adminUruguay beat Italy to book place in last 16
URUGUAY booked its spot in the Round of 16 with a 1-0 victory over 10-man Italy in an incident-filled final Group D match at the Fifa World Cup yesterday.
LeBron James opts out of final two years of Miami Heat contract
THE four-time NBA MVP LeBron James has decided to opt out of the final two years of his contract with the Miami Heat, according to reports yesterday. He will therefore…
Clothes imports cripple factories
Conrad Mwanawashe Harare Bureau TEXTILE companies imported clothes worth about $2 million in the first quarter of this year rendering their textile factories redundant and making government’s efforts to protect…
Tobacco deliveries near 200m kg mark
Harare Bureau Virginia tobacco deliveries received under the auction and contract systems are on the verge of reaching the 200 million kg mark this year.
Stage set for ZNCC annual congress
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter ALL is set for the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce annual congress where discussions on the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset) are expected…
‘Exorbitant fares discourage growth of AirZim’
Patrick Chitumba in Victoria Falls Senior Reporter TOURISM and Hospitality Minister Engineer Walter Mzembi has castigated Air Zimbabwe for charging exorbitant fares which discourage growth of the airline as well…
Zim, Zambia fight over fishing rights
While Zimbabwe and Zambia squabble over fishing rights in the world’s biggest dam, an invasion of Australian crayfish and Nile tilapia is threatening to wreak havoc with Lake Kariba’s indigenous…
At least 91 kidnapped from Nigerian villages
Maiduguri — Witnesses say Islamic extremists have abducted 60 more girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria. Security forces denied the kidnappings. Nigeria’s government and military…
Mayor held for Mandela funeral fraud
Johannesburg — Buffalo City municipality Mayor Zukiswa Ncitha and two others were arrested on Monday for alleged fraud involving Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, Eastern Cape officials said.
Kenya ‘grass cutter’ gang rape trial opens
Busia — The trial of a man accused of carrying out a brutal gang rape of a schoolgirl, who was made to cut grass as punishment, opened on Tuesday in…