World number one Jon Rahm said the ongoing battle for the top ranking between himself, Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler “speaks to the greatness of the game of golf today.” Spain’s Rahm returned to the top of the rankings with…
Thursday. It’s been a century – and a day – since the first light was switched on at Eskom, we are no longer the beloved power utility. It’s a milestone: 85 years of providing electricity to South Africa and helping…
SA is moving towards a modified rainfall event with more rain – but this has had no impact on water security in cities where taps have run dry, water expert Prof Anthony Turton has said. recent heavy rains in some…
It is impossible now that the Congress of the People (Cope) can deal with it. It is very overwhelmed by the generosity of political opponents. To begin with, how can people feel comfortable when they are given a position of…
From the Amazon to the rainforests of Africa and Southeast Asia, large-scale deforestation threatens to reduce rainfall in the tropics, according to new research. The threat is most acute in the Congo Basin – predicted to suffer rapid deforestation in…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France does not want to return to its past policy of intervention in Africa after he began a four-nation tour of the continent. “The age of Francafrique is over,” Macron said in…
Cleanup efforts were underway on blackened beaches on a central Philippine island Thursday after a spill from a sunken oil tanker washed ashore, the country’s environment minister said, as fears of economic and environmental damage grew. The oil spill in…
It’s been years for the microchip industry, recovering from long-term supply pressures only to be thrust into the middle of a US-China battle for control of valuable technology supply lines. But an industry long associated with volatility is quietly getting…
The involvement of the United States and NATO in the war in Ukraine risks bringing “catastrophic consequences”, Russia was warned in a boycott speech by many Western diplomats. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Conference on Disarmament in…
Scientists have discovered a hidden passage in Egypt’s Great Pyramid, authorities announced Thursday, as part of a seven-year international research project. The passage is nine meters (30 feet) long and more than two meters wide, the antiquities ministry said in…