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TOXIC BROADCAST
TOXIC BROADCAST
8th December 2017

A pedestrian, wearing a surgical mask, turns to watch a television screen while walking in Tokyo, Japan, on November 29. The television channel was broadcasting North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un’s... 


AFTER THE PARTY
AFTER THE PARTY
1st December 2017

Zimbabweans celebrated wildly after President Robert Mugabe resigned on November 21, after 37-years in power. There is little question that the his departure offers a genuine opportunity to rebuild... 


SUFFOCATING SMOG
SUFFOCATING SMOG
24th November 2017

Shrouded in smog, pedestrians walk past the iconic India Gate monument in New Delhi, India. Thick toxic smog enveloped the capital city earlier this month, forcing schools to shut down, halting... 


DÉJÀ VU
DÉJÀ VU
17th November 2017

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba addressing staff at Airways Park, alongside the OR Tambo International Airport, last week. Reporting back after the first meeting of the new South African Airways... 


ELECTRIC JOLT FOR GHOST TOWN
ELECTRIC JOLT FOR