Pulisic defends decision to skip Concacaf Gold Cup

AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic celebrates scoring their first goal against Sassuolo in San Siro, Milan, Italy, on December 30, 2023. 2 minutes United States (US) winger Christian Pulisic has defended his decision to skip the Concacaf Gold Cup and said those questioning his commitment to the national team were “way out of line”. Pulisic, who…

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Africa should start searching for new trade markets: Analyst

Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export. 1 minute Investment analyst Roy Mutooni says Africa should start searching for new trade markets in the continent as the US imposes tariffs on countries around the world. Many countries including China have imposed tough reciprocal tariffs. Mutooni says the biggest advantage for investment is now in Africa itself…

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City Power to resume operations in Alexandra today

A City Power employee seen on site working to restore electricity. 1 minute City Power in Johannesburg says it will resume its operations in Alexandra, Johannesburg, this morning. It says this follows a constructive meeting with community leaders on Wednesday. The power utility’s technicians were supposed to work on the outages in the area, but…

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Portfolio Committee to engage banks on SMME funding

Person holds SA money 2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition hopes to have several engagements with the banking sector to find solutions on how best to support consumers. This, after the committee indicated earlier this month that banks have been called to appear before them in order to explain their credit…

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Bulawayo pegs 2025 budget at US$309m

Of the proposed budget for 2025, capital budget will be US$82 million constituting 26% of the total vote. The proposed 2024 capital budget was US$96 million which was 36% of the vote. THE BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has proposed a US$309 million 2025 budget with the revenue budget accounting for a huge chunk of the…

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