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Nurses fume over paltry govt loans
Health workers have been pushing for better pay and in United States dollars, saying the local currency component has pushed them into deep poverty.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Sep. 10, 2022
News in depth: Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe’s footsteps
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last week cut short his international travels, to attend to his country’s electricity crisis.
By Nqobani Ndlovu and Priviledge Gumbodete
Sep. 25, 2022
News in depth: How Harare lost vast tracts of prime land for incomplete Airport Road
They renegotiated the deal and Augur gave Fairclot the Pomona stand, which it had obtained from Harare City Council as security.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 2, 2022
Govt doles out US$6m in Harare rubbish saga
The local authority subsequently cancelled the contract.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 2, 2022
News in depth: Avalanche of litigation over unfinished Airport Road
This publication has in recent weeks published a series of stories based on court cases
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 9, 2022
News in depth: Airport Road scandal takes centre stage at Biti trial
Augur was supposed to construct the Airport Road with an understanding that 90% of the costs would be paid in the form of land and 10% in cash.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 16, 2022
Police hunt for key witness in businessman’s perjury case
police want to arrest the council employee at the instigation of Augur Investments official Tatiana Aleshina.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 16, 2022
CAPS Holdings fight rages
The matter was set down for hearing last Wednesday before Justice Tawanda Chitapi.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 16, 2022
Moyo taken to task over Airport Road land deal
In his latest submissions to the High Court, the property developer took aim at Moyo.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 23, 2022
News in depth: Mnangagwa crafts crude strategy to stay in power, revels in adulation
At the time, the late former President Robert Mugabe was carrying out a ruthless purge against perceived supporters of his deputy Joice Mujuru.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 23, 2022
Govt hit with US$20bn bill over grabbed properties
Some of the land is being parcelled out now and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally Scott Sakupwanya has been named as one of the recent beneficiaries
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 23, 2022
Biti says ex-Harare council officials aided controversial land deals
In 2007, Augur Investment entered into a joint venture agreement with the City of Harare for the construction of middle income houses in the capital.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Oct. 29, 2022
News in depth: Broken promises: Taking stock of ED’s delivery record as term nears end
Under Coventry as Sports minister, Zimbabwe has been banned from international football.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 6, 2022
Harare property developer’s civil imprisonment case struck off
Sharpe was seeking Katsimberis’ imprisonment, charging that the sheriff had failed to attach property over failure to pay the money.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 5, 2022
Zacc asked to probe Harare land deals case
ZACC was drawn into the matter by a witness in a case where businessman Ken Sharpe is being sued for perjury
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 6, 2022
Fugitive Buyanga nabbed in SA
HAMILTON Finance founder Frank Buyanga Sadiqi was yesterday arrested in South Africa
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 11, 2022
New twist to Airport Road court case
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was cited as an interested party in the case.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 13, 2022
ED challenger frustrated with ‘bombing’ investigations
His house was petrol-bombed ahead of a High Court sitting on his court challenge that month.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 13, 2022
Political violence rattles opposition
Fadzayi Mahere told The Standard yesterday that the need to operationalise the constitutional requirement for an independent commission is urgent.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 13, 2022
Interview: CCC's Gift Ostallos Siziba to Introduce Obama at New York Democracy event
Siziba is the national deputy spokesperson of the Citizens Coalition for Change led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa. He is the former national secretary-general of the youth assembly of the MDC.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 17, 2022
News in depth: Experiment gone wrong: Zupco urban transport monopoly dead in the water
Former speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo told The Standard that the Zupco monopoly project was always destined for failure.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 27, 2022
Property developer cries foul over perjury case
They claimed that the houses he constructed on behalf of Pokugara Properties did not have approved plans.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Nov. 27, 2022
Bigwigs linked to exam paper leaks
Harare police provincial intelligence officer Superintendent Vigai Maunganidze appeared in court recently after he was allegeldy caught with a UZ law examination paper.
By Nqobani Ndlovu and Priviledge Gumbodete
Nov. 27, 2022
UZ exam paper leaks under probe
Section 53(g) of the Legal Practitioners Act provides that the LSZ shall encourage and promote the study of law and jurisprudence.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Dec. 4, 2022
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Murky deal exposes ED ally
Sakupwanya is a Zanu PF councillor in Harare and has been photographed with Mnangagwa at private occasions.
By Tinashe Kairiza and Nqobani Ndlovu
Feb. 12, 2023
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Mnangagwa-linked gold baron loses land deal
As the dispute unfolds, the Independent has learnt that the local authority’s housing and community services committee this week deferred discussions over the contentious matter.
By Tinashe Kairiza and Nqobani Ndlovu
Feb. 17, 2023
Air Force probes plane crashes
Group Captain Ben Munyanduki and Wing Commander Daniel Manyenga died in the accident, which saw the aircraft crash into a power line.
By Tinashe Kairiza and Nqobani Ndlovu
Feb. 24, 2023
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Revealed: Bona Mugabe, Chikore fight over property
Bona last week filed for divorce from Chikore, nine years after the couple were married in a glamorous wedding in Harare.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Mar. 12, 2023
Fresh storm brews over polls
Mnangagwa gazetted the much-criitcised delimitation report on February 20 and elections are expected to be held by August 26.
By Nqobani Ndlovu
Mar. 15, 2023
