Sibanye-Stillwater has finalized a strategic chrome transaction with Glencore Merafe Venture, untapping a 20-year fast-track in contracted chrome volume delivery and upfront cash flow benefits in its South African PGM operations. With effect from 1 November 2025, the deal renews…
South Africa’s manufacturing sector contracted by 1.5% year-on-year in August 2025, driven by steep declines in basic iron and steel (-5.9%) and food and beverages (-3.0%). Yet, seasonally adjusted sales rose 3.0% over the quarter, with petroleum and chemical products…
South Africa’s G20 presidency has delivered a pivotal moment in global food governance, securing a Ministerial Declaration that embeds the African philosophy of Ubuntu “I am because you are” into the international response to hunger, malnutrition, and agricultural volatility. The…
South Africa’s Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) increased 5.9% year-on-year in April 2025, above the revised 5.5% in March, Statistics South Africa reported in its recent release. Growth was spearheaded by the Western Cape, which increased 9.3% year-on-year and accounted…
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) and UK-based Pallas Resources have launched a 15,000-metre diamond drill campaign across a vast 16,000 km² licence package in Kazakhstan’s Chu-Sarysu Basin marking one of the largest greenfield copper exploration efforts globally in 2025. The Chu-Sarysu…
South Africa’s Eskom has shattered expectations with 105 consecutive days of uninterrupted power supply, a dramatic leap from just 36 loadshedding-free days in FY2024. In FY2025 alone, the utility has delivered 352 days without loadshedding, meeting over 97% of electricity…
South Africa’s export unit value index (UVI) rose by 0.8% month-on-month in June 2025, while import prices fell sharply by 1.8%, according to the latest data from Statistics South Africa. On an annual basis, export prices declined by 0.4%, and…
By Rody Kapinga Ivanhoe Mines is executing a high-stakes recovery at its Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the DRC, deploying four 4.2 MW submersible pumps each capable of evacuating 650 litres per second to dewater flooded western zones and restore access…
South Africa’s land transport sector posted mixed results in June 2025, with freight volumes contracting while passenger journeys rose sharply. According to the latest Land Transport Survey, the volume of goods transported fell by 2.4% compared to June 2024, while…
South Africa’s construction sector is undergoing a transformative shift, as highlighted at the 2025 ERWIC Awards held on 14 August at the Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg. The minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson announced that over 54,000 jobs…
South Africa’s labour market experienced a sharp contraction in the second quarter of 2025, shedding approximately 153,000 jobs, according to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) P0211. The official unemployment rate rose to 33.2%, up from 32.9% in Q1, while…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), in partnership with the European Union (EU), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the International Trade Centre (ITC), officially launched the $27 million Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA) – SADC…
