishona, who is facing various allegations of corr...Published: 28 Oct 2015 at 05:21hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Parirenyatwa should return PSMAS $100k, resign
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa should return the $100 000 advance payment that was unprocedurally made to him by Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) last year and resign ...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 11:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama at PSMAS headquarters
There was drama at Premier Service Medical Aid Society headquarters yesterday when suspended managing director, Henry Mandishona, stormed the premises in the company of two hefty bodyguards demand...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Mopane Foundation International Launch - A success story
On the 17th of October 2015 Mopane Foundation International was launched with all the glitter at Hilton Hotel in Sheffield as a charitable organisation that supports less privileged school-going orpha...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
PSMAS boss reinstated
Government has resolved that suspended PSMAS managing director Henry Mandishona resumes duty while a neutral arbiter be appointed to look at the issues raised by both the society's board and the M...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe sucked into PSMAS saga
First Lady Grace Mugabe's name has been dragged into the vicious power struggle at beleaguered health insurer, Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS), with one of the contenders for the top post ...Published: 27 Jul 2015 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSMAS MD Mandishona earns $40 000 per month
Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) Managing director Henry Mandishona is reportedly taking home a cool $40 000 each month.His pay cheque is said to be four times higher than the reco...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 12:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe to PSMAS' rescue
President Mugabe yesterday evoked Presidential Powers to protect Premier Service Medical Aid Society's property from being attached by service providers who are suing for debts that run into millions ...Published: 18 Jul 2015 at 13:08hrs | | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
Mandishona appointed as new PSMAS boss
The Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) has appointed human capital expert and business consultant Henry Mandishona (37) as its managing director with effect from May 1. Mandishona's m...Published: 06 May 2015 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers critical after accident
Five cadet soldiers who are part of the 57 involved in an accident along the Harare-Chirundu highway are still in a critical state, while 16 remain in hospital and 33 were discharged this Wednesday....Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 17:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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