£150m flop squad

LONDON. — They were the signings unveiled beneath the optimistic burn of the summer sun. But, as winter nears, they remain in the shadows; injured, benched or still searching for…

Call for Zim diamond sanctions to be lifted

Johannesburg – An international meeting to discuss rules curbing the sale of conflict diamonds began yesterday with a call for the United States to lift sanctions on Zimbabwean mines.

Businessman sues Barclays for US$110m

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter A HARARE businessman who claims he was wrongly blacklisted in the banking sector as a bad debtor has taken Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe to the High…

Comesa chips in with US$1,4m for dry port

Business Reporter THE Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa has agreed to avail US$1,4 million for phase one of the construction of the country’s Walvis Bay dry port.  The…

Child kidnappers nabbed

Midlands Correspondent A 17-year-old boy from Bulawayo who was being jointly accused with two others o f kidnapping a four-year-old girl from Kwekwe during a United Family International Church (UFIC)…

Algeria secure Africa’s last WCup ticket

BLIDA, Algeria, Nov 19, 2013 (AFP) – Algeria sealed the fifth and final African zone World Cup qualifying berth on Tuesday, edging their play-off with Burkina Faso on away goals.…

TN empire crumbles

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter FURNITURE retailer, TN Harlequin is set to close down most of its factories and significantly reduce its workforce as the company responds to massive decline…

Lessing and Zim land question

Tichaona Zindoga My Turn Dorris Lessing, the author who died a few days ago, was certainly no politician — at least one of note — but there is something particularly…

France, Rwanda and the ICC

Collins Wanderi THE United Nations Security Council recently rejected the African Union motion for the deferral of the two cases facing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto before…

Zim bowlers ready for world champs

Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporter TWO Zimbabwe’s top bowlers Roy Garden and Kerry Craven say they will try to compete with the best on the globe at the World Singles Champion…

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