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Coal, Oil & Gas

BP, Shell to conduct hydrocarbon studies in Africa

8 Jul 2025

Source: © International Mining Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says mining is here to stay and underground mining is the future. Picture: Shaft sinking

Mining

Underground mining the future

Murray Macnab 26 Mar 2025

How Africa's largest food distribution organisation works with researchers to improve operations

Food, Water & Energy Security

How Africa's largest food distribution organisation works with researchers to improve operations

Issued by FoodForward SA 6 Mar 2025

The Tafelberg school site in 2016. Archive photo: Masixole Feni / GroundUp

Land & Property Law

Concourt judgment on Tafelberg could change future of social housing

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 28 Feb 2025

New car assembly plans by Mahindra for South Africa

Manufacturing & Parts

New car assembly plans by Mahindra for South Africa

27 Feb 2025

Image: supplied

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Permanent desalination plant for Cape Town - have your say

4 Feb 2025

Back to the future: Reviving sorghum in South Africa

Agriculture

Back to the future: Reviving sorghum in South Africa

Christin Hunter 4 Dec 2024

Keliber is a potential cornerstone project in Sibanye's transition to becoming a critical minerals global power.

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater leans heavily on battery market to minimise losses

Lindsey Schutters 23 Aug 2024

Economy

Future of digital currency in SA – will cash finally meet its match?

Roger Eskinazi 28 Jun 2024

South Africa is committing major resources to establish the hydrogen economy.

Energy

The hydrogen economy is alive and well in SA

Lindsey Schutters 21 May 2024

In February 2022, Sibanye-Stillwater successfully concluded the €85m transaction to acquire French mining group Eramet’s Sandouville hydrometallurgical nickel processing facilities near Le Havre, France’s second largest industrial port.

Markets & Investment

Sibanye Q1 update progress on safety, restructuring planned

Lindsey Schutters 10 May 2024

Black citrus producers receive R12m boost for commercialisation

Agriculture

Black citrus producers receive R12m boost for commercialisation

29 Apr 2024

Local consortium awarded UK grant for green H2 export study in EC

Construction & Engineering

Local consortium awarded UK grant for green H2 export study in EC

22 Apr 2024

Facilities & Property Management

Western Cape invests R116.6m in energy resilience, solar

19 Apr 2024

African penguins, photographed here in Simon’s Town, could be extinct as soon as 2035, according to BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob (Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Photos: Dan Callister

Environment & Natural Resources

Minister’s plan could wipe out African penguins, say scientists

John Yeld 25 Mar 2024

Department of Higher Education pressing ahead with completion of TUT campus in Giyani

Higher Education

Department of Higher Education pressing ahead with completion of TUT campus in Giyani

13 Feb 2024

More than two million litres of sieved raw sewage is pumped out to sea off Camps Bay every day. This is one of three marine outfalls, the other two being at Greenpoint and Hout Bay. The City has commissioned a study to determine the costs of treating the sewage first, or piping it to existing wastewater treatment works or further out to sea. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / Groundup

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Cape Town’s ocean-bound sewage options unveiled

Steve Kretzmann 9 Feb 2024

The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.

Energy

#MI24: Green hydrogen is not coming to save the PGM industry

Lindsey Schutters 6 Feb 2024

Source: Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI).

Banking

IsDBI unveils flagship Islamic finance marketplace

3 Jan 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater buys historic copper mine in Tasmania

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater buys historic copper mine in Tasmania

Lindsey Schutters 1 Nov 2023

NSFAS adopts recommendations of report into CEO

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS adopts recommendations of report into CEO

19 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Tygerberg Hospital has exceeded its life expectancy by two decades hence the need for a new Central Hospital in the Western Cape.

Healthcare

Western Cape's new Central hospital unveiled with focus on academic services

Katja Hamilton 19 Sep 2023

Cape Town proceeds with rail dispute despite President's assurances

Railway

Cape Town proceeds with rail dispute despite President's assurances

Matthew Hirsch 8 Sep 2023

Overhead view of the Sundumbili water treatment works indicating the areas that could be used for ground and roof top solar panels. Source: Supplied

Infrastructure & Utilities

New KZN solar study could help municipal water treatment go green

4 Jul 2023

Energy & Mining

Gold Fields partners Osisko in Canadian joint venture

3 May 2023

Cape Town launches R1.2bn Paardevlei solar PV and battery storage project

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Cape Town launches R1.2bn Paardevlei solar PV and battery storage project

