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Tout murdered at Macheso's show
A tragic altercation at an Alick Macheso show on Saturday night resulted in the death of popular Chiredzi tout, Wilson ‘Gokicho' Mushava. Gokicho was fatally stabbed while attempting to mediate a fi...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 13:24hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank bites back
This year, authorities in Zimbabwe have recorded over 1,100 cases of debit card abuse linked to backstage black market dealers, highlighting the ongoing challenges of a protracted currency crisis. The...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 09:35hrs | 6194 | by Staff reporter
2 dead, 6Injured in head-on collision on Harare-Bulawayo road
Two people died and six others were injured on Friday when a Nissan Note collided head-on with a Toyota Hiace at the 64 km peg along the Harare-Bulawayo Road.National police spokesperson Commi...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 07:53hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must fire Mthuli, Mushayavanhu & Guvamatanga, says Zanu-PF activist
South African-based Zanu-PF supporter Kudzai Mutisi has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remove Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Mthuli Ncube, the Ministry's per...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 14:59hrs | 3803 | by Staff reporter
Govt critic slams introduction of Zimbabwe's new 'structured currency'
Prominent economist Gift Mugano has dismissed the government's proposed introduction of a "structured currency" as merely a repetition of past unsuccessful endeavors. This move is seen as the latest e...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Starve Chamisa's supporters'
Acting Chief Nyamandi born Siyano Machaya has told village heads not to give Presidential agricultural inputs to anyone deemed not to have voted Zanu-PF in the August 2023 harmonised elections....Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 21:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate up for assault
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mabvuku parliamentary candidate Phibion Hakutizwi Munyaradzi appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on allegations of assaulting a Zanu-PF support...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vendors plead for mercy ahead of crackdown
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC)'s ultimatum to illegal vendors and pushcart operators to vacate the city centre by Wednesday has been met with mixed feelings with some residents welcoming the move, while ...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZB Bank heist mastermind in court
A ZB BANK internal security officer suspected to have been the mastermind of a US$2.7 million heist appeared at the Harare Magistrates court yesterday charged with armed robbery.Shadreck Njowa...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend AU summit
President Mnangagwa is expected to join his counterparts at the African Union's (AU) 35th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this weeken...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
British citizen bashed by police in Zimbabwe
A HARARE-BASED British citizen on Saturday night came face-to-face with local police brutality when he was assaulted while in Warren Park to drop off his auto-electrician in the suburb.Kireto ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 10 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
'Talking to Chamisa is Mnangagwa's only viable option'
Renowned political analyst Ibbo Mandaza believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa should swallow his pride and engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to settle the deepening political crisis in the cou...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thief finds bags of cash in parked car
A SUSPECTED thief from Bulawayo allegedly broke into a parked car and stole three bags with ZWL$13 400, R2 000 and US$495 after smashing a window on the car's passenger side. Mbongeni Dube (36...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
Mudzuri takes aim at Chamisa
MDC vice-president Elias Mudzuri has given the clearest indication yet that he will challenge the main opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa at the party's congress in May.Mudzuri (EM) (pic...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lack of consensus fomented govt ructions, discord'
OF late, there have been contradictory statements coming out of the Information ministry and other government departments regarding various programmes and policy issues. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Ev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushava's valentine in austerity and Zimbabwe's political economy
A few weeks ago, I wrote on Stan Mushava's autobiographical poetry anthology, Rhyme and Resistance and it has become a habit for me to check on his Facebook page for any latest poetry. On this Valenti...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze
Mr Mnangagwa, take time to listen
TO you our Head of State Emmerson Mnangagwa, whether by design or default, I guess it's mandatory that we, as citizens of the land, address you as our beloved President. With that as a show of...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa has nothing to do with last week's massive protests
The MDC says it has nothing to do with last week's massive protests which brought the country to a standstill for at least three days. Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets across the country i...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife broke the ice, not the strike - doctors
Zimbabwe government hospital doctors have been on strike for the past 36 days, plunging the public health sector into deep crisis, which has led to the near-collapse of the health delivery system. But...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa desperate for Mnangagwa talks
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has described 2018 as very difficult following the death of the opposition party's founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai and a controversial election in July.Cha...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Army killings ruling a test for Mnangagwa'
A High Court judgement that seems to exonerate President Emmerson Mnangagwa of any wrongdoing in the army killings of protesters in Harare on August 1 has rekindled talk of a rift between the Zanu-PF ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has to rejoin Zanu-PF from cell level, says War vets
