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South Africa

Ramaphosa appoints senior diplomat to fill year-long embassy vacancy in Rabat

Disputed Western Sahara's status remains an obstacle to normalisation between South Africa and Morocco.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.11.2020

In Focus
Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

How copper leaves the Copperbelt © Africa Intelligence / Indigo Publications - 2020

Subscribers only Mining 02.11.2020

Spotlight
Geo services giant RosGeo falls short of Putin's expectations in power struggle with China and US

State-owned Russian geological services group RosGeo has been trying for several years to develop its interests in Africa to counter the success of its Chinese and American rivals. So far, however, the group has failed to turn its vague African cooperation agreements into concrete projects.

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2020

In Focus
Southern Africa's other green revolution

Legal exploitation of cannabis for medical use. © WARREN TODA/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Business 19.10.2020

EastPlats' legal battle against former bosses hits the rocks

EastPlats, a Canadian producer of South African platinum and chromium, has suffered a setback in its lawsuit against its former management. At issue are transactions signed off by the company's former directors just before their July 2016 ouster, which they knew was coming.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2020

GE and South Africa's Mondi discreetly negotiate $5.4 m dispute

The Mondi South Africa group is due to begin video-conference negotiations with General Electric in November or December to settle a dispute over a turbine.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 15.10.2020

Drilling on block 11B/12B: Ramaphosa's government bends over backwards to help Total

To try to limit the impact of the recession which is looming after several months of public health crisis, the South African government is banking on the prospect of gas revenues to come and has rolled out the red carpet for Total.

Subscribers only Energy 01.10.2020

The Deepsea Stavanger rig has already dug 2,500 meters for the Luiperd-1X well.

African financial intelligence exposed by US leaks

The leaking of nearly 2,000 suspicious activity reports that were sent from international banks to FinCen, the US Treasury's financial intelligence unit, has put African intelligence services in a delicate position since a large number concern transactions in Africa.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 30.09.2020

Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation

Already listed as ethical refiners, Rwanda's LuNa Smelter and South Africa's AU Traders and Refiners and Rand Refiners are well placed to benefit from the new European Union regulation.

Free access Mining 23.09.2020

Oil industry now a battlefied for warring ANC leaders

Several majors involved in offshore exploration are impatient for the government to move forward with key legislation. Two big players have already called it a day.

Subscribers only Energy 07.09.2020

Mineral and Energy Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.

Spotlight
Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Ex-British paratrooper Hendrik Bam is playing a role in the counter-insurrection being led by the Dyck Advisory Group in northern Mozambique. He was also involved in Lancaster 6's moves in Libya last year.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 21.08.2020

Lesotho Highlands Water Project delayed by administrative problems

The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, a cornerstone of South Africa's water supply strategy, is now not expected to be completed until December 2026. The new delay, which is the result of administrative hold-ups, risks creating difficulties in the province of Gauteng.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 20.08.2020

Katse dam, in Lesotho, completed in 1996 under Phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Formerly known as Nikuv International Projects, Israeli company Pangea IT, which specialises in the digitalisation and modernisation of administrative services, has a past marked by electoral controversy and a conviction for corruption of a foreign agent.

Subscribers only Business 31.07.2020

Spotlight
China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Chinese defence giant Poly Technologies has secretly taken a stake in the capital of IMUT, a company set up to deliver locally-built armoured vehicles to the Egyptian army and which is run from Pretoria by American-Egyptian busnessman Michel F.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 30.07.2020

The armoured vehicles IMUT ST-500 (centre) and ST-100 (left and right).

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

The Norwegian group Yara is using a mix of grants and infrastructure builds to promote its interests to African governments, who largely call the shots on how much fertilizer their countries order.

Subscribers only Mining 30.07.2020

Spotlight
South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

The South African army is preparing its troops to go into Mozambique even though Filipe Nyusi has not yet asked Cyril Ramaphosa for military back-up.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.07.2020

Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

South Africa, which is counting on output from the Congolese mega-dam to alleviate its troubled electricity public utility Eskom, is nonetheless sceptical of Kinshasa's ability to carry out the project.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Business 22.07.2020

Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

After pulling out of Mozambique, the South African firm Sasol is now in process of leaving Gabon. Revelations.

Subscribers only Energy 20.07.2020

World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

As South African giant Eskom collapses in debt, the Bretton Woods institution will pay to connect the giant Medupi power plant to the country's electricity grid.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.07.2020

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Since taking over at the helm of the South African subsidiary of the French major Total in August 2018, the Nigerian Adewale Fayemi has become the leading private sector player in South Africa's oil industry.

