Khaligraph Jones is an award-winning rapper from Kenya who has stood by his genre despite all the other musical trends making waves on the continent – and it has paid off. He was born Brian Ouko Omollo and raised in the Kayole neighbourhood of Nairobi and says he was attracted …
Read More »Kenya’s Chebet Takes Gold At Diamond League
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 …
Read More »IH Securities Predicts 6pc Hippo Valley Revenue Drop
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 …
Read More »SA Women’s Team Escalates Preps Ahead Of This Month’s World Cup
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, …
Read More »On-going Infrastructure Projects Positively Impacting Financials Of Local Construction Companies
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 …
Read More »Winky D, Nutty O To Feature On Upcoming Posthumous Bob Marley Album
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 …
Read More »Chaos At Bindura Municipality As Officers Sacked For Corruption Are Reinstated
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. …
Read More »Zimbabwean Nabbed With US$153k Cash At King Mswati III International Airport
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 …
Read More »Political Elites Milking Foreigners Who Have Dominated Zimbabwe’s Grocery Retailing & Wholesaling Trade
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 …
Read More »Senegalese Opposition Calls For Protests Against President Seeking Third Term
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 …
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