War veterans recently held a Press conference and chided former President Robert Mugabe after the latter turned his back on President Emmerson Mnangagwa on election eve, saying he would not vote for p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Why I am backing Chamisa over Mnangagwa
United States-based opposition leader Noah Manyika is one of only two opposition leaders that are backing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's legal challenge against President Emmerso...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losers adamant ZEC cheated the nation
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa last week appeared to extend an olive branch and to offer his electoral rival, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, a place in his government. He spoke of Chamisa hav...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:13hrs | | by Everson Mushava
Why I will beat Mnangagwa: Chamisa
A few months after taking over from MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Nelson Chamisa ran an impressive campaign for the presidency where he has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a good run for h...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Free election pre-condition will NOT be fulfilled' - only rigged election death wish will still contest
Death wish is "a desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach. A suicidal urge that presumably drives certain people to put themselves cons...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mnangagwa likely to lose polls'
As the July 30 elections draw nearer, political parties and independent candidates have stepped up their campaigns to win the first post-Robert Mugabe polls.Reporter Everson Mushava (EM) yeste...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF hoodwinked us'
Seven months after helping President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrestle power from his mentor Robert Mugabe, war veterans are crying foul claiming there is a plot to sideline them in Zanu-PF.The war v...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:41hrs | 4 | by Staffr eporter
The British could be wrong on Zimbabwe once again
In early 2017, a colleague, Everson Mushava, stumbled upon a story about British involvement in Zanu-PF factionalism and that the United Kingdom had a dog in the fight.At the centre of it all ...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Chaos as chiefs demand Mhondoro-Ngezi primary re-run
Following a successful involvement of chiefs in politics, they have in Mhondoro-Ngezi constituency addressed a letter to President Mnangagwa demanding a re-run in that constituency claiming that there...Published: 14 May 2018 at 15:59hrs | | by A Mhlongo
Matabeleland politics and the tale of two failed professors
THE history of Zimbabwe is never complete without the mention of the region of Matabeleland whose politics has been a mixed tale of sacrifice, selflessness, bravado, betrayal, deception, grandstanding...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Matabeleland politics and the tale of two failed professors
THE history of Zimbabwe is never complete without the mention of the region of Matabeleland whose politics has been a mixed tale of sacrifice, selflessness, bravado, betrayal, deception, grandstanding...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:43hrs | | by Vincent Gono
'Primary elections expose Zanu PF rot'
THE chaotic scenes witnessed during the ruling Zanu PF party primary elections yesterday which included late delivery of ballot papers, shambolic voters' rolls and postponement of the elections in oth...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Grace Mugabe apologised, admitting she had been fooled'
Former Zanu PF women's league treasurer Sarah Mahoka became one of the first ruling party top officials to push the G40 onslaught against President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he was briefly pushed out ...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF official arrested
The political atmosphere in Mhondoro Ngezi Constituency is queasy following reports that a ZANU PF Councillor for ward 6 Nicholas Matore has been going around terrorizing Zimbabwe Partnership for Pros...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 17:45hrs | | 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 Parliament to lead a breakaway party now challenging P...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:38hrs | | 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 Chamisa claiming to have inherited the throne....Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:03hrs | 1 | 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 ensure the polls are held before August in accordance ...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nama Facebook Live disrupted
This year's National Art Merit Awards Facebook Live broadcast announcement of nominees was abandoned following power outage.The organisers were broadcasting live from the Reps Theatre in Harar...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:51hrs | 2 | 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 Jonathan Moyo was last week described as an "enem...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
EMA reviews rules for miners
The Environmental Management Authority has started reviewing its licensing regulations for the extractive industry as part of efforts to encourage formalisation of small-scale mining under Government'...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villager killed at rain-making ceremony
Police in Featherstone have arrested two local men on charges of killing a fellow villager following a brawl at a rain-making ceremony.The siblings - Victor (43) and Milton Mushure (34) of Man...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman attacks cattle in revenge for cat's death
A Masvingo woman allegedly axed and seriously injured his brother-in-law's two beasts in an act of revenge after accusing him of being behind the gruesome injury of her cat. The woman, Raviro ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
I'm not G40, says Mugabe's new Masvingo point man
Former Health and Child Care minister Paul Chimedza was one of the new faces in the Cabinet line-up announced by President Robert Mugabe last week.Chimedza was one of several ministers and dep...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dear Vice-President Mnangagwa
MY name is Dumisani Muleya. I am currently the chief content officer of Alpha Media Holdings, which publishes the NewsDay, The Standard and the Zimbabwe Independent newspapers. I'm also the editor of ...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 13:02hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
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