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NAIROBI. — The lawyer probing alleged corruption and covering up of doping offences in Kenya’s national athletics federation has received “many” offers of people wanting to provide evidence, he said…
National infrastructure policy considerations
Phinias Tafa Infrastructure Report Since I started writing for this column I have discovered how people are desperate to have public infrastructure sorted. I have received a lot of applause.…
Council loses war on condemned buildings
Sydney Kawadza Senior Feature Writer Sometime in August 2012, the Harare City Council launched a blitz that condemned various buildings for flouting health and fire safety standards. Council declared the high-rise…
Stopping AIDS depends on ending violence against women
Lynette Madekunye Johannesburg — One of the 10 targets in the UNAIDS fast track strategy to End AIDS by 2020 released in October is that “90 percent of women and…
Adapting tobacco growing to climate change
The earth’s climatic conditions are changing. Climate change refers to change in the typical or average weather of an area or region. This could be a change in the region’s average…
Barca in wages fix
PARIS. — FC Barcelona are reportedly being pushed to their financial limits to keep superstars Lionel Messi and Neymar, especially with the English Premier League being a huge threat. The Brazilian…
Check list of restricted items: Emirates
Business Reporter Emirates, which flies daily from Lusaka and Harare to Dubai, is reminding all passengers to check the permitted list of carry-on and checked-in items for safe and undisrupted…
Cairns acquittal stirs debate
WELLINGTON. — The acquittal of former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns on match-fixing-linked perjury charges is a serious blow for efforts to stamp out corruption in cricket, commentators said yesterday. A…
WC preps on track
MOSCOW. — Russia’s sports minister says preparations for the 2018 World Cup soccer finals are on track but admits to delays in the construction of hotels in host cities. “Overall work…
Up to 3 000 ISIS fighters in Libya: UN
New York. — ISIS has between 2 000 and 3 000 fighters in Libya and has demonstrated its intention to control more territory in the strategically located North African country,…