Battling Newcastle prove how hard the EPL is

NEWCASTLE. — Manchester City clawing back from a two-goal deficit to draw 3-3 at Newcastle United proves there are no easy games in the English Premier League football, coach Pep…

Chelsea to spend more

LONDON. — Chelsea are pushing to take their summer spending to £300 million after lodging a bid for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The Blues have made an offer of £15m plus Marcos…

Rwandan singing Chinese songs a hit

KIGALI. — Pacifique Izabayo, from Rwanda, has become a hit on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, for singing Chinese songs while showing rural life in his country. Izabayo, commonly…

Tracking gender progress in SADC

There have been consistent upward trend in the number of women in ministerial posts of cabinet rank in almost all SADC member states as the body encourages countries to continue…

US, NATO allies lack self-awareness

Robert Bridge The latest wheeze from some of the military bloc’s adherents is pure hypocrisy. NATO members pushing to brand Russia a “terrorist state” tells us that the US and…

Usyk wants to take on Fury

LONDON. — Oleksandr Usyk has called for an undisputed world heavyweight boxing championship clash with Tyson Fury after retaining his WBO, WBA and IBF titles with a spectacular split decision…

Rich countries gobble up fuel while poorer nations stuck with brewing unrest

Bloomberg Stephen Stapczynski, Anna Shiryaevskaya and Faseeh Mangi Russia’s war in Ukraine has Europe bracing for a tough winter, but the costs are piling up higher in emerging nations as…

Junk nations risk muted debt sales as liquidity dies

September, historically the busiest month for high-yield sovereign bond sales, is set to disappoint this year as the risk of aggressive US rate hikes keep junk-rated nations on the sidelines.…

Kick Off magazine shuts down

JOHANNESBURG. — Iconic South African football publication Kick Off magazine has shut down. This was revealed in the latest and final edition of the magazine, which went on sale on…

Lira shares lesson learnt from stroke

JOHANNESBURG. — Multi-award-winning singer and songwriter Lira is keeping her spirits up after she suffered a stroke, which resulted losing her speech, about five months ago. Taking to her Instagram…

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