WHEN Ernie Els says the final hole of his first golf course design can bring ruin to a round, he means it literally. The two-time US Open champion unveiled his first golf course design in Maryland Tuesday, featuring an 18th fairway that forks around the grey brick ruins of an old farmhouse. Els borrowed ideas […]
STELLA MAPENZAUSWA, Harare | Wednesday 11.50am. ZIMBABWE companies will post weaker results for 2000 as the country grapples with an acute economic crisis seen compounded by farm invasions, analysts said on Wednesday. Over the past fortnight, firms have warned that 2000 results will not match those for the previous year, with National Foods saying on […]
FIVE Russian pilots set free by Angola’s Unita rebels have arrived in Zambia after walking for many days through war-torn Angola. The airmen, whose two planes had been flying on contract for aid agencies, delivering food to government-held towns, were shot down by Unita last year. Officials said the famished pilots had arrived in the […]
ORLANDO Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs will play in the Charity Spectacular and the BP Top Eight competitions next season. The two South African soccer giants withdrew from the events following a R120-million sponsorship deal by cellular service provider Vodacom. The decision comes after a Premier Soccer League Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday at which […]
LIBERIAN President Charles Taylor, who successfully negotiated the release of UN soldiers held hostage by the Sierra Leone rebel group RUF, said on Tuesday that the freedom was given “unconditionally.” “I thank God that I was able to convince them (RUF) to do the right thing, to release all the hostages unconditionally,” Taylor told a […]
SOUTH Africa’s Oscar Chalupsky claimed his ninth kayaking title when he won the World Ocean Kayak championships in Hawaii on Sunday. Chalupsky was only 33 seconds off the race record held by Australian Dean Gardner, and crossed the finishing line in 3 hours 21 min 48 seconds –more than six minutes ahead of his nearest […]
FAMOUS Nigerian club Enugu Rangers have been banned from their home ground after crowd trouble in a league match left a referee unconscious, an official said on Monday. Rangers, who were also fined the equivalent of US$500, will now play their reamining home matches in the central town of Makurdi. Angry fans beat Fifa referee […]
FORMER Zimbabwean President Canaan Banana lost an appeal on Monday of his conviction on sexual assault charges and gay sex offenses and has been ordered to spend a year in jail. He is expected to report to jail later on Monday. One year of his sentence has been suspended. The 64-year-old Banana was convicted in […]
ZIMBABWE’s annual inflation rose by 2,9% to 53,7% in April, the Reserve Bank announced on Tuesday. The central bank said food inflation rose by 0,8% to 47,2% and core inflation by 4,7% percent to 58,9%. On the interbank foreign exchange market, the bank said the net outflow came to US$38-million. The current account registered a […]
SHARES in Network Healthcare Holdings rose almost 5% on Tuesday as the market warmly welcomed the hospital group’s positive half year results. By 10am the counter was up 4,94% at 85 cents, outperforming the benchmark All Share index which was up a marginal 0,04%. Netcare earlier reported a 54,7% rise in headline earnings per share […]