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WEB4 days ago · AMH is an independent media house free from political ties or outside influence. We have four newspapers: The Zimbabwe Independent, a business weekly published every Friday, The Standard, a weekly published every Sunday, and Southern and NewsDay, our daily newspapers.
Fresh war over Mugabe remains - The Standard
WEBBy The Standard | May. 2, 2021. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA A fresh war has erupted over the burial of the late president Robert Mugabe with a Zvimba villager dragging the erstwhile strongman’s widow Grace to a traditional court over the matter. Mugabe, who died in September 2019 aged 95, was buried at his Kutama …
Mnangagwa: When the mask falls off - The Standard
WEBMay 22, 2021 · ZIMBABWE has been going through a lot in the past week, trying to navigate through a constitutional crisis but one thing has stood out about the administration. It is autocratic both at home and abroad. BY Paidamoyo Muzulu President Emmerson Mnangagwa has from the day he assumed power through a military coup in …
Mwonzora suffers major blow - The Standard
WEBBy The Standard | Apr. 4, 2021. BY MOSES MATENGA MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora’s manoeuvres to position himself as the main opposition leader suffered a double blow last week after the United States and the European Union (EU) signalled that they consider his ascendancy as lacking credibility. Mwonzora took over from Thokozani Khupe as ...
Porous Zim borders ‘now a security threat’ - The Standard
WEBBy The Standard | Mar. 14, 2021. BY MOSES MATENGA ZIMBABWE’s porous borders are posing a serious security risk as they expose the country to a litany of illegal activities, including smuggling and criminal syndicates roaming undetected, a damning report says. According to the report by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs ...
‘Zim on right track to gender equality’ - The Standard
WEBApr 18, 2021 · In 2013 Zimbabwe adopted a new Constitution, which many viewed as progressive in promoting gender equality and women’s rights. The constitution in section 56 provides a strong framework for the protection and promotion of the rights of women and men, girls and boys in Zimbabwe. It recognises the …
Civil society, media now our saviour - The Standard
WEBMar 21, 2021 · The media, particularly the private media, has its fair of operational challenges, mostly as a reflection of the age-old economic crisis we are suffering. And civil society has suffered a big drain as regards non-state support. But these two, despite the odds, are doing their best. The Chilonga case is a good example.
Zim democratic transformation requires strong middle class
WEBMay 19, 2021 · Its constant and alarming actions — recalling members of the MDC Alliance from Parliament, passing of the Constitutional Amendment (No 2) Bill, abductions, wanton arrests and torture of journalists and opposition party politicians — serve as evidence of political brinksmanship.
Contextualising Zim’s fuel price increases - The Standard
WEBApr 11, 2021 · The Department of Energy in South Africa has published fuel price adjustments effective April 7, 2021. The inland cost of unleaded petrol (Inland 95) will increase 16,55% from 14,86 rand in January 2021 to the imminent 17,32 rand (effective April 7, 2021), whilst the Inland cost of 0,05% sulphur …
Riverbed mining takes toll on Mazowe Dam as inflows remain …
WEBBy The Standard | Mar. 7, 2021. Uncontrolled riverbank mining in Mashonaland Central province could be taking a toll on the strategic Mazowe Dam, with the reservoir recording the least inflows in a season when other major water bodies have reached record levels in recent years, investigations have revealed. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA The river used to ...