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Mum hangs self after killing 2 kids
A wave of shock and horror has swept through Besa Village after a young mother and her two young children were found dead in a suspected double child murder followed by suicide, in a chilling incident...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:18hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mother, two kids found dead in their bedroom
Police have launched investigations into two harrowing incidents that have rocked communities in Dema and Seke, involving the deaths of a mother and her two young children, and the murder of a 67-year...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:54hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge boy injured in baboon attack
A young boy from Beitbridge is nursing serious injuries after being attacked by a baboon in a shocking case of human-wildlife conflict in the border town. The incident, which has raised concerns about...Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 16:21hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smoke
It was 10 p.m. when a frantic pounding on Modester Nyangoni's door dragged her out of a deep sleep.That hot October day, she had been on her feet manning her stall at the largest market in Zim...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:24hrs | 3083 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube willing to review tax proposals
The Zimbabwean Treasury may revise certain tax measures outlined in the 2025 National Budget following concerns raised by business leaders, economists, and other stakeholders. Finance, Economic Develo...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:30hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
CSOs voice strong opposition to the Zimbabwe tax
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have voiced strong opposition to the Zimbabwean government's 2025 national budget, criticizing new taxes as oppressive and harmful to citizens already struggling wit...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:54hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
2 arrested for allegedly manufacturing fake money
Two men have been arrested for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit US dollar and rand currency from a house in Pretoria.Jude Yaya Oka and Evans Akor Tiku were arrested on Tuesday by the Pretor...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:42hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
30 guns, 1 700 rounds of ammunition in cross border bus
POLICE have recovered 30 pistols, 30 empty magazines and 1 700 rounds of ammunition which were smuggled from South Africa into Zimbabwe aboard a cross border bus.Douglas Emmanuel Jekanyika (43...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kenyans caught smuggling mbanje in Zimbabwe
TWO Kenyans have been arrested in Victoria Falls for possessing more than 60kg of mbanje.Muchai Kamau (47) and Sammy Duke (33) were arrested at the Kazungula Border after police and Zimbabwe R...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Our country's Disregard for Proper Waste Management
As a nation, we are notorious for our lack of proper waste management. It's as if we have accepted the garbage-filled streets and overflowing landfills as a normal part of our daily lives. We have bec...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 13:12hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 13 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
Tension over amacimbi harvesting
A prominent Matabeleland South traditional leader has lashed out at people from outside the province he accused of employing poor methods of harvesting mopane worms (amacimbi) amid rampant destruction...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plastic carrier bag ban postponed
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has indefinitely postponed a ban on plastic carrier bag use, which was initially scheduled for December 31 this year.In a letter to the Confe...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe yet to ban single use plastics
ZIMBABWE is yet to ban single use plastic bags despite that they are a major environmental threat, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) said yesterday.Ema spokesperson Amkela Sidange told...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Doves burial scandal: New details emerge
DOVES Funeral Services allegedly stuffed blankets and plastic bags inside the coffin meant to have carried the remains of the late Maxwell Chimwamurombe, in the latest twist to the burial saga of the ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doves fires whistle blower driver
DOVES Funeral Services (Doves) has fired its hearse driver, Sam Chitsike, on allegations of failing to do due diligence after learning that he had carried an empty coffin for burial to Nyanga....Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to ban plastic bags next year
USE of plastic carrier bags will be banned by December next year, with retail outlets urged to find environment-friendly alternatives, NewsDay has learnt.The ban is meant to protect the enviro...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
George Shaya dies
DYNAMOS football legend George Shaya has died. He was 77. Shaya passed on early this morning at his home in Glen Norah A, Harare. Popularly known as "Mastermind", Shaya turned out for ...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for fugitive drug dealer
POLICE in Harare have launched a manhunt for a suspected drug dealer who escaped from lawful custody after being arrested over possession of dangerous drugs.The suspect, Tinashe Mutemeri, esca...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cities plagued by open defecation
WITH flies hovering all over the vicinity of the crowded slums of Epworth, an urban settlement approximately 25km east of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, laden plastic paper bags lie scattered on stree...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Corruption, laxity rife at Beitbridge border
It is easy to go to and from South Africa through the official border post without a valid passport and a Covid-19 certificate, legal requirements on both sides, thanks to corrupt officials in both co...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba residents protest over burst sewage pipes
MAKOKOBA residents dumped plastic bags with sewage at Bulawayo City Council offices protesting the municipality's slow response in attending to burst sewage pipes.The disgruntled residents rev...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda council under spotlight
GWANDA residents told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government that they had now resorted to use of the bush system and plastic bags to relieve themselves due to lack of water in the ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police recover dynamites, explosives
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after he was found in possession of dynamites and various other explosives at a roadblock along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway in Bubi.Godknows Nkomo...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Six men arrested for carrying explosives
Six men have been arrested by the Zimbabwe republic police over alleged illegal possession and transportation of explosives. Police recovered 29 emulite explosives and loose dagga.The ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beggar-thy-neighbour protectionist policy is decadent
Reports that the Zimbabwean government wants to liberalize fuel imports is a very significant development that will go a long way towards solving the country's artificial fuel shortages once and for a...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:06hrs | 21 | by Colls Ndlovu
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
1 year after Mugabe fall, Zimbabwe asks 'What has changed?'
