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...

Eight of the world’s largest oil majors reported almost $93 billion in profits over three months to the end of June, nearly double their combined earnings from a year earlier, The Guardian reported on 4 August. The April to June period marked t...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has emerged as the world’s largest exporter of citrus by volume, marking a significant shift in the country’s agricultural export profile as fresh fruit increasingly rivals some of the economy’s traditional commodi...