adminStay of execution for Coetzee
JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa have kept faith in coach Allister Coetzee despite a dismal 2016 season, the national rugby union announced on Monday.
Ozil needs to deliver quickly
LONDON. – Mesut Ozil was supposed to be the cornerstone of manager Arsene Wenger’s last great Arsenal side. Four years into the German’s time at the Emirates, he could become…
LATEST: Billiat robbed at gunpoint
Mamelodi Sundowns soccer star Khama Billiat starred death in the face when AK-47-wielding thugs robbed him and a petrol station in the early hours of today. Billiat was caught in…
LATEST: Pre-school teacher helps husband rape minor
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter In a suspected case of ritual practices, a pre-school teacher in Eastview allegedly kidnapped a girl from a crèche before she took the minor to…
Mbeki slams xenophobes
Pretoria – Newly elected chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa), Thabo Mbeki, has expressed concern over violent attacks targeted at African migrants in the country. The former president, who…
Morocco to withdraw from Western Sahara tension zone
Rabat. – Morocco said on Sunday it will pull back from a zone of the contested Western Sahara that has raised tensions with Algeria-backed Polisario Front separatists. “The Kingdom of Morocco…
Islamic militants behead German hostage
Manila. – Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded the German hostage they were holding for ransom, the government in Manila said on Monday. A video posted by the Abu Sayyaf…
Le Pen blames media
Paris. – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday accused the media of “campaigning hysterically” in favour of Emmanuel Macron, her centrist rival for the presidency, as polls showed…
Floods kill four in Chile
Santiago. – Rainstorms and landslides in Chile killed four and contaminated a major river, forcing authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital, authorities said. The…
Rains trigger state of disaster as homes, bridges, schools are destroyed
Herald Reporters— The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate yesterday recommended that a state of disaster be declared in the country’s southern provinces where one person was killed, while hundreds…