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Do morals require a code of conduct for politicians?
Tongues were sent into overdrive in the recent past weeks amid revelations of a multitude of trysts of Zimbabwe's the third in command, Vice President Kembo Mohadi with numerous married. What started ...Published: 48 mins ago | 11 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
'We take umbrage at Timveous mischief' - strange, MDC leaders sold out big time during GNU and didn't even notice it
The trouble with people who are shallow, thick and slow is they have the propensity to make mountains out of mole-hills and thus waste not only their time and energy but that of everyone else involved...Published: 51 mins ago | 32 | by Nomusa Garikai
Form two pupil goes missing
Tawanda Anesuishe Muzira a form two pupil at Nyazura Adventist Mission went missing on the 19th of February 2021. He was last seen in Warren Park wearing a blue T-shirt, black trousers and a pair of s...Published: 1 hr ago | 247 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mohadi citied wrong resignation law
KEMBO Mohadi cited a wrong section of the constitution while announcing his resignation as the country's Vice President, constitutional law Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said.Mohadi was hound...Published: 2 hrs ago | 692 | by Staff reporter
Siphatheleni bites cops
A Tshabalala money changer, commonly known as 'Siphathelelni', who allegedly went berserk and bit police officers as she resisted arrest in the city centre, was yesterday granted $2000 bail pending tr...Published: 2 hrs ago | 310 | by Staff reporter
Rains to ease off
Rains are expected to ease off countrywide from Monday to Sunday with sunny breaks by today with warmer conditions and sunshine expected from tomorrow, the Meteorological Services Department has said....Published: 2 hrs ago | 413 | by Staff reporter
Govt announces school calender for 2021
Schools will re-open this month in a phased approach that will start with examination classes as the Government continues a delicate process of a return to normalcy in all facets of life after the Cov...Published: 2 hrs ago | 669 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's resignation a sign of great leadership
The resignation of Former Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday is just but a sign of great leadership.His willing resignation is hope that it is a good lesson to other ZANU PF leaders, ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 806 | by Shelton Muchena
Some of the biggest and most shocking scandals in boxing history
There will be one dispute or another about nearly everything in the film business. This makes it even more exciting and entertaining and draws even greater fans. Therefore, to achieve relevance and ma...Published: 6 hrs ago | 289 | by Staff Writer
Kembo Mohadi's replacement as Vice-President of Zimbabwe found?
After the unceremonious resignation of the vice president Kembo Mohadi from the office of the vice president, it has become incumbent to discuss the esteemed office of the Vice President. Cde Kembo Mo...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3006 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Policymakers urged to offer growth incentives for digital infrastructure development
POLICYMAKERS have been called upon to frame policies that help increase investment in resilient digital infrastructure. This comes as the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the country's need fo...Published: 6 hrs ago | 76 | by Agencies
We need a New Thinking Approach as a nation
Few days ago, the Former MDC Alliance Senator, Lillian Timveous, and Blessing Chebundo, were being paraded at State House, and when I saw images circulating on internet, I said to myself, what value d...Published: 8 hrs ago | 530 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Corruption in Zimbabwe fueled by ZANU PF's 'tichingotonga' mentality of a leadership that believes will never leave power
After waking up early in the morning to chop firewood for cooking, in the middle of a low-density suburb - as there has not been any electricity supply in our area for the past two days - there is not...Published: 8 hrs ago | 514 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sexgate claims VP Mohadi
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi (71), who has been battling a series of sex scandals allegedly involving married women, his aides and students, yesterday resigned to "save government's image".In a...Published: 16 hrs ago | 6064 | by Staff reporter
Man hacks off rival suitor's 3 fingers
A MUTARE man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he chopped off three fingers of his wife's lover in a case of alleged infidelity.The accused, Emmanuel Matemba, appeared before Mut...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Students not ready for June exams, says teachers
TEACHERS' unions yesterday said this year's 'O' and 'A' Level students were not ready to sit for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) June examinations following the disruption of the edu...Published: 16 hrs ago | 916 | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars Zanu-PF DCC probe
