How SA can create jobs Independent online South Africa needs to grow its economy by 5.4 percent a year over the next 20 years and create about 11 million new jobs if the broad goal of the National Development Plan – a prosperous, equal society by 2030 – is to be met. | This will require better education, a healthier population, ...
Mwana to sell 15% stake in Freda Rebecca gold mine Mining Weekly | JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Mwana Africa said on Friday it would sell a 15% stake in its Freda Rebecca gold mine, in Zimbabwe, to a longstanding board member. | Kenneth Musanhi, a Zimbabwean businessperson, would pay $405 000...
South Africa Mining Weekly | Metals & minerals | Global Platinum Conference: Focus on Southern Africa, | Johannesburg, | June 5–6, 2012, | Tel +61 (0) 2 9080 4307, | Email info@informa.com.au, | www.immevents.com/globalplatinum. | The 2nd Annual Africa Iron Ore Confe...
Company Cleans Up Mining Areas All Africa [Namibian] NAMDEB has partnered up with SA Metal Namibia (SAMN) to embark on a scrap metal removal programme from its mining areas to ensure the minimal impact of the waste on the environment. | ...
Prototype fuel cell locomotive being tested at Rustenburg mine Mining Weekly | Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) last week launched the first of five fuel-cell- powered locomotive prototypes to be tested at its mining operations in South Africa. | The first locomotive would be surface-tested over the next few months at the co...
Yellowcake to top $80/lb by ’14 – Forsys boss Mining Weekly | JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Namibia-focused uranium junior Forsys Metals on Thursday said it was rapidly advancing studies to consolidate its Valencia and Namibplaas landholdings to potentially develop the world’s next significant...
IVAN TUROK: Urban growth can drive Africa’s resurgence Business Day | THE relationship between urbanisation and economic growth is one of the crucial issues of our time. New estimates from an important United Nations (UN) Population Division report show that Africa’s urban population is likely to treble in size, fr...
Backlog in miners’ claims sparks MPs’ ire Business Day | MPs yesterday voiced their displeasure with the head of the Compensation Commission for Occupational Disease, after it became clear that little progress had been made in the past year to reduce the organisation’s claims backlog or fill vacant pos...
