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SA carmakers warned: ‘Do not compete with China’
MINING INDABA 2026

SA carmakers warned: ‘Do not compete with China’

Seeing local automotive sector representatives at Mining Indaba conversing about critical minerals is always odd – and more so given the precarious position the steel industry is in. There were harsh truths dished out this year, another bitter pill to swallow.

By Lindsey Schutters
MINING INDABA 2026

AI, automation and robots will have a seismic impact on the mining industry

By Ed Stoddard
AI, automation and robots will have a seismic impact on the mining industry
MINING INDABA 2026

Loaded for Bear: Coal waste is the new frontier in the critical minerals scramble

By Ed Stoddard
Loaded for Bear: Coal waste is the new frontier in the critical minerals scramble
ERRANT EMPLOYERS

Employers who pocket your pension deductions now face inspectors, fines and jail

By Neesa Moodley
Employers who pocket your pension deductions now face inspectors, fines and jail
THE READINESS REPORT

Redi Tlhabi talks AGOA with Wandile Sihlobo

By Redi Tlhabi
Redi Tlhabi talks AGOA with Wandile Sihlobo
When the real leaks aren’t in the pipes
CARTOON

When the real leaks aren’t in the pipes

By Rico
Sibanye, Valterrra and JM team up to find new applications — and markets — for PGMs
MINING INDABA 2026

Sibanye, Valterrra and JM team up to find new applications — and markets — for PGMs

By Ed Stoddard
How South African brands should use AI to enhance customer experiences
SPONSORED CONTENT

How South African brands should use AI to enhance customer experiences

By Telviva
Brain boost or brand boost? The market momentum behind lion’s mane mushrooms
FUNCTIONAL FUNGI

Brain boost or brand boost? The market momentum behind lion’s mane mushrooms

By Kara Le Roux
Mantashe clashes with DRC counterpart over its critical minerals deal with US
INDABA ‘SPAT’

Mantashe clashes with DRC counterpart over its critical minerals deal with US

By Peter Fabricius
After the Bell: Why is Pick n Pay battling to Shop Rite?
BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: Why is Pick n Pay battling to Shop Rite?

By Stephen Grootes
The Great Rotation: All bets are off as the AI mania settles
OPINIONISTA

The Great Rotation: All bets are off as the AI mania settles

By Natale Labia
SPONSORED CONTENT

100+ startups and 50+ investors converge at SWEAT Africa 2026

By Sweat Africa
100+ startups and 50+ investors converge at SWEAT Africa 2026
POWER GUZZLERS (PART TWO)

Major SA data centre expansion plans emerge, set to more than double current power demand

By Tony Carnie
Major SA data centre expansion plans emerge, set to more than double current power demand
OPINIONISTA

Profiting from sickness: Medical aid betrayal and the NHI gamble

By Murshid Obaray
Profiting from sickness: Medical aid betrayal and the NHI gamble
MINING INDABA 2026

Strategic is the new critical for minerals in Africa

By Lindsey Schutters
SPONSORED CONTENT

Harnessing Africa’s rare earth potential: Standard Bank’s blueprint for industrial transformation

By Standard Bank
MINING INDABA 2026

Mantashe’s cadastre roll-out still proceeding at a geological pace

By Ed Stoddard and Lindsey Schutters
MINING INDABA 2026

Mining Indaba opens as SA mining profits surge but infrastructure bites hard

By Kara Le Roux
After the Bell: Joburg property and reasons for hope
BUSINESS REFLECTION

After the Bell: Joburg property and reasons for hope

With all its problems, the case for moving out of the city is compelling, but it just might be that Joburg, still at the centre of things, is about to turn around.

By Stephen Grootes
MINING INDABA 2026

In 2025, 41 SA miners were killed at work — a record annual low, according to provisional data

By Ed Stoddard
RESOURCE WAR OP-ED

Organised extraction: Congo’s conflict began with minerals, not myths

By Titus Lahilam Mulamba
MINING INDABA 2026

Enough kindling left to stoke gold’s fire throughout 2026

By Ed Stoddard
POWER GUZZLERS (PART ONE)

Growth spurt of data centres could threaten SA’s electricity and water supply

By Tony Carnie
From speculation to science as Wits research centre turns Africa’s mineral wealth into measurable opportunity
MINING INDABA 2026

From speculation to science as Wits research centre turns Africa’s mineral wealth into measurable opportunity

By Ed Stoddard
Cape Town’s Mining Indaba hypes investment while many bear the cost
OPINIONISTA

Cape Town’s Mining Indaba hypes investment while many bear the cost

By Christopher Rutledge
Why keeping quiet about the family feud gave Brand Beckham a commercial boost
THE CONVERSATION

Why keeping quiet about the family feud gave Brand Beckham a commercial boost

By Ashleigh Logan-McFarlane
The state’s R20bn gamble to rewrite SA’s B-BBEE rules
TRANSFORMATION FUND

The state’s R20bn gamble to rewrite SA’s B-BBEE rules

By Lindsey Schutters
This might be the rand-backed stablecoin we’ve been waiting for
DIGITAL RANDELAS

This might be the rand-backed stablecoin we’ve been waiting for

By Lindsey Schutters

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