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Financial Times content to be used to help train artificial intelligence

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STUART THEOBALD: What happens next in the Anglo-BHP bid could be high drama

The proposed transaction is the most material to have hit the SA corporate sector for some time

ALEXANDER PARKER: The futility of the upstream petroleum resources bill

The bill will fail to deliver anything to any of its intended stakeholders

All South Africans must be part of journey to freedom, says Cyril Ramaphosa

The president was writing after SA marked the 30th anniversary of the first democratic elections this past weekend

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EDITORIAL: BHP bid a wake-up call for company and country

While Anglo will have to deliver the ‘self-help’ it promised, losing it would marginalise SA even more

JONATHAN MOLVER: Education bill is necessary, but fails to synchronise aspirations and reality

The challenge with the Bela bill lies in the department’s ability to implement revisions effectively at scale

Neal Froneman’s fall in pay to R55m reflects Sibanye’s woes

Plunging PGM prices have resulted in the top brass taking a cut in their salaries

MARIKA SBOROS: Scientists make progress towards creating an ‘exerise pill’

Scientific advances may be getting closer at developing compounds that mimic effects exercise and a healthy diet but the proof's not quite in the pudding yet

Namibia’s Namcor in deal with Chevron to develop offshore block

Oil companies are flocking to Namibia, excited by the country’s plans to open up a major new frontier basin

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Car company Chery creates a caregiver humanoid robot

Doll-faced Mornine will act as a salesperson, information provider and even a chef

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Inside Sibanye’s war with illegal miners

More than 450 incidents were recorded in 2023, with 1,239 arrests made at the group’s gold operations

Mpact readies for prolonged services collapse

The collapse of key infrastructure escalated in 2023, prompting a mitigation plan

Absence of rolling blackouts not due to greater use of diesel, says Eskom CEO

Dan Marokane says reliability of the power plants has improved due to the generation recovery plan

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