One year ago the unthinkable happened in Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe fell from power.Tanks rolled in the streets of the capital, Harare, on November 14, 2017, and the military put Mugabe under hou...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | | by AP
Goods de-listed from import licence requirement
Following the gazetting of Statutory Instrument (SI) 237A of 2018, a number of goods which were formerly controlled by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development were removed from t...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:59hrs | 8 | by Zimra
The perils of trade protectionism
The recently gazetted import tariffs imposed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority on almost all major food items and non-food items — trade protectionism - is a dangerous drift towards the dreaded begg...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 11:36hrs | 10 | by Colls Ndlovu Financial Analyst
Zimbabwe faces worst economic crisis in a decade
As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country - somehow - has ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 14:36hrs | | by AP
Mnangagwa approves cholera fund
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved a budget of nearly $64 million for immediate needs in the fight against dual outbreaks of cholera and typhoid in Harare and other parts of the country, chairperson of ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Our country now a playground where factionalism forms national policy, dialogue
You know, on a playground, those that play there care nothing for how it came to be. They care nothing for how the sand in the sand pit came to be. Nor how often, if, it should be disinfected or chang...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Bridgette Malenga
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
EMA revokes kaylite reprieve
Supermarkets and restaurants are in a quandary after the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), revoked a three-month reprieve earlier given to expanded polystyrene ( kaylites) users following thei...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students demand flavoured condoms
STUDENTS in tertiary institutions are demanding flavoured condoms as compared to the cheap freely distributed ones, MDC senator for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Siphiwe Ncube has said.Debati...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 11:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Municipality adopts Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan (KISWMP)
Municipality of Kariba has become one of the local authorities to adopt Integrated Solid Waste Management plan. Integrated solid waste management refers to the strategic approach to sustainable manage...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 10:44hrs | 7 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye
Robbers masquerad as cops
Eight Harare robbers allegedly stole $2829 from N Richards Chivi in Masvingo after they masqueraded as riot police officers to a Fawcett security guard on duty at the premise.According to a ZR...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 22:44hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe cash crisis: Banks give clients coins
Banks in Bulawayo are reportedly out of bond notes and are now issuing coins to client's.Several clients have been spotted and photographed emerging from banking halls carrying plastic bags fu...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 12:57hrs | 12 | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe fumes over biscuits donation
TOP Zanu-PF politicians reportedly donated biscuits and children's snacks to thousands of flood victims in Matabeleland North's Tsholotsho district purporting the goods were coming from President ...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus driver missed by gun shots, passengers sjamboked
IN typical movie style, A and A Logistics Bus Crew and passengers were robbed in Ngundu on their way from Beitbridge.The incident took place around 2am yesterday after four men, who were o...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 14:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We should be enlightened enough to see past clans, tribes' - Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda
For some days now, I have observed from the side lines as events unfolded online that seemed to confirm my worst fears and worsen every time I logged on. I am currently on a fact-finding mission to as...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 12:52hrs | 2 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Zimbabwe army called in to help douse 'massive' Harare dump fire
Authorities in Harare say they've called on the army and police to help tame a massive fire at a big dumpsite that's caused a pall of smoke to settle over parts of the capital. The fire br...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 10:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru - Tsvangirai: When a widow decides to go out on a binge with a long-time lover
Ice cubes in the freezer can never change the weather in the kitchen, I keep telling people. In politics, anything goes, more so for people who delight in pelting opponents. It is downright foolish to...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
We must stop making noise about nothing in the house - MP
MDC-T MP Gift Chimanikire has urged the legislators to stop making noise about nothing while the country burns but focus on issues that may assist the people.He said at some point the fact tha...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Duo exchanges stolen meat for beer
THE love for beer has landed two men from Gweru in jail after they stole meat from a parked car and exchanged it for a bottle of Gold Blend Whisky. Tinashe Mutondo (36) and Givemore Churu (24)...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Dagga-carrying bus crew nabbed
A bus crew from Kurai Bus Services and two other men have been arrested in Plumtree for transporting five kilogrammes of dagga from Harare in a Botswana bound bus. Irvine Chapwanya (36), who i...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Presidents Mugabe Gabriel Robert; Zuma Jacob Gehleyihlekisa, Fort Hare students say voetzek!
Foot-sake is just the right word to tell both Mugabe and Zuma to go away! Voetzek Zuma, voetzek Mugabe! Those were Fort Hare students trying to force their way into the Hall where Preside...Published: 23 May 2016 at 18:52hrs | 8 | by Nomazulu Thata
Three mozambicans arrested for R76m rands
Three Mozambican nationals have been arrested after they were found with dollars, euros and rands amounting to R76m, the SA Revenue Services said on Saturday.Sars spokesperson Sandile Memela s...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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