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VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY
VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY
2nd October 2020

The United Nations (UN) headquarters, in New York, US, pictured during the 75th yearly UN General Assembly high-level debate, which was held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. In his... 


BLAST FALLOUT
BLAST FALLOUT
25th September 2020

Following outrage over the destruction, by Rio Tinto, of rock shelters used by Aboriginal Australians as long as 46 000-years ago, the mining group announced this month that its CEO, Jean-Sebastien... 


BURNING ISSUE
BURNING ISSUE
18th September 2020

The sky turned orange in San Francisco, California, earlier this month as wildfires raged. California reported a total of 4 927 fires in 2019 and so far during 2020, during which summer... 


NOT A GAME
NOT A GAME
11th September 2020

The high-profile clash between technology giant Apple and video game developer Epic Games is starting to attract the interest of competition regulators. In August, Apple terminated Epic’s account... 


SOLAR SALUTE
SOLAR SALUTE
4th September 2020

On August 25, Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan completed the world's first parachute jump from a solar-powered aircraft, the SolarStratos. Domjan said he wanted to prove that activities such as... 


NAVIGATING HOSTILE SEAS
NAVIGATING HOSTILE SEAS
28th August 2020

The world’s largest container line, AP Moller-Maersk, reported earlier this month that it had been able to reinstate its full-year earnings guidance at a higher level than it had previously... 


GLOBAL AFTERSHOCKS: The aftershocks from the explosion in the Beirut port area, in Lebanon, on August 4 have been felt across the world. While the proximate cause was the criminal neglect of a warehouse storing thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate, the root cause appears to be a political system that sustains sectarianism and thrives on corruption. It should serve as a wake-up call to all countries, including South Africa, of the damage that can arise should corruption and political inertia be allowed to take hold for a sustained period. Photograph: Mohamed Azakir for Reuters
GLOBAL AFTERSHOCKS
21st August 2020

The aftershocks from the explosion in the Beirut port area, in Lebanon, on August 4 have been felt across the world. While the proximate cause was the criminal neglect of a warehouse storing... 


SPLASHDOWN
SPLASHDOWN
14th August 2020

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft made its historic splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in the US, on August 2. The capsule carried US astronauts Bob... 


RED PLANET RACE
RED PLANET RACE
7th August 2020

The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket, carrying an unmanned Mars probe of the Tianwen-1 mission, taking off from Wenchang Space Launch Centre in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, late last month. The rocket... 


HISTORIC ELBOW BUMP
HISTORIC ELBOW BUMP
31st July 2020

European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel do an elbow bump at the end of a news conference on July 21, which followed a four-day European... 


MONTH OF STORMS: As if the onset, in July, of the Covid-19 pandemic storm were not enough, South Africans have also been buffeted by several others. In Cape Town, people were literally drenched by sea spray thrown up by huge swells as a cold front moved into the region. Nationally, the dreaded load-shedding storm struck, owing to a combination of unplanned power station outages and a rise in demand, triggered partly by the cold weather. All the while, the ongoing lockdown continued to trigger stormy debate, with opinions strongly divided on whether schools should have remained open, the effectiveness of the alcohol and cigarette bans and whether taxi precautions are appropriate.
MONTH OF STORMS
24th July 2020

As if the onset, in July, of the Covid-19 pandemic storm were not enough, South Africans have also been buffeted by several others. In Cape Town, people were literally drenched by sea spray thrown... 


ART OF REOPENING: The Louvre museum, in Paris, has reopened its doors to the public after an almost four-month closure, owing to the coronavirus outbreak in France. There is something of an art to the reopening of the world’s busiest museum during a pandemic, though. All visitors are now expected to wear protective face masks and an online reservation system is being use to limit crowds to well below the typical 50000-a-day pre-pandemic visitor numbers. The upside is that visitors, such as those pictured here, are now able to have a less congested experience when viewing the museum’s most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, by Leonardo Da Vinci. Photograph: Charles Platiau for Reuters
ART OF REOPENING
17th July 2020

The Louvre museum, in Paris, has reopened its doors to the public after an almost four-month closure, owing to the coronavirus outbreak in France. There is something of an art to the reopening of... 


WING & PRAYER
WING & PRAYER
10th July 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni used his Supplementary Budget on June 24 to signal that dramatic action will have to be taken in the coming few years if government is to get its burgeoning debt... 


TOWER TALKS: Telecommunications group Telkom is exploring possible deals for its portfolio of about 6 500 towers as it moves to strengthen its balance sheet and preserve cash to weather a deep recession brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Demand for towers could rise as South Africa starts to roll out a 5G network. Pictured here is the iconic Telkom Tower, in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, which was developed during a very different era and when Telkom’s predecessor, the Department of Post and Telecommunications, was the only game in town.
TOWER TALKS
3rd July 2020

Telecommunications group Telkom is exploring possible deals for its portfolio of about 6 500 towers as it moves to strengthen its balance sheet and preserve cash to weather a deep recession brought... 


