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Jobs gained but a drop in the ocean, with millions of workers still unemployed
29th November 2022 While it is pleasing to see the official unemployment rate decrease by 1.0%, UASA views it as but a drop in the ocean. Stats SA’s Quarterly Labour... →
Northern Cape’s Tshipi manganese mine ‘up there with best of them’, says new Jupiter CEO 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd November 2022 The Northern Cape’s Tshipi Borwa manganese mine is “up there with the best of them”, says new Jupiter Mines CEO Brad Rogers, who has seen his fair... →
Implats commits R50bn capex to mines, beneficiation, energy, decarbonisation
By: Martin Creamer 1st September 2022 Platinum group metals (PGM) company Implats, which generated free cash flow of R28.8-billion in the 12 months to June 30, said on Thursday that it... →
Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like
31st August 2022 Countries in southern Africa are under a crushing burden brought about by a confluence of factors. These include the unprecedented growth in the... →
Load shedding a health hazard as it fuels fast-food consumption
18th July 2022 With load shedding having become a crushing everyday reality for South Africans over the past few weeks, it is not only the country’s economy that... →
ActionSA Marks Youth Day with Makhubo Family
17th June 2022 Mbuyisa Makhubo was the young man pictured carrying Hector Peterson’s body in the photograph by Sam Nzima that went around the world revealing the... →
Ex-Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency to face war and drought
By: Reuters 16th May 2022 Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency again in voting by parliamentarians on Sunday in an airport hangar protected by blast... →
Manganese mine achieves record ten-million fatality free shifts
By: Martin Creamer 4th April 2022 Assmang’s Black Rock mine, near Hotazel in the Northern Cape, has achieved ten-million fatality free shifts, a record that has taken 13 years to... →
