adminWawrinka beats Tsonga to reach French Open final
Stan Wawrinka ended home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga’s hopes in a sweltering semi-final victory at the French Open. The Swiss eighth seed won 6-3 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 as temperatures…
Murray v Djokovic halted by weather
Andy Murray was fighting to keep his French Open hopes alive when his semi-final against Novak Djokovic was suspended with a storm approaching. The Briton trailed 3-6 3-6 7-5 3-3…
Fans angry at new Bok RWC jersey
Cape Town – Fans have expressed their anger at the latest Springbok Rugby World Cup jersey which has gone on sale ahead of the tournament in England later this year.
‘Rubbish’ Nkandla report shows calibre of Cabinet
Johannesburg – Cabinet’s acceptance of Police Minister Nathi Nhleko’s “rubbish” report into so-called security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home is cowardly and says something about the calibre of…
Taxpayers don’t deserve to fund corruption: Zuma
Cape Town – Taxpayers don’t deserve their money to be used for corrupt purposes, President Jacob Zuma told the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town on Thursday.
Three days of mourning over Ghana petrol station blast
Ghana’s president, John Mahama, has called for three days of mourning to begin on Monday after scores of people were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the…
UN calls for calm, restraint in Burundi
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remains concerned about the potential for escalating violence in Burundi and has reiterated his call for calm and restraint amid the African country’s simmering political tensions.
Coloniality perpetuates African poverty
Joram Nyathi Spectrum Coloniality is a concept said to have been advanced mostly by one Anibal Quijano to explain the legacy and damage caused to colonised peoples by their long…
Curiosa and curiosa
Perspective Stephen Mpofu In a pub far, far away at one extremity of mother earth two imbibers, both a little inebriated, take long respites from frothing half-full mugs of a…
Revenue from natural resources must fund varsities
Opinion Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu Reports that Zimbabwe state universities maybe instructed by the government to raise their own financial resources to pay their professional staff members and administrative personnel was…