Gay’s daughter shot dead
KENTUCKY. — US Olympic star Tyson Gay’s teenage daughter has been shot dead at a restaurant after being caught in the crossfire of a suspected gang attack.
Innovate or go under
Time of reckoning for clothing stores as new player threatens to take over Lenin Ndebele There’s a new player in town and it’s not the boutiques stocked with clothes from…
Serena pulls out
LOS ANGELES. — US tennis superstar Serena Williams has withdrawn from the elite WTA Finals in Singapore, saying she’s still working to recover from the shoulder troubles that hindered her…
BRICS struggles to fashion coherent action
Patrick Bond Correspondent A Brazilian leader’s faux pas spoke volumes about the state of the BRICS alliance, ahead of the 8th BRICS summit in India. The Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa formation is slowly…
Murray looking for top post
SHANGHAI. — Andy Murray has never been the most fashionable member of tennis’ “Big Four”, but he finally looks the part as he zeroes in on the world number one…
Unpacking Merkel’s African safari
Liesl-Louw Vaudran Correspondent German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s counterparts in France and Britain probably envied her last week. Merkel travelled to three African countries without neo-colonial baggage and without any recent military…
BREAKING: Cephas Msipa dies
Tendai Mugabe, Senior Reporter Former Midlands governor and Zanu-PF Politburo member Cde Cephas Msipa has died. He was 85.
Fire corrupt hospital bosses: VP Mphoko
Auxilia Katongomara Bulawayo Bureau VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said corrupt officials at public hospitals such as Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals must be fired for fleecing patients.…
$35m bailout to avert power crisis
Felex Share Senior Reporter— Government has averted a potential electricity crisis by issuing a R500 million ($35 million) guarantee to South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, to back up power imports…
‘Electoral demands betray MDC-T fears’
Felex Share Senior Reporter— Electoral law reform demands being made by MDC-T are a clear sign that the Western-sponsored party is scared of the 2018 harmonised elections, political analysts have said. MDC-T…





