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Death by neglect: How Pretoria killed two business rescues
Chronic government passivity, inactivity and neglect mean that both the South African Post Office and sugar group Tongaat face liquidation…
Anglo American’s maple leaf temptations
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Choke points and power plays in the age of critical minerals
The Mining Indaba highlights Africa’s role in critical minerals amid US-China tensions over rare earths…
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Mining exploration spend ebbed to R781m in 2024 from over R6bn in 2006. Only big changes to a contested new mining bill will break…
The bank deal that isn’t. Really. But what if …?
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