Unusual requests keep DHL busy

Martin Kadzere Business Reporter
IN today’s competitive global environment, the use of logistics companies to ferry items between countries within set time parameters is increasingly becoming necessary.
Across Africa, the capabilities of logistics companies have also evolved exponentially over the

SA consumers sink deeper into the red

JOHANNESBURG. — South Africans, it seems, just can’t stop spending.
Roads in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban are jam-packed with more BMWs, Mercedes-Benz and even

Eurozone business activity still weak: Survey

BRUSSELS. — Private sector business activity remained weak across the eurozone in April, underscoring a gloomy medium-term outlook for the 17-state economy, a widely-watched survey showed yesterday. The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers

Kenya Airways in labour dispute

NAIROBI. – Kenya’s national airline, Kenya Airways, has been dragged into a potentially explosive labour dispute with the Kenya Airline Pilots Association over its preference for foreign pilots ahead of locally trained airmen. The airline, which has been on a massive

OECD backs Japan deflation bid

TOKYO. – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development yesterday backed Japan’s bid to end years of deflation, but called on Tokyo to step up efforts to shrink its huge debt pile. In an annual country report, the 34-member OECD described the

ATM usage up in Ghana

ACCRA. – There has been a sharp spike in usage of interbank Automated Teller Machines in Ghana in the first quarter of this year, banking authorities have                                 revealed. General manager in-charge of project and business development at GhIPPS, Archie Hesse

Spanish economy shrinks

MADRID. – Spain’s struggling economy logged a 0,5 percent contraction in the first quarter of 2013 due to falling internal demand, the central bank said yesterday.
“During the first quarter of 2013, the Spanish economy continued its path

Spanish short-term borrowing costs fall

MADRID. –  Spain’s borrowing costs eased yesterday as the Treasury raised 3,01 billion euros (US$3,93) in an auction of three and nine month bills, reflecting easing investor concerns over the ability of the recession-hit to repay debt. The Treasury sold

Use of cyanide in mining activities

What is cyanide?
It is a chemical containing carbon and nitrogen and is used to extract minerals such as gold, copper, silver and zinc among others. Cyanide is also used during the manufacturing of plastic, adhesives

CISSA: When the Ides of March woke up a continent

Isdore Guvamombe
WHEN Zimbabwean security forces captured a planeload of mercenaries of various nationalities, on their way to stage a coup in Equatorial Guinea on March 7 2001, it sent everyone in intelligence services in Africa, rethinking.

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