Global issues, local concerns pummel SA economy
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – ANALYSTS have forecast a further recession of the South African economy because of load shedding, the raging coronavirus (COVID-19)…
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Avon introduces cutting-edge Vitamin C serum
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AVON has launched the ANEW Essential Vitamin C serum, which has multiple benefits such as protection against damaging free…
More money needed in war against locusts
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE funds needed to combat the pest crisis in East Africa have doubled to US$138 million (about R2,2 billion) in…
Hunger forces Zimbabwe girls into illegal marriages
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – POOR Zimbabwean parents are forcibly marrying their children to wealthier families who have food. This is among…
Mixed feelings to SA Budget Speech 2020
from DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – THE establishment of a state bank, formation of the Sovereign Wealth Fund and the slashing of the state wage bill in…
Resurgent agro sector raises SA job creation hopes
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE rejuvenated agricultural sector has emerged the industry offering the biggest hope for employment creation in South Africa,…
Locust invasion threatens children’s food supplies
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – THE food supplies of some of the most vulnerable children and families in South Sudan are under threat as massive…
20 refugees dead in stampede for food aid
from AHMED OBAFEMI in Maiduguri, Nigeria MAIDUGURI, (CAJ News) – THE death of 20 people during a stampede over food and cash aid in Niger is the latest catastrophe in a crisis…
Avon, David Tlale alliance offers bespoke beauty products
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – A STUDY by global market research and consumer data company, Statista, indicates that the fashion industry in South Africa…
Tongaat Hullet to retrench 5000 workers in Zimbabwe
from KHUMBULANI TARUVANDA in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI, (CAJ News) – ZIMBABWE’S largest sugarcane producer has announced a massive retrenchment exercise, citing the…