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LONDON. — Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo set a Champions League soccer group phase scoring record on Tuesday night as Bayer Leverkusen and Olympiakos Piraeus reached the last 16 and snow…
Bout on ice
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter THE proposed World Boxing Union bantamweight title fight between Zimbabwe’s Tapiwa Tembo and Zambia’s Gibbon Kamota remains on ice indefinitely following indications from the promoters that…
Memorial sign language interpreter a ‘fraud’
CAPE TOWN – The sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial was accused Wednesday of being a fake who merely flapped his arms around during speeches. “He’s a complete fraud,”…
Subsidising French Crimes in Africa
Finian Cunningham French neo-colonialism in Africa is now official fact after the recent deployment of hundreds of its troops in the poverty-stricken Central Africa Republic. The manipulation of events and…
Poll gives Obama dismal rating
WASHINGTON. — President Barack Obama’s disapproval rating has hit a record high, due mainly to the disastrous debut of his health care law, an NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll released…
ACP urged to move with the times
From Victoria Ruzvidzo in BRUSSELS, Belgium THE 98th session of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Council of Ministers meeting began in Brussels on Tuesday with calls for the body to…
Ukraine: The grass beneath tussling elephants
Peter Schwarz THE current wave of protests in Ukraine bears the label “Made in Germany,” “Made in the EU” and “Made in America.” The Western media has gone to great…
Namibia to recruit Zim teachers
Thupeyo Muleya in WINDHOEK, Namibia The Namibian government has approved a plan to recruit over 2 000 teachers from SADC countries mainly Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, South Africa and Zambia to…
Youths honour Chinhoyi Battle 7
Herald Reporter At least 40 youths yesterday embarked on a 115-kilometre march to Chinhoyi meant to honour and commemorate the seven heroes that died during the Chinhoyi Battle in 1966.
A toast to SA’s black middle class
Benjamin Dürr In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbours in a suburb of the capital, Pretoria, a barbecue treat. Alluding to the…