EXCLUSIVE: Geology’s loss is farming’s gain as Mahlalela thrives
by ANNA NTABANE MIDDLEBURG – GROWING up in Middleburg’s Mhluzi township, Khulile Mahlalela’s dream was to become a geologist. However, when her mathematics and science marks…
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Floods leave over 50 dead in Sudan
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – MORE than 50 people have died following incessant flooding in Sudan. Nearly 194 000 people have been affected…
Mozambique’s child marriages ban welcomed
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – THE passing of a new bill banning child marriage in Mozambique has been hailed as a historic commitment by…
EXCLUSIVE: Jatropha project an inspiring international success
from ANNA NTABANE in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga MBOMBELA, (CAJ News) – BEHIND the thriving essential oils and pharmaceutical sectors in the Mpumalanga Province and neighbouring…
Rare prospect for next Mozambique government
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – A new Mozambican government to be in place after the national elections in October will have the rare…
Bad debtor Angola on brink of US sanctions
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA, (CAJ News) – CLOSE to three decades after their tense relations normalised, Angola and the United States (US) appear heading on a…
90 killed in southern Libya conflict
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – AT least 90 people have been killed during intensifying clashes in southern Libya in recent days. Thousands of others…
OPINION: What Africa needs most: Good Governance and Transparent Elections
by ALIOU BOUBACAR DIALLO THE decline in the quality of political participation and rule of law in African elections is sometimes described as “defective” democracy. It’s…
Malawi goes eye for an eye against albino killers
from MAVHUTO BANDA in Lilongwe, Malawi LILONGWE, (CAJ News) – THE death sentences meted out on four people in as many months is anticipated to deter criminals from killing…
‘Land reform to retain dignity of SA blacks’
from ANNA NTABANE in Mbombela, Mpumalanga MBOMBELA, (CAJ News) – LAND reforms will bring dignity to the majority black South Africans, the Minister of Agriculture, Land…