By Anashe Murombedzi LOCAL cricket teams are raring to go ahead of the domestic T20 tournament which gets underway this Thursday in Harare. It will be a seven day fiesta…
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Traditional leaders back projects along the Zambezi River
By Tichaona Kurewa TRADITIONAL leaders in Zimbabwe and Zambia have thrown their weight behind various developmental projects in and around the City of Victoria Falls saying they will improve people’s…
More shame for weightlifting as memorable Rio 2016 contest exposed as a sham
ONE of the most famous weightlifting contests in the sport’s Olympic history was ruled to have been a sham today when the “champion” from Kazakhstan was disqualified. Nijat Rahimov, who…
World No 1 Ashleigh Barty announces shock retirement
Ashleigh Barty has stunned the tennis world by announcing her immediate retirement from tennis at the age of 25, only two months after her momentous Australian Open triumph. The three-times…
Zambia’s 2021 copper production falls by 4.5%
LUSAKA, March 22 (Reuters) – Copper production in Zambia dropped to 800,696 tonnes last year from 837,996 tonnes the year before, data obtained from the nation’s statistics agency showed on…
Nigerian billionaire Dangote launches $2.5 billion fertilizer plant as prices soar
LAGOS, March 22 (Reuters) – Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote opened a 3-million-tonne fertilizer plant at a cost of $2.5 billion on Tuesday to target African and foreign markets even as…