Improved margins, lower finance costs boost Seed co’s F16
Seed Co Limited group chief executive Morgan NzwereAN improvement in gross margins and lower finance costs saw Seedco report a 3% growth in the bottom-line at $15.42 million after a near flat...
View ArticleZambeef interim profit increase
The growth of Zambeef’s cold chain division has been propelled by the introduction of its new macro-outlets model.… Improved performance fuelled by its cold chain and retail divisionLUSAKA – Food...
View ArticleProsecutors to seek tough sentence for Pistorius
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will face sentencing this week over the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Pretoria.By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in PretoriaSouth African...
View ArticleOrlando shooting: 50 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance
Orlando nightclub shooting sceneBy Ralph Ellis, Ashley Fantz, Faith Karimi and Eliott C. McLaughlinAN American-born man who’d pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 50 people early Sunday at a gay...
View ArticleEuro 2016: Call for booze ban as 116 are arrested
Football Soccer – England v Russia – EURO 2016 – Group B – StadeV?lodrome, Marseille, France – 11/6/16 England fans try to escape trouble in the stadium at full time REUTERS/Eddie KeoghFRENCH...
View ArticleUsain Bolt: Gold medal loss would be heartbreaking
“I’m not too pleased about the situation,” said reigning World and Olympic sprint champion Bolt, 29.JAMAICA’S Olympic champion Usain Bolt said the possibility of losing a gold medal is...
View ArticleKhama Billiat: Mamelodi Sundowns must prove they belong in CAF Champions...
Khama BilliatKhama Billiat says Mamelodi Sundowns must show they deserve to be in the group stages of the Champions League.The Absa Premiership champions were recently brought back into the CAF...
View ArticleLewis Hamilton wins Canadian GP after tense fight with Sebastian Vettel
“The greatest?” Hamilton dedicated the win – his fifth in Canada – to the late Muhammad AliMercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix after a tense strategic battle with Sebastian Vettel’s...
View ArticleEURO 2016: Sunday round up
Bastian Schweinsteiger was thrilled after he scored his first international goal since 2011Bastian Schweinsteiger delighted after ending German goal droughtGERMANY captain Bastian Schweinsteiger was...
View ArticleGawker files for bankruptcy after sex tape case
A covertly-filmed tape of Hogan was published by the gossip websiteGAWKER Media has filed for bankruptcy protection after it was ordered to pay $140m (£98m) in damages for publishing a sex tape of...
View ArticleFive things you can do today to improve your sight
Regular eye exams can catch nasty diseases early. SIGHT is your most important sense. You use your eyes for everything from driving to flirting with that cute new guy across the room. Unfortunately...
View ArticleZimbabwe shuns London gold market, looks elsewhere
Finance Minister Patrick ChinamasaFINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa says Zimbabwe will not sell its gold on the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) despite having met the 10 tonne production...
View ArticleLet’s not kid ourselves, government & policy are necessary pieces of the tech...
By Aurther ShokoWhile I agree that governments often tend to do things that count for imprudence, the reality of the matter is that while we may not want anything to do with policy makers, the policy...
View ArticlePistorius ‘broken’ and ‘unable to testify’
Pistorius watched proceedings, occasionally holding his head in his handsOSCAR Pistorius is unfit to give evidence and is a broken man who should not be jailed, a psychologist has told his sentence...
View ArticleMicrosoft to purchase LinkedIn for US$26,2 billion
LinkedIn, based in California, opened for business in December 2002Microsoft has signed a surprise deal to buy the professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2bn (£18.3bn) in cash.In a statement, the...
View ArticleCellulant wants *365# to be how all you pay all the bills in your life
By L.S.M KabwezaEvery time – and this happens each time I go to the bank – I’m always surprised to see a long queue of people paying for their DStv subscriptions. They come into the bank, walk to the...
View ArticleSepp Blatter admits tournament draws were rigged
Blatter refused to identify the tournament in question, but said that only one team had ever successfully benefited from such tactics.Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has claimed that he...
View ArticleMobile money accounting app Mobiledger opens up to merchant & agents as...
By Nigel GambangaThis has prompted the guys at Mobiledger, a mini accounting system for mobile money wallets, to expand their application’s concept to mobile money merchants and agents. Previously...
View ArticleBimha says Govt has mobilised US$15 million for ATI membership
Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha GOVERNMENT says it has mobilised the US$15 million required to become a paid up member of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) and hopes to have finalised...
View ArticleGovernment issues directive for multi-currency use within departments,...
Finance and Economic Development permanent secretary Willard ManungoGOVERNMENT has given its ministries departments, parastatals and local authorities a two-week deadline to set up mechanisms to pay...
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