De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in...
Sheila Khama, Director of the Africa Natural Resources Centre at the African Development Bank (AfDB), has over 20 years of experience in Africa’s extractive industry. Besides...
Khanyisile Kweyama is dynamite in a petite package. She is the first black woman to be appointed Executive Director for South Africa at Anglo American, the...
Out with diamonds and in with investment in Africa’s entrepreneurs. This is the story of Nicky Oppenheimer and his family – worth $6.8 billion according to...
As the world gathered to mourn Nelson Mandela’s passing in early December, I reflected on the lessons I learned from the great man – humility, strength...
At a time when credit rating agencies are downgrading South Africa’s sovereign debt and international investors are throwing up their hands in despair over labor and...
Though South Africa is estimated to have 85% of the world’s manganese reserves, it only produces 15% of the world’s supply. As the new black-owned mines...
It was 2001. Billions and billions of dollars were up for grabs in what South Africans call “black economic empowerment” deals. That is, swift deals, selling...