Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet led an African top three in the women’s 3000m at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday. In difficult weather conditions she recorded her season’s best time of 14 minutes 36.52 seconds. Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu and Medina Eisa came second and third Ethiopia monopolised the …

Financial services firm, IH Securities projects revenue for sugarcane miller Hippo Valley Estates Limited (HVEL) to reach US$141 million for its current financial year, a decrease from the comparative period owing to duty-free sugar imports. Based on its financial results released last month, HVEL revenue was $139,26 billion in the …

South Africa have seen their preparations for this month’s Women’s World Cup thrown into disarray just 48 hours before departing for the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The squad selected by coach Desiree Ellis did not participate in Sunday’s final warm-up fixture on home soil, meaning a back-up team, …

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed firms with a focus on construction are excited by the number of infrastructure projects that are in the market driven by Government, corporates and individuals as they form a critical mass for sustainable revenue and profitability in the short to medium term. The companies noted …

Jamaica is smiling on Zimdancehall kingpin Winky D as he is set to breathe life into one of iconic songs by Robert Marley, ‘So much trouble in the world’, barely two months after scooping the best African Dancehall entertainer in the Caribbean country. Winky D will join forces with Nutty …

Bindura Bureau Bindura Municipality Worker’s Committee members have threatened to down their tools following chaos surrounding the reinstatement of two former senior municipal police officers fired early this year for fraud and corruption. The duo, Moline Tandi and Marshal Chireru were fired in April after pleading guilty to the charges. …

A Zimbabwean national was found with E2.8 million cash at King Mswati III International Airport. King Mswati III International Airport is located in Sikhuphe, 50 kilometres from Manzini. Masiyakurima Agrippa Bopela (Masiya), entered the kingdom last Monday with the equivalent of E2 897 183 in US Dollars and attempted to …

Zimbabwean authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established. Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by Indians, Chinese, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Malawians and Tanzanians among others, many of whom occupy grocery tuck shops, a new phenomenon which has taken the …

The Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has called on the public to “come out en masse” to protest against President Macky Sall seeking a third term. The incumbent is scheduled to give a speech later to announce whether he will run for president in 2024 – something most legal experts …

One of the surviving sons of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been moved from a Lebanese prison, where he has been on a hunger strike, to hospital in “critical condition”. The Reuters news agency quotes the Dubai-based Al-Hadath TV as reporting that he had suffered a sharp …