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A study of pink plastic pearls shows that Africa will have to make big sacrifices if its children are to be employed
Market pressures have driven sightholders to rebel against the high prices being set by Anglo, writes Roman Grynberg.
In the major powers, it’s called quantitative easing. In plain terms, it’s printing money. And Japan’s prime minister has begun doing it in a big way.
Namibia, Botswana and South Africa did little to halt the collapse of the beneficiation industry.
Unfair revenue-sharing in the Southern African Customs Union is getting worse, writes Roman Grynberg.
After years of importing more than it exports, Namibia must act to avoid dollar devaluation.
Africans are snapping up cheap, second-hand cars but the Southern African region pays dearly for this.
South Africa’s neighbours are dependent on the union’s short-sighted revenue-sharing formula.
An unusual internal report links shrinking union power to growing inequality – but don’t be fooled.
Rising costs have exposed flaws in a beneficiation deal that should have been clear-cut, writes Roman Grynberg.
Fishing licences for locals and the influx of traders from Zambia and the DRC should be controlled, writes Roman Grynberg.
An economic crisis is pushing Russia into a corner, potentially forcing a mass gem sale.
Low productivity and the concomitant costs are harming the local beneficiation industry.
What the country needs to do if it is to remain Number Two.
Corruption in the chain artificially raises prices, plumping the pockets of the already rich.
Sacu, though divided over internal tariffs, is uniting against foreign poultry dumping.
Tax-base erosion and profit-shifting by multinational corporations pose risks for SA, the African continent and many countries around the world.
Food security in South Africa will be put at risk if the chicken business is not safeguarded.
Perhaps the thing that stands out the most in international coffee trade is the obvious injustice towards African, Asian and Latin American rowers.
Africa does not have the same coffee export volumes to follow what Latin America did in the 1970s, but the ingredients for success are the same.
