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Source: Supplied. Estienne de Klerk, SA chief executive officer of Growthpoint Properties.

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Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi inside the Madama Palace (Senate) as Italy hosts the Italy-Africa summit in Rome, Italy. Source: Reuters/Remo Casilli

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Source: Athena/Pexels

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Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the DRC, Zhao Bin visited some of the infrastructure projects in December 2023. Source:

DRC revisits China mining deal for $7bn infrastructure investment

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Creighton Valley dairy farms embrace solar power for sustainable production

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Ramokgopa: SA's electricity system is improving, but load shedding continues

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Transnet partially restores service on coal export line

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Tumelo Ramalebana (Puma Energy SA General Manager), Fadi Mitri (Puma Energy Head of Africa),Werner Van Wyk (MBHE Financial Director) and Ben Ouattara (Puma Energy Chief Operations Officer Africa) at the contract signing.

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Source: Supplied. Kagiso Tloubatla, the co-founder of SV Capital.

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Glencore had a strong H2 performance in 2023.

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Source: Supplied. Estienne de Klerk, SA chief executive officer of Growthpoint Properties.

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Source: Athena/Pexels

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AI hardware could be a bigger power consumption problem than crypto mining. Source: Microsoft Designer.

OpenAI is getting into the hardware business in the AI arms race

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Creighton Valley dairy farms embrace solar power for sustainable production

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Ramokgopa: SA's electricity system is improving, but load shedding continues

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Lindsey Schutters 24 Jan 2024

Gwede Mantashe is a strong advocate for developing the SA gas economy.

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Andrew van Zyl, Managing Director, SRK Consulting

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Aerial view of the Coral Beach estate.

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#WEF24: Global leaders unite to drive initiatives for climate action and clean energy

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Dorcas Nhlapo, Senior Audit Manager, BDO South Africa

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The team used the sensitive MeerKAT radio telescope, located near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape Karoo. Source: SARAO

MeerKAT discovery could advance our understanding of Einstein’s theory

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jan 2024

Transnet partially restores service on coal export line

Transnet partially restores service on coal export line

19 Jan 2024

Tumelo Ramalebana (Puma Energy SA General Manager), Fadi Mitri (Puma Energy Head of Africa),Werner Van Wyk (MBHE Financial Director) and Ben Ouattara (Puma Energy Chief Operations Officer Africa) at the contract signing.

Puma Energy acquires 49% stake in MBHE Group

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Power quality and supply considerations crucial for hospitality industry's sustainable shift

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A view of the newly-commissioned Dangote Petroleum refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. Source: Reuters/Temilade Adelaja

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12 Jan 2024

Source: Supplied. Kagiso Tloubatla, the co-founder of SV Capital.

#BizTrends2024: Diversify, grow, impact - the fractional ownership investment trend

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Source: Jonathan Borba/Pexels

Eskom announces appointments to the National Transmission Company of South Africa board

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Source: Supplied. David Rees, senior emerging markets economist at Schroders.

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Landmark ruling: Dismissal of key banks in rand manipulation case

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Nigeria's top court says Shell's appeal should be heard after oil spill claim

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