Warriors’ nail-biting moment

Africa Moyo The lifeless performance by the Warriors in Monrovia, Liberia, last weekend, has plunged the national football team’s fans into unrestrained fear of the worst.

Tongaat seeks bids for new sugar project

Business Writer Sugar giant, Tongaat Hullets, is seeking bids from companies or individuals with capacity to develop 4 000 hectares of virgin land to boost sugarcane production in the lowveld.

Huawei celebrates 20 years in Africa

Huawei kicked off its 20 years in Africa celebrations at the recently concluded AfricaCom ICT event in Cape Town, South Africa. Huawei Southern Africa president Li Peng reflected on the…

Google plans high-flying balloons . . . to provide internet in Africa

Bringing fast, widespread internet to rural Africa has proven vexing for companies that have tried — and largely failed — with strategies ranging from drones to satellites. Now, a sister…

Harare mulls urban renewal

Kudakwashe Mhundwa Urban renewal is defined as a process of land redevelopment in cities, particularly in areas which are experiencing urban decay.

Magic of cruising on Lake Kariba

Enacy Mapakame Waking up early morning to a soothing feeling — perhaps only akin to how babies swing to a lullaby in their mothers’ arms feel —  is one of…

What Africa’s central banks will discuss in the next 10 days

With a month to go before the US Federal Reserve delivers what would be its fourth interest-rate increase of the year, African policy makers may still move to tighten to…

A prognosis of Ncube’s first budget statement

Persistence Gwanyanya A combination of austerity and revenue boosting measures shall be used to achieve this imperative. As espoused by the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), economic stability is necessary to…

Platinum sector seeks $7bn to optimise production

Kudzanai Sharara The country’s platinum group of minerals (PGM) sector requires at least $7 billion in capital if it is to optimise production in the next five years, the latest…

Policies choke miners

Africa Moyo The mining sector says it is ready to play a key role in economic transformation, but is calling on Government to tweak or drop some policies currently choking…