Murray recovers, eyes final
MONACO. – World number one Andy Murray has recovered from an elbow injury and is keen to reach the final of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis for the first time,…
Ronaldo wants respect
MADRID. — Cristiano Ronaldo praised Real Madrid’s winning mentality after his hat-trick helped them through to the Champions League soccer semi-finals with a 4-2 second-leg win over Bayern Munich on…
Foxes fairytale comes to an end
LEICESTER. — In true Leicester City fashion, they went down fighting. They refused to give up even when the odds of going through looked longer than a 5 000-1 shot. And that…
Visa changes expose ‘lazy’ Australians
AUSTRALLIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called the list of skilled jobs that could be covered by controversial 457 visas “laughable”. Positions for radio announcers, judges and magistrates, and caravan park…
Polokwane in narrow victory
POLOKWANE. — Polokwane City narrowly beat Platinum Stars 1-0 in an Absa Premiership match at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane last night. The narrow victory takes Rise and Shine…
‘9 000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean’
GENEVA. – Nearly 9 000 mainly African migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this past long weekend after being put by smugglers in Libya onto unseaworthy boats heading toward Italy,…
Redcliff seeks investors
Amanda Chikari Midlands Reporter Redcliff Town Council is seeking investors to partner with to establish a water treatment plant. Redcliff’s mayor Councillor Fred Kapuya said the municipality is not a water authority…
Death toll rises to 113 in Peru
Lima. – The death toll from flooding and mudslides plaguing Peru since the start of the year has risen to 113 people, including five killed last weekend, officials said on…
‘Armyworm threat not yet over’
Tawanda Mangoma in CHIREDZI Government has warned farmers not to relax in the fight against fall armyworm, saying the yield threatening creature is likely to resurface as it is hibernating…
How domestic animals are sources of knowledge, social intelligence
Charles Dhewa In African agrarian communities where livestock are part of people’s livelihoods, farmers have forged symbiotic relationships with their cattle, goats, sheep, camels, pigs and poultry, among others. While the…



