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 | IFESINACHI OKAFOR-YARWOOD Africa has 38 coastal countries and six islands whose maritime industry is estimated to be worth $1trn per year. This figure will increase as they develop their offshore hydrocarbon, energy, tourism, maritime transport, shipping and fishing sectors...read |
|  | | Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has withdrawn his appeal against the declaratory order by the full bench of the Gauteng High Court in 2018 on whether the ownership empowerment efforts of mining companies continued after the end of the first Mining Charter...read |
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 | Covid-19 has amplified the existential crisis facing the fossil fuel industries, and has potentially accelerated the global transition to cleaner energies, with far-reaching consequences for economies in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
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 | Civil society organisation, Safcei, has evoked the Promotion of Access to Information Act to interrogate the government's latest push for further nuclear energy projects... Read |
| Oil & Gas |
 | An oil and gas drilling rig commissioned by petroleum giant Total and its partners to drill the Luiperd prospect off Mossel Bay has arrived in Cape Town... Read |
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 | Despite the dramatic consequences Covid-19 is having on the global economy, the energy transition will be accelerated by several years as trillions of dollars are expected to flow through economic relief packages... Read |
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 | DACQUIN M. KASUMBA In early March, the first Covid-19 case was imported from Europe to Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) densely populated capital city. Read |
 | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released new data indicating that the impact of Covid-19 on Africa's aviation industry and economies has worsened... Read |
 | MISHECK MUTIZE The Zimbabwean government recently signed an agreement to pay 4,500 white farmers $3.5bn for infrastructure improvements on the land expropriated by the government during the chaotic land reform programme of 1997/8... Read |
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 | The Unemployment Insurance Fund has, as of Friday, 14 August, disbursed R40bn as part of the Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme... Read |
 | Motorists can be fined as much as R1,000 failing to ensure passengers wear masks in a vehicle under the current State of Disaster Act... Read |
 | Teaching for All, an initiative focused on promoting inclusive education in South Africa through material and teacher development, hosted a digital conference on the topic of inclusive education in South Africa. Read |
 | This Women's Month, Devashnie Singh, chief people officer at Grey Group, shares her journey toward a career in HR, her take on how HR has evolved during the Covid-19 pandemic, and steps and policies... Read |
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