🇿🇦 U.S. relies heavily on South Africa and Gabon for critical
The United States faces a strategic vulnerability: its manufacturing and defense sectors depend heavily on critical minerals sourced from just two Afr...
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🇿🇦 CHANGING OF THE GUARD: New broom promises to clean up SAA
South Africa's state-owned airline, South African Airways (SAA), has appointed Matshela Seshibe as interim Chief Executive Officer, signaling a strate...
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🇿🇦 From Indaba to the budget: Will fiscal policy unlock
South Africa's mining sector stands at a critical juncture. Following the Mining Indaba conference—Africa's premier gathering of mining executives, po...
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s AI policy withdrawn after AI-generated
South Africa's Department of Science and Innovation has withdrawn its draft artificial intelligence policy framework after discovering that the docume...
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🇿🇦 South Africa's agriculture transformed, but inequality
Three decades after South Africa's democratic transition, the agricultural sector stands as a paradox—simultaneously celebrated for modernization gain...
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🇿🇦 South Africa Targets $607 Billion Investment Surge
South Africa is pursuing its most ambitious financial sector overhaul in three decades, targeting $607 billion in fresh investment inflows as the coun...
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🇿🇦 Cape Flats to the JSE: New book challenges narrow narrative
South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) policy has long been a flashpoint for debate—critics call it window-dressing, supporters see struct...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: Minister Announces Withdrawal of Draft AI
South Africa's Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi announced the withdrawal of the country's Draft National Artificial Inte...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: Mopane Worm and Termite Sales Relieve Poverty
South Africa's Limpopo province, bordered by Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Mozambique, is one of the country's poorest regions. The mopane worm and termite ...
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🇿🇦 Nissan Redirects $45m Investment to Egypt, Scaling Back
Japanese automaker Nissan's decision to redirect a $45 million investment from South Africa to Egypt marks a significant recalibration of manufacturin...
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🇿🇦 Diepkloof power restored, protest action called off
South Africa's electricity crisis deepened this week when Diepkloof township in Soweto experienced a seven-day power outage, only to have service rest...
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🇿🇦 Why South African manufacturing is under pressure (and what
South Africa's manufacturing sector is experiencing a prolonged contraction that extends far beyond cyclical downturns. World Bank economists have ide...
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🇿🇦 Diepkloof Hostel owes Eskom nearly R20m - authorities
** South Africa's electricity crisis has reached a critical inflection point. Diepkloof Hostel in Johannesburg, a facility housing thousands of vulne...
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🇿🇦 A nugget of hope in the inner city
Johannesburg's inner city has long struggled with decay, abandonment, and criminal occupation. But the transformation of Remington House—a once-notori...
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🇿🇦 Iran grants selective tanker passage to South African,
Iran's selective approval of tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz—granting passage to vessels from Gabon, South Africa, and Liberia while block...
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🇿🇦 Absa CEO names five sectors for pension fund investment
Brief I notice the source content appears incomplete — the headline cuts off at "Absa Group CEO outlines five sectors for pension funds in" without s...
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🇿🇦 From risk to resilience: Why South African companies are
South Africa's energy landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. As rolling blackouts persist and electricity costs spiral, companies acros...
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🇿🇦 South Africa’s student housing startup DigsConnect secures
South Africa's student housing sector is entering a transformative phase. DigsConnect, a proptech platform specializing in affordable student accommod...
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🇿🇦 Households tighten belts as economy bites
South Africa's household sector is under severe financial stress as the twin pressures of high inflation and sluggish economic growth force consumers ...
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🇿🇦 South Africa mining minister criticizes DRC over US
South Africa's mining minister has publicly criticized the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for pursuing a direct minerals partnership with the Unit...
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