CHAOS last week marred a probe into the disputed Zanu-PF Umzingwane district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections after local legislator Levi Mayihlome allegedly disrupted the proceedings before he...Published: 16 hrs ago | 626 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to maintain water cuts
WATER-SHEDDING is set to continue in Gweru despite the city receiving incessant heavy-rains that have seen most of its supply dams spilling.This was revealed last week by Gweru mayor Josiah Ma...Published: 16 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Timveous, Chebundo sold the struggle for personal gain
IT has come to our attention that former MDC Alliance national executive committee members Lilian Timveous and Blessing Chebundo have resigned from the party and joined the ruling party Zanu-PF....Published: 16 hrs ago | 912 | by MDC Alliance Harare
Quicker route to wealth for black Africans
AFRICANS are currently receiving education that orients them towards employment rather than real wealth creation.Most value chains for our daily consumables as black people in Africa are contr...Published: 16 hrs ago | 744 | by Dumisani Nduku
Zimbabweans celebrated a wrong move
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power in 2017, he promised to change the political landscape in Zimbabwe through implementing good policies, listening to the people and respecting human righ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 880 | by Leonard Koni
Collapsing Zimbabwe infrastructure reflects national decay
YESTERDAY, we carried on our front page a picture of Mwaradzi Bridge in Headlands along the MayoChikore Road in Manicaland province which was swept away by rains at the weekend.The Standard, h...Published: 16 hrs ago | 460 | by Staff reporter
'Gwayi-Shangani pipeline a game changer'
A MATABELELAND North traditional leader Chief Mabhikwa has hailed government's move to speed up completion of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline, saying the project, though long-overdue, would transform the ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 730 | by Staff reporter
'I would rather miss Olympics than get COVID-19 vaccine'
OLYMPIC champion sprinter Yohan Blake of Jamaica has said he would rather miss the Tokyo Games than get the COVID-19 vaccine, although getting vaccinated will not be required of the athletes competing...Published: 16 hrs ago | 688 | by Staff reporter
Caps boss blasts PSL, Zifa
CAPS United vice-president Nhamo Tutisani has savaged Zifa and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) leadership as mere event managers who lack strategies to turn around domestic football and make it compet...Published: 16 hrs ago | 354 | by Staff reporter
Exemption letters no longer required
CITIZENS no longer need exemption letters for movement while intercity travel is now permissible with businesses including the informal sector allowed to operate up to 7PM after Government relaxed Lev...Published: 16 hrs ago | 875 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF concludes DCCs probe
Zanu-PF has completed the process of investigating concerns raised by some members in connection with District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections conducted in November last year. A team l...Published: 16 hrs ago | 144 | by Staff reporter
'Demolition of tuckshops inevitable'
Harare City Council has said the scheduled demolitions of illegal tuckshops across the city will continue with the owners currently being given ample time to put their house in order. In an in...Published: 16 hrs ago | 483 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners diverting water from Bulawayo water supply dam
GOLD panners in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South have been accused of diverting water from Umzingwane Dam catchment areas to their illegal mining activities.Umzingwane dam is one of t...Published: 16 hrs ago | 357 | by Staff reporter
Huawei partners NetOne
A Chinese multinational technology company Huawei has partnered NetOne to upgrade mobile network services aimed at improving efficiency in mobile broadband as the country focuses on new technology in ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 397 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave farmers at crossroads
After getting off to a sluggish start dominated by a long dry spell for the better part of the first half (October to December 2020), the 2020/21 farming season has since metamorphosed into a term wit...Published: 16 hrs ago | 382 | by Staff reporter
Politburo meeting tomorrow
Zanu-PF will tomorrow hold its Politburo meeting at the party's headquarters. In a statement yesterday, the party's Secretary for Information and Publicity Simon Khaya Moyo urged members to be punctua...Published: 16 hrs ago | 483 | by Staff reporter
US$250m bond for Harare Beitbridge road
An infrastructure bond issue for US$250 million will be floated to finance the rehabilitation and new construction of the 584km Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway from the flyover replacing Mbudzi rou...Published: 16 hrs ago | 663 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba out of AFCON qualifiers
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA has become the first Warriors player to be barred by his club, from the remaining two 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia, later this month. The influential mid...Published: 16 hrs ago | 509 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination goes to prisons
