Shares have been falling since. By Wednesday’s close the S&P 500 was at 7,691.76, roughly 1.4 per cent below its peak, after several days of losses.
Standard People
By Isaac Jonas
Aug. 23, 2026
In attempting to enforce the law, are municipal police themselves acting outside it?
Standard People
By Samuel Chuma
Aug. 23, 2026
If a municipal employee can legitimately acquire land from his or her employer, pay for it and proceed to develop it, what exactly is the explanation for the subsequent bulldozers?
Standard People
By Johannes Marisa
Aug. 23, 2026
The lesson for the ordinary entrepreneur is simple: you cannot control every road, railway or border post, but you can design your business around logistical realities.
Zimbabwe needed was not a coach with the best of CVs but one who can motivate and raise the spirits of the players and make them believe they can do it.
Standard People
By Michael Kariati
Aug. 23, 2026
Professor Jason Arday struggled with autism and other developmental issues, overcoming them somewhat to become the youngest professor, ever, at Cambridge University.
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By Kenneth Mufuka
Aug. 23, 2026
The opportunity lies in over-the-top services—cloud, cybersecurity, digital transformation, and AI. Not just forcing services on customers, but co-creating solutions with them.
Standard People
By In Conversation With Trevor
Aug. 23, 2026
The 2024 Forum on China Africa Cooperation Beijing summit established frameworks for deeper collaboration on peacekeeping, conflict prevention and security capacity building.
Standard People
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 23, 2026
Official unemployment figures can sometimes hide the real picture. ZimStat currently reports an overall unemployment rate of 20.7% for people aged 15 and above in Q2 2025.
Standard People
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Aug. 23, 2026
The sad demise of more than 90 people in the Kariba ferry accident has exposed the callousness of this dispensation of poverty, darkness and confusion.
Standard People
By Doctor Stop It
Aug. 23, 2026
Worse, vital roles such as surveyors, examiners, and the chief harbour master are manned by individuals holding social science degrees rather than marine engineering credentials.
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By The Standard
Aug. 23, 2026
According to a released statement, the project is an ‘ambient blend of folk, soul and spoken word.
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By Khumbulani Muleya
Aug. 18, 2026
The gamer changer in town are the DRC’s critical minerals now increasingly sought due to a rising global demand, making the country a key supplier in international supply chains.
Standard People
By Brian Hungwe
Aug. 17, 2026
The Arctic route serves as a supplementary artery that mitigates overreliance on single transit lanes.
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By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 17, 2026
Japan’s national historical discourse represents a decades‑long project of systematic historical laundering.
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By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 17, 2026
It lies in an artificial border system forcibly imposed on the Global South, one that disregards indigenous ethnic bonds, cultural textures and traditional governance structures.
Standard People
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 17, 2026
This latest campaign reveals a predatory culture within the local authority.
Standard People
By The Standard
Aug. 16, 2026
Well, clearly, Rida—or whatever they call the District Development Fund these days—does drown.
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By Doctor Stop It
Aug. 16, 2026
As for Bishop Ndanga, I still remember your comforting words on the night you left for Sierra Leone, as we prayed at Ambassador Hotel, well into the small hours of the morning.
Standard People
By Kenneth Mufuka
Aug. 16, 2026
Communication has long been recognised as a tool for influencing attitudes and behavior.
Standard People
By Takudzwa Gochero
Aug. 16, 2026
Energy policy must therefore operate with a long horizon.
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By Edzai Kachirekwa
Aug. 16, 2026
The research does not explain the cause of the ferry accident, and it would be inappropriate to suggest that it does.
Standard People
By Decide Mabumbo
Aug. 16, 2026
After completing her primary school education in Bulawayo, she went to Regina Mundi High School in Gwayi.
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By Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Aug. 16, 2026
Maize becomes animal feed, starch or cooking oil. Milk becomes cheese and powdered milk. Fruit becomes juice and concentrate.
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By Daniel Makokera
Aug. 16, 2026
The VFEX prices and trades shares in United States dollars. The ZSE prices them in ZiG.
