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            <title>Strong exploration system essential to mining’s future, Junior Indaba points out</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A strong and vibrant exploration system is essential to the future of the mining sector, and to advancing transformation, inclusion, and long-term growth in South Africa. In spelling this out at the Junior Indaba on Tuesday, June 9, Anglo American senior VP corporate affairs South Africa Nevashnee Naicker highlighted that every successful mining project created demand for infrastructure, energy, logistics, skills, supply, suppliers, and services, and in that sense, junior mining companies were not only discovering minerals, but often planting the first seeds of entirely new economic ecosystems.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Africa must create conditions that allow investment to flourish, Junior Indaba hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining's future will not be built only by the largest companies. Even though major mining houses are economically critical, history has shown that discoveries are usually made by optimists, entrepreneurs, and explorers. Every operating mine started as an idea, a map, a drill programme, and a group of people prepared to take a risk when success was still uncertain, Junior Indaba chairperson Bernard Swanepoel pointed out in opening the vibrant junior mining event on Tuesday, June 9. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <title>ActionSA wants three economic Ministers fired over Q1 job losses</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ActionSA has intensified its pressure on the Government of National Unity to immediately fire three key economic Ministers following the latest GDP and employment data released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday. ActionSA called the statistics a “devastating double blow” of "microscopic" economic growth and "massive" job losses for the first quarter of 2026. According to Stats SA, South Africa’s economy expanded by 0.5% in the first quarter of 2026, slightly up from the 0.4% recorded in the final quarter of 2025. But the country shed 345 000 jobs during the same three-month period. As a result, ActionSA wants the Ministers of Employment and Labour; Trade, Industry and Competition; and Small Business Development on the chopping block.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>DG provides insights into SARB’s innovation approach, considerations </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A modern, efficient and well-functioning financial system is essential for growth in any modern economy, and as this is pursued, innovation that serves the public interested is pivotal. This was highlighted by South African Reserve Bank (SARB) deputy governor Rashad Cassim in a keynote address at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, in Johannesburg, on June 9.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber sounds alarm on 11% electricity tariff hike</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Business Chamber is “very concerned” about the 11% average increase in electricity tariffs proposed by the metro council. CEO Denise van Huyssteen says the proposed double-digit increase comes at a time when local business faces several headwinds, including massive fuel price hikes, escalating logistics costs, high import volumes into South Africa, and a lack of municipal infrastructure maintenance.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>GDP increased by 0.5% in the first quarter – Stats SA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.5% in the first quarter, following an increase of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports. Its data shows that the finance, real estate and business services industry increased by 0.9%, contributing 0.2 of a percentage point. Increased economic activities were reported for financial intermediation and auxiliary activities.]]></description>
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            <title>Eskom Restructuring Task Team outlines terms of reference for creation of TSO</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) has outlined the terms of reference guiding its deliberations on the establishment of an independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO) that owns and controls the country’s transmission assets and is responsible for operating the electricity market. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of the task team during his February State of the Nation Address, while reaffirming government’s support for a fully independent TSO.]]></description>
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            <title>ActionSA threatens legal action over ‘SAPS secrecy’ on Phala Phala records</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ActionSA has launched an internal appeal against the South African Police Service after the law enforcement agency rejected its Promotion of Access to Information Act application for material relating to the Phala Phala farm robbery. The party filed the appeal on Tuesday, warning that it will escalate the matter to the Information Regulator and the High Court if SAPS continues to withhold investigation documents. ActionSA originally submitted its PAIA request in April, seeking access to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate report on the theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Limpopo farm.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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