Sun, Mar 07, 2010
Harare — IN an open rebuke to Media, Information and Publicity secretary George Charamba who has been frustrating the licensing of new players in the newspaper publishing sector, President Robert Mugabe has told the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to get on with its mandate of opening up the media space wites the Standard.
Sun, Aug 30, 2009
ZIMBABWE’S long wait to enter the age of mobile Internet access is finally over with the launch of General Packet Radio System (GPRS) on Thursday by Econet Wireless, the country's largest mobile company.
Sun, Dec 05, 2010
POLICE yesterday arrested nine MDC-T supporters who were on a clean-up exercise after a violent confrontation with Zanu PF youths in Chitungwiza.
Mon, Oct 12, 2009
“Kana mwana Grade Two chaiye akamboramba mari here? Imhepo chete dzakasimuka, ngatidzinamatirei. (Even a Grade Two pupil cannot refuse money. It’s just evil forces at play. Let us pray).”
Sun, Oct 25, 2009
BULAWAYO — At least 106 orphans at a local primary school with 366 pupils have been sexually abused. And 15 of these children have tested positive for HIV after they were raped by close relatives, a yet to be released documentary has revealed.
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe was on Friday forced to accept the January Sadc Summit Communiqué that eventually led to the formation of the coalition as a binding document, reports the Zimbabwe Standard.
Tue, Nov 24, 2009
COMMUNITY support groups affiliated to the Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+) have formed an organisation that seeks to use sport to fight stigma
Sun, Dec 06, 2009
Harare — PF Zapu veterans in Zanu PF have threatened a showdown at the party's congress opening on Wednesday if President Robert Mugabe rejects their choice for the party chairmanship.
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
THE inter-party talks to save the unity government, which adjourned last week due to the Zanu PF congress, are set to resume on Friday, amid reports that an announcement on progress in the talks will be made by the principals this week. President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara last week received reports from their party negotiators.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
BULAWAYO — The lid is expected to come off in the ongoing inter-party talks tomorrow when the three principals to the global political agreement (GPA) make the long-awaited announcement on deals Zanu PF and the two MDC formations made during their month-long negotiations reports the Standard.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
ZANU PF's women's league leader, Oppah Muchinguri, tried to block Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Didymus Mutasa from violently taking over one of the most productive farms in Manicaland in what is seen as widening divisions in the party over the continuing land invasions.
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Harare — INTENSE infighting within Zanu PF over control of the Marange diamonds stalled the planned sale of diamonds on Thursday and is frustrating proper mining operations of the precious mineral, sources told The Standard last week.
Mon, Jan 18, 2010
SQUABBLES have rocked the Pentecostal Assemblies of Zimbabwe (PAZ), pitting presiding Bishop Trevor Manhanga against pastors who believe he is politicising the church. In particular, members were not happy with his growing tendency to invite senior Zanu PF politicians to minister at the church.
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
THE principals in the inclusive government, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara met on Friday for nearly seven hours and agreed on Commissions, whose members will be sworn in this week,reports The Standard.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
THE Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday threatened to withdraw its support for the week-long civil servants’ strike saying the job boycott was turning political.
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
THE inter-party talks between the three governing parties are set to resume in Harare tomorrow, with Zanu PF and the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai still stuck in their parallel positions.
Sun, Feb 21, 2010
BULAWAYO — Senators last week admitted their roles were not clearly spelt out and consequently were not adding real value to the Upper House re-introduced five years ago. The senators who were attending a workshop on the new constitution-making process organised by the Zimbabwe Institute said they were duplicating the work of MPs.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
THE MDC-T is demanding drastic action against Zanu PF youths who last week threatened Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with unspecified repercussions for not advocating for the removal of sanctions imposed by western countries.
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has crafted an ambitious government work plan that will see him closely monitor the performance of cabinet ministers and effectively thwart moves to usurp his authority by Zanu PF hardliners.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
PARLIAMENT is now pushing for a special investigation into Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu’s interest in the companies that were controversially given licences to mine the Chiadzwa diamonds after MPs were barred from touring the fields last week.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
HARARE - A special Harare City Council meeting last week adopted a report exposing alleged illicit land deals involving flamboyant businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa and Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
SUNDAY Chidzambwa has dropped the biggest hint that he is ready to quit the Warriors' coaching post, if he gets a good offer as he revealed the depth of his unhappiness holding local football's top job. Chidzambwa, a perennial cagey character opened up in an interview at Rufaro last Thursday saying if he gets a good offer he will pack his bags writes the Zimbabwe Standard.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu PF businessman Temba Mliswa was arrested last week for allegedly threatening a white businessman whose business he intends to acquire in line with the controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.
