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Mining

Can Africa's critical minerals power the next industrial boom?

6 hours

Food, Water & Energy Security

The science of starvation: this is what happens to your body when it’s deprived of food

Ola Anabtawi and Berta Valente 12 Aug 2025

Launches & Reviews

Review: Chinese brand Jaecoo delivers with frugal, feature-packed J7 SHS

Imran Salie 30 Jun 2025

Herbicide-resistant weeds threaten profitable soya bean production

Food Security

Herbicide-resistant weeds threaten profitable soya bean production

Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 31 Mar 2025

Balancell is moving to a larger facility because the demand has grown exponentialy.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Balancell is keeping SA in the battery game

Lindsey Schutters 5 Jul 2024

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Fuel & Energy

A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how

Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Waqas Uzair, Yasir Arafat 26 Mar 2024

Critical minerals are all the elements needed to produce the batteries and catalysts in the renewable energy value chain. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash.

Mining

Anglo diversifies into critical minerals with Finland battery deal

12 Feb 2024

#BizTrends2024: Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Unpacking the agriculture market's 2023 performance and forecasting 2024

Paul Makube 8 Jan 2024

Construction begins on South Africa's first EV stations free from load shedding

Fuel & Energy

Construction begins on South Africa's first EV stations free from load shedding

20 Nov 2023

Your ultimate power solution to tackle load shedding

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Your ultimate power solution to tackle load shedding

Issued by Bluetti 11 Sep 2023

Eating well to support kidney health

Healthcare

Eating well to support kidney health

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 31 Aug 2023

Ecoflow store in Canal Walk. Source: Lindsey Schutters

Hardware

Ecoflow brand store illuminates new solutions

Lindsey Schutters 24 Jul 2023

File photo: A vehicle carries untreated phosphate after being dropped off on a mountain at a phosphate mine at Boucraa factory of the National Moroccan phosphate company (OCP) situated in the southern provinces, 100km southwest of the town of Laayoune 18 February 2016. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal/File Photo

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Morocco's OCP plans $7bn green ammonia plant to avert supply problems

20 Jun 2023

Which industries stand to gain from a .africa domain name?

Internet

Which industries stand to gain from a .africa domain name?

Issued by Domains.co.za 14 Jun 2023

Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand - but a number of factors are working in their favour too

Agriculture

Farmers in South Africa face power cuts and a weak rand - but a number of factors are working in their favour too

Wandile Sihlobo 9 May 2023

Farmers get relief as diesel prices dip before summer crop harvest

Agro-processing

Farmers get relief as diesel prices dip before summer crop harvest

Paul Makube 4 May 2023

Transnet resumes limited services on flood-hit rail link

Railway

Transnet resumes limited services on flood-hit rail link

14 Feb 2023

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Agribusiness

Madagascar seeks Moroccan fertiliser investment

Ahmed Eljechtimi 3 Jan 2023

Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted - we are sleepwalking into a global food crisis

Agro-processing

Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted - we are sleepwalking into a global food crisis

Julia Martin-Ortega, Brent Jacobs and Dana Cordell 21 Dec 2022

Fuel price reprieve positive development as 2022/23 agriculture season begins

Agriculture

Fuel price reprieve positive development as 2022/23 agriculture season begins

Paul Makube 7 Sep 2022

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Nutrition

Healthy eating for your kidneys

Issued by Association for Dietetics in South Africa 1 Sep 2022

It's time for our planet to get a second life

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

It's time for our planet to get a second life

Lance Dickerson 29 Aug 2022

Load shedding crisis sees alternate power category sales up 300% at Makro

Retailers

Load shedding crisis sees alternate power category sales up 300% at Makro

12 Jul 2022

Russia's war with Ukraine risks putting fresh pressure on rising fertiliser prices

Agribusiness

Russia's war with Ukraine risks putting fresh pressure on rising fertiliser prices

Wandile Sihlobo 7 Mar 2022

Meeting with agri minister bears fruit

Agribusiness

Meeting with agri minister bears fruit

1 Feb 2022

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Mining

China's Huayou buys lithium mine in Zimbabwe for $422m

MacDonald Dzirutwe and Tom Daly 23 Dec 2021

Renewable sector must educate users or risk the same wrath being directed at Eskom

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewable sector must educate users or risk the same wrath being directed at Eskom

Lance Dickerson 8 Dec 2021

The need for back-up power must be measured against the environmental cost

Energy

The need for back-up power must be measured against the environmental cost

Lance Dickerson 19 Nov 2021

We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable

Agriculture

We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable

Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås and Jenna Senecal 10 Nov 2020

New #ForWaterForLife podcast series launched

Food, Water & Energy Security

New #ForWaterForLife podcast series launched

7 Sep 2020

Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Review of nine African 'blue economy' projects shows what works and what doesn't

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Technology

Technology is Africa's biggest undiscovered gold mine

Donald Waigumbulizi 22 May 2020

Covid-19: More research needed on possible groundwater contamination from burial grounds

Infrastructure & Utilities

Covid-19: More research needed on possible groundwater contamination from burial grounds

Yazeed van Wyk 18 May 2020

Food Security

Soybeans can help combat Africa's agriculture and food security woes

5 Mar 2020

Agriculture

Overview of the African fertiliser market

21 Jan 2020

Dangote, Togo partner to transform phosphate into fertiliser

Agriculture

Dangote, Togo partner to transform phosphate into fertiliser

12 Nov 2019

Western Cape to highlight latest viticulture trends

Viticulture & Oenology

Western Cape to highlight latest viticulture trends

13 Sep 2019

Why housekeepers are critical for hotel brands, guest satisfaction and safety

Hospitality

Why housekeepers are critical for hotel brands, guest satisfaction and safety

3 May 2019

12 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint

Food & Wine

12 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint

Tammy Fry 23 Apr 2019

Wastewater is an asset - it contains nutrients, energy and precious metals, and scientists are learning how to recover them

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Wastewater is an asset - it contains nutrients, energy and precious metals, and scientists are learning how to recover them

Yalin Li 20 Mar 2019

SA student produces world's first bio-brick made using human urine

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

SA student produces world's first bio-brick made using human urine

24 Oct 2018

Fertiliser producer gets R30m fine for collusion

Competition Law

Fertiliser producer gets R30m fine for collusion

10 Sep 2018

Nemakara Vermiculite Mine

Mining

Uganda: Australian firm to exit Manafwa Mines over debt

Jeff Mbanga 3 May 2018

Mining

For youth in Tunisia mining region, it's 'mine or die'

23 Mar 2018

Drug firm has a plan to bypass tap water

Pharmaceuticals

Drug firm has a plan to bypass tap water

18 Jan 2018