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 | | While South Africans celebrate the lifting of many Covid-19 restrictions and the full reopening of the economy, the news is not all good as Eskom has reported a severely constrained power system, resulting in continued load shedding...read |
|  | | Given it's nature, the mining industry has adopted various approaches to Covid-19 testing to reduce mitigating impact it has on operations...read |
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 | Eskom has summarily suspended managers at Tutuka and Kendal power stations following the escalation of load shedding to stage 4 during the past two days... Read |
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 | In line with its Zero Harm objectives, De Beers has teamed up with Orange Business Services to provide geofencing to maintain safe working distances for crew around the heavy machinery involved in marine diamond mining operations... Read |
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 | MERLITA KENNEDY & JARED ISHMAEL A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal has clarified some issues relating to mining applications and consultation with affected communities... Read |
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 | Africa needs to do a better job of attracting exploration investment as the global competition increases... Read |
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 | The Droogfontein 2 Solar Park situated near Kimberley in the Northern Cape, has reached full grid code compliance and commercial operation... Read |
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 | CHRISTIAN HAPPI By the first week of August 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic had caused about 654,000 deaths worldwide... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT VMLY&R SA's Live from The Edge presented both local and global thought leaders talking to the theme 'From Cultural Clichés to Brand Authenticity', addressing cultural relevance in the African context. Here, HeyHuman's Neil Davidson and Unilever's Lethepu Matshaba's thoughts on the subject... Read |
 | JUDE IGUMBOR African countries bear a disproportionate burden of infectious and noncommunicable diseases. More than two thirds of people living with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams highlights her key learnings in Lionel Shriver's The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 and Edward Snowden's Permanent Record to emphasise that as we submit to further infringements on our privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of movement in the effort to stop the spread of Covid-19, we must ensure that emergency measures designed to fight a temporary crisis do not become a permanent feature... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Despite the devastating economic impacts of Covid-19, the franchising sector could remain a viable business investment for aspiring entrepreneurs... Read |
 | CATHERINE WIJNBERG As South Africa battles the twin effects of illness and lockdown the time is ripe to consider carefully how and where South Africans spend their money... Read |
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