Mon, May 03, 2010
Harare — CABINET on Tuesday rejected Zanu PF sponsored proposals to auction diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa fields without approval from trade regulator, the Kimberley Process, it has been revealed.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
FLAMBOYANT Harare businessman Philip Chiyangwa has splashed US$200 000 to bring the World Cup quarter finalists, Ghana for an international friendly against the Zimbabwe Warriors on September 8 at the National Sports Stadium.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Harare — PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has written a strongly worded letter to President Robert Mugabe warning him that he risks plunging the country into a constitutional crisis following his unilateral appointment of three High Court judges last week according to the Standard.(In Picture villain George Chiweshe)
Sun, May 23, 2010
Former St Mary’s legislator Job Sikhala who was arrested on Friday for launching his MDC99 party without informing the police is now facing additional charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe.
Sun, May 23, 2010
THE long-awaited Zapu national congress, where interim chairman Dumiso Dabengwa is set to be confirmed as the substantive leader is now set for August, the party said last week.
Mon, May 24, 2010
ZIMBABWEAN researchers will this week join experts from the rest of the world searching for more effective HIV prevention methods at the International Microbicides Conference in Pittsburgh, United States.
Sun, Jun 06, 2010
TWO MDC-T MPs were arrested between Friday and saturday facing different charges.
Sun, Jun 06, 2010
FRESH evidence has emerged on how South African companies use their connections in government to get concessions to mine diamonds in the controversial Chiadzwa area of Marange.
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
THE failure by employers to properly remunerate workers is not a new thing in Zimbabwe, but very few people would expect that from those providing services to companies involved in the lucrative mining of diamonds in Chiadzwa.
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
BULAWAYO — Joshua Nkomo’s son has called for his father’s remains to be dug up from the National Heroes’ Acre for reburial in Matobo District, claiming his father did not die a happy man and is not resting in peace.
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
A 42-year-old man raped a woman while her husband prayed outside their dwelling in Whitecliff.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
HWANGE — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday defied a police ban and addressed thousands of his supporters for the first time since he was prevented from campaigning in Matabeleland North ahead of the ill-fated June 2008 presidential run-off poll.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
DOG-eating Chinese engineers have caused an uproar in Matabeleland South where they are installing transmitters. The behaviour of the Chinese who have a penchant for dog meat has unsettled villagers who are now jealously protecting their animals which should naturally guard them reports the Standard
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
LOCATING the Mbare Chimurenga Choir in the bustling suburb is no mean feat.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010
CRICKETERS are probably the highest paid sportspersons in Zimbabwe with top franchise players in Grade X earning US$5 000 each month, it has been learnt.
Mon, Sep 06, 2010
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has fired 19 senior security officers from its Harvest House headquarters as factionalism threatens to once again split the strongest opposition party to emerge since the country’s independence.
Mon, Sep 06, 2010
WE arrive at the majestic offices in Waterfalls more than an hour late after encountering some logistical problems on the journey from the city centre writes Jennifer Dube in The Standard.
Sun, Sep 12, 2010
GOKWE — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday said he and President Robert Mugabe had agreed to hold elections next year and whoever lost should not challenge the outcome of the polls according to a report in the Standard
Sun, Sep 12, 2010
TRADITIONAL healers are up in arms over an influx of South African herbs and drugs stocked in most local pharmacies and have called on the government to intervene to regulate the trade.
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
BULAWAYO — A senior police officer was killed while a junior officer and four civilians were critically injured after they were shot by armed robbers during a raid at a pub in the city centre shortly before midnight on Friday reports the Standard.
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
THE decision by companies mining diamonds in Marange district to build a processing technology centre in President Robert Mugabe’s home province, over 400 kms from where most of the country’s gems are being extracted, has caused dismay in social and political circles.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
WHILE the case of the diesel mystic, Rotina Mavhunga was closed with her conviction last week, new details have emerged on how she managed to trick the Zanu PF politburo and top security chiefs into believing that she could draw fuel from rocks
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
GOVERNMENT is set to dole out new top-of-the-range vehicles and increase allowances for chiefs, in a move that critics claim is in preparation for elections slated for next year.
Sun, Oct 17, 2010
JERERA — Community leaders in Zaka say Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai should flex his muscles and stop war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda from operating in their district.
Sun, Oct 31, 2010
ONE of the luminaries of Zimbabwe’s war of liberation, Edgar Tekere says his recovery is “phenomenal” but he would be shocked if President Robert Mugabe paid him a visit.
Sun, Nov 07, 2010
THE Zanu PF jingles on television and radio are not helping the party but rather are alienating it from the public, a recent study into television claims.
Sun, Nov 14, 2010
BULAWAYO – THE main faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has said it will boycott elections scheduled for next year if Zanu PF wages a campaign of violence and intimidation against its supporters.
Sun, Nov 14, 2010
WAR veterans have demanded a meeting with Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister, David Coltart, escalating the war of attrition over the Senator’s statements that Gukurahundi was akin to genocide.
Mon, Dec 06, 2010
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s plan to have elections next year suffered a major setback after a report from the negotiators to South African President Jacob Zuma all but said it was impossible to hold the polls, as the electoral roadmap would not be ready.
Sun, Dec 12, 2010
IF I was asked to give a title to Pastor Charles Charamba’s latest album, I would call it “Intercession”. This is not to take anything away from the title Pashoko Pangoma, which aptly sums up the album’s emphatic beat and inspiring lyrics.
Sun, Dec 12, 2010
WHILE Zimbabwe counts down to a possible election next year, a chilling report on politically-motivated rape during the last polls has been released.
Tue, Jan 18, 2011
Harare — There are reports of massive diamond smuggling in Chiadzwa after the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) dumped a company that used to provide security in favour of a less experienced firm, creating a serious security glitch at the multi-billion dollar gem fields.
Mon, Mar 14, 2011
Harare — ZANU PF has been at the forefront of blocking locals from gaining control of the economy and its current indigenisation crusade is desperate electioneering, Finance minister Tendai Biti has said.
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is the only MDC-T leader who will not be challenged at the party’s congress which opens on Thursday.
Tue, May 03, 2011
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has pledged to set up a team to discuss the controversial issue of Gukurahundi and map the way forward after the matter split Cabinet along regional and political lines last week, authoritative sources said.
Tue, May 03, 2011
NDEBELES must not blame all Shonas for the Gukurahundi genocide that saw thousands of people killed by President Robert Mugabe’s North Korean-trained 5 Brigade in the 1980s, analysts say.
Sun, May 29, 2011
There is need to revisit the law that stipulates that children under 16 cannot get tested for HIV without the consent of either their parents or guardians, a local HIV and Aids activist said last week.
Sun, May 29, 2011
ZIMBABWEAN-born Zambian president, Rupiah Banda might soon have to revisit his history, parentage and heritage to prove that he is Zambian after opponents claimed he was Malawian.
Sun, Jul 10, 2011
CHEGUTU — A former cop has accused Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu of grabbing his farm after gold deposits were found on the land.
Sun, Jul 17, 2011
GOVERNMENT has frustrated a Chinese investor interested in a pulp and paper project in Manicaland after failing to provide assurance that forest plantations would not be invaded, a business executive said on Tuesda
Sun, Jul 17, 2011
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s nephew has been accused of trying to seize a controlling stake in Lion’s Den Syndicate, which owns properties in Chinhoyi using the controversial black empowerment law reports the Standard
Sun, Jul 24, 2011
Harare — ROWDY Zanu PF supporters yesterday disrupted a public hearing on the Human Rights Bill after they assaulted legislators and journalists inside parliament.
Sun, Jul 24, 2011
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday reiterated that elections will not be held this year even though Zanu PF is pushing for early polls. Speaking at the memorial service of an MDC-T activist, Rwisai Nyakauru in Nyanga North, Tsvangirai said elections would only be held if there was a conducive political environment.
Sun, Jul 31, 2011
MAZOWE — At least 60 households that were given notices to vacate their houses in Mazowe suburb to make way for the expansion of an orphanage that the First Lady Grace Mugabe is building, are still to be allocated alternative accommodation, The Standard has established.
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
JAMESON Timba, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office is demanding US$250 000 from Police Commissioner- General Augustine Chihuri and three detectives who arrested him in June.
Mon, Sep 12, 2011
As the government intensifies its moves to control platinum miner, Zimplats, through its indigenisation law, it has emerged that the late retired General Solomon Mujuru tried to muscle his way into the mining giant, claiming he was literally running the country.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011
A leaked US diplomatic cable has alleged that First Lady, Grace Mugabe is a focal point for businesspeople from Republic of South Korea (ROK) who have deals, especially in the construction industry in Zimbabwe.
Sun, Oct 02, 2011
HARARE - The embattled Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe is secretly receiving medical care at a private hospital in Singapore, it has been reported, amid reports that his condition deteriorated on his return from a United Nations summitt in New York last week .
Sun, Oct 02, 2011
FORMER Media, Information and Publicity minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed President Robert Mugabe’s potential successors in Zanu PF, saying, they had so far, not shown vision or policy to take the country forward. “We know who they are, but we do not know what they stand for, their policy or ideology,” he told a meeting last Thursday.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
BINGA — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday claimed President Robert Mugabe last week told him he now wants to retire, but was being forced to stay by Zanu PF elements fearing his departure will quicken the party’s demise.
