adminLuke Donald makes flying start in Dubai
Dubai — World No 2 Luke Donald made a flying start in his bid to record back-to-back victories by snatching the first-round lead at the DP World Tour Championship yesterday.
Journalist deaths hit 15-year high
Vienna — More journalists have been killed this year while on assignment than at any time in the last 15 years, according to the International Press Institute, a Vienna-based media watchdog.
Zim to host empowerment conference
Business Reporter
The Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment will next week hold an empowerment conference. The conference will be held from the 28 to 29 November in Harare under the theme “Consolidating empowerment as a tool for sustainable economic development”.
Parastatals bosses take pay cuts
Harare Bureau
State enterprises and parastatal bosses who illegally awarded themselves salary increments ranging between $15 000 and $20 000 have taken a pay cut and are now taking home a monthly pay of $5 000.
Vigorously tax informal sector, Govt urged
Oliver Kazunga, Business Reporter
THE Government should “seriously and vigorously” tax the informal sector to improve the revenue collection in the country.
This was said yesterday by participants at a breakfast meeting organised by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) in Bulawayo to review the 2013 budget.
Rafael Nadal confirmed for Doha
Rafael Nadal will make his ATP World Tour comeback in Doha, it has been confirmed.
Nadal’s name heads the list of entries revealed yesterday for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, which gets under way on 31 December — the opening week of the new ATP season.
Fifa deny Drogba early move
FIFA have turned down a request from Didier Drogba to be allowed to leave Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua on loan ahead of the transfer window.
Sundowns coach challenges players
Johannesburg — Mamelodi Sundowns coach Johan Neeskens says it is up to his players to lift themselves off the bottom of the Premiership log, after a frustrating 1-1 draw with AmaZulu on Wednesday evening.
OK Zimbabwe records 26pc profit
Retail giant, OK Zimbabwe Limited recorded a 26 percent surge in after tax profit to $4,9 million for the half year ending September 2012 on the back of a slight growth in sales.
The group said sales registered a record three-year low even though they went up 24,6 percent to $231 million in the review period.
Fifa gets tough on international matches
Lovemore Dube, Sports Editor
FOLLOWING the Asiagate scandal and other match-fixing incidents around the world, Fifa now wants countries to advise it a month before a proposed match.