SOUTH Africa’s second largest gold producer Gold Fields on Thursday reported record earnings for the March quarter lifted by increased gold production from its newly acquired mines in Australia and Ghana. Operating profit in the three months to the end of March was up 52% to a record R1,6-billion compared to the December quarter as […]
THE South African Weather Service said on Monday it expects an El Nino to hit southern Africa at the end of the year, bringing yet another dry spell after a disappointing harvest already this year.