BY PATRICE MAKOVA ZANU PF’s heavyweights are in a bitter fight over Phillip Chiyangwa with information emerging that the businessman has once again been cleared to stand in elections for […]
Archive | 2011
Festive road deaths surpass last year’s figure
BY OUR STAFF NINETY-THREE people have perished in road accidents since police started recording festive season accidents two weeks ago.Police spokesperson Andrew Phiri yesterday said 1 061 accidents have been […]
Madzorera denies bird flu death
BY NQABA MATSHAZI MYSTERY surrounds the cause of death of MDC-T legislator, Gladys Gombami.News reports said she had died of avian influenza or bird flu but health expects deny there […]
Minister Mpofu acquires PhD at 60
BY JENNIFER DUBE RECENTLY capped doctor, Minister of Mines and Mining Development Obert Mpofu, has urged his colleagues in government to dedicate time to improving their education as this not […]
Restructuring Zanu PF worsens internal feuding
BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETEsenior Zanu PF officials are worried that the impending restructuring exercise of the party will trigger fresh infighting as different factions manoeuvre to place their loyalties in strategic […]
2011: The year Standard scribes outshined in local media
BY OUR STAFF THE STANDARD newspaper last year outshined competitors when a number of its journalists scooped various prizes and awards in a range of categories despite the sudden surge […]
Mugabe’s beloved serial failures
BY PATRICE MAKOVAA lot has been said about President Robert Mugabe hanging on to power for too long. Mugabe has been under attack for the current economic and political problems […]
New year: Political uncertainty still shrouds the nation
BY NQABA MATSHAZI ZIMBABWE today enters 2012 the same way it entered the previous year, uncertain what political route the country will take for the next 12 months.Just as towards […]
Chaos looms at DeMbare
BY ALBERT MARUFUSANITY is still to prevail at Dynamos as some of the team’s key players registered for the 2012 CAF Champions League, including Soccer Star of the Year Washington […]
Standard Comment: A year of abject lessons for Africa
Today we celebrate the New Year. Like the fabled Janus who had two faces; one looking backwards while the other looked to the future, it is time for us not […]