Ronaldo breaks Messi’s Champions League record
Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record jointly held by Lionel Messi for the most goals in a Champions League season as Real Madrid thrashed Bayern Munich to book their place in…
Cops nab banana throwing racist
Spanish police said yesterday they had arrested a spectator suspected of hurling a banana at Barcelona’s Brazilian defender Dani Alves, a slur that sparked a worldwide anti-racist uproar. “The person…
SA Electoral Commission pledges impartial polls
Pretoria — The main national results operations centre of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) was officially opened in Pretoria yesterday. IEC chairperson Pansy Tlakula conducted the ceremony at the…
Planes head home as MH370 search scaled back
Perth — The intensive aerial search for surface wreckage from Flight MH370 officially ended yesterday as the hunt was drastically scaled back, with ships also moving out of the remote…
Trade unions fail workers
Factmore Dzobo ACCORDING to Stanley Abramowitz, an American author, “The unions have all but abandoned the fight for decent working conditions and are now perceived as staunch defenders of…




