Jilted man bashes ex over failed suicide
Court Correspondent A 36-year-old man was on Friday sentenced to 105 hours of community service for bashing his ex-girlfriend who had foiled his bid to take his own life. Jaison Kautsa…
Cheetahs to camp in SA
Sports Reporter THE Cheetahs are next week set to camp in South Africa as part of their final preparations for the Sevens Rugby Olympic Qualifier scheduled for Johannesburg at the…
How to avoid defaulting on loans
Sanderson Abel Economic conditions determine the quality of clients that banks will acquire. In stable economies, bank clients are of good quality and a credit culture is well established in…
Harare City in clinic expansion drive
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Harare City Council has budgeted $400 000 for the construction and expansion of hospitals and clinics, chairperson of the finance and development committee councillor Tranos Moyo…
‘China aims for 6,5pc economic growth over next 5 years’
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping of China announced on Tuesday that the Communist Party and the national government had set a 6,5 percent target for annual economic growth from 2016…
Met department seeks funds to buy weather radars
The Meteorological Services Department is seeking funds to purchase weather radars for use in forecasting precipitation accurately, a senior official has said. A weather radar is used to detect and locate…
Gunners face wounded Bayern
MUNICH. — Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker expects his side to face a “wounded” Bayern Munich tonight in the Champions League after the Gunners’ inflicted the Bavarian soccer giants only defeat of…
Batsmen under spotlight
ZIMBABWE’S next crop of batsmen suffered a batting collapse while chasing 254 against Bangladesh A in an unofficial One-Day International on Monday and the challenge will be to quickly resolve…
Yaya Toure nominated
PARIS. — Yaya Toure has every chance of retaining his African Footballer of the Year award after featuring on the shortlist of 10 nominees revealed on Monday.
Date set for Meyer’s fate
JOHANNESBURG. — The future of under-fire Springboks’ Rugby World Cup coach Heyneke Meyer will be decided by the South African Rugby Union (Saru) on December 4, chief executive Jurie Roux…


