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Ghana and Mali were the last teams to qualify for the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals last night,  but the continent's top tournament was overshadowed by violence at a club game in Egypt that left at least 73 people dead and a thousand

The wool market closed slightly up at this week's sale with the Cape Wool's Merino indicator gaining half a percent on last week. Cape Wools'  Ona Viljoen says the indicator closed at R103.01 per kilogramme for clean wool. She says with

The ad-hoc committee of the National Council of Provinces will hold its public hearings on the so-called secrecy bill in the Eastern Cape today. Three groups have been dispatched to conduct public hearings in Nelson Mandela Bay, Mthatha and

South Africa is selling 30 percent more agricultural goods abroad than it imported in 2010. The SA Institute of Race Relations says agricultural exports grew by 10 percent between 2008 and 2010, with total agricultural exports amounting to about

Eskom says its investigating the cause of slow performance on its prepaid Online Vending System. The system is used by prepaid customers to purchase electricity tokens. Eskom says it is important to note that the system is not down but that

The Southern African Catholics Bishops Conference has weighed in on the Eastern Cape education crisis. The church body called on the Eastern Cape government to take appropriate action to rescue the floundering provincial education system. The

In a case of David versus Goliath .. a small soft drinks company has won a battle over retail giant Woolworths. The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Woolworths had breached a clause of the advertising code by imitating the strapline

Three men have been arrested in East London for allegedly being in posession of a card cloning device. Police spokesperson, captain Stephen Marais, says they were arrested by members of the Amalinda flying squad on Wednesday following a tip off

 Pressures on fuel supplies should start easing by the beginning of next week, the SA Petrol Retailers Association said on Wednesday. "We should get going again by Tuesday," the association's national director Peter Noke said