adminDiamond processing firm set for official launch
Business Reporter One of the two diamond cleaning companies that have been licensed by the Government, Ke Nako Diamond Processing, is set to be officially launched early next month, almost…
Zesa in debt recovery plan
Felex Share Senior Reporter Zesa is working on a debt recovery strategy to pin consumers, including bigwigs who owe the power utility $1 billion in unpaid bills, Energy and Power…
Rhino poaching trial in false start
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The trial of four suspects who were last Wednesday arrested in connection with suspected rhino poaching in Matopo National Park failed to start at the Kezi…
Quton plans to expand to Sub-Saharan region
Business Reporter COTTON seed firm Quton is planning to advance its presence in the Sub-Saharan region and has started examining the suitability of using hybrid seeds in cotton growing countries.
UN General Assembly is failing, but let’s not give up
Richard Falk Correspondent When thinking about the United Nations General Assembly on its 70th birthday it is hard not to be cynical and dismissive, yet it would still be wrong to…
Leicester are the real deal
LONDON. — Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino believes that his side’s defeat by Leicester City proves that Claudio Ranieri’s men deserve to finish in the top four of the English…
Botswana: Politics of the alcohol levy
Correspondent If there is any policy position that has been discomfiting and difficult to justify for the Government of Botswana, it has to be the alcohol levy. Eight years after the…
Stay away from consumptive borrowing
Persistence Gwanyanya We emerged from the year of learning, “Gore rezvidzidzo”, more enlightened than before. For those who have had the opportunity to learn, let your candles of knowledge light…
Madrid sides banned
ZURICH. — FIFA yesterday banned Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid from buying players for one year over their dealing in under-age players. The ban will start from the July transfer window…
Djokovic, Serena top seeds
MELBOURNE. — World No. 1s Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named the top seeds yesterday for next week’s Australian Open tennis tournament with organisers aligning with the current rankings.