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Mining 23/09/2020

Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation Free

Already listed as ethical refiners, Rwanda's LuNa Smelter and South Africa's AU Traders and Refiners and Rand Refiners are well placed to benefit from the new European Union regulation. [...]

Oil & gas 07/09/2020

Oil industry now a battlefied for warring ANC leaders

Mineral and Energy Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. ©©SIPHIWE SIBEKO/Reuters

SpotlightBusiness Defence 21/08/2020

Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Politics Infrastructures 20/08/2020

Lesotho Highlands Water Project delayed by administrative problems

Katse dam, in Lesotho, completed in 1996 under Phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. ©Christian Wörtz/CC BY-SA 2.5

Business 31/07/2020

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Formerly known as Nikuv International Projects, Israeli company Pangea IT, which specialises in the digitalisation and modernisation of administrative services, has a past marked by electoral controversy and a conviction for corruption of a foreign agent. [...]

Mining 30/07/2020

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

The Norwegian group Yara is using a mix of grants and infrastructure builds to promote its interests to African governments, who largely call the shots on how much fertilizer their countries order. [...]

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The armoured vehicles IMUT ST-500 (centre) and ST-100 (left and right).

Spotlight Business Defence 30/07/2020

China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Chinese defence giant Poly Technologies has secretly taken a stake in the capital of IMUT, a company set up to deliver locally-built armoured vehicles to the Egyptian army and which is run from Pretoria by American-Egyptian busnessman Michel F. [...]

Spotlight Diplomacy 29/07/2020

South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

The South African army is preparing its troops to go into Mozambique even though Filipe Nyusi has not yet asked Cyril Ramaphosa for military back-up. [...]

Politics Power 22/07/2020

Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

South Africa, which is counting on output from the Congolese mega-dam to alleviate its troubled electricity public utility Eskom, is nonetheless sceptical of Kinshasa's ability to carry out the project. [...]

Oil & gas 20/07/2020

Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

After pulling out of Mozambique, the South African firm Sasol is now in process of leaving Gabon. Revelations. [...]

Business Power 14/07/2020

World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

As South African giant Eskom collapses in debt, the Bretton Woods institution will pay to connect the giant Medupi power plant to the country's electricity grid. [...]

Oil & gas 09/07/2020

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Since taking over at the helm of the South African subsidiary of the French major Total in August 2018, the Nigerian Adewale Fayemi has become the leading private sector player in South Africa's oil industry. [...]

Mining 02/07/2020

Sibanye Stillwater shareholders cite Vale dam catastrophe ruling to press their compensation claim

Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders have cited the case currently in progress against Brazilian mining giant Vale to justify their own legal action against the gold mining group before the American courts. They are claiming compensation for the drop in the group's share prices which they claim was caused by fatal accidents at its South African gold mines. [...]

Bat Hawk light aircraft of the type used by the Dick Advisory Group in Cabo Delgado.

Business Defence 26/06/2020

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group's loses one surveillance aircraft after another

The Dyck Advisory Group's light Bat Hawk aircraft that crashed in June is not the first to fall from the skies: the aeronautical operator has lost several planes chartered to clients in Mozambique. [...]

Mining 22/06/2020

Rare earths: Malawi newcomer Altona Energy is already looking to expand into other countries

Mining junior Altona Energy, which, after years in coal, turned in early June to rare earths through the acquisition of assets in Malawi, already has other permits in its sights elsewhere in Africa. [...]

Daphne Mashile-Nkosi,CEO of Kalagadi Manganese.

Inner circles Mining 18/06/2020

How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

Threatened last month with exclusion from the management of Kalagadi Manganese, the mining company she founded, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has managed, for now at least, to remain in charge of this major South African concern. Her long-running ties to some of the ANC's top officials might have played in her favour. [...]

Fortune Mojapelo, CEO of South African firm Bushveld Minerals.

Inner circles Mining 10/06/2020

The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo

To work his way into South Africa's strategic vanadium sector, Bushveld Minerals boss Fortune Mojapelo has teamed up with several mining veterans and is pulling out all the stops to expand his international business network. [...]

