The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Mary Ogbe, has assured staff and agencies of the ministry of effective support to boost mining activities for national development.Ogbe gave the assurance during a familiarisation vis…
Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has commended the decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which vindicates Caster Semenya’s fight for her dignity and reinforces the call for the protection of women’s rights in…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has described the late Ronald “Ronnie” Mamoepa as a dear friend, comrade and struggle hero.Mashatile, who spoke on Wednesday at the official launch of the Ronnie Mamoepa Foundation, told delegates at the event that he sh…
The authorities in South Africa are trying to clamp down on the torching of lorries on major motorways. So far this week 21 big trucks have been set ablaze.The arson coincides with the second anniversary of violent nationwide riots in which more than 3…
from FUTHI MBHELE in Durban KwaZulu NatalBureau DURBAN, (CAJ News) MANY around the world know Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison but few are unaware where he was captured.Besides being a notable part of the life of Madiba”, the Nelson Mandela Cap…
from RUSSELL ADADEVOH in Accra, Ghana Ghana Bureau ACCRA, (CAJ News) THE reported deportation of hundreds of citizens from northern neighbour, Burkina Faso, is a dent in Ghana’s history of solidarity with refugees.Women and children are a majority of …
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bureau NAIROBI, (CAJ News) SWAHILI is the first African language to be included in Google’s Bard, the conversational artificial intelligence (AI) service.This brings to 40 the languages on the service.The ex…
from MAVHUTO BANDA in Lilongwe, Malawi Malawi Bureau LILONGWE, (CAJ News) THE death toll in the cholera scourge afflicting Malawi has risen to 1 763.The deaths could be more, considering the figures released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNIC…