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South Africa’s trade deficit dilemma with China
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 6th March 2025 South Africa needs to benefit more from its active, albeit highly unequal, trading partnership with China. South Africa’s total bilateral trade... →
Maps showing China’s growing influence in Africa distort reality – but some risks are real
5th March 2025 Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa’s single largest... →
Diversified energy resources needed to ensure energy security for Africa, South Africa – Ramakgopa 
By: Rebecca Campbell 4th March 2025 South Africa, and Africa as a whole, had to make use of diversified energy resources, to enhance energy security. This was one of the points... →
US Paris climate agreement exit will hit Africa hard
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 27th February 2025 This week’s G20 finance meeting must galvanise a global climate agenda to mitigate the grave impact of the US withdrawal. On his first day in... →
South Africa open to nuclear project bids from Russia or Iran, minister says
By: Reuters 17th February 2025 South Africa could turn to Russia or Iran to expand its civilian nuclear power capacity, a senior government minister said, a stance analysts say... →
SA: Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Address by Minister of Electricity and Energy, Debate on State of the Nation Address (12/02/2025)
14th February 2025 I think the most consequential moment of our debate is when a leader of an organization that occupies the far right of the ideological spectrum of... →
South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium continuing to go all out to decarbonise – South32 
By: Martin Creamer 13th February 2025 While ‘high-carbon’ is the value-lowering label being put on aluminium from South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal, the Sydney-,... →
South32 secures Worsley bauxite project approval Down Under
By: Martin Creamer 12th February 2025 Sydney-, Johannesburg- and London-listed South32 on Wednesday reported Australian government environmental approval for the Worsley Mine... →
