Cairns makes cut

Sports Reporter
AFTER flopping at the Africa Open last week, Zimbabwean golfer Ryan Cairns redemed himself by making the cut at The Dimension Data pro-am at Montagu Golf Course in George, South Africa, yesterday . After missing the cut at last week’s Africa Open in Johannesburg, Cairns had two good first

Swansea lift League Cup

LONDON — Swansea City ended Bradford City’s League Cup fairytale with a record-breaking 5-0 victory in the final at Wembley Stadium yesterday to crown the club’s centenary year with a first major trophy. Bradford had accounted for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic en route to the final, but

Third meeting for Cuba’s parliament

HAVANA. – Cuba’s newly elected National Assembly started an inaugural meeting yesterday to elect the Council of State, including its president, for a five-year term. The 31-member council, comprised of a president, a first vice president, five vice presidents, a secretary and 23 other members, is to

Chinese councilor lauds ties with South Korea

SEOUL. – Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong applauded the development of China-South Korea ties during a meeting yesterday with outgoing President Lee Myung-bak.  Liu, a special envoy of President Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC)

Syria using scud missiles in Aleppo

CAIRO. – The Syrian National Council’s (SNC) delegation yesterday urged the Arab League (AL) to press the Syrian government to stop bombing Aleppo with the Scud ballistic missiles, Egypt’s official MENA news agency reported. During their meeting with the AL Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi in

Kenyan police arrest key suspect

GARISSA. – Kenyan police yesterday said they arrested a key suspect whom they believe is behind a series of grenade and bomb attacks in the restive town of Garissa in northern region. Regional police commander Charlton Mureithi told Xinhua that the man who is also behind February 17

Women’s vote critical in any election

Albert Nhamoyebonde
Whoever captures the majority of the women’s vote in any election, is guaranteed the right exercise power in a democratic state. What then must be done to be accorded such a vote by women? Women are never persuaded by promises alone but by substantive deeds which yield tangible

Road accidents: Which way for Africa?

Honourable Saka
Accidents in Africa are attributed to all manner of causes. Passengers often blame drivers for speeding and doing wrong overtaking. Drivers often cite the poor road networks. Government officials blame pedestrians for not being careful on the streets. On several occasions, the blame is

The love of life: A marriage guide

Title: The Love of your life
Author: Davison Kanokanga
Publisher: ZPH Publishers
Of late everyone has been going to town about the recently published book “The Love Life” by Davison Kanokanga. For those who are not in the loop

Wait a minute: Think again!

Wait a minute! Mountains of containers full of imported second-hand clothes, cars and machinery are diverted from the rubbish dumps and delivered to us for our consumption, at a price as good as free! In fact, don’t you think we should be paid for being so efficient in disposing of

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