Chipezeze redeems Zim stars

Elvis Chipezeze redeemed the Zimbabwean pride at 2019 South African Premier Soccer League Awards when he won the Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament award.

First female rugby coach in SA

The first female head coach of a national team on the local rugby scene in South Africa — Laurian Johannes has been appointed as coach of the South African Women’s U20 squad.

F1 legend Laud dies

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda produced the “most courageous act of any sportsman” in returning to racing so soon after a horrific crash, says former team-mate John Watson.

Chasi sworn in as energy minister

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday swore into office new Energy and Power Development Minister, Fortune Chasi, following his promotion last week. Chasi, formerly a deputy minister in the…

Small-scale miners urged to formalize operations

Sukoluhle Ndlovu and Michael Magoronga MIDLANDS – Government has urged small-sale miners to register their operations to enable planning and coordination so that they have full access to resources and…

US$184m tobacco sold

BH24 Reporter HARARE – Tobacco farmers have to date sold 101 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf worth US$184 million, which reflects declining variance between volumes sold since the start…

Turkey’s currency collapse shows just how vulnerable its economy is to a crisis

Can Erbil If you happen to be a tourist in Turkey right now, consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, things look grim. The Turkish lira has lost as much as a third…

Asia stocks grapple with trade anxiety even as Huawei gets reprieve

TOKYO – Asian stocks struggled for traction on Wednesday, as relief over Washington’s temporary relaxation of curbs against China’s Huawei Technologies failed to offset deeper worries about an intensifying trade…

Rand dips ahead of inflation release

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand weakened on Wednesday as steady demand for dollars spurred by easing of trade tensions between Washington and Beijing kept the local currency on the backfoot.…

Facebook’s ‘transparency’ efforts hide key reasons for showing ads

Oana Goga Facebook’s advertising platform was not built to help social media users understand who was targeting them with messages, or why. It is an extremely powerful system, which lets…

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