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Zimbabwean woman elected first African Mayor in UK town
A Zimbabwean-born politician from Chinhoyi, Councillor Mara Makunura, has been elected as the Mayor of Rushmoor Borough Council in the United Kingdom, making history as the first female and first blac...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:47hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt commits to continue road rehab
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has reaffirmed the government's dedication to the ongoing road rehabilitation projects across Zimbabwe. He dismissed claims that these pr...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:44hrs | 807 | by Sgtaff reporter
Harare roads rehabilitation 90% complete
The rehabilitation of Harare roads needed in preparation for the hosting of the 44th SADC Summit next month is 90 percent complete and on schedule.Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga presen...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:39hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe road works to continue post-Sadc Summit
The massive road rehabilitation programme in Harare ahead of the SADC Summit next month will continue after the event, with beautification works already underway along the completed 6km stretch of Bou...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:19hrs | 15 | by Staff reportyer
Zimbabwe govt warns road contractors over shoddy work
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona announced that contractors delivering substandard roadwork will not be paid until they reconstruct or rehabilitate the roads to the Gover...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare roads being dualised
Road construction in Harare has gathered pace, with car sales that had been erected along Harare-Chirundu Highway on Nemakonde Road (formerly Lomagundi Road), having been demolished to pave way for th...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
47 farms earmarked for new city
FORTY-SEVEN farms in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland Central provinces have been earmarked for the development of the new capital city in Mt Hampden, where work on core infrastructure, which includes...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Another empty promise on road rehabilitation from Zimbabwe govt
MAJOR roads, flyovers and bridges, along with mini interchanges along roads in and around Harare that link with the US$88 million Mbudzi Traffic Interchange, are being rehabilitated or constructed, Tr...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Health Minister's car ploughs into a cyclist
On Monday afternoon, a significant road traffic accident involving the vehicle of Douglas Mombeshora, the Minister of Health and Child Care, transpired. The incident occurred near Christos shopping ce...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Nemakonde dies
Chief Nemakonde, also known as Wilson Mhende, has passed away following an extended illness at the age of 97. His jurisdiction ranged from Chinhoyi to Kanyaga in the Makonde district.An offici...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mushikashika robberies increase
Five sets of passengers accepting lifts from what they thought were mushikashika lost cash and phones on Friday and Saturday last week in Harare, while a man who offered three men a lift last week los...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rain-making ceremonies still relevant
Normal to above-normal rains received in Makonde District and the rest of Zimbabwe last season have raised debate.Traditionalists, Christians and scientists have divergent views on why the cou...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'2020 was challenging, but local tourism is resilient'
IT is that time again when we reflect on the year that was. The year 2020 came to a close yesterday and yes, it had its joys and sorrows.I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the t...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | | by Givemore Chidzidzi
Teachers strike continuing, school heads overwhelmed
THE final phase of the re-opening of public schools countrywide got off to a rocky start yesterday, with many teachers failing to turn up for work — forcing some overwhelmed school heads to send lea...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exam classes in false start
CHAOS rocked most schools as they reopened for examination classes yesterday, with thousands of pupils turned away over lack of personal protective equipment, non-payment of fees, while in other insta...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust student 'killer' arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man suspected to have attacked and killed a National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student in the city last week. Sources yesterday said Munyar...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust student killed at beer drink
A FIRST year Industrial Engineering student from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo died after he was attacked by unknown assailants in Magwegwe suburb, police confir...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra's plan after downing Rhodesian Viscounts
Last week, Comrade Agrippah Gava (born 1956) narrated how he left Tekwane High School with a group of 34 other students to join the liberation struggle in 1976. He narrated how he went for military tr...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'protégée' torments Makonde farmer
