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Minister Pravin Gordhan announces new Transnet board members
12th July 2023 The Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr. Pravin Gordhan has announced new members of the Transnet SOC Ltd’s Board of Directors, a step that he said... →
IDC expresses interest in helping to fund Joburg’s West Wits gold project 
By: Martin Creamer 11th July 2023 South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has issued a written expression of interest and indicative funding terms in... →
Water power in underground mining has gone mainstream, says HPE
By: Martin Creamer 6th July 2023 The long-standing use of water to cool underground mines is increasingly providing the opportunity to apply the free water pressure head that this... →
Mineral and Resources on suspected deaths of 31 illegal miners in Free State
23rd June 2023 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has received a report that at least 31 suspected illegal miners who are believed to be... →
Rwanda: Paul Kagame is a dictator who clings to power but it’s not just for his own gain
22nd June 2023 Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame recently said he was looking forward to his retirement after 23 years in power. Speaking to the press in April 2023,... →
Rising tides threaten low-lying coastal West Africa
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 21st June 2023 The global average sea level is expected to rise by up to half a metre by 2050 and up to two metres by 2100. This is due to the expansion of... →
Meteorologists say drought not an inevitable outcome of El Niño
By: Darren Parker 20th June 2023 Researchers in South Africa and around the globe have indicated that the regular monitoring of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (Enso) system... →
Five-year South African diamond prospecting licence awarded
By: Martin Creamer 12th June 2023 London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing... →
