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By MICHELLE GUMEDE

Two enormous sandlike dunes at an old chemical processing plant in South Africa are at the center of an exploratory U.S.-backed project to extract highly sought-after rare earth elements from industrial mining waste.

The Bank’s credibility has been invaluable in the present turmoil

Slipper Day is an annual fundraising initiative that brings South Africans together to show their support for children with life-threatening illnesses. We call on the nation to buy their R20 Slipper Day stickers and wear their fuzzy footwear out in the world, whether they’re in a classroom or a boardroom.

South Africa’s fruit-growing regions play a significant role in both the country’s agricultural economy and its travel landscape.

The recent IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington delivered a sobering reality—a 23% collapse in global development aid, soaring borrowing costs for African nations, and Western donors cutting funding for the second consecutive year.

South Africa’s international trade agreements to get free procurement pass.

Thousands of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa should note that this temporary exemption permit does not allow for them to directly convert to becoming permanent residents, despite recent suggestions to this effect.

Th ere are now over 13 million South Africans of voting age, who are not registered to vote.

If past voter registration drives are anything to go by, t he IEC may spend up to R419 million per registration drive ahead of the local government elections in November , in the hope to add a portion of the eligible but currently unregistered pool of South Africans to the voters roll. ...

The National Treasury has today published the draft General Public Procurement Regulations,
2026 and draft Public Procurement Tribunal Regulations, 2026 for public comment in terms of
section 63(1) of the Public Procurement Act, 2024 (Act No. 28 of 2024), as communicated
through notices in Government Gazette Numbers 54528 and 54527 respectively. The draft
regulations and the notices can be ...

South Africa’s central bank governor broke sharply with the global “wait-and-see” mood about the impact of the Iran war, saying the bank cannot be “complacent” and will not wait for early price shocks to filter through Africa’s biggest economy.