Australian scientists are using electronic sensors to single out happy cows in an attempt to produce better-tasting steaks.
International banks are likely to increase their interest in Africa, creating opportunities for partnerships and minority shareholding arrangements, while domestic banks are likely to merge and focus on regional operations.
Ethiopian Olympic gold medallists are to help spearhead the country’s fight against poverty, the country’s national athletics coach announced on Wednesday.
Staff at the University of the North West have stayed away from work following a dispute with campus managers over recruitment and promotion, it emerged on Thursday.
Confirmed burglaries at some ministerial residences in Pretoria drew a stony silence from the police on Thursday. ”The SA Police Service is not commenting,” said national spokesperson Senior Superintendent Selby Bokaba.
Black women account for five percent of news sources in South Africa although they represent 45% of the population, a study on gender in editorial content of the media said on Thursday.
Global economic weakness, an ongoing world bear market in equities and the rand’s strength saw a continuation of the downward trend began in 2002 in equity trading volumes on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE).
Agricultural research and support is to be hampered on Thursday as hundreds of agricultural researchers and members of the trade union Solidarity embark on strike action at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).
South African diamond miner De Beers on Thursday cautioned that theft at its Premier Mine at Cullinan could threaten the future of the operation and jeopardise jobs.