Vic Falls charms Austrian cyclists

Bulawayo Bureau A pair of Austrian cyclists pedalled from Cape Town to Victoria Falls, negotiating steep mountain trails, narrow forest tracks, deserts in Namibia and Botswana and wide-open landscapes to…

TIMB cancels licences for 4 contractors

Elita Chikwati  Features Editor  Four tobacco companies caught leasing permits to other companies not authorised to operate in the tobacco sector have had their contracting licences cancelled by the Tobacco Industry…

Di Maria one of Argentina’s greats

LONDON. — The first person Lionel Messi passed the FIFA World Cup to after lifting it aloft on the podium of the Lusail Stadium on Sunday was Angel Di Maria…

Zimpapers brings cheer to Makonde villagers

Conrad Mupesa  Mashonaland West Bureau  NYAMATANDA villagers in Makonde’s Ward 8, who have been walking for long distances to access potable water, got an early Christmas present from Zimbabwe’s diversified…

Deal to restore nature can help climate and people if done right

As the COP15 nature summit in Montreal adopted a new global agreement to halt and reverse harm to the Earth’s biodiversity, researchers and officials said the deal could also play…

Export of raw lithium banned

Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter Exports of lithium ore and unpurified lithium salts have been banned unless the producer can prove there are special circumstances, and even then exporters would have to…

UK borrowers are facing a serious reality check

It is now exactly a year since the Bank of England started raising interest rates from a record low of 0,1 percent. Threadneedle Street has increased the cost of borrowing…

Post-Soviet Russia is dead, but what will replace the West’s primary inspiration?

Dmitry Trenin  This is nothing new.  Wars invariably reconstruct the foundations of those who wage them.  The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is not a minor operation. Even after only 10…

Things Africa learned from WC finals

DOHA. — After a slow start to Qatar 2022, Africa’s five representatives delivered the continent’s finest FIFA World Cup in history.  A record seven wins in the group stage —…

Messi honoured by BBC Sports

LONDON. — Argentina’s FIFA World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi has been named BBC Sports Personality’s World Sport Star of the Year for 2022.  Messi (35) led Argentina to their first…

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