Kolkata, Apr. 17 :IPL merchandise sale is seeing a slump in Kolkata markets. With the premier league matches being played away from home in far away South Africa, the shopkeepers who had invested hugely in IPL Tee Shirts of all teams are ruing the loss of customers.
Johannesburg - South African opposition leader Helen Zille warned voters Thursday night not to be so "stupid" as to give the ruling African National Congress (ANC) another two-thirds majority in next week's vote, saying to do so would endanger the constitution.
The ANC won 69.7 per cent of the vote in the last elections in 2004.
Durban, Apr. 17: An Indian-origin store manager, Krish Pillay, was killed in Durban while heroically saving his staff and customers from gunmen, who had stormed into the Shoprite supermarket.
The drama began when five armed robbers burst into the store and held staff and customers at gunpoint while they demanded money from the cash tills.
The store, on the corner of Kenyon and Howden Roads, soon became a battleground when police snipers and hostage negotiators entered the store.
Johannesburg - In the biggest land deal in recent African history, the Republic of Congo has offered 10 million hectares of farmland to farmers from South Africa.
South African farm union AgriSA told the German Press Agency dpa the government of the country also known as Congo Brazzaville wanted to improve food security.
Cape Town (South Africa), Apr. 16 : Former Australian leg spinner and captain of the IPL franchisee Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne, has praised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for selecting former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as the England cricket team director.
"England have taken a step in the right direction by appointing Andy Flower, and I think the new job title as team director is the right one," Warne wrote in The Times newspaper.
Cape Town (South Africa), Apr. 16 : Former Australian leg spinner and captain of the IPL franchisee Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne, has praised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for selecting former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as the England cricket team director.
"England have taken a step in the right direction by appointing Andy Flower, and I think the new job title as team director is the right one," Warne wrote in The Times newspaper.
Kolkata, Apr. 17 :IPL merchandise sale is seeing a slump in Kolkata markets. With the premier league matches being played away from home in far away South Africa, the shopkeepers who had invested hugely in IPL Tee Shirts of all teams are ruing the loss of customers.
Johannesburg - South African opposition leader Helen Zille warned voters Thursday night not to be so "stupid" as to give the ruling African National Congress (ANC) another two-thirds majority in next week's vote, saying to do so would endanger the constitution.
Durban, Apr. 17: An Indian-origin store manager, Krish Pillay, was killed in Durban while heroically saving his staff and customers from gunmen, who had stormed into the Shoprite supermarket.
Johannesburg - In the biggest land deal in recent African history, the Republic of Congo has offered 10 million hectares of farmland to farmers from South Africa.
Cape Town (South Africa), Apr. 16 : Former Australian leg spinner and captain of the IPL franchisee Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne, has praised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for selecting former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as the England cricket team director.
Cape Town (South Africa), Apr. 16 : Former Australian leg spinner and captain of the IPL franchisee Rajasthan Royals, Shane Warne, has praised the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for selecting former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as the England cricket team director.
