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Oscar Pistorius was placed on suicide watch this week after sustaining severe wrist injuries in jail that saw him rushed to Pretoria’s Kalafong Hospital last weekend. However, the mystery surrounding the…
ANCWL slams US media over Semenya’s gender
Johannesburg — The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) has condemned unwarranted speculation by international media on South African gold medallist Caster Semenya’s gender, it said in a statement. “As the…
Fidel Castro at 90 thanks Cuba, slams Obama
Havana — Fidel Castro has written a long letter thanking Cubans for their support on his 90th birthday and once again criticising US President Barack Obama. In the letter in state…
Boko Haram releases ‘video’ of Chibok girls
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group,…
UN experts warn of ‘genocidal rhetoric’ in Burundi
Geneva — A United Nations watchdog on Friday urged Burundi to immediately address a long line of abuse, including hundreds of extrajudicial killings and widespread torture and sexual abuse, with…
Chilli-powder condoms, firecrackers keep jumbos at bay
Conservationists in Tanzania are using an unorthodox way of keeping elephants from wandering into human settlements — by throwing condoms filled with chilli powder at them. The method has proved effective…
Inputs transform farmers’ lives
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief More than 250 farmers at Mundi-Mataga Biri Extension irrigation scheme in Mberengwa District are now fully enjoying the fruits of the popular land reform programme, thanks…
Bosso, Gamecocks in messy deadlock
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter— Highlanders 1-1 Chicken Inn THERE was mayhem at the end of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Highlanders and Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium…
RAW VIDEO: Cop brutalised as colleagues watch helplessly
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter A policeman was injured during violent skirmishes that broke out at the end of yesterday’s Bulawayo derby involving Highlanders and Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium. The police…
Ref had right to end match
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter CHIEF referees’ instructor Gladmore Muzambi says a referee can end a match regardless of where the ball is. His remarks yesterday came following skirmishes between Highlanders and…