Global food shortages emerged as one of the key issues in the G7 ministers’ deliberations at their recent meeting.

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The unknown group using a Harare address is said to have notified Zec that a party known as Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana (NHM) loosely translated to “let him in” in English will contest future elections.

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Zimbabwe is currently serving a Fifa ban, which was imposed in February for what the international football body termed third party interference by the government in the running of the game in the country.

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The document, which is dated April 8, 2019 reads: “Extract of minutes of a board meeting held at Harare, Zimbabwe on Monday, 8 April 2019. It was agreed that after the acquisition of the Cold Storage Company Zimbabwe and its subsidiary Wetblue Industries Pvt Ltd by Boustead Beef Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd, that the subsidiary be removed from judicial management”.

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The development came barely a week after Ndiraya’s high-riding Dynamos lost top spot to Chicken Inn in the race for the championships after unruly behaviour by the team's fans caused the abandonment of their high profile clash with arch-rivals Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium.

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US acting ambassador to Zimbabwe Thomas Hastings, who is also the charge d’affaires, told The Standard in an interview that Mnangagwa has done little to erase the country’s ‘bad-boy’ image for  the normalisation of relations and lifting of targeted sanctions to happen.

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Karoro was arrested on Friday at a roadblock in Mvurwi while coming from Mbire. 

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The beneficiation of some local products, but that requires significant investment and scale and in many cases the technology has changed massively as well.

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BY DOCTOR STOP IT During our time, State House was a respectable place but your new rulers have turned it into a playground for shady characters. Ngwena has received more guests in his short five years in power than Baba did in the 37 years that he ruled you. These days almost every day there […]

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In mid-January, The Standard, working in collaboration with Information for Development Trust, a non-governmental organisation running investigative reporting projects, exposed Voedsel for underpaying tobacco farmers contracted by it and attempting to bribe a journalist who probed the stand-off with its clients.

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So many people resort to street herbs instead of modern drugs for treatment of their health problems despite the negative impacts of uncertified medicinal herbs on people’s health.

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According US officials, the package includes 25 000 rounds for recently supplied US 155mm howitzers, jamming equipment, counter-artillery radars, other electronic and spare parts.

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Panda (34), lost her previous house in Ndiadzo village, in Manicaland province, when Cyclone Idai tore through Zimbabwe in 2019, destroying an estimated 50 000 homes.

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Traveling during the off-season is an excellent way to get the most bang for your buck. If you can be flexible with your vacation dates, you will be able to take advantage of some extremely generous low season rates given by many safari lodges.

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The Bible tells us of what transpired after the gathered people decided to leave from the sight of the presence of God at Mt Sinai. In Exodus 20, verses 18-22 details what the scriptures tell us of what happened immediately after the tenth of many other commandments to follow were spoken by the Lord.

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Insiders told The Standard that Mnangagwa last week met owners of companies that authorities blame for the exchange rate volatility.

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Dynamos are the pacesetters in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League race while today’s hosts are in 11th place, a massive 14 points behind going into the week 15 fixtures this weekend.

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In a quarterly review covering the first three months of 2022, ZPC, a unit of power utility Zesa Holdings, said small thermal power stations contributed only 1% to total electricity output during the period.

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It is also important to note that had it not been for the two years of football inactivity lost to the Covid-19 outbreak the number of coaches, who have served longer at their clubs in the premiership could be smaller.

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Rihanna has announced that her beauty products will be launched in Zimbabwe sometime this month.

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A month-long investigation by The Standard in collaboration with Information for Development Trust (IDT), a non-profit organisation helping journalists probe corruption and bad governance in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, revealed that the abused machine operator’s shocking experience at the hands of his supervisor was not an isolated  incident at the Chinese- owned coal mines in and around Hwange.

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Mnangagwa was impressed by opposition leaders's attendance so much that he spoke about it more than once in public gatherings, including yesterday when he addressed a Zanu PF rally in Epworth.

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The axe also fell on board members Philemon Machana and Brighton Malandule, with the former having 44 of the 45 members voting for his removal.

