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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: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 500 | 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 | 146 | by Staff reporter
Loga battles for work permit
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko Logarusic, who is battling to extend his work permit after his initial one-year permit expired, says there is no guarantee he will get his Euro stars for the final two AFCON qu...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Closure of passport offices inconveniencing the diaspora
The closure of passport offices in the country as part of measures by the government to curb the spread of Covid-19 is inconveniencing Zimbabweans working outside the country who want to renew travel ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:47hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
SACU fights to attain 2030 goals
Corruption kills more than CORONA virus. It affects the hear but of society and strikes in the heart of the nation. The new dispensation has ushered in several ways of fighting corruption. Corruption ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 11:17hrs | 209 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Why Bulawayo dams are not filling up
THE fact that Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province have been receiving torrential rains since January is evident to everyone.The fact that most dams nationally are full and spilling (inclu...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 2830 | by Khumbulani Maphosa
British government tried to coerce Chiwenga to signing up for Covax
Zimbabwe, which has extended a begging bowl to locals to finance the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines, is dragging its feet in signing for a United Nations (UN) facility for poor countries to access d...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:08hrs | 6898 | by Staff reporter
US$700 million needed for Bulawayo roads
MORE than US$700 million is needed to rehabilitate roads in Bulawayo as 70 percent of the city road network is in a bad state. In an online session on Devolution Funds in Bulawayo: Water or Ro...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 06:32hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Failed Mnangagwa resorts to prayer, fasting
IN November 2017, the military replaced the late former President Robert Mugabe with his long-time confidante Emmerson Mnangagwa, who declared that Zimbabwe is "open for business", but up to now, the ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1388 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe courts curtailing the right to liberty
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) is concerned by the continued weaponisation of the judiciary by the State which continues to use judicial capture to persecute opposition and civil society activist...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:49hrs | 90 | by Crisis Coalition Zimbabwe
Biti tackles Mnangagwa's govt over Covid-19 funding
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says government has not been transparent over its fiscal and financial issues on Covid-19-related matters, adding there has been a mixture of lack of accountability...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:23hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo deaths prompt mass Covid-19 testing
MPILO Central Hospital mortality rates have shot up, with two staffers testing Covid-19 positive daily, forcing authorities to conduct tests for all 2 100 staff members and 348 patients currently admi...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to be transparent on COVID-19 donations
The Zimbabwe Coalition on debt and development (Zimcodd) has called on government and other institutions implementing COVId-19 programmes to be transparent and accountable for all resources allocated ...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:58hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Illegal use of the ZPP icon by Advocate Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance
The Zimbabwe People's Party ZPP would like to bring to your attention that Mr Nelson Chamisa is using the icon on our logo. This is a cause for concern for us because we have seen that he is now using...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1410 | by Jaison Midzi
Rule of law now a pipe dream, says ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace project (ZPP) has castigated government over the recent arrest of civil rights and political activists, saying the move shows lack of respect for democracy and the rule of law....Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:47hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe orders ZRP to deal with windscreen smashing cops
HOME Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to take stern action against police operatives who smash vehicle windscreens in attempts to arrest offending motori...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:21hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Dealing with Zimbabwe's hard lockdown
Zimbabwe started its a 30 day level four lockdown on Tuesday a move that is expected to save lives but have dire consequences on the economy and livelihoods. In announcing the lockdown measure...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 3656 | by Staff reporter
Tito Mboweni claim on foreigners not supported by data
IN April 2020 South African Finance minister Tito Mboweni made a startling claim about the number of foreigners working in South Africa's restaurant industry.When he returned from exile in 199...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Money for pregnant schoolgirls out soon
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said it will soon start providing money to enable pregnant girls to continue with their education after Treasury allocated $123 million for the prog...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:23hrs | 989 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF official killed at a 'shebeen'
A LOSING Zanu-PF council candidate in the 2018 elections in Mbizo, Kwekwe, was recently killed at a 'shebeen' in the suburb following an altercation over vehicle parking space.Allison Stambuli...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 597 | by Staff reporter
The harassment of nurses is getting ridiculous!
THE Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday took a jab at nurses and we know the meaning of what the party bigwigs were trying to say — intimidation and harassing of health workers.This is the same p...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:47hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora loots MDC-T account
TENSION is rising in the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe ahead of its extraordinary congress slated for this weekend after reports that secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora raided the party's account and d...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabwean doctors now too cowed to speak?
