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Virginia Muwanigwa Correspondent This is one in a series of articles analysing regional progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment based on the sadc Gender Protocol. The process towards the review of…
Car market remains stagnant
Lawrence Chitumba Review Writer Second hand car dealers and the public in Harare say that the slashing of prices for pre-owned vehicles by South African car dealers close to Beitbridge…
Nigeria rejects Standard Bank fine
The issue under dispute is how to account for cross-border payments, according to Johannesburg-based Standard Bank, the continent’s largest lender by assets, which said Stanbic has been treating payments to…
High-frequency trader convicted of goods fraud
NEW YORK. — A jury on Tuesday convicted high-frequency trader Michael Coscia of commodities fraud and “spoofing”, in the US government’s first criminal prosecution of the banned trading practice.
Africans lack ambition
PARIS. — Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure has questioned the ambition of his fellow Africans to fulfil their potential on the global stage. Toure, a four-time and current African Player of the…
Will Diesel-Gate weigh on German brand?
BERLIN. — When pitching products abroad, German companies have been keen to stress where they come from. Volkswagen AG has been wooing American customers with its catchphrase “That’s the power of…
Fibroniks for super speed and usage
The easy answer would be to sell the fibre at $1 000 a metre. But if you lived 4km from our office, we think a charge of $4 million plus…
Masvingo’s $27m capital budget gets council nod
From George Maponga in Masvingo Masvingo City Council has approved a $27 million capital budget whose funding will be sourced from China’s Exim Bank and National Social Security Authority (NSSA)…
Social investors needed for agric sector
Charles Dhewa Review Correspondent While farmers are willing to pay for inputs like seed, fertiliser, pesticides, herbicides and livestock breeds, very few are willing to pay for information and knowledge that…
US October vehicle sales high
New-car sales roared in October, rising 13,6 percent – even as Volkswagen lagged – and raising hopes that the industry may hit the highest sales levels in 15 years if…