adminGovt to extend incentives to manufacturing sector
Business Reporter — Government is considering extending fiscal incentives to the manufacturing sector to give them space to grow and expand into export markets, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick…
Laying the foundation for higher education in Africa
Phillip L Clay Correspondent — Around the world, nations are seeking to build their national economic capacities through the development and application of knowledge. They believe that knowledge empowers young people to…
Discipline vital for prudent financial management
Sanderson Abel — Budgeting is often associated with deprivation and cutting back. However, creating and maintaining a budget doesn’t have to be a painful process. It is important to appreciate that…
Why elephants kept in captivity suffer from sore feet
Olga Panagiotopoulou Correspondent — Women across the world understand the pain that comes with wearing a new pair of high heels. Any person who spends all day standing at work will…
Khama braces for CAF award
Paul Mundandi Sports Reporter— KHAMA Billiat has opened up on the Glo African Footballer Award with the Mamelodi Sundowns kingpin expressing his confidence of winning the accolade for the best player…
X-Factor runner up to sing at Trump inauguration
“If you allow me to sing ‘Strange Fruit’, a song that has huge historical importance, a song that was blacklisted in the United States for being too controversial. A song…
Rusike ‘likely’ to seal CS Sfaxien move
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter— WARRIORS forward Matthew Rusike marked the start of the New Year with new beginnings in his career after he moved closer to completing a move to…
Revealed: Thatcher’s ‘Marshall Plan for southern Africa’
Martin Plaut Correspondent— Margaret Thatcher wooed the South African government with promises of a “Marshall Plan for southern Africa” and helped “save” the independence of Namibia, according to newly released papers.…
Offshore myth: How Africa lost $1 trillion to tax havens
Khadija Sharife Correspondent— In the 18th century, as the legend goes, Russian nobleman Grigory Potemkin ordered the construction of makeshift façades across newly conquered Crimea to impress the visiting Catherine the…
Row over Mariah’s New Year’s Eve performance debacle
New York. — There have been bitter recriminations after Mariah Carey’s televised New Year’s Eve performance went wrong. The pop star’s live appearance in New York’s Times Square was beset by…