adminMbada Diamonds reduce cup budget
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter— THE 2014 edition of the Mbada Diamonds Cup will have a reduced sponsorship package under a new playing format, it has been confirmed. The tournament,…
Region Five U20 games draw next month
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter THE draw for the African Union Sports Council Region Five Under-20 Games will be held next month, two months ahead of the start of the…
India triumphs with first mission to Mars
An Indian spacecraft has reached Mars and entered the planet’s orbit, in a historic feat crowning India as the first country to execute such a mission in its maiden attempt.…
China-Russia reception marks diplomatic ties anniversary
BEIJING – China and Russia on Tuesday held a reception celebrating their 65 years of diplomatic relations. Top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang and visiting Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko…
Obama vows more strikes on ISIL in Syria
Barack Obama has said that the participation of five Arab nations in air raids against ISIL in Syria “makes it clear to the world this is not America’s fight alone”.…
Nigeria silent on Synagogue Church collapse
Lagos – Nigerian officials were tight-lipped on Tuesday about the scope of a probe into a fatal church building collapse in Lagos that killed 115, as anger mounted against the…
Tuareg hostage decapitated in Mali
Bamako – Suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants in northern Mali have decapitated a Tuareg hostage seized last week for purportedly acting as an informer for French forces in the region, a Malian…
Kenya mall trial hit by assault claims
Nairobi — The trial of four men charged in connection with Kenya’s Westgate mall massacre was hit on Tuesday by allegations from defence lawyers that the suspects have been assaulted…
ICC opens investigation into CAR violence
THE HAGUE – International Criminal Court prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of murder, rape and recruiting of child soldiers in the Central African Republic over the past two…
Give back the land: EFF
Johannesburg — The greatest heritage of South Africans is their land, and thus historical dispossession needs to be made right, the EFF said yesterday. “Until land is returned, all else…