US-China trade war escalates

Anew round of US tariffs on $16 billion worth of Chinese imports kicked in on Thursday, prompting Beijing to retaliate with its own levies on American goods worth the same…

Zim firm seals $2bn power plant deal

Golden Sibanda Listed multi-commodity miner RioZim limited, has selected Sino Hydro’s sister company Power Construction Engineering Company (Power China) to build its $2,1 billion coal fired power plant in Sengwa,…

SA may scrap Mining Bill

South Africa should withdraw its long-delayed draft mining and petroleum sector legislation because the issues with the proposed law are unlikely to be resolved soon, said Mineral Resources Minister Gwede…

Poll winners and losers now need to get to work

Should the Constitutional Court declare this afternoon the winner of the just-ended Presidential election, rather than order a new poll, then on Sunday we will see our President for the…

Stock Market Weekly Review

Enacy Mapakame The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) indices rebounded week on week as demand seemingly returned to the market. In the week to Wednesday, the primary ZSE All Share Index…

China’s consumption downgrade: skip avocados, cocktails and kids

Chen Siqi doesn’t eat out so much anymore. Li Keli cut down on travel and takes her son to a public playground instead. Wang Jiazhi stopped dating. Welcome to China’s…

Sticking to a morning routine when travelling

Benjamin Spall Sticking to a morning routine when travelling for work can feel like an impossible task. It’s often easier to just go with the flow when we’re on the…

Creating conditions for successful PPPs

Ahealthy Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has several defining features: strong competition, bankability with low financial costs, lower risk of renegotiations, secure value for money, and efficiency gains. What does it take…

People spend more time on WhatsApp than other Apps

Alvine Chaparadza Among all the social media platforms, people globally spent a whopping 85 billion hours on the Facebook-owned WhatsApp in the last three months. According to the data released…

Hockey girls begin preps for Youth Olympics Games

Chipo Sabeta The girl’s U18 hockey team has started preparations for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) scheduled for Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 6 to 18. Nine girls, selected…

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