Subscribers only Energy 09.07.2020

Sibanye Stillwater shareholders cite Vale dam catastrophe ruling to press their compensation claim

Sibanye-Stillwater shareholders have cited the case currently in progress against Brazilian mining giant Vale to justify their own legal action against the gold mining group before the American courts. They are claiming compensation for the drop in the group's share prices which they claim was caused by fatal accidents at its South African gold mines.

Subscribers only Mining 02.07.2020

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group's loses one surveillance aircraft after another

The Dyck Advisory Group's light Bat Hawk aircraft that crashed in June is not the first to fall from the skies: the aeronautical operator has lost several planes chartered to clients in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 26.06.2020

Bat Hawk light aircraft of the type used by the Dick Advisory Group in Cabo Delgado.

Rare earths: Malawi newcomer Altona Energy is already looking to expand into other countries

Mining junior Altona Energy, which, after years in coal, turned in early June to rare earths through the acquisition of assets in Malawi, already has other permits in its sights elsewhere in Africa.

Subscribers only Mining 22.06.2020

Inner circles
How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

Threatened last month with exclusion from the management of Kalagadi Manganese, the mining company she founded, Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has managed, for now at least, to remain in charge of this major South African concern. Her long-running ties to some of the ANC's top officials might have played in her favour.

Subscribers only Mining 18.06.2020

Daphne Mashile-Nkosi,CEO of Kalagadi Manganese.

Inner circles
The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo

To work his way into South Africa's strategic vanadium sector, Bushveld Minerals boss Fortune Mojapelo has teamed up with several mining veterans and is pulling out all the stops to expand his international business network.

Subscribers only Mining 10.06.2020

Fortune Mojapelo, CEO of South African firm Bushveld Minerals.

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South Africa

Ramaphosa appoints senior diplomat to fill year-long embassy vacancy in Rabat

In Focus
Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

Spotlight
Geo services giant RosGeo falls short of Putin's expectations in power struggle with China and US

In Focus
Southern Africa's other green revolution

EastPlats' legal battle against former bosses hits the rocks

GE and South Africa's Mondi discreetly negotiate $5.4 m dispute

Drilling on block 11B/12B: Ramaphosa's government bends over backwards to help Total

African financial intelligence exposed by US leaks

Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation

Oil industry now a battlefied for warring ANC leaders

Spotlight
Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Lesotho Highlands Water Project delayed by administrative problems

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Spotlight
China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

Spotlight
South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Sibanye Stillwater shareholders cite Vale dam catastrophe ruling to press their compensation claim

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group's loses one surveillance aircraft after another

Rare earths: Malawi newcomer Altona Energy is already looking to expand into other countries

Inner circles
How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

Inner circles
The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo

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Gabon Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

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South Africa

Ramaphosa appoints senior diplomat to fill year-long embassy vacancy in Rabat

In Focus Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

Spotlight Geo services giant RosGeo falls short of Putin's expectations in power struggle with China and US

In Focus Southern Africa's other green revolution

EastPlats' legal battle against former bosses hits the rocks

GE and South Africa's Mondi discreetly negotiate $5.4 m dispute

Drilling on block 11B/12B: Ramaphosa's government bends over backwards to help Total

African financial intelligence exposed by US leaks

Kigali and Pretoria, top of class ahead of EU conflict minerals regulation

Oil industry now a battlefied for warring ANC leaders

Spotlight Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Lesotho Highlands Water Project delayed by administrative problems

Government digitalisation specialist Pangea IT has a controversial electoral past

Spotlight China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Fertilizers: Yara goes on donation spree to hang on in race against OCP, Phosagro, Maaden

Spotlight South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

Pretoria takes cautious steps on Inga III

Cash-hungry Sasol quietly bows out of E&P

World Bank still involved in controversial Medupi coal-fired power station

Total's Adewale Fayemi spearheads oil industry lobbying in South Africa

Sibanye Stillwater shareholders cite Vale dam catastrophe ruling to press their compensation claim

Cabo Delgado: Dyck Advisory Group's loses one surveillance aircraft after another

Rare earths: Malawi newcomer Altona Energy is already looking to expand into other countries

Inner circles How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

Inner circles The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

In Focus
Truckers in the Copperbelt forced to re-enact Mad Max at the hands of the Chinese

Spotlight
Geo services giant RosGeo falls short of Putin's expectations in power struggle with China and US

In Focus
Southern Africa's other green revolution

Spotlight
Cabo Delgado: Hendrik Bam, the linchpin of Dyck Advisory Group's operations

Spotlight
China's Poly Technologies gets in with Sisi's army thanks to IMUT's armoured vehicles

Spotlight
South African army stands by to go into Cabo Delgado

Inner circles
How Daphne Mashile-Nkosi has kept the helm of troubled Kalagadi Manganese

Inner circles
The many contacts of new African vanadium spark, Fortune Mojapelo