CRITICAL MINERAL
CRITICAL MINERAL
26th June 2020

Automotive manufacturers globally are seeking to reduce the use of cobalt in the production of their electric vehicles, owing to concerns that its extraction has been associated with human rights... 


LOST EXPORTS
LOST EXPORTS
19th June 2020

Agriculture is one of Africa’s most important economic sectors, making up 23% of the continent’s gross domestic product. Africa’s exports of food and agricultural products are worth between... 


NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE
NO PEACE WITHOUT JUSTICE
12th June 2020

Protests erupted across the US this month following the agonising and filmed death of George Floyd. Floyd succumbed to asphyxiation when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held him down... 


STIMULUS WHILE DISTANCING
STIMULUS WHILE DISTANCING
5th June 2020

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, centre, has proposed a fiscal stimulus package of €750-billion for Europe to help overcome what is being described as the deepest recession in... 


BE PREPARED
BE PREPARED
29th May 2020

While South Africa’s grade 7 and 12 learners are set to return to some form of contact learning from June 1, it will most definitely not be teaching and learning as normal. To build the confidence... 


NO MASKING HUNGER
NO MASKING HUNGER
22nd May 2020

South Africa’s R500-billion support package will help to reduce the economic distress precipitated by government’s entirely justifiable response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is wholly insufficient,... 


CONTACT TRACING
CONTACT TRACING
15th May 2020

There are genuine concerns about the privacy implications of mobile-phone contract tracing applications. As South Africa phases in more and more business activity, however, the use of... 


BRIMMING OVER
BRIMMING OVER
8th May 2020

There are fears that fuel and oil storage capacity limits could be reached during May amid ongoing weak demand across the world, despite some easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Once there is... 


NEXT PHASE
NEXT PHASE
1st May 2020

The next phase of South Africa’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is to return to usual business, but not business as usual. Physical distancing – supported by ongoing hand-washing, sanitisation... 


NO LOOKING BACK
NO LOOKING BACK
24th April 2020

There is no question that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has its genesis in the Wuhan seafood market, has fundamentally changed the lives of all humanity. It’s also clear that, once the South African... 


IN DEMAND
IN DEMAND
17th April 2020

Guidance on the use of face masks has evolved along with the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially, most authorities advised that masks be used only if you were a healthcare practitioner in close contact... 


THE CITY THAT NEVER . . .
THE CITY THAT NEVER . . .
10th April 2020

New York City is world-renowned as the city that never sleeps. As it emerged as the epicentre of the US Covid-19 pandemic, however, the city took on a decidedly less frenzied character. Pictured... 


VIRUS UPHEAVAL
VIRUS UPHEAVAL
3rd April 2020

The spread of Covid-19 is playing havoc with global supply chains and is affecting everything from copper to foodstuffs, with some countries reporting shortages of containers. South Africa, which... 


Many cities around the world have swapped their normal 24/7 hustle and bustle for eerie silence as government’s impose restrictions on movement and citizens self-isolate to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Pictured here is the post-lock-down morning rush-hour traffic as experienced on the normally busy San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, in the US. Last week, six of the biggest counties in the San Francisco Bay Area ordered people to stay home except for essential needs.
RUSH HOUR
27th March 2020

Many cities around the world have swapped their normal 24/7 hustle and bustle for eerie silence as government’s impose restrictions on movement and citizens self-isolate to prevent the spread of... 


BARRIER TO ENTRY:
BARRIER TO ENTRY:
20th March 2020

While the full economic impacts of Covid-19 are far from clear, this novel coronavirus has already exacted a major toll on the global aviation and tourism industries. In some cases, formal travel... 


ABNORMAL LOADS
ABNORMAL LOADS
13th March 2020

The transportation of the turbine components for two of the largest wind farms currently under construction in South Africa – Perdekraal East and Kangnas – was officially completed in late... 


OLDEST EXCHANGE, NEWEST INTERCHANGE:
OLDEST EXCHANGE, NEWEST INTERCHANGE:
6th March 2020 By: Martin Creamer

Sibanye-Stillwater listed on Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on February 19 to the sound of the kudu horn and the singing of safety songs by mineworkers. Sibanye delivered a phenomenal return of... 


SINGING BEE PRAISES:
SINGING BEE PRAISES:
28th February 2020

The world-renowned Ndlovu Youth Choir performed at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on February 17 to commemorate the announcement of a new black economic empowerment (BEE) scheme by AB InBev, which... 


END OF AN ERA:
END OF AN ERA:
21st February 2020

AngloGold Ashanti, the iconic gold mining company founded by the Oppenheimer family more than a century ago, confirmed last week that it had reached a R4.4-billion deal with Harmony Gold to sell... 


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