adminControversial Spurs deal shelved
CAPE TOWN. – The chairperson of Parliament’s Tourism Portfolio Committee, Thandi Mahambehlala, yesterday ordered an immediate stop to SA Tourism’s pending sponsorship deal with English football club Tottenham Hotspur. The…
Loadshedding threatens SA’s food security
JOHANNESBURG. – Should the South Africa government continue to fail to solve the problem of the rolling blackouts implemented by the Eskom, South Africans can expect crop failure, higher food…
Governors sue Nigeria over naira reforms
Nigeria’s demonetisation plan is causing a schism within the ruling All Progressives Congress. Three state governors — from Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara in the north of the country — all…
West tanks ratchet up global war risk
New York. – The supplying of tanks by the US and Germany to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia has raised the stakes in a war scenario that could become…
Form One Chinhoyi poet gets residential stand
Conrad Mupesa-Arts Reporter More often, success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it regardless of age group and social status. This is the story of a…
Binance to suspend US dollar transfers
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said it’s temporarily suspending deposits and withdrawals of US dollars using bank accounts, and will work to restart the service soon. The suspension will…
Stocks advance, dollar weakens ahead of Powell
Stocks in Asia advanced along with US and European equity futures and the dollar slid ahead of commentary from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell later yesterday that may shape views…
Sugar’s rally to six-year high on borrowed time
The world should end this season with its first sugar surplus in four years, but you wouldn’t know it from how prices have surged. Futures hit a six-year high last…
Ghanaian star Atsu pulled out alive from quake rubble
HATAY. — Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu has been pulled from the rubble of a building in Hatay with injuries, his manager Mustafa Özat has told Turkish radio. Ex-Chelsea player Atsu…
Türkiye-Syria earthquake death toll passes 7 000
ANTAKYA, Türkiye. – Rescuers raced yesterday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by two large earthquakes and multiple aftershocks that struck Türkiye and neighbouring…