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Platinum playing crucial anti-cancer role, making major pharmaceutical contribution 
By: Martin Creamer 29th January 2025 Platinum group metals (PGMs), which are hosted overwhelmingly in South Africa, are playing a crucial anti-cancer role as well as making a... →
Kenya: Data Privacy Day 2025 – Safeguarding Personal Data to Spur Digital Transformation & Economic Development
28th January 2025 On 28 January, the world honours Data Privacy Day once again, and this year the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (‘the ODPC’) in Kenya... →
600-million Africans don’t have electricity – the green energy transition must start with them
28th January 2025 The world is fast transitioning towards renewable energy systems. But in many African countries, this transition is not solving historical... →
Harnessing the Potential of Critical Minerals in Southern Africa: A Catalyst for Sustainable Growth
28th January 2025 Southern Africa is poised at a unique crossroad - a moment of unparalleled opportunity to leverage its vast reserves of critical minerals to drive... →
World Bank’s Banga seeks $85bn to leverage Africa’s youth
By: Bloomberg 28th January 2025 World Bank president Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the world’s youngest... →
Coal exports can be uplifted to 81-million tons, Richards Bay Coal Terminal believes
By: Martin Creamer 27th January 2025 In 2017, Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported a record 76.47-million tons of coal on the 907 ships that called in that year, and chairperson... →
Ramaphosa says WEF sees SA’s GNU as a sign of stability, as instability brews at home
By: Thabi Shomolekae 27th January 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa pointed out on Monday that the World Economic Forum meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, last week viewed the formation of... →
In the world of today, no country can go it alone
27th January 2025 Dear Fellow South African, Last week, I led a South African delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.... →
