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How Africa can make 2025 its ‘super year’ for ocean governance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 4th February 2025 Active engagement on three initiatives could see Africa’s needs reflected in global ocean governance decisions. In 2022, global ocean governance... →
Africa takes GDP recalculation campaign to G20, but scepticism abounds
By: Reuters 3rd February 2025 African countries plan a fresh push at international summits this year for standard measures of economic strength such as GDP to have better... →
The future of mining depends on the industry’s ability to finance itself
29th January 2025 It is perhaps ironic that as the world moves toward a cleaner future, more mining is projected to take place to facilitate the "Just Energy... →
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
23rd January 2025 In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had... →
Daily Podcast – January 16, 2025
By: Halima Frost 16th January 2025 Making headlines: South African police lower cage into mine to check if anyone left after 78 died; Civil society threatens legal action against... →
DA, GOOD want inquiry commission into Stilfontein mine 
By: Thabi Shomolekae 16th January 2025 The Democratic Alliance has emphasised the urgent need for a comprehensive investigation into the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, in the North... →
South African police lower cage into mine to check if anyone left after 78 died
By: Reuters 16th January 2025 South African police lowered a camera down more than 1.5 km underground into an illegal gold mine on Thursday to ascertain if any survivors or... →
The national dialogue is neither national nor a dialogue - but it can become that - Part Three
By: Raymond Suttner 16th January 2025 I have written an article which was titled “The national dialogue is neither national nor a dialogue.” Now that may be the case for a particular... →
