MTN SA outlines measures against COVID-19
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MTN has implemented a number of proactive and innovative measures to minimise disruptions for communities, businesses, schoolchildren…
March 2020
COVID-19 forces 1 billion kids out of school
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA & MARIA MACHARIA AFRICA BUREAUS, (CAJ News) – ONE billion children and youth are now out of school globally as countries effect restrictions against the…
Spate of kidnappings escalating in Libya
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – REBEL groups have unleashed a spate of abductions and perpetrated enforced disappearances as processes to restore peace…
Airlink suspends unprofitable flights
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AIRLINK has temporarily suspended some flights between six South African cities because of low demand. This is partly attributed to…
MTN waives mobile money fees after Rwanda outbreak
from PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda KIGALI, (CAJ News) – MTN Rwanda has waived the costs of Mobile Money (MoMo) transactions to allow customers to use cashless modes of…
Botswana announces drastic measures against coronavirus
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE, (CAJ News) – AUTHORITIES have recommended that French citizens should leave Botswana as part of measures to counter the…
Nigeria spiritual fraudsters arrested
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – NIGERIA’S anti-corruption agency has arrested a man and his two sons for alleged spiritual fraud after they…
SA finds Middle East a prosperous market for mutton
from DION HENRICK in Cape Town, South Africa CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa has unearthed a lucrative export market following the significant demand for mutton in the…
Botswana augments plan to be regional energy powerhouse
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE, (CAJ News) – A FEASIBILITY study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity from indigenous coal…
COVID-19 spoils record year for SADC citrus sector
by MTHULISI SIBANDA Africa Editor JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE emergence of Europe as the epicentre of the raging coronavirus (COVID-19) has put a dent in a record year for…