A SUSPECTED Makonde illegal miner is allegedly abusing President Emerson Mnangagwa's name to torment a resettled farmer, who now has endured illegal gold mining metres from his house.Gibson Li...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'Top 100 A level school for 2017 Candidates'
A purported top 100 Advanced Level schools' list is circulating on various social media platforms.The list of the country's purported best-performing schools in the 2017 A Level final year exa...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 10:10hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates 37th birthday
ZIMBABWE today celebrates 37 years of Independence from British colonial rule with Zanu-PF yesterday calling on all patriots to uphold and cherish the values that informed the liberation strug...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for independence celebrations
ALL is set for the 37th Independence Day anniversary on Tuesday, with thousands of Zimbabweans from all walks of life expected to throng the giant National Sports Stadium, in Harare for the ma...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Myth or reality: The raid by Ndebeles of Shona cattle and women
A lot has been said recently about alleged raids carried out by the Ndebele State on their then neighbours in 19th century. I say alleged because while some think it is a forgone conclusion that the r...Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 06:59hrs | 9 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Top 100 schools at O'Level raise eyebrows
Often times, when we try to act as intelligent as we think we are, we usually portray the highest level of our stupidity. We usually strech our imaginations and start majoring the minor.One th...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
MDC-T condemns the 'Million men' march that never was
The so-called million men march that was staged by the faction-ridden and crumbling Zanu PF regime on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 was a spectacular flop. A few thousand people, most of whom had been comma...Published: 26 May 2016 at 09:12hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu, MDC-T National Spokesperson
Zanu-PF's million march, a spectacular flop - claims MDC-T
The so-called million men march that was staged by the faction-ridden and crumbling Zanu-PF regime on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 was a spectacular flop. A few thousand people, most of whom had been comma...Published: 25 May 2016 at 20:51hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Man fatally assaults niece over 'love affair'
IN an incident that has left Chikonohono residents in Chinhoyi shocked, a 40-year-old man allegedly fatally assaulted the 19-year-old niece he was staying with after accusing her of having an affair w...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Tedious Manyepo
Marange trio rob cop
THREE Marange men will do 210 hours of unpaid work each after they were convicted of theft charges by a Mutare senior magistrate.Manica Post reported that Kudzai Nemakonde (23), Praymore...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man desires to have ten children
IN a bid to justify abusing his wife, a Mutare man said their bone of contention was his desire to have 10 children, something his wife was totally against.Takudzwa Chihota and Dadirai Nem...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 07:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
A-level top 100 schools - list
Marist Brothers Nyanga High School in Manicaland Province is the best Advanced Level school in Zimbabwe, having attained a 100 percent pass rate in the 2013 Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council Zimse...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 07:14hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Two music vendors get 12 months in prison for piracy
HARARE - Two music vendors were yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment after a Harare magistrate found them guilty of contravening the Copyright Act.Daniel Maramba, 41, and Christine ...Published: 09 Nov 2013 at 04:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Headmasters, teachers writing exams for a fee'
SCORES of headmasters and teachers around the country are writing examinations on behalf of other people for a fee to enable them to secure employment, The Standard has heard.Teachers and he...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Something to write home about
The landmark ruling this week by the Constitutional Court restoring dual citizenship following an application by Mutumwa Mawere represents one of the several issues to write home about. The ...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 11:01hrs | | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, 28th June 2013.
Man (49) urinates on sister's blankets to cleanse satanism
A 49-year-old man from Bulawayo's Iminyela suburb has been arrested for calling his sister a Satanist and urinating on her blankets as a way of cleansing her 'demonic' spirits.It is reported t...Published: 08 May 2013 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaspora feels it
Diaspora feels it UK, was held on Saturday 22 December 2012 in memory of Agnes Nemakonde who was forcefully deported by UK Govt to Kenya without proved documen...Published: 23 Dec 2012 at 09:57hrs | | by Martin W Chinyanga
The story behind the 'alleged Stateless Zimbabwean' woman stranded in Kenya
The Department of Immigration Services has dismissed claims by a woman camping at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport that she is stateless and has nowhere to go.Reacting to claims by 43-...Published: 11 Mar 2012 at 12:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
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