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Ongoing adaptation
1st November 2024 By: Terence Creamer

It is positive that the current framework used by government to procure new generation capacity from independent power producers (IPPs) is under review. These programmes have been struggling to... 


Egypt’s triumph over malaria
1st November 2024 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Imagine this: every single day, the world loses the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of passengers to malaria – a staggering 1 600 lives snuffed out by a relentless disease. That’s 600 000 lives each... 


Consultant-free trade
1st November 2024 By: Riaan de Lange

Do you import goods into the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu)? Do you manufacture goods in the Sacu region? Additionally, do you import components into this region which you use in the... 


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Water power in underground mines should be put to full use
1st November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The high electricity tariff scenario should prompt underground miners to make full use of every bit of self-generation potential that is available to them. For decades attention has been drawn to... 


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Age of Electricity
25th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The recent claim made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that humanity is “moving at speed into the Age of Electricity” may not seem especially profound given that electricity has been a key... 


Africa’s aid famine
25th October 2024 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

Africa has long been the belle of the ball when it comes to overseas development assistance. But now, as donor countries turn inward thanks to economic hiccups from the Covid-19 pandemic and the... 


Islamist militants a big nightmare for Sahel Alliance
25th October 2024 By: Tara O’Connor

In little over two years, military rule in West Africa’s three mining rich territories – Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – has resulted in a sharp deterioration in the political, economic and security... 


CO2, GH2, GHG, H2, LH2, NH3
25th October 2024 By: Riaan de Lange

Do these acronyms – chemical symbols, to be precise – mean anything to you? I apologise for unearthing any long-buried horrors from your school science days. While you ponder your mark out of a... 


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Local beneficiation is good but it must make business sense
25th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Once again, we are hearing government request more local value-addition to local minerals and metals. In fact, Africa, as a continent, seems to be singing from the same hymn sheet on continental... 


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Whole greater than sum of parts
18th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The official launch of the National Transmission Company South Africa as an independent subsidiary of Eskom Holdings did indeed represent an important milestone in the restructuring of South... 


Fading voices on sanctions?
18th October 2024 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

This year’s iteration of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has come and gone. What stood out was the noticeable absence of the familiar spiel from African leaders railing about how the “economic... 


Single-cause issues and the problem of collective action
18th October 2024 By: Saliem Fakir

In his book, How Neoliberalism Failed, and What a Better Society Could Look Like, which critiques neoliberal policies and explores alternatives for creating a more equitable and sustainable... 


Registration, licensing and accreditation
18th October 2024 By: Riaan de Lange

The South African Revenue Service (Sars) announced on October 7 that it had added new online self-service features for Registration, Licensing and Accreditation (RLA) under the Sars Online Query... 


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Recycle like there’s no tomorrow with mining obliged to rework legacy dumps
18th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Recycle like there’s no tomorrow, were the words emblazoned across the screen at last week’s Oppenheimer Research Conference, where 450 scientists were putting their heads together to solve the... 


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Growth glue
11th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The so-called second phase of the partnership launched between government and business to tackle South Africa’s electricity, logistics and crime crises under the Government of National Unity (GNU)... 


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