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            <description><![CDATA[Standard Bank has published a bullish macroeconomic assessment of the giant Rovuma liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique, which has been described as the largest commercial project in Africa’s history but which has faced protracted delays following a deadly insurgency in Cabo Delgado in 2021. The onshore project has a current estimated capital cost of $30-billion and has been expanded to a yearly production of 18-million tonnes from an initial nameplate of 15-million tonnes.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Omnia achieved a strong performance for the financial year ended March 31, with its diversified business model and execution in its Agriculture and Mining segments enabling it to weather a complex operating environment. Speaking to Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Omnia CFO Stephan Serfontein explained that challenges in the period included maintenance shutdowns, external supply constraints, railway derailments across South Africa, infrastructure decline in the country impacting on the ports and considerable challenges with regard to water supply.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Transport (DoT) welcomes Cabinet's approval of State-owned South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) plans to close the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) e-toll historical debt, which also sees the resolution of all outstanding litigation matters. The closure of the GFIP e-toll debt is intended to provide certainty, resolve historical debt matters and support a sustainable approach to the funding, maintenance and improvement of South Africa’s national road network.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The failure of the City of Johannesburg poses a systemic risk to the entire economy, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso. The city accounts for 16% of the country's GDP and provides vital services across much of the economic base. Repeated failures in water supply, electricity and road maintenance are becoming an unacceptable risk for business.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Conflict in the Middle East was having a substantial effect on the airline industry, worldwide, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported, in its latest financial outlook report for the sector. IATA was the representative body for the global airline industry. “War-related disruptions in the Middle East and rising fuel costs have shifted the outlook for airlines to the worse,” highlighted IATA director-general Willie Walsh. “Globally, airlines are expected to see ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund (IMF) MD Kristalina Georgieva said that after facing crisis upon crisis in recent years, the world needs to build foundations that can withstand shocks that have become more frequent. “I am worried that we are not completely internalizing yet that this is how the world is going to be,” Georgieva said on Bloomberg’s podcast Leaders with Francine Lacqua. “We are not going to get to a place where shocks are gone.”]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oil prices jumped more than $4 on Monday, with investors spooked by fresh Israeli strikes on Iran as well as renewed attacks on Lebanon a day earlier. Brent crude futures rose $4.42 or 4.47% to $97.15 a barrel as of 0609 GMT, while US crude futures were up $4.07 or 4.50% at $94.61 per barrel.]]></description>
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