Wuxi - China is testing its table tennis Olympians by introducing their team mates as challengers in a warm-up competition ahead of the Beijing Olympics, on 8 August.
The women's Olympic team, comprising Zhang Yining, Guo Yue, Wang Nan plus the nominated reserve Li Xiaoxia, will take part in a round-robin team competition with three other teams, featuring fourth-ranked Guo Yan and some rising stars.

A round-robin team competition will replace the double event for both men...

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By Michael Appel; tel: (012) 314-2419

Johannesburg – South Africa’s tourism industry, which relies on tourist spending, is feeling the pinch following rising fuel prices, changes in environmental policies and the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure falling from 6.4 percent to below 4 percent this year.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pan-African Capital Holdings, Dr Iraj Abedian, on Monday said: "Key developments over the past year include falling global...

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By Edwin Tshivhidzo, tel: (012) 314-2454

Johannesburg – Johannesburg Executive Mayor Amos Masondo has announced that the increase of 20.6 percent in electricity tariffs will be effective from the 1 August.

The increases will not affect the poor, the mayor said, as the municipality will continue supplying impoverished households with 100 kWh of free electricity.

Addressing the media in Johannesburg on Monday, Mr Masondo said the increase was in line...

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Beijing - Beijing has established a high-quality public transportation system to ease traffic congestion during the Olympic Games.

Just 10 days away from the opening of the 29th Games, Vice Director of the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau Wang Li is quite confident after a series of measures were adopted to ease the traffic congestions in the city of 17 million people and 3.36 million vehicles.

"We are confident that we will satisfy the international community,...

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Lusaka - The African continent is loosing up to $12 billion per year of its Gross Domestic Product in scaling up malaria intervention programs, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

WHO country representative, Olusegun Babaniyi said malaria remains a global threat to the attainment of social-economic targets, with three million and more cases and an estimated one million deaths annually.

Dr Babaniyi was speaking on Monday at the official opening of the Eastern...

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