Barca confirm Cillessen deal
Barcelona have signed goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Ajax Amsterdam on a five-year contract in a deal worth €13 million (approximately R206 million), the La Liga champions said yesterday.
Sleeping 7-yr-old dies in burning hut
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief A SEVEN-year-old boy from Chirumanzu was burnt beyond recognition after a fire razed a hut in which he was sleeping.
Sunderland seal Manquillo deal
Sunderland have completed a deal to bring Atletico Madrid full-back Javier Manquillo back to the Premier league on a season-long loan. The 22-year-old Spaniard becomes David Moyes’ sixth signing of the…
What good are Test rankings?
ASKED how he felt about literary prizes, Kingsley Amis once said: “Well, they’re all right if you win.” It’s easy to imagine the group of teams circling around the top…
UN pull-out threat a ‘joke’: Philippines’ Duterte
Manila – President Rodrigo Duterte has said his threat to pull the Philippines out of the United Nations for criticising his deadly crime war was just a “joke”, while attempting…
‘Rooney would be great for MLS’
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney would be a “great signing” for Major League Soccer, Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson has said, adding that the 30-year-old still has plenty to offer.
City installs 2 000 prepaid water meters
Herald Reporter HARARE City Council says it has installed close to 2 000 prepaid water meters under its pilot project. Council spokesperson Mr Michael Chideme told Star FM that the…
Zesa increases debt recovery rate
Felex Share Senior Reporter Zimbabweans are set to pay more towards clearing their Zesa arrears after the power utility increased its recovery rate from 40 to 50 percent of electricity purchases…
Govt commits to Zim-Asset
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Government has made major strides in the provision of food and agricultural inputs to the vulnerable rural population in line with the country’s economic blueprint Zim-Asset.
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Right to demonstrate has caveat
ZIMBABWE is a constitutional democracy that elects its leadership by universal adult suffrage every five years. The last harmonised elections were held on July 31, 2013 and it follows that the…