Oil & gas 09/06/2020

"South Africa first" approach complicates merger of PetroSA, IGas and Strategic Fuel Fund

South Africa's energy ministry is struggling to find hydrocarbon experts among its civil servants to help set up the new national petroleum company, but it is reluctant to turn to the private sector or recruit internationally. [...]

Spotlight Business Defence 05/06/2020

Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Helicopters currently stationed in Libya could soon been deployed to Mozambique's oil-rich province where a jihadist insurrection continues to smoulder. The aircraft were reportedly supplied by Durrant's firm Lancaster 6. [...]

Business Fintech 21/05/2020

Cryptocurrency: Covid-19 pandemic prompts Binance to move into Africa

Having set up shop in Ugandan and Nigeria, Binance, one of the world's largest crypto trading platforms, is lobbying hard in South Africa. The crypto industry there enjoys support from President Cyril Ramaphosa's son, who has a passion for digital assets. [...]

Oil & gas 13/05/2020

Total's "well of the decade" on block 11B/12B hit by further delays

The French major Total wants to maintain its South African offshore exploration programme at all costs but fears that the sanitary situation in the country could cause delays lasting several months. [...]

Mining 23/04/2020

De Beers and Boston Consulting Group traceability software hit by intellectual property action

The Tracr software platform, which is supposed to guarantee traceability in the chain of production of diamonds mined by the De Beers group in southern Africa, has been targeted by legal action by a former Boston Consulting Group employee, who claims to have contributed to its development without being properly rewarded for his work. [...]

Spotlight Politics Defence 22/04/2020

Pretoria nettled by the actions of military contractors in Cabo Delgado

Filipe Nyusi again called in South African paramilitaries to help curb the rising insecurity in the north of the country much to the irritation of the South African authorities, who Mozambique has also directly asked for help. [...]

Oil & gas 16/04/2020

BP Southern Africa under fire from SARS, Mega Burst and ZA Petroleum

The line of defence adopted by BP Southern Africa in its court battle with two South African fuel distributors has forced it to reveal that it is under investigation for suspected tax fraud. [...]

14/04/2020

Absa leans on World Bank, again

As President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa turns to the World Bank for economic support in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the country's major banks are already operating with the help of the Bretton Woods institution. [...]

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Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation Free

Oil industry now a battlefied for warring ANC leaders

Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Lesotho Highlands Water Project delayed by administrative problems

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Sibanye Stillwater shareholders cite Vale dam catastrophe ruling to press their compensation claim

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group's loses one surveillance aircraft after another

Rare earths: Malawi newcomer Altona Energy is already looking to expand into other countries

How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo

"South Africa first" approach complicates merger of PetroSA, IGas and Strategic Fuel Fund

Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Cryptocurrency: Covid-19 pandemic prompts Binance to move into Africa

Total's "well of the decade" on block 11B/12B hit by further delays

De Beers and Boston Consulting Group traceability software hit by intellectual property action

Pretoria nettled by the actions of military contractors in Cabo Delgado

BP Southern Africa under fire from SARS, Mega Burst and ZA Petroleum

Absa leans on World Bank, again

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Former Cameroonian prime minister Philémon Yang leads the AU's oh-so difficult search for new commissioners

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Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation Free

Oil industry now a battlefied for warring ANC leaders

Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Lesotho Highlands Water Project delayed by administrative problems

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Sibanye Stillwater shareholders cite Vale dam catastrophe ruling to press their compensation claim

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group's loses one surveillance aircraft after another

Rare earths: Malawi newcomer Altona Energy is already looking to expand into other countries

How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo

"South Africa first" approach complicates merger of PetroSA, IGas and Strategic Fuel Fund

Aviation service provider Christiaan Durrant casts his shadow over Cabo Delgado

Cryptocurrency: Covid-19 pandemic prompts Binance to move into Africa

Total's "well of the decade" on block 11B/12B hit by further delays

De Beers and Boston Consulting Group traceability software hit by intellectual property action

Pretoria nettled by the actions of military contractors in Cabo Delgado

BP Southern Africa under fire from SARS, Mega Burst and ZA Petroleum

Absa leans on World Bank, again

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