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Despite big obstacles, AfCFTA viewed as key to weaving new trade and industrial tapestry
By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 28th June 2024 In the grand tapestry of international commerce, Africa’s 55 nations have stood as individual threads rather than a unified fabric of economic... →
South Africa continues to push for long extension to Agoa well ahead of 2025 expiry 
By: Terence Creamer 26th June 2024 With the expiry of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act 15 months away, South Africa is continuing to call for an early and substantial extension... →
Anglo spearheading exciting new clean hydrogen mobility initiative across Europe
By: Martin Creamer 26th June 2024 Platinum-based hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) received a major boost on Wednesday with the announcement of an initiative to deploy... →
Business model of Western mining industry needs new power, London Indaba highlights
By: Martin Creamer 25th June 2024 New power is needed by the Western mining industry, which is still functioning on a trailing old power business model. This was highlighted at... →
Global pandemic treaty will help fight future threats: top negotiator on how talks are going
21st June 2024 For the past two years the World Health Organization’s 194 member states have been negotiating an international accord on pandemic prevention,... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, on the occasion of the Presidential Inauguration, Union Buildings, Tshwane (19/06/24)
19th June 2024 We gather here, as people born of the same soil across our nine provinces that make up a unitary South Africa, determined that by our deeds we... →
Fast-greening Richards Bay Minerals now eyeing on-site renewables, storage, aggregation
By: Martin Creamer 19th June 2024 Energy-intensive Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), which consumes an average of 1.8 terawatts of power a year, was able to secure its latest 140 MW wind... →
Rampant cobalt smuggling and corruption deny billions to DRC
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 18th June 2024 The country’s extractive reform strategy doesn’t address the impact of illegal cobalt mining on people, the environment and the economy. The... →