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has launched the first phase of the vaccination programme where its workforce will receive the voluntary Sinopharm jabs. The developme...Published: 16 hrs ago | 188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife donates hospital beds
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, has donated specialised beds to hospitals in Bulawayo, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces as sh...Published: 16 hrs ago | 97 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi resigns to save image of the country
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday resigned to save the image of the Government and allow him space to pursue legal remedies in the wake of allegations on social media that suggested immoral behavi...Published: 16 hrs ago | 523 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up the economy
President Mnangagwa yesterday re-opened Zimbabwe's economy following almost two months of level four lockdown restrictions that brought most businesses to a standstill after a second and more intense ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 374 | by Staff reporter
Vice President Mohadi resigns
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has tendered his resignation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and issued a statement to that effect.In his address the Vice President said he was stepping down to sa...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 17:00hrs | 8720 | by Staff Reporter
Displacement of indigenous people from their ancestoral land proves Zimbabwe regime a continuation of colonialism
It has never been in doubt to most of us that, the 1980 government, that came into power in Zimbabwe, was nothing more than a British project, which had been created to hijack the genuine and gallant ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 12:33hrs | 1522 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa to give MDC a a new name as MDC implodes
Zimbabweans owe Tsvangirai some gratitude for supporting maintaining democracy by holding the MDC together and provide the nation with a solid opposition. Ironically the MDC has transformed to be the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 09:45hrs | 12325 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
6 elements of the ideal modern house
Living in your ideal home is one of the most satisfying feelings. We don't all live in our ideal home, but we can make our home better by incorporating various elements that make the house more functi...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 08:42hrs | 1890 | by Staff Writer
Sikhala, Thabitha Khumalo chucked out from MDC Whatsapp group
Hard on the heels of two senior MDC-Alliance members defecting to join Zanu-PF, rifts in Nelson Chamisa's opposition party are widening as more senior officials continue to be treated disdainfully by ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 5472 | by Staff reporter
Chombo grilled over devolution funds
THE Local Government Ministry was last week grilled in Parliament over funds allocated towards devolution, which legislators said were yet to be released from the fiscus.Local Government deput...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to set up solar farm to generate 50MW
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has received an unsolicited bid from a local engineering firm for a joint venture project to set up a solar farm to generate 50 megawatts of electricity to be fed into the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:04hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe post-land reform programme: A new picture is emerging
WE have a new open access paper out in the Journal of Modern African Studies "Medium-scale commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe: The experience of A2 resettlement farms".Contrary to assertions t...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:02hrs | 638 | by Ian Scoones
Zupco's three-tier fare structure unsustainable
ON January 16, 2021, urban transporter Zupco announced a 100% fare hike for urban routes citing falling revenues due to the reduced number of passengers which has been necessitated by adherence to COV...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1482 | by Ngwenya
Mnangagwa urged to reopen economy
ZIMBABWEANS have urged the government to ease COVID-19 restrictions today and allow churches, businesses and informal traders to operate, arguing that the latest two-month lockdown had subjected many ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resumes Harare-Dar flights
AIR ZIMBABWE will resume flights between Harare and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, starting tomorrow in a move that has been welcomed by tourism players.The national airline will service the two des...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:57hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Govt stifling NGOs democratic space: Lawyers
HUMAN rights lawyers have criticised government for closing democratic space in the county to stifle the free operation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).In a statement to mark the Inte...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:56hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
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