Athletics season opener cancelled

Sports Reporter THE National Season Opener Cross Country Championships which had been tabled for today in Harare has been postponed to next Saturday.

Brain samples stolen from medical museum

INDIANAPOLIS — A man who allegedly stole human brain samples from a medical history museum was arrested after a California man who bought some of the tissue online alerted authorities.

Nurse granted protection order against abusive hubby

Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A NURSE has applied for a protection order against her abusive husband who verbally and physically abuses her in front of their children, while also…

Sundowns snub Mphela

Cape Town – Premier Soccer League (PSL) giants Mamelodi Sundowns will travel to Zambia to take part in a four-team tournament starting today, but without striker Katlego Mphela.

Organisers sweat over ticket sales

Cape Town – Chief executive of the Local Organising Committee (Loc), Mvuzo Mbebe says he has concerns that South Africa will not meet its ticket sales targets for the African…

Statue revives photography

Auxilia Katongomara Saturday Leisure Correspondent DO you remember the last time you called a photographer for family photos? To some it is ages. Back in the 90s photographers or cameramen…

European football’s hits and misses

AS Europe’s top leagues close down for the winter break, it’s natural for England’s Premier League stars to wonder whether they might benefit from something similar ahead of what promises…

Granddaughter given away for a bucket of maize

Leonard Ncube Court Reporter AN ELDERLY couple from Brunapeg in Mangwe district gave away their granddaughter to a herd boy for marriage in exchange for a bag of mealie-meal and…

‘Develop academics with practical skills’

Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter THE Minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education and Vocational Training, Cde Josiah Hungwe yesterday challenged educationists to discard the mentality of producing…

Dozens of Boko Haram fighters killed

Nigeria’s military says it has killed as many as 38 fighters from the armed Boko Haram group during operations in the northeast of the country.