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Chinese firm gets lucrative US$200m exploration deal

A cabinet source told the Independent that the deal recently got an executive nod and was good to go.
By Tinashe Makichi Jun. 23, 2023

The brains behind Matavire’s immortalisation

Wherever the late “Doctor Love” might be resting, he ought to be smiling that his music was not interred together with his bones after a fellow former band member has taken it upon himself to revive his legacy.

By The Standard Aug. 20, 2022

Mbavara eyes to resurrect Matavire’s music legacy

Matavire was a music genius, a satirical king and a storyteller of note who could effortlessly tread between societal issues and taboos.

By The Standard Apr. 7, 2022

News in depth: Mnangagwa administration elbows out British investor under a cloud

While the current administration headed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa looked eager to re-engage the United Kingdom and other western nations immediately after the 2017 military-assisted takeover from the late Robert Mugabe, relations soured after the general elections in late July 2018.

By The Standard Dec. 19, 2021

News in depth: Mnangagwa administration elbows out British investor under a cloud

While the current administration headed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa looked eager to re-engage the United Kingdom and other western nations immediately after the 2017 military-assisted takeover from the late Robert Mugabe, relations soured after the general elections in late July 2018.

By The Standard Dec. 19, 2021

News in depth: Chinese firm yet to start airport job seven months after contract

A senior government official has blamed the delay on the failure by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to release the money required to fund the project.

By The Standard Nov. 28, 2021

News in depth: Chinese firm yet to start airport job seven months after contract

A senior government official has blamed the delay on the failure by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to release the money required to fund the project.

By The Standard Nov. 28, 2021