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By Isaac Jonas
Aug. 16, 2026
The first question, therefore, should not simply be: How did the boat sink? The bigger question is: Why were so many people exposed to such a level of risk in the first place?
Standard People
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Aug. 16, 2026
English still carries genuine commercial weight here, signalling formality, export-readiness, and aspiration. The mistake is treating that as the whole story. It surely is not!
Prominent and influential individuals have been among the recipients of these gifts.
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By Nigel Nyamutumbu
Aug. 16, 2026
Fact: Dementia is caused by diseases affecting the brain. Although age is the greatest risk factor, dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing.
Standard People
By Ruth Memeza
Aug. 9, 2026
Every entrepreneur should remain a student of their industry. Reading books, participating in professional networks, and acquiring new skills should become routine business practices.
“No, Siree!” They said. “We are not going to be part of training Africans to be hewers of wood and carriers of water for the white man.” Reverend Dr. Robert Laws.
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By Kenneth Mufuka
Aug. 9, 2026
These returnees, 65% of whom are women and girls, are currently braving freezing winter temperatures with little more than the clothes on their backs and the hope of safety.
Standard People
By The Standard
Aug. 9, 2026
Body cameras protect citizens from abuse while simultaneously protecting officers from false accusations and drastically reduces chances of soliciting bribes.
Standard People
By Claude Phuti
Aug. 9, 2026
Citizen activism will not solve climate change by itself. But without active citizens, even the strongest climate policies risk remaining words on paper.
Standard People
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Aug. 9, 2026
Multiple tiers of directors, deputy directors, and chief directors often operate at the same functional level, blurring accountability and significantly increasing personnel costs.
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By Jackson Nyamupfukudza
Aug. 9, 2026
The Commonwealth Games, which were held recently, captured global attention as the world’s top athletes competed for gold, silver, and bronze medals.
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By Doctor Stop It
Aug. 9, 2026
The presence of the deputy minister at the launch underscores the growing profile of the production
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By Valentine Maya
Aug. 6, 2026
While most core subsystems of China’s new equipment are localised, a small share of critical components still rely on foreign suppliers.
Standard People
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 4, 2026
Amid intensifying technological rivalry, indigenous research capacity stands as the most reliable buffer against geopolitical risks.
Standard People
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 4, 2026
So modern day European leaders are increasingly finding it difficult to drop the "toy" that Ukraine has become for them.
Standard People
By Own Correspondent
Aug. 4, 2026
Nato’s 2022 Strategic Concept groundlessly labelled China a “systemic challenge,” laying out an explicit pivot toward the Indo-Pacific theatre.
Standard People
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 4, 2026
New iterations of these foreign-manufactured devices will no longer receive FCC certification, effectively barring them from US retail and industrial markets.
Standard People
By Saxon Zvina
Aug. 4, 2026
The streets were whispering, of course. They said the president was avoiding the "dust" of the nationwide protests.
Standard People
By Doctor Stop It
Aug. 2, 2026
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches has already warned that these amendments have deepened polarisation and could threaten the very peace the General claims to desire.
Standard People
By The Standard
Aug. 2, 2026
Local Government and Public Works minister Daniel Garwe's declaration that "the era of lawlessness is over" sends a strong message.
Standard People
By Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Aug. 2, 2026
South Africa wore the heavy moral mantle of the prophet Elijah.
Standard People
By Kenneth Mufuka
Aug. 2, 2026
Harare is the capital city and the face of Zimbabwe.
Standard People
By Clever Marisa
Aug. 2, 2026
A large company can afford to run several distinct brands in parallel, each with its own advertising budget, because scale absorbs the cost of repetition.
Our challenge is ensuring that agriculture becomes part of the digital economy they already inhabit.
Standard People
By Darlington Mafa
Aug. 2, 2026
For many Zimbabweans, the David and Goliath narrative has become a powerful metaphor for their own political journey since attaining independence from British rule in 1980.
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By Khanyisani Silwane Ncube
Aug. 2, 2026