Reprieve for Cyclone Idai victims
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – A global beverage firm has pledged over US$1 million (R16,79 million) to cushion thousands of people displaced…
Finance
Botswana Stock Exchange reports turnover drop
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE, (CAJ News) – THE Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has reported a decline of over half in turnover to…
Mobile money ban sends Zimbabwe’s economy spiraling
from WELLINGTON TONI in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – WELCOMED in some quarters and denounced in others, the divisive ban on electronic money transactions…
COVID-19 triggers child labour spike
from ALEXIS DOUMBIA in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, (CAJ News) – IVORY Coast is experiencing a surge in child labour…
Standard Bank repositions its brand
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S biggest bank by assets, Standard Bank, has repositioned its brand and tagline in a move…
Angola needs to increase power to diversify economy
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA, (CAJ News) – ANGOLA must in the next five years ramp up its power transmission and distribution capacities…
Crooked conductors defraud government buses
from WELLINGTON TONI in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – UNSCRUPULOUS bus conductors have defrauded the Zimbabwean government of millions in local currency after breaching a new…
Telco aids relief fund for retrenched journalists
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – INITIATIVES to cushion journalists that have lost their livelihoods as a direct result of the coronavirus…
SA’s agro-economy defies pandemic surge
by DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – THE sentiment could be downbeat because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) spike but South Africa’s…
Graduates turn to humble jobs to survive lockdown
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA ALEXANDRA, (CAJ News) – SOME young people, including university graduates, have been forced into menial jobs to make ends meet…