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De Beers commits billion pula upfront to diamonds-for-development in Botswana 
By: Martin Creamer 3rd July 2023 The De Beers Group, which concluded in principle diamond sales and mining agreements with the government of Botswana at the weekend, has committed... →
De Beers, Botswana agree in principle on sales, mining licences
By: Martin Creamer 3rd July 2023 Diamond mining and marketing company De Beers and the Botswana government have reached an in principle agreement on a 25-year extension of the... →
Ministers responsible for water in RSA, Botswana, Namibia and the Kingdom of Lesotho meet to strengthen transboundary relations
30th June 2023 Minister Senzo Mchunu will host his counterparts from Botswana, Namibia and the Kingdom of Lesotho during the Orange-Senqu River Commission... →
COSATU Statement on SACU Summit at eSwatini – Call for end to subsidisation of the Swazi royal family and prioritisation of industrial development, jobs and democracy in Southern Africa
30th June 2023 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) notes the visit of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, to the... →
South African taxpayer is paying double for Foot and Mouth Disease vaccines
28th June 2023 A reply to a written DA parliamentary question by the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza, has revealed that... →
Boosting Africa's energy transition – initiatives, funding and investment
20th June 2023 Forty-three per cent of Africa's population does not have access to electricity, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent report by the... →
Five-year South African diamond prospecting licence awarded
By: Martin Creamer 12th June 2023 London Aim- and Botswana-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting licence on ground containing... →
Junior miner CEO is typically ‘chief cook and bottlewasher’, diamond junior confirms
By: Martin Creamer 7th June 2023 Outgoing Minerals Council South Africa’s Roger Baxter told the Junior Indaba's opening day that the CEO of a junior mining company is typically a... →