18 Apr 2023

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Infrastructure & Utilities

Plans to stop raw sewage being pumped into the sea off Cape Town

Steve Kretzmann 24 Feb 2023

Sibanye-Stillwater launches takeover bid for Australia zinc miner

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater launches takeover bid for Australia zinc miner

Rishav Chatterjee and Melanie Burton 21 Feb 2023

Harmony Gold looks to green hydrogen, LNG for power

Mining

Harmony Gold looks to green hydrogen, LNG for power

Promit Mukherjee 7 Feb 2023

How focusing on both rights and obligations will benefit SA's construction sector

Construction & Engineering

How focusing on both rights and obligations will benefit SA's construction sector

Ian Massey 1 Feb 2023

SA halts orange exports to EU to mitigate CBS risk

Agro-processing

SA halts orange exports to EU to mitigate CBS risk

8 Sep 2022

#StartupStory: Producing healthy food for both animals and people with Mangau Animal Feeds

Agro-processing

#StartupStory: Producing healthy food for both animals and people with Mangau Animal Feeds

Robin Fredericks 14 Jul 2022

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Criminal Law

Gupta brothers arrested in the UAE

7 Jun 2022

Why green hydrogen is SA's next great export opportunity

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why green hydrogen is SA's next great export opportunity

Gladys Nabagala 11 Apr 2022

South Africa on the cusp of green hydrogen boom

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

South Africa on the cusp of green hydrogen boom

8 Apr 2022

How investing in the 'fuel of the future' stands to boost SA's economy, create much-needed jobs

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How investing in the 'fuel of the future' stands to boost SA's economy, create much-needed jobs

Sindy Peters 24 Feb 2022

Newly launched Hydrogen Social Roadmap critical to developing SA's economy - Nzimande

Science & Engineering

Newly launched Hydrogen Social Roadmap critical to developing SA's economy - Nzimande

18 Feb 2022

Creating an investment-ready platform for infrastructure projects in the emerging aquaculture sector

Agriculture

Creating an investment-ready platform for infrastructure projects in the emerging aquaculture sector

Dr Keith Du Plessis 9 Feb 2022

Source: ©Kabanga Nickel Kabanga Nickel framework signing ceremony, Bukoba, Tanzania. Chris Showalter (CEO) and Chris von Christierson (vice-chairman),19 January 2021

Markets & Investment

BHP invests $40m into Kabanga Nickel in Tanzania

10 Jan 2022

ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

Sustainability

ESG-related litigation looms for mining, oil, and gas companies

Merlita Kennedy, Garyn Rapson & Tobia Serongoane 9 Nov 2021

SA's energy landscape is evolving, partly driven by climate change goals

Energy

SA's energy landscape is evolving, partly driven by climate change goals

Jason van der Poel 27 Oct 2021

Source: ©Mikko Lemola

Sustainability

Tighten your Environmental, Social and Governance or face the consequences

Merlita Kennedy & Tobia Serongoane 14 Oct 2021

Want to reduce your food waste at home? Here are the 6 best evidence-based ways to do it

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Want to reduce your food waste at home? Here are the 6 best evidence-based ways to do it

Mark Boulet 8 Oct 2021

Gauteng, Northern Cape, Sasol sign memoranda on green hydrogen

Energy

Gauteng, Northern Cape, Sasol sign memoranda on green hydrogen

7 Oct 2021

4 infrastructure projects worth R21bn get the green light

Infrastructure & Utilities

4 infrastructure projects worth R21bn get the green light

7 Oct 2021

MyCiTi N2 route to open again early next year, promises new Cape Town transport chief

Public Transport

MyCiTi N2 route to open again early next year, promises new Cape Town transport chief

Steve Kretzmann 3 Sep 2021

Policy for regulation of university fees underway

Higher Education

Policy for regulation of university fees underway

29 Jun 2021

Source: ©Jason Ross

Infrastructure & Utilities

How the private sector is shaping the future of Lake Chad and the Congo Basin

Nidhi Nagabhatla & Ramazan Caner Sayan 25 Jun 2021

Former Transnet board member denied bail in Free State corruption case

Criminal Law

Former Transnet board member denied bail in Free State corruption case

9 Jun 2021

NPA seeks Interpol intervention in Gupta arrests

Criminal Law

NPA seeks Interpol intervention in Gupta arrests

7 Jun 2021