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Modernisation: Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe at the Investing in African Mining
Indaba 2026. Photo: Mining Indaba

AI funding set to bring mining into 21st century

Minerals Minister Gwede Mantashe says the country faces challenges in developing an effective system for exploration and mining licences

Forward looking: Alibaba Group aims to have its global data centres
running entirely on clean energy by 2030. Photo: Alibaba Group

The Global South’s new AI architects

The rise of Chinese AI is not just a story of national success; it is a story of how China is capturing the “means of development” for the entire world. By providing efficient,…

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

Blood dollars to water pistols: Tale of the unwanted tourist

After the stall during 2020’s pandemic, travellers have come storming back exponentially each year

Best places to visit in Dubai for couples

Romantic options include a trip to the desert, a dinner date at the Burj Khalifa, a sunset cruise on Dubai Creek or a visit to the Dubai Miracle Garden

Binge travel: Reinventing the bucket list for 2024

Fans are travelling to locations where their favourite shows are shot, and where their top artists perform

TotalEnergies (formerly known as Elf, and then Total) was, in 1971, aware of the harmful effects of global warming caused by burning fossil fuels. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Countdown for Mozambique mega gas project quickens

TotalEnergies is preparing for the resumption in early 2024 of its stalled $23 billion liquified natural gas project

Fuelling destruction: A protest at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates. Photo: Dominika Zarzycka/Getty Images

People power needed to boot the fox out of the henhouse

The influence of proponents of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate conference represents a dangerous conflict of interests

An event banner outside the Al Wasl dome in the Green Zone ahead of the COP28 climate conference at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Photo: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

COP28 launches loss and damage fund

Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and the UAE, plus the European Union, have committed $420 million to the fund, with contributions from other countries…

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What to look out for at COP28

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Firefighters battle a blaze on Signal Hill in Cape Town. Wildfires are likely to become frequent. Photo: Rodger Bosch/Getty Images

UN report: Funding gap for adaptation much wider than anticipated

Wealthy nations default on payments for climate adaptation

COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber. (F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The president-designate of the climate change conference is an oil man

The President is the CEO of a major global oil company

: Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President-Designate of the UNFCCC COP28 climate conference and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, speaks at the UNFCCC SB58 Bonn Climate Change Conference on June 8, 2023 in Bonn, Germany. The conference, which lays the groundwork for the adoption of decisions at the upcoming COP28 climate conference in Dubai in December, will run until June 15. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)

Phase out, don’t phase down fossil fuels as Sultan Al Jaber states, say his critics

The COP28 president-designate said governments must be brutally honest about gaps in tackling climate change

Justice denied: People protest outside the United Arab Emirates’ embassy calling for the Gupta brothers’ speedy extradition to face state capture charges in South Africa . Photo: Deaan Vivier/Getty Images

Lost in translation: This is why the Gupta extradition request has stalled

The state is concerned that its application two months ago to get Atul and Rajesh Gupta in the dock may not be honoured

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Tashas goes international

Is Tashas our next culinary export? Tashas Group will be adding locations in South Africa, Dubai and London

Big menu: Tashas Group is planning to open two new Flamingo Rooms next year.

From South Africa to the world: Could Tashas be the next Nando’s?

Natasha Sideris, the founder and chief executive of Tashas Group, details the group’s expansion plans in the United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom