Higher Education and Training Minister, Blade Nzimande, has commended the swift response by Fort Hare University management, in collaboration with the law enforcement agencies, which led to the arrest of 12 suspects over the destruction of the univers…

Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, has reiterated the department’s commitment to work with municipalities to resolve the challenges laid bare in the Blue, Green and No Drop Watch Reports, whose findings were released on Tuesday.The reports, …

from OMAN MBIKO in Bangui, Central African Republic CAR Bureau BANGUI, (CAJ News) AN upcoming constitutional referendum that could enable President Faustin-Archange Touadera to stay on in power beyond 2025 risks plunging the Central African Republic (…

from FUTHI MBHELE in Durban DURBAN, (CAJ News) PASSENGER movement at the King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) is now at 68 percent pre-COVID levels.The recovery could have been higher if Comair had not ceased operations in June 2022.KSIA stated tha…

from ESTHER SHAVI in Kariba, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bureau KARIBA, (CAJ News) THE failure by stakeholders to make the most of Kariba’s rich cultural heritage and propel the region to a leading global tourist destination is a typical case of sitting on tale…

by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) NIGERIA, South Africa and Kenya have increasingly become focal points for cyber threats as they feature in the top 100 countries most targeted.Nigeria is ranked 50th, South Africa 82nd and Kenya 35th. This …

from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC DRC Bureau KINSHASA, (CAJ News) CHINA’S top envoy to the United Nations (UN) has reiterated the country’s call against foreign interference in the domestic affairs of African countries.Ambassador Dai Bing, Charge d’…

According to UNICEF nine out of 10 schools in Nigeria have no handwashing facilities for students. This, according to the UN agency, does not augur well for the fight against infectious diseases.UNICEF said in a report that in 2018, only 21 per cent o…