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Johannesburg — The rand weakened against the dollar yesterday, starting a data-heavy week on the back foot as emerging market currencies were depressed by concerns of an economic slowdown in…
Foreigners dominate equities market
Mernat Mafirakurewa Business Editor Foreign investors will continue to dominate the country’s equities market this year on the back of the tight liquidity situation gripping the country, a local securities…
Blockbuster season beckons
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter PREMIERSHIP clubs are ready to roll following the release of fixtures by the league on Sunday. Club officials who attended a PSL meeting at the…
Merkel raps Putin as Russian forces tighten grip on Crimea
GERMANY’S Angela Merkel delivered a rebuke to President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, telling him that a planned Moscow-backed referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia was illegal and violated Ukraine’s…
Tobacco rakes in $29 million
Business Editor Just over 10,1 million kilogrammes of flue-cured tobacco had been sold by last week on Friday in the process generating $29 million. At the same time last year…
Mandaza bounces back
Aaron Dube in Johannesburg, South Africa FORMER Warriors striker Terrence Mandaza is fighting for a place in his Absa Premier Soccer League team Maritzburg United. Mandaza, who has been used…
Colombia voters lukewarm
BOGOTA — Colombian voters showed lukewarm support for peace talks with guerrillas on Sunday by giving the country’s president a majority in Congress, but also electing his conservative rival, ex-president…
Materialism alien to African values
Obadiah T Moyo Materialism is the belief that having money and possessions is the most important thing in life. A lot of people in our society have become self-centred and…
Vic Falls tourism takes knock Bookings cancelled due to rains
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter INCESSANT rains that have been pounding the resort town of Victoria Falls in the past weeks have disrupted tourism activities amid indications that the industry has…
New Zealand sets poll date
WELLINGTON — New Zealanders will go to the polls on 20 September for a general election. Prime Minister John Key made the announcement yesterday. Under the New Zealand system, the…