ANC announces top leadership nominations

BLOEMFONTEIN — The ANC announced yesterday that Jacob Zuma and Kgalema Motlanthe are in the running for the position of president of the ANC. Electoral agency representative Thabile Thomas

China launches African agriculture, forestry research centre

HANGZHOU — China’s first research institution on African agriculture and forestry was launched in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Sunday. The Centre for China-Africa Agriculture and Forestry Research, was

Police stations blasted in Benghazi — security

BENGHAZI — Two explosions rocked police stations in the Libyan city of Benghazi early yesterday and police foiled a third attack, a security official told AFP, adding that there were no casualties.

DPRK top leader, people pay tribute to late Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) held various events yesterday to commemorate late leader Kim Jong Il on the first anniversary of his death. Top leader Kim Jong Un and

OK to offer EcoCash services

Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S largest supermarket chain, OK Zimbabwe Limited, has become the first major retailer to be connected to EcoCash, Econet Wireless’ mobile money service. OK has assumed an EcoCash “Super

Govt misses ethanol deadline

Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
Government has failed to introduce mandatory blending of petrol within two months in line with a Cabinet resolution banning unleaded petrol in Zimbabwe. In September, Government resolved that

‘Labour market reforms not the answer’

Johannesburg. — Expecting labour market reforms to be a realistic path to making South Africa’s manufacturing sector more competitive is “pie in the sky” thinking, Trade and Industry Minister Rob

Toyota to reclaim car sales crown

Toyota Motor Corp is poised to take back the title of world’s biggest carmaker for 2012, as Volkswagen AG fights General Motors for second place heading into the final weeks. The battle among the world’s

Apple in record China sales

NEW YORK. — Apple said yesterday that it sold more than two million iPhone 5s in China in their first three days of availability, setting a record for that market. IPhone 5, which launched in China last Friday,

Moody’s ratings questioned

Ney York. — The global bond market disagreed with Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s more often than not this year when the companies told investors that governments were becoming

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