Futsal heads to Mbare
Collin Matiza Sports Editor UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean soccer coach Phillip Zulu will this weekend hold coaching sessions for underprivileged young players in Harare’s high-density suburbs of Mbare and Mufakose.
Cazorla’s exit warning
LONDON. — Santi Cazorla has told Arsenal: Compete for titles or I’m off. The Spain midfielder has claimed 61 international caps during his career and was a part of La…
Ivory Cost singer Dobet returns to HIFA
Yeukai Karengezeka Arts Correspondent Talented singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast, Dobet Gnahoré will be performing at Harare International Festival of the Arts on May 1 at Telecel’s…
Firms discuss Gwayi power station funding
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter CHINA Africa Sunlight Energy and a leading Chinese bank are discussing terms of a possible loan worth $1,6 billion to fund the setup and construction…
Bank lending to private sector falls
Business Reporter BANK lending to Zimbabwe’s private firms contracted from an annual growth of 28,77 percent in February 2013 to 1,5 percent due to tighter credit policies resulting from rising…
Woolworths to buy Australia’s David Jones
Johannesburg. – Cape Town-based Woolworths is to acquire Australia’s second-largest department store chain, David Jones, for 20,5 billion rand or 2,1 billion Australian dollars.
SA traditional medicine under the microscope
SOWETO. — After decades in the shadows, South Africa’s traditional “sangoma” healers are modernising and becoming big business, raising questions about the need for strict regulation.
Oga, nai: Is Nigeria Africa’s biggest economy?
Ejike Okpa II It has lately been reported that Nigeria has become Africa’s biggest economy. Nigeria does not have economic development; but mainly a transaction economy that is fuelled by…
Rape-pregnancy milestone
Fidelis Munyoro Features Writer THE landmark ruling by the Supreme Court in the rape-pregnancy case of Mildred Mapingure marked an important legal turning point for women’s sexual and reproductive rights…
The brand that trumps all for farmers
Noah Pito Features Correspondent When asked what he would prefer between a top of the range Mercedes Benz and a span of two oxen, Mr Onismous Mugari of Ansdale Farm,…



