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MTN Awards for Social Change winners announced

November 29, 2019 6:52 am30 comments

Nick Rockey, MD Trialogue (centre) with left to right: Mara Glennie, founder and director of the TEARS Foundation; Angie Maloka, senior manager community programmes at the MTN SA Foundation; Lumka Nkanyana, senior manager monitoring and evaluation at the Ubunye Foundation; and Susannah Morcowitz, SA programmes manager at Teach A Man To Fish.

by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – A foundation that supports survivors of rape and sexual abuse, an organisation that improve school results and social behaviour among high school learners as well as another that helps schools create fully functional student-led businesses have won the R1 million MTN Awards for Social Change. TEARS Foundation, […]

Embrace resilient crops, farmers urged

6:00 am30 comments

A young lady shows a bumper harvest of a traditional farmer who planted drought resistant maize seed in the 2018/19 cropping season. Photo by Khumbulani Taruvanda, CAJ News Africa.

from KHUMBULANI TARUVANDA in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI – THE Zimbabwe Farmers Association (ZFA) has urged Lowveld traditional farmers to grow drought tolerant crops in order to maximize their yields in the event of a drought. ZFA chairperson, Charity Chinorumba, said drought tolerant crop farming was beneficial to the farmers who frequently experienced poor yields […]

Huawei unveils flagship store in South Africa

November 28, 2019 6:14 pm26 comments

by TINTWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – HUAWEI has launched its first flagship store in South Africa. The facility has been opened at the Menlyn Shopping Centre in Pretoria. “Our first global flagship store in South Africa is part of Huawei’s commitment to our consumers to give them the best experience with our 360-degree […]