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Fears for miners on second day of S.Africa underground protest
Fears for miners on second day of S.Africa underground protest
Economy
by  AFP

Frantic families waited at the surface Tuesday for news of more than 2,000 platinum miners who have taken over two shafts in one of South Africa's biggest mine protests in years. Dozens of miners and families waited at the entrance to the Bafokeng mine, which employs 10,000 people.

French sports retailer secretly supplying Russia: report
French sports retailer secretly supplying Russia: report
Economy
by  AFP

French sports retail giant Decathlon has secretly continued selling clothes in Russia despite officially pulling out in protest at Russia's war in Ukraine, a media report published Tuesday said. "I learned in the summer of 2023 that Decathlon wanted to continue selling its products in Russia," the media quoted an unnamed source who recently left the company as saying.