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Hot Water – Nadine Dirks
15th March 2024 In a gripping and eye-opening literary work, Nadine Dirks takes readers on a journey through her life as a young African woman from the Cape Flats... →
Committee welcomes cabinet's termination of Takatso Consortium deal
14th March 2024 The Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises welcomes the Cabinet announcement terminating the Takatso Consortium deal. The committee regards... →
South Africa's Menar clinches mining MoU with government of Gabon 
By: Martin Creamer 5th March 2024 South Africa’s consistently advancing mining investment company Menar has signed a memorandum of agreement with the government of Gabon. “We think... →
The installer must apply to the City to authorise the system for grid connection
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th March 2024 Somalia and Türkiye have forged a new defence and economic partnership. The agreement is one part of an intricate web of maritime pacts involving... →
Crunch time
By: Terence Creamer 23rd February 2024 The consequences of policy failure in electricity are so obvious there is no need to ventilate them again. Not so for gas, however, given that they... →
Gold and governance provide hope for Kenya’s artisanal miners
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th February 2024 Nestled in the vast semi-arid savanna of Dabel in northern Kenya, near the border with Ethiopia, lies the makeshift shanty mining town of Illo. The... →
South Africa is falling behind in Africa’s new ‘gold rush’
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 20th February 2024 South Africa was once Africa’s undisputed mining champion. It built its major economy on gold and diamonds, particularly in the 20th century. But... →
2024 defining year for world’s first woman-owned phosphate mine, looking at IPO 
By: Martin Creamer 12th February 2024 Adelaide Ruiters has been slogging away for ten years to get the world’s first woman-owned phosphate mine up and running. Now, 2024 looks like the... →
