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4 000 families, 5 000 pupils taking advantage of DRDGold’s self empowerment 
By: Martin Creamer 18th February 2022 Johannesburg has a unique history. If not for mining, there would be no city. The mines, however, did not come to the city, rather the city came to... →
Zondo final report – prima facie case for cash bribe claims against ex-Transnet bosses
10th February 2022 The state capture commission wants former Transnet executives who managed the parastatal in the period under its investigation to be probed further... →
Zondo final report – Transnet execs closer to Gupta network than they let on
8th February 2022 Gupta associate Salim Essa had far more influence in the procurement decisions of Transnet than the entity’s state capture-implicated former... →
Zondo final report – Zuma lied about Gama, aided capture of Transnet
4th February 2022 The state capture commission has rejected the evidence of former president Jacob Zuma that he did not try to impose Siyabonga Gama as group CEO on... →
Renewables come in at less than half of what we’re paying for energy – Anglo 
By: Martin Creamer 3rd February 2022 Failure to wholeheartedly embrace the generation of renewable energy is out-and-out business folly. Anglo American and Engie made this perfectly... →
Ghana’s Covid lockdown: why it triggered a toxic mix of mass defiance and police violence
3rd February 2022 Ghana confirmed its first 2 cases of Covid-19 infections on March 12, 2020 which increased to 152 with 5 deaths by March 30. Sensing that the virus... →
UP study says Delta variants were transmitted from humans to animals
By: Thabi Shomolekae 18th January 2022 Transdisciplinary scientists from the University of Pretoria have published, what it calls “the only study from Africa” which shows that Covid-19... →
Early income bonanza for funded Witwatersrand gold mining reviver 
By: Martin Creamer 17th January 2022 West Wits Mining, the Australia-listed Witwatersrand gold reviver that is advancing fast on an initial A$9.5-million capital raise, is the... →