ZURICH — FIFA is facing its most serious internal political crisis in years, with the organisation increasingly divided along confederation lines after UEFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Concacaf launched an extraordinary challenge to...

For decades, work measurement carried an unfashionable image. It belonged to the world of the “efficiency expert”, the “time-and-motion man” or the rate fixer walking around a factory with a stopwatch, measuring workers and searching for a fe...

JOHANNESBURG — South African retail group Massmart has appointed Zimbabwean marketing executive Charmagne Mazhindu as its new Vice President of Marketing, strengthening its leadership team as the retailer accelerates its customer-focused growth and...

ZURICH — FIFA has launched an unusually forceful defence of president Gianni Infantino, warning that it will not allow what it describes as a concerted campaign of allegations, insinuations and misinformation to interfere with the organisation’s ...

HARARE — The image (above) represent the standard model of a Zimbabwean rural shop that has existed since pre-independence Rhodesia; usually built on the dusty rural roadside and surrounded by open ground without other supporting infrastructure, it...

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s story is set to return to the big screen, with Lionsgate targeting a late 2027 or early 2028 release for the sequel to the blockbuster biopic Michael. According to AllHipHop.com, Lionsgate chairman Adam Fogelson pr...

ALGARVE, Portugal — Kanye West’s concert in Portugal’s Algarve has triggered a diplomatic controversy after Israel’s ambassador to Portugal called for the show to be cancelled, describing the rapper’s past statements as hate speech and accu...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Jorge Messi, the father of soccer star and Argentina captain Lionel Messi, died Saturday at a hospital in the central Argentina city of Rosario. He was 68. The Rosario-based Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys announced his dea...

GENEVA — FIFA has launched a robust defence of president Gianni Infantino after allegations concerning his alleged relationship with a former UEFA employee, describing the claims as “categorically untrue” and warning that suggestions of inappro...

HARARE — Africa’s fresh-fruit industry is undergoing a rapid transformation, with tropical and high-value fruit exports expanding sharply as producers tap into rising global demand for healthier foods, year-round fresh produce and premium berries...