Newcastle beat Tottenham
Substitute Ayoze Perez scored a stoppage-time winner as Newcastle came from behind to beat Tottenham and move out of the relegation zone. Magpies keeper Rob Elliot frustrated Spurs with two fine…
Unpaid work for $13 500 theft
Court Correspondent A 36-year-old man was last Wednesday ordered to perform 420 hours of community service at Makoni Police Station for swindling his customer of $13 500 in a botched…
Ex-employee kills farmer
Crime Reporter A Marondera farmer was last Wednesday morning attacked and killed at his farm by his former female employee after an altercation over salary arrears. The incident occurred at Carolina…
Origi rescues Liverpool with late equaliser
Divock Origi’s deflected 95th-minute strike rescued a point for Liverpool against a resolute West Brom. The home side began well and took the lead when Jordan Henderson finished a superb and…
Rand hits record low, stocks dip
JOHANNESBURG – The rand weakened to a new record low on Friday, slumping more than 3 percent in a sell-off by investors after last week’s dismissal of finance minister Nhlanhla…
Donors ditch local NGOs
Midlands Correspondent Lack of transparency and corruption within the local non-governmental organisation has resulted in a massive donor exodus resulting in some being blacklisted with others preferring to channel their…
When neurosis becomes a universal condition
Elliot Ziwira @The Bookstore Neurosis is a mental disorder that causes obsessive fears, depression and unreasonable behaviour. According to Boeree in “A Bio-Social Theory of Neurosis” (2002), neurosis, which is…
Pope calls for sense of solidarity
Vatican City. — Pope Francis yesterday hailed the UN climate accord reached in Paris, but warned that the key now lay in its implementation, especially in help for the poor. “The…
Diarrhoea claims 11
Lisa Shirichena Herald Reporter Eleven people died of diarrhoea countrywide in the last week of November, the Ministry of Health and Child Care has said. This brings the total number of people…
Climate deal hard to implement: Experts
Le Bourget (France). — After a champagne moment in Paris, where ministers from around the world crafted a pact to fight perilous climate change, comes the hard part. Experts are under…



