More than 1,000 miners in South Africa trapped below ground since Wednesday night are safe, following the restoration of power following a storm-related outage. The miners at a Sibanye-Stillwater Beatrix gold mine near Welkom were brought to the surface early Friday morning after power was restored at about 3 a.m.,…
As climate leaders prepare for COP23 in Bonn, Germany, next week, a new UN assessment shows that national pledges will deliver only a third of the carbon emissions reduction needed to meet 2030 climate targets. That means that even under the best of circumstances – for example, the United States…
The financial services firm KPMG South Africa announced a major shakeup in leadership following an internal investigation of its practices while doing work for the wealthy Gupta family at the center of the country’s corruption inquiries. It’s the latest move amid allegations of financial scandal that have swept the country….
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times