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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…
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…
Lewandowski off the mark at Barca
BARCELONA. — Robert Lewandowski got off the mark for Spanish La Liga football giants Barcelona with a double as Ansu Fati starred as a substitute in a 4-1 victory over…
Stocks come off lows
An Asian stock gauge pared a slide yesterday but remained in the red along with US equity futures as the Federal Reserve’s commitment to tighter monetary settings to quell inflation…