FARMERS in the Northern Cape province are fighting to eradicate swarms of locusts threatening maize and grape vines, an agricultural spokesman said on Tuesday. “In some places there are swarms up to 10 km long, but we have started spraying to get the situation under control,” said Hoffie Joubert, a spokesman for the Northern Cape […]

GHANA on Saturday qualified for the Euro-Africa Zone three tournament when they took an unbeatable 2-0 lead over Andorra in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup Zone Four competition at the Accra Sports Stadium tennis courts. Frank Ofori beat Jean Baptiste Poux 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 while Gunther Darkey defeated Joan Jimenez 6-2, 6-4. In the […]

Homechoice Holdings Ltd said on Monday the South African Revenue Service (SARS) has demanded R31-million in customs duty and value added tax and fines from the retail group over an alleged breach of trade rules. Homechoice said in a note to its annual results that SARS had demanded a R10-million payment and that a further […]

DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo president Laurent Kabila has decreed a general amnesty for rebels who have fought his regime since August 1998, Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo announced. The amnesty was motivated by the DRC’s “need to implement a general measure of pardon with the aim of establishing a new era of peace,” according to the […]

KENYAN-born Dane Wilson Kipketer, the world 800m outdoor champion, broke his own 1000 metres indoor world record for the second time in a month on Sunday in Birmingham. Kipketer’s new record time is 2min 14,96sec. Kipketer, who holds both the indoor and outdoor 800m world records, broke Algerian Nourredine Morceli’s eight year-old mark earlier this […]

FARMERS in the Northern Cape province are fighting to eradicate swarms of locusts threatening maize and grape vines, an agricultural spokesman said on Tuesday. “In some places there are swarms up to 10 km long, but we have started spraying to get the situation under control,” said Hoffie Joubert, a spokesman for the Northern Cape […]

SECURITY fears and inadequate facilities will prevent Somalia’s national football teams from playing at home this year. Football Association president Farah Addo said that preliminary ties in the World Cup and the African youth and junior championships will be reduced to one leg on the ground of their opponents. Somalia are scheduled to meet African […]

PALLADIUM surged into European trade on Monday to set a new all-time high, reinvigorated by views Russia must first come up with promised supplies before tightness in the metal used to clean car exhaust would abate. Palladium hit $755 an ounce in thin early dealings, having driven to a series of all-time highs this month […]