Puma terminates contract with Safa

JOHANNESBURG –  German sportswear company Puma has confirmed it has terminated its technical and licensed partnership with the South African Football Association with immediate effect.

Zim, SA sign pact to revive Byo firms

Business Reporter ZIMBABWE and South Africa have signed an agreement to revive some of the ailing firms in Bulawayo, an official said yesterday. The city, which was once the industrial…

Pick n Pay to open branch in Masvingo

Masvingo Correspondent South African supermarket chain Pick n Pay is set to open a branch in Masvingo, an official has confirmed. When a Chronicle Business crew visited the shop, haulage…

Murowa diamond output increases

Diamond production at Murowa mine rose marginally to 279 000 carats during the first nine months of the year from 277 000 carats mined in the corresponding period last year,…

US Congress votes to end govt shutdown

Congress has passed a measure to avert a threatened US default and reopen the federal government, a move intended to end a prolonged fiscal crisis that gripped the US and…

ICC ‘uncertain on action if Uhuru skips trial’

Cape Town – The International Criminal Court is not clear what action would be taken if Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta decided not to attend his trial set to begin on…

Iran signals new phase in ties with West

The latest round of talks between Iran and world powers have concluded in Geneva, Switzerland, with Iran indicating a willingness to scale back uranium enrichment, as well as allowing for…

Kenya to place microchips in rhino horns

Kenya will place microchips in the horn of every rhino in the country in a bid to stamp out a surge in poaching the threatened animals, wildlife officials say.

Italy at a loss over Nazi’s body

Rome – Italian authorities appeared at a loss yesterday on what to do with the body of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke who died last week while living under house…

Outcry in France over schoolgirl deportation

Paris – A 15-year-old girl taken off a school bus and deported to Kosovo has become the latest focus of France’s agonised debate over migration, putting Interior Minister Manuel Valls…