adminSA to host Cosafa
DURBAN. — The 2019 COSAFA Cup will be staged in the South African coastal city of Durban from May 25-June 8, serving as vital preparation for the region’s Africa Cup of Nations-bound sides.
Al-Bashir in solitary confinement, as doctors rally: reports
Sudan’s military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to a maxprison, a family source said Wednesday, as doctors marched through the capital to join a sit-in protest at the army complex.
Kidnapping in-laws lands man in jail
A Chitungwiza man will spend the next two years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping his in-laws following a dispute at a funeral.
De Ligt shocked by bizarre win over Juve
TURIN — Ajax Amsterdam captain Matthijs de Ligt said he was lost for words after his wonderful header dumped Juventus out of the Champions League football on Tuesday night in a “bizarre” 3-2 aggregate win.
Mawere challenges Young Sables
YOUNG Sables hooker Neil Mawere has warned his teammates to be wary of Madagascar ahead of the teams’ World Junior Trophy Pool B final at Prince Edward this Saturday.
Intercede for the nation, First Lady urges women
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday joined an inter-denominational prayer group — Daughters of Virtue — in Harare’s Glen Norah B suburb, where she called on women to intercede for the nation so that peace, unity, harmony and development prevail.
Messi praises Barca stars
LONDON. — Lionel Messi said Barcelona put on a spectacle in their victory over Manchester United in the Champions League football on Tuesday night, but warned his team-mates they cannot afford any more slow starts if they are to win the competition.
Mbanje dealers get 8-year terms
Two Harare men were on Monday sentenced to eight years in jail each for possessing 30 bags of mbanje weighing 710kg, with a street value of $51 000.
Beitbridge on the path to modernisation
In his work, “The Wretched of the Earth”, Frantz Fanon is quoted saying, “Colonialism hardly ever exploits the whole of a country. It contents itself with bringing to light the natural resources, which it extracts, and exports to meet the needs of the mother country’s industries, thereby allowing certain sectors of the colony to become relatively rich. But the rest of the colony follows its path of under-development and poverty, or at all events sinks into it more deeply.”
Woods win good for business
NEW YORK. — Tiger Woods’ victory at the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, his first major victory since 2008, is expected to lift sales for sponsors, broadcasters and golf courses lucky enough to host a tournament with Woods playing.