Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Ajax Cape Town were relegated from the South African Premiership Tuesday for fielding ineligible Zimbabwean striker Tendai Ndoro, league officials said. The club, which has links to former European champions Ajax, had finished second last and were scheduled to play a promotion/relegation match Wednesday. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz recently unveiled a name signing machine, which replicates your signature to perfection. It costs US$365,000 (Approx. Shs1.3 billion). The target market includes celebrities or other famous people who spend a lot of time signing documents, and busy business people who do …

Nigeria, China in currency swap Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a signing ceremony that took place in Beijing China, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Peoples Bank of China agreed to a currency swap worth $2.5billion to make trade between the two countries easy. International reports say the move …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China International Water and Electrical Corporation (CWE), the contractor of the 183MW Isimba Hydro power project is refurbishing old structures of Mbulamuti Primary School found in Kamuli district a few kilometers away from the site where dam construction is taking place. Speaking at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another lucky winner, Geofrey Madira from Arua joined previous winners in the ongoing Under The Crown Promotion dubbed ‘Samba Ne Coca-Cola’ promotion by winning Shs 10 million, the company said in a May 4 notice. “I am so grateful,” Madira said upon receiving the …

Shs700million needed for Martyrs day Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As June 03 when Uganda marks Martyrs day fast approaches, the church is in a drive to rise about 720million needed to organize the event. Revealing this, Archbishop Emmanuel Obbo, of the Tororo Catholic Archdiocese which is heaidn this year’s celebrations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Oregon woman who allegedly left her horse outside during the winter without adequate care and shelter, causing it pain and suffering, is now being sued by the animal for more than $100,000 (Approx.Shs370 million) in damages. It’s not every day you hear about horses …

Museveni to give clerics 5bn to promote gov’t programme Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a move that has been criticized by some members of parliament and talk show pundits, President Museveni on May 04  announced that he will be extending money worth Shs5billion to the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It sounds like something out of a science fiction, but according to recent news reports, Chinese companies are using special helmets to monitor workers’ brain activity in order to reduce stress and manipulate break times so that they can produce more. Employee brainwave uses sensors …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In China, health insurance companies apparently offer discounts to people who can prove they get enough exercise every day by using their mobile phones to monitor their movement. Only instead of actually going for walks, some people use ingenious perpetuum mobile devices (Perpetual Motion mobile …