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Africa should embrace smart, advanced manufacturing to add greater value
By: Schalk Burger 18th October 2024 Africa contributes about 2% of global GDP, but provides about 30% of global raw materials. However, if African manufacturers focus on adopting... →
Eskom’s tariff application reflects big rise in subsidy support for energy-intensive firms 
By: Terence Creamer 15th October 2024 A policy decision to allow electricity-intensive companies operating in South Africa to enter into negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Eskom... →
Miners worry about South Africa’s lagging transition, looming electricity cost increases
By: Schalk Burger 4th October 2024 South Africa is far behind in its work to transition to a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050, and the significant proposed electricity tariff... →
South32’s future outlook has probably never looked brighter, CEO tells Mining Weekly
By: Martin Creamer 2nd September 2024 The future outlook for South32, the mining and metals company spun out of BHP in 2015, has probably never looked brighter, says South32 CEO Graham... →
The G7, South Africa and the Sustainable Climate Agenda for Africa
By: South African Institute of International Affairs 28th August 2024 The G7 needs to emphasise its value addition within the more inclusive G20 with an acute sensitivity to the fact that Africans are articulating... →
Daily Podcast – July 15, 2024
15th July 2024 July 15, 2024. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Halima Frost. →
How old are South African fossils like the Taung Child? New study offers an answer
15th July 2024 One hundred years ago the discovery of a skull in South Africa’s North West province altered our understanding of human evolution. The juvenile... →
Carbon intensity of our economy has become unsustainable - Ramaphosa
By: Terence Creamer 15th July 2024 The carbon intensity of our economy has become unsustainable, President Cyril Ramaphosa writes in his latest weekly newsletter, published ahead of... →