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Once wholly associated with roadworks, Raubex is now active in housing construction, solar and wind farms, materials handling, contract mining and chrome ore extraction…
Zama zamas’ new target: South Africa’s farms?
Two weeks ago, Ali van Wyk wrote a piece for Vrye Weekblad: “Let’s Go for a Ride: South Africa’s Growing Kidnapping Plague”. His account…
The great Anglo American semigration
There was a lighter moment at the Joburg Mining Indaba last week that was deeply illustrative of the angst in South Africa over Anglo…
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