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Under Mnangagwa’s investment policy reforms that came into force after the coup in 2017, Zimbabwe has been pursuing a strategy that gives it leverage over regional peers in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday vowed that his government would  take stern action against companies that were allegedly sabotaging the local currency to fuel an uprising.

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Investigations supported by Information for Development Trust (IDT) — a non-profit making outfit probing bad governance — showed that Marange women were subjected to an array of gross human rights violations and crimes.

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To cut a long story short, the question whether Mukomana is ready to govern was answered a long time ago by former British prime minister Harold MacMillan in Ghana in 1964.

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The solitary goal was scored by dependable striker Tinotenda Murasiranwa in the second minute when some fans were still trying to find their seats.

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A number of women in Zimbabwe and abroad have raised issues over unwanted aggressive behaviours by their male counterparts, especially on social media.

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The Fiddler has decided to embark on a world tour with all first-class expenses generously paid by the editor of The Standard in order to take advantage of the myriad delights on offer stemming from wrongly translated instructions.

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Speaking to Standard Style, the duo expressed appreciation for the recognition saying this would help them do more within the community and advance the cause of ZNFPC at all levels of engagements.

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Zimpraise secretary and administrator Joshua Juru said tickets for the launch are available at BancABC kiosks in Pick ’n’ Pay shops.

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After leaving Joyous Celebration Choir, Bhebhe performed his debut solo act in Bulawayo where he launched his album at the ZITF dubbed The Ultimate Praise Experience on December 15.

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This year’s edition of the Presidential Independence Day Trophy will be bankrolled by Sakunda Holdings, who also sponsor the two teams.

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Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and army spokesperson Alphios Makotore said welfare issues for soldiers were confidential before demanding questions in writing.

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Brother Emmanuel and the Angelic one apparently don’t get along well and the latter has been using his links to authority to fight others. 

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There are a number of issues which periodically drive a shift in listening preference from new music to older music, but the key reason is when too much current music sounds the same for too long. 

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Fredrick Mubaira’s High Court battle to repossess gold and lithium fields at Goromonzi-based Arcadia Mine further exposes shocking laxity in mineral claims administration in Zimbabwe, where wrangles have swamped the legal system.

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Human nature is evil. The oppressed does not hate the oppressor because of oppression in generic terms. He hates the oppressor because he misses out on the privileges of oppression, which he sees his oppressor enjoying every day.

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Despite the difference in their genres and the nature of their brands, Winky D and Jah Prayzah’s profiles have been placed on parallel competitive lanes by their set of fans. That competition will be re-ignited when the two share the stage for the first time this year in Bulawayo.

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You know if you have a crisis and it involves a financial situation, or a moral situation it is one thing, but when you are dealing with human lives it is really very important to make sure that the prime focus is on a) the regret of loss of life, b) making sure that those who survive both in the families and in the business are treated properly.

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It was the hosts' coach Benjani Mwaruwari's first match in charge at the Baobab and he was hoping to make a very good impression.

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On Friday he told The Standard that he had been receiving death threats, but quickly pointed out that he would not be intimidated to drop his court challenge or flee the country before the matter was heard.

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Cottco CEO Pius Manamike said last year that the company was on an expansion drive that will see it transform into one of Africa’s biggest cotton dealers within 10 years.

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To be clear, these people tormented Baba when he was alive and now they are tormenting him in death.

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There was slow uptake of the vaccine when rolled out to people aged 18 years and above with the elderly being the majority of people seen queuing for the jabs 

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In South Africa, another rapper/hip hop artiste, Ricky Rick  who founded the Cotton Fest also died this year on February 23 after hanging himself in his home.

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The votes have not translated into progress and the constituency remains among the least developed in the country.

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I was so happy that I had a team of young managers that had been prepared for a long time, but also, I was thinking about retirement.

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Goals from Tineyi  Chitora, Raymond Horonga and Jayden Barake were all the prison wardens needed to defeat the Gamecock and record their second set of maximum points and move to 17th position.

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