admin‘Hand of God’ ball up for auction
LONDON. — The ball Diego Maradona used to score his infamous “Hand of God” goal against England at the 1986 World Cup could fetch £3 million when it goes under…
Transnet strike costs SA mineral producers R815m a day
South African miners are losing R815 million in export revenue per day due to an ongoing strike at state-owned logistics firm Transnet which has hit commodity exports, an industry body…
Djokovic has a good chance of getting Australian visa
BRISBANE. — A Melbourne-based immigration lawyer says Novak Djokovic will likely be successful if he applies for a visa to enter Australia for the season-opening tennis major next year despite…
Wright heaps praise on Arsenal star Martinelli
LONDON. — Ian Wright has heaped praise on Gabriel Martinelli and urged Arsenal to secure his long-term future by giving the forward ”whatever he wants”. Martinelli has been one of…
Don’t hesitate to rework debts: Zambia
Zambia’s Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has urged other African nations considering using the Group of 20’s Common Framework mechanism to restructure unaffordable debt to act quickly. Africa’s first pandemic-era sovereign…
Oil holds three-day slump as slowdown concerns take centre stage
Oil steadied after three days of declines as investors weighed a hawkish set of minutes from the Federal Reserve and an industry report that pointed to a substantial build in…
Wilder back in the ring
NEW YORK. — Heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder returns to action tomorrow night almost a year to the day since his last fight — an epic trilogy encounter with Tyson Fury.…
Crypto hackers looting over US$3bn
Cryptocurrencies may have crashed this year but they remain a digital cash-machine for one potent constituency: hackers. At least US$718 million has been stolen so far in October alone, taking…
President appoints Dr Magama to shepherd tobacco research
Edgar Vhera-Agriculture Specialist Writer President Mnangagwa has appointed Dr Frank Magama as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Tobacco Research Board (TRB) with effect from September 26, 2022 to spearhead…
Tobacco earnings trickle in as farmers earn US$77 730 on Day 122
Edgar Vhera-Agriculture Specialist Writer With auction floors now closed, tobacco farmers who produced the crop under contract arrangements have continued their deliveries to the floors earning US$ 77 730 on…