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 | DONALD WAIGUMBULIZI Technology has the potential to fundamentally transform societies. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and broadband are becoming central to the societal developments around the world...read |
|  | | While some mining operations in the DRC have been able to continue production despite Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, experts agree that the country's mining industry faces a tough post-pandemic period...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Terry Levin, creative director at Bizcommunity, shares her views of the current Covid-19 crisis and how the company is navigating these unusual times... Read |
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 | Eskom has been ordered by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) to stop operations at Unit 1 or 5 of the Kendal power plant, in Mpumalanga, within 30 days because of dangerously high levels of emissions.... Read |
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 | NDUKUYAKHE NDLOVU Most developing countries face acute tensions between socio-economic development and environmental protection. Any opposition to proposed development, on environmental or heritage grounds, is seen as a threat to the creation of employment and the growth of the economy... Read |
 | KATE COLLIER & TSHOLOFELO MOFOKENG The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has issued Guidelines for a Mandatory Code of Practice (COP) on the Mitigation and Management of Covid-19. Employers have until 25 May 2020 to implement them... Read |
 | Thermal coal miner Kangra has signed agreements with labour representatives to place the mine on care and maintenance... Read |
 | While most mines have been permitted to reopen with a limited workforce and increased safety and hygiene measures, new challenges have arisen in the wake of the lockdown... Read |
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 | DR MAMPHELA RAMPHELE On this Africa Day 2020, we celebrate our resilience in the face of the disruptive Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | PIETER BENSCH Let's not allow the very real challenges of the virus overshadow the progress Africa has made... Read |
 | CLEMENT CHINAKA The World Economic Forum (WEF) reported this week that the pandemic has hit global trade and investment at an "unprecedented speed and scale" and revealed the fragility of the modern supply chain... Read |
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 | A smart helmet that can scan the temperatures of up to 200 people every minute is now available in South Africa... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Mmusi Maimane, the chief activist of 'One South Africa' Movement (OSA), recently launched its digital platform to connect and engage with South Africans through these unprecedented times... Read |
 | Traditional models of business funding need a re-think if South Africa's small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling "winter of coronavirus"... Read |
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