Mon, Nov 07, 2011
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s health was under spotlight again yesterday afternoon during the Chinhoyi University of Technology graduation ceremony.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
JOCELYN Chiwenga, the estranged wife to commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Constantine Chiwenga, claims she fears for her life since her marriage to the commander collapsed over a year ago.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
TOP Zanu-PF and government officials are involved in widespread acts of corruption -- that was the message delivered in front of President Robert Mugabe at his Mutare birthday party.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
The name Genius Kadungure is synonymous with glitz, glamour, pomp and wealth in Zimbabwean social circles. Presumably, all emanated from the highly publicised $17 000 “All-white-party” that he held a year ago. But that too has come with its share of bad publicity.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
GOVERNMENT'S plans to continue exporting rough diamonds without processing them locally is depriving thousands of Zimbabweans employment opportunities, a local diamond education college has said.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
POLICE yesterday arrested about 30 MDC-T youths in Bulawayo before ransacking the party’s office, taking away several campaign materials including fliers, t-shirts and minutes of previous meetings reports the Standard.
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
PEOPLE last week roundly condemned proposals by the central bank governor, Gideon Gono, for the re-introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar saying such a suggestion evokes painful memories of struggles they went through at the height of the economic crisis a few years back.
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has launched a complaint with the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) against police brutality and unlawful interference in its political activities.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
Allies of retired General Solomon Mujuru wants a prominent South African private forensic pathologist, Dr Reggie Perumal to get to the bottom of what happened to the former army commander as information filtering suggests he may have died before a fire broke out at his Beatrice farmhouse on August 16 last year.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
A National Security Council (NSC) meeting slated for last Friday was cancelled after a fierce clash between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the composition of the attendees following the expiry of the term of office of one of the service chiefs, authoritative sources confided to The Standard last week.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
AN illegal trade in unregistered libido-enhancing products is thriving in Harare, putting many people’s lives at risk. While libido-enhancing products have always been part of the Zimbabwean traditional medicines, imported products seem to be gaining more popularity and, unlike Viagra, men are not shy to openly buy the products.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
President Robert Mugabe will not sign the draft constitution into the new supreme law of the country as long as it disqualifies him from contesting the next elections, a senior Zanu PF official has declared.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
PUMPING of water from a dam in Gokwe started last week after traditional leaders performed rituals to appease “mermaids” believed to have been blocking the development project, a government official has said.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
DRAFTING of the new constitution has been thrown into disarray after the MDC led by Welshman Ncube declined to sign an update report meant for the principals’ meeting set for tomorrow, further casting doubt on prospects of holding elections this year. .
Sun, Mar 11, 2012
THE MDC-T says it will go it alone if Zanu PF decides to pull out of the coalition government in the hope of forcing early elections before the implementation of reforms as required under the Global Political Agreement (GPA).
Sun, Mar 11, 2012
THE US$600 million Chisumbanje ethanol project is threatened with collapse as Zanu PF chefs, including Cabinet ministers, demand free shares in the lucrative venture under the guise of indigenisation.
Sun, Mar 18, 2012
FINANCE minister, Tendai Biti, and Mines and Mining minister, Obert Mpofu, are expected to meet soon to strategise on ways of making sure that revenue from the sale of diamonds flows into the national treasury to benefit all Zimbabweans.
Mon, Apr 09, 2012
Hordes of unemployed youths mill around the gates of company premises daily, hoping to secure a day's earnings in the form of contractual work. Derelict industrial buildings house obsolete machinery while a few trucks move out of various yards, ferrying the limited locally produced goods to the city centre. Such has become Zimbabwe's once vibrant industrial scene, following years of political and economic problems that led to widespread closure of companies and massive capital flight.
Mon, Apr 09, 2012
Charlatans such as TB Joshua should keep their prophecies to themselves. His followers always protest when he is referred to as a charlatan, but they should stop to assess the potential he has of destabilising whole societies and even countries. Biblical prophecies were never used to destabilise, instead they were used to give communities guidelines on how to move forward.
Sun, Apr 15, 2012
A Central Committee member has appealed to Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, General Constantine Chiwenga, to remove soldiers in the Midlands province who are meddling in Zanu PF politics report the Standard.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
MUTARE — DISGRUNTLED Zanu PF supporters have defected to the MDC-T in protest against the manner in which the district coordinating committee (DCC) elections were held, further causing more fissures in the party.
Tue, May 08, 2012
ZANU PF hardliners are pushing for the declaration of a stalemate in the constitution-making process to force an early election under the old constitution or at least extend the life-span of the coalition government as they feel agreeing to the proposed law is signing own “death warrant”, sources have said.
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