THE battle for promotion to the continent’s most lucrative football league – South Africa’s DStv Premiership – is set for a nail-biting end this weekend. Three sides, all enduring an inconsistent run in the final lap, are in contention for the sole direct ticket. Cape Town Spurs, Casric Stars and Polokwane City are neck and neck atop the Motsepe Foundation Championship ahead of tricky assignments on Sunday. The only consolation of the two sides that will miss out on direct…

THE desert-adapted elephants of Namibia are the epitome of survival.They exist in the world’s oldest desert, which is one of the driest places on the planet. They have endured poachers as well as a two-decade and-a-half long liberation war. Unlike fellow species, including those traversing the African savannah,the continent’s rain forests and those in Asia, the jumbos habitating the Namib Desert have for years also been uniquely exempt from human-wildlife conflict. The population of the desert-adapted elephants of the Namib…

JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE Hinen Group’s expansion to South Africa is timely as the continent’s most advanced economy intensifies efforts to end its worst energy crisis.The Chinese-headquartered is exhibiting at the South Africa Solar Show, the premier summit anticipated to contribute solutions to South Africa’s power challenges.”Our goal is to make renewable energy accessible and affordable for everyone, not just the privileged few,” said Andy Zhou Xiang Yang, Country Manager at Hinen Solar South Africa. He was speaking this…

THE worst power cuts in years are slowing down South African companies’ spending in information technology (IT). This as organisations are rerouting the budget to backup power, in the form of generators or solar batteries. Aruba, the cloud based security networking firm, has noted the trend. “Indeed, more than a quarter of South African CIOs (chief information officers) say their IT budgets either remained flat or decreased in 2022,” said Mandy Duncan, Aruba Country Manager for South Africa.Another 38 percent…

MAMELODI Sundowns’ sixth title in a row, secured this past weekend without them kicking a ball, widens the enormous gap between them and the rest of the teams in the South African elite league. The Brazilians clinched the DStv Premiership after the latest pretender to their crown, SuperSport United, fell by the wayside as they only managed a one-all draw at Chippa United on Saturday. Cross-city rivals, SuperSport, the only side that had a mathematical chance of dislodging Downs at…

ALTHOUGH female disc jockeys (DJs) do not always get their due in a patriarchal industry, South Africa has no shortage of women who can hold their own behind the turntables. The latest sensation to set the dance floors alight is the multi-talented Zamabuya Ngwenya (25), also known as DJ Miss Zamabuya. Hers is a case of the apple not falling far from the tree, as she told CAJ News in an interview in Johannesburg. “I come from a music home; my dad,…