COMMODITIES: Impending grain deficit rekindles GMO consideration
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AMID strong indications that Southern Africa is headed for yet another year of poor agricultural output, experts have advised…
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T-Systems outlines new transformation strategy
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – T-Systems South Africa, the information and communications technology (ICT) company, is transforming its strategy in line with the…
Relief as SAA is placed on business rescue
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE country’s official opposition has welcomed the announcement that troubled national carrier, South African Airways (SAA),…
Tanzania criticised for expelling Burundi refugees
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – HUMAN rights groups have petitioned African leaders to dissuade Tanzania from pressuring thousands…
Congolese soldiers convicted of rape
from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC KINSHASA, (CAJ News) – SOME 16 soldiers are among 164 culprits arrested and prosecuted for the rape as well as gender-based violence against…
Huawei combats SA illiteracy through libraries initiative
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – A TECHNOLOGY company has embarked on a drive to address South Africa’s literacy crisis by providing more opportunities for…
Half of Zimbabwe’s population now starving
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – DROUGHT, flooding and economic problems in Zimbabwe have plunged 7,7 million people into severe hunger. This…
Fragile Nigeria fears chaos over festive season
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – NIGERIA’S domestic intelligence agency said it had uncovered plots to destabilise the West African country during…
Retained Namibian government cracks first whip against corruption
from AFRED SHILONGO in Windhoek, Namibia WINDHOEK, (CAJ News) – THE prompt arrest and initial court appearance of some former government officials implicated in the so-called…
Sex sleaze latest wobble in crisis-torn SA opposition
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – A DAMNING sex scandal, featuring the mayor of the capital city and a senior municipal official, is the latest in a series of…