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The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (OMT) has awarded its New Frontiers Research Award to University of Cape Town Oceanography associate professor Dr Katye Altieri. The New Frontiers Research Award...
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Iron-ore fell as China’s top steel association confirmed that output curbs were under way, and long-awaited PBOC rate cuts failed to deliver a sustained lift in sentiment. Futures fell as much as...
JSE- and Aim-listed Gemfields Group announced that Kagem Mining, the emerald mine in Zambia which is 75% owned by Gemfields and 25% owned by the government through the Industrial Development...
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The African National Congress (ANC) has met with the Afrikaner Leadership Network, which includes the Solidarity Movement, Solidarity and AfriForum, and described discussions as “robust and frank”....
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