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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
BY TAFADZWA KACHIKO“A lot of things happen here at the airport. It all depends on the money on offer,” an immigration official at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport said. In October 2021, Roselyn Dunga, a 31-year-old woman working as a security screener at the RGM International Airport stole a bag containing US$2 million from an unknown passenger, who boarded an Emirates flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Kenneth Nyangani |Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga
SUSPENDED Harare City Council town clerk Hosiah Chisango tried to bulldoze his way back to Town House after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped corruption charges against him.
Chisango faced charges of illegally facilitating a US$9 million streetlights tender deal in favour of a company owned by Zanu PF linked businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe.
Chisango was charged alongside Arkims Mandaza, Denford Zhungu and Tawanda Mutenhabundo.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development(USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater risk of becoming a wider global emergency, according to aid workers and global health experts.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Bongile Moyo
The Zim-Israel Connect, an initiative meant to foster collaboration between Zimbabwe and Israel in the areas of spiritual, religious, tourism, and business, will be launched in Harare on Sunday.
The initiative is being led by Consul General of Zimbabwe to Israel Ron Levy Musan, Action for Empowerment Zimbabwe (AEZ) president Alson Darikayi and Life International Ministries founder Prophet Malcom Kaitano.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqaba Matshazi |Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga
Over the past week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave probably his most emphatic response to whether he would like to extend his term beyond 2028, reiterating that he would leave office in the next three years.
Mnangagwa has previously said he is a “constitutionalist” and will abide by the terms of the constitution.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Harriet Chikandiwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been drawn into raging controversy over the partial privatisation of the People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) amid allegations that he is pushing for a controversial cleric to take a stake in the financial institution.
POSB will be privatised through a private placement after the government, which is the sole shareholder, approved the plan last year.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Samuel Wadzai |Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga
The Zimbabwean government's recent policy mandate requiring all businesses, including the informal sector, to adopt electronic payments represents a significant shift in regulatory measures aimed at increasing tax compliance and formalizing the country's economy.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga |Munyaradzi Madzokere
Former Dynamos vice chairman Vincent Chawonza is on the verge of returning to Dembare albeit in a higher position as the club's chairman.
Sources at Dynamos revealed that Chawonza is a favourite with one of the team's major sponsors who have given a condition for continued sponsorship should he be tasked with leading the club.
The club is at the moment under the leadership of Moses Maunganidze with long serving official Webster Marechera as the secretary general.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Kenneth Nyangani |Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga
The Archbishop of the Church of Province of Central Africa Anglican and Bishop of Lusaka Albert Chama says the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland has provided a conducive environment in its schools thereby creating a platform to raise future leaders.
Chama made the remarks last Friday during the commissioning of 14 buses worth US$3 million, which were handed over to schools under the diocese.
The event was held at St Catherine Girls College in Rusape.
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2 months ago | 
thestandard.co.zw | Tim Middleton |Nqobani Ndlovu |Nunurai Jena |Tafadzwa Mhlanga
It is extraordinary how every day we learn some important points even when we do not plan to do so, and even when the events are not desirable. If we have suffered the sad misfortune of a break-in at our house, we may realise, perhaps for the first time, what we consider to be most important in our lives.
