Tongaat full-year earnings rise 6pc

Johannesburg — Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett reported a six percent increase in full-year earnings yesterday, after softer global sugar prices and weak domestic demand weighed.

Djokovic slithers to damp French Open win

SECOND seed Novak Djokovic played the funny man as he slipped and slithered to a 6-1 6-2 6-4 win over Portugal’s Joao Sousa on the rain-interrupted second day of the…

Mbizo Congregation win Reformed Church soccer tourney

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent Zimuto Congregation 0-1 Mbizo Congregation MBIZO Congregation won the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe 2014 $15,000 Nyaningwe Soccer Tournament at Mucheke Stadium on Sunday.

Sierra Leone confirms first Ebola deaths

FOUR people have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone, the first confirmed cases in the country following an outbreak in Guinea, the health ministry has said. They died in the…

Malawi to recount votes in some areas

BLANTYRE — Malawi’s electoral commission has ordered a recount in some areas after discovering some voting anomalies after last Tuesday’s general election. In one constituency nearly five times as many…

Man stabs self in suicide attempt

Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporter A BULAWAYO man from Pumula South stabbed himself five times on Friday night in a bizarre incident in which he claims he was being ordered by…

Chiefs march on

Mzingaye Sibanda Sports Reporter ZIFA Southern Region Division One champions Plumtree Chiefs continued with their winning ways beating Nust 2-0 in a league encounter on Saturday. The Thulani Sibanda coached…

Uruguay hopeful on Suarez’s chances

URUGUAY striker Luis Suarez could play at the World Cup despite having surgery on an injured knee, according to the country’s football association. The Liverpool striker “suffered intense pain” in…

Narendra Modi sworn in as India’s PM

NEW DELHI —Narendra Modi (63), India’s 15th Prime Minister, took oath yesterday at a ceremony held in the open at Rashtrapati Bhavan and attended by the Whos Who of the…

Man sodomises mentally challenged herdboy

Midlands Reporter A Shurugwi man who sodomised a mentally challenged herdboy has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The man, Timothy Mutanga, 32, of Murefu Village, under Chief Ndanga had…

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