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South African rand steady after Venezuela shock

By: Reuters     5th January 2026 The South African rand was steady in early trade on Monday, as investors considered the implications of US military action in Venezuela, escalating... 

PCC executive director and commissioner-designate Dorah Modise

Ramaphosa appoints new Climate Commission commissioners

By: Schalk Burger     5th January 2026 President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed new commissioners to the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC), says PCC executive director and... 

Aluminium smelting is electricity intensive.

South32, Eskom jointly exploring post-2031 power options for Hillside Aluminium

By: Martin Creamer     19th December 2025 Studies being undertaken on the future power source for South32’s Hillside Aluminium beyond 2031 are taking place amid awareness of the different... 

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Rhulani Mathebula from Nersa is one of the members appointed to the forum.

Nersa appoints Electricity Market Advisory Forum to guide power-market reform

By: Creamer Media Reporter      19th December 2025 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has appointed a broad-based Electricity Market Advisory Forum (EMAF) to advise on the... 

Image of Donald Trump

White South Africans could get Trump biography for kids in refugee welcome packet 

By: Reuters     18th December 2025 White South Africans coming to the US as refugees could get a biography of President Donald Trump for children as part of a welcome packet proposed... 

Meg O'Neill

How BP’s new boss became the most powerful woman in fossil fuels

By: Bloomberg     18th December 2025 Meg O’Neill’s rapid rise to the top of one of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel companies has been unencumbered by doubt. At a moment when oil... 

At the signing ceremony (left to right): Ben Black, CEO DFC, Manuel Mota, deputy CEO Mota-Engil, Richard Holtman, CEO Trafigura, and Mpho Mokwele, group executive for transacting at the DBSA.

DBSA says $200m Lobito loan in line with regional integration strategy

By: Terence Creamer     18th December 2025 South Africa’s State-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) says its $200-million funding contribution to a larger $753-million loan... 

Flashback to Brian Gilbertson (right) being interviewed by Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer.

Legendary Brian Gilbertson’s colossal contribution to mining will live on

By: Martin Creamer     18th December 2025 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – It is difficult to know where to start when doing an obituary on Brian Gilbertson, who passed away at the age of... 

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