WE are truly apologetic for the chain of events that have taken place over the past few months and we hope that you will have a kind heart to allow the rest of the students to return to class and fini...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be cleared by my trial, claims Nguwaya
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Delish Nguwaya was yesterday removed from remand and the State will proceed by way of summons after the State failed to provide a trial date.Magistrate Ngoni Nduna re...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in crucial Sadc Troika meeting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to join other Heads of State and Governments in Botswana today for a one-day SADC Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit that will focus on emerging terrorism threats in the...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:53hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Defiant teachers receive threats
TEACHERS yesterday claimed that were being threatened a Zanu-PF-sponsored group led by Martin Mazivisa.Mazivisa fronts a shadowy parents union called Zimbabwe Parents Union (ZPU), which has be...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:11hrs | 2425 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants action against 'dictators'
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says institutions such as the African Union (AU) must take a tough stance against leaders on the continent that abuse human rights, including killing peaceful pro...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:01hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Panic strikes Zimbabwe schools
PANIC has gripped the country's education sector as schools and other learning institutions battle to deal with the lethal coronavirus, amid fears of a second wave of the pandemic, the Daily News repo...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:16hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
What 'crisis' in a low crime Zimbabwe?
Despite the misleading and destructive narrative that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe, the country's crime rate has remained relatively low. Most countries in Africa and the entire world at large, are g...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:20hrs | 405 | by Pardon Muzawazi
6 Covid-19 deaths in one week in Bulawayo
THE continued increase in Covid-19 deaths in Bulawayo has pushed up the country's fatality rate due to the disease to 2,9 percent, the highest in the region.Fatality rate defines the proportio...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Trump hammers nail into coffin of US's fake democracy
WE all knew it was coming, and now it is here: an attempted coup. There is no other way to describe what US President Donald Trump did in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.Standing in the Eas...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:08hrs | 882 | by Lowenstein
Mnangagwa should come clean on name dropping
WHILE it is common knowledge that criminals tend to name-drop each time they are cornered with the hope of evading arrest, the frequency at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family name has been th...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2912 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 generates numerous scams
COVID-19 scams have included supposed cures, fake testing sites and counterfeit personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Katlego Mothudi, managing director of the Board of Healthcare Funders, a regiona...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 12:46hrs | 694 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa plots total control of NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked Parliament to fast track the Private Voluntary Amendment Bill in order for his administration to have total control over the operations of nongovernmental organ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says law against 'errant' NGOs in the pipeline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired warning shots against "errant" non-governmental organisations (NGO) and disclosed that government would soon craft a law to whip them into line.In ...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over the rise in murder cases reported throughout the country, with a record eight cases recorded at the weekend.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to pay for electricity imports, power cuts resurface
The resurfacing of power cuts across the country as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) battles to meet national demand owing subdued production mainly at the Hwange...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 21:21hrs | 4100 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T woes mount
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC has been dragged into another fight by the Multiracial Christian Democrats (MCD) over the recent recall of MPs and subsequent nomination of their replacements.The M...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 12659 | by Staff reporter
MRP petitions govt over police harassment
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned government to register its displeasure over harassment and physical abuse of Bulawayo residents by State security agents, particularly at roa...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Mystery deepens over MDC Alliance official's death
THE mystery over the death of an MDC alliance official in Hurungwe deepened yesterday after police insinuated he could have died of alcohol abuse.Lavenda Chiwaya was found dead on Friday, a di...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:23hrs | 2592 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urgently needs PPP regulation
The state of public infrastructure in Zimbabwe has never been as dire as it is now. Years of underinvestment in the railway network, highways and roads, energy generation plants, sports facilities, bo...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1168 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa's MDC urges Zimbabweans to take to the streets
THE opposition MDC Alliance has urged Zimbabweans to unite against the Zanu-PF regime, saying there was need for a broad alliance to demonstrate against the erosion of basic freedoms and confront Stat...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:53hrs | 8865 | by Staff reporter
Illegal returnees besiege Matobo, Bulilima
A SURVEY by civil society group, Habakkuk Trust, has revealed that Matobo and Bulilima districts in Matabeleland South were receiving an influx of illegal returnees, mostly from Botswana and South Afr...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:48hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
From herdboy to professor
WHEN Solwayo Ngwenya was herding goats, cows and donkeys in rural Lupane in the 1970s, never did he imagine that one day he would be a celebrated obstetrician. But on Monday he was appointed a full ti...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2948 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records rise in home births
BULAWAYO has recorded a 53 percent increase in the number of women who deliver at home or on their way to a health institution owing to Covid-19. Home births are a leading cause of maternal an...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 as of Wednesday, with local infections also rising....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4777 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to resolve the economic crisis as the cost of living skyrockets.This comes as the local currency continues to lose value a...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 20:53hrs | 9762 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Auxilia Mnangagwa
Dear First LadyEver since you became the Health Ambassador the health care system of this country collapsed and corruption in the health sector reached...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 13:28hrs | 7874 | by Chapter 2 Movement
Second regimen ARV shortage hits Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEANS living with HIV and on the Second regimen of the antiretroviral may be forced to default or change one of their drugs following an announcement that there is a nationwide shortage of secon...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF covering up corruption
THE number of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet ministers who are alleged to have misused funds donated towards coronavirus worth millions of dollars is a cause for concern.Importantly, h...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1219 | by Unhappy
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