Forthewin In one of the strangest twists in recent Masters history, a member of the security staff slipped and collided with Tiger Woods while trying to contain the crowd midway through Woods’ round on Friday. Woods limped away from the incident – leaving fans fearing that he may have reinjured his knee or back –
AFP European leaders agreed with Britain on Thursday to delay Brexit by up to six months, saving the continent from what could have been a chaotic no-deal departure at the end of the week. The deal struck during late night talks in Brussels means that, if London remains in the EU after May 22, British
BBC Wikileaks co-founder Jullian Assange was Thursday arrested by British authorities at the Ecuadorean embassy in London after seven years. Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped. The Met Police said he was arrested for failing to surrender
Online SUDANESE President Omar al-Bashir was forced to step down by the military after months of protests, according to government sources. The country’s State television reported that Sudanese Defense Minister announced that Bashir had been arrested and that a military council would be running the country for a two-year transitional period. A transitional council is
BBC EU leaders will meet at 17:00 BST for an emergency summit in Brussels to decide whether to offer the UK another delay to Brexit. Theresa May wants to postpone the UK’s exit beyond this Friday, until 30 June. But the EU is expected to offer a longer delay, after European Council President Donald Tusk
By Sports Reporter CAPS United player Hardlife Zvirekwi looks set to receive a prosthetic hand following the success of the 3D prosthetic hand printing trial which is being conducted by Nashua Zimbabwe in Harare. Zvirekwi had his left hand amputated from the wrist after being involved in a car crash in March last year. The
By Paidashe Mandivengerei THE United States government has this Wednesday, showered praises on the Zimbabwe administration for implementing reforms which benefit it’s nationals. US ambassador o Zimbabwe Brian Nichols told a local radio station that his country was ready to work with Zimbabwe and believes the nation’s future is bright. “Reforms government is pursuing is
By Mary Taruvinga REGIONAL Magistrate Collet Ncube brought in from Hwange to hear suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe’s challenge against being tried by his juniors, Wednesday rejected the latter’s application. Guvamombe is facing a charge of defeating the course of justice and another one of criminal abuse of office. He had challenged prosecution at the
TIMES LIVE SOUTH African Communist Party general secretary and liberation struggle icon Chris Hani has been remembered by many on social media who marked the 26 years since his death. Hani was assassinated at his home in Dawn Park, Johannesburg, on April 10 1993. His killers, right-wing politician Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus, were sentenced
Bloomberg News Ethiopia will send DNA samples taken from the victims of last month’s Boeing Co. 737 Max jet crash for identification tests in London. The remains of the 157 people who died are currently in a hospital in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopia capital, Musie Yehyies, the spokesman for the transport ministry, said in an
AFP Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, known as Africa’s richest man, told a forum in Ivory Coast on Saturday how he once took $10m in cash out of the bank just to look at it and get it into his head that this was real money, not just figures on paper. “When you’re young your first
KHARTOUM (Reuters) Thousands of Sudanese protesters clashed with security forces outside President Omar al-Bashir’s residence in central Khartoum on Saturday in what appeared to be the biggest demonstration in months of protests against his 30-year rule, witnesses said. Across the River Nile in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, which also saw protests into the evening,
BBC A suspected rhino poacher has been trampled on by an elephant then eaten by a pride of lions in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Accomplice poachers told the victim’s family that he had been killed by an elephant on Tuesday. Relatives notified the park ranger. A search party struggled to find the body but
BBC Commemorations have begun in Rwanda to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide that killed about a tenth of the population. The country will mourn for 100 days, the time it took in 1994 for 800,000 Rwandans to be massacred. Most were minority Tutsis, killed by ethnic Hutu extremists. President Paul Kagame, who led
By Staff Reporter SOCIAL media was Saturday, awash with pictures of a reported fire outbreak at Hartzell High School, on the north-eastern fringes of Mutare in Manicaland. Police provincial spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said he would only be able to comment on Monday. Unconfirmed reports claimed property at Hartzell High School was destroyed by a
AFP FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron on Friday appointed a panel of experts to investigate France’s actions in Rwanda during the country’s genocide 25 years ago, a subject that has dogged Franco-Rwandan relations since the 1994 massacres. The commission of eight researchers and historians “will be tasked with consulting all France’s archives relating to the genocide…
BBC THE US has revoked the entry visa for the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda. The decision is thought to be the US response to Ms Bensouda’s investigation into possible war crimes by American forces and their allies in Afghanistan. The US secretary of state had warned the US might refuse
Idah Mhetu SUSPENDED Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) boss Nancy Masiyiwa-Chamisa, who has been on suspension since June 2018, only learnt on ZBC news that the board was replacing her. According to a source, Masiyiwa-Chamisa only got to know about losing her job on ZBC news when the Zinara Board chairperson Engineer Michael Madanha announced
DAILY MAVERICK THE South African government has implemented what International Relations Minister Sisulu calls “stage one” of its programme of downgrading relations with Israel, by withdrawing its ambassador from Tel Aviv permanently. Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Lindiwe Sisulu announced this on Wednesday evening in an address to the South African Institute of International
By Leopold Munhende ENGLAND based Warriors target Macauley Bonne has finally submitted his papers with authorities ahead of his acquiring a Zimbabwean passport paving the way for a first Warriors call-up. Bonne was pictured at Zimbabwe House in London with the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom Christian Katsande Friday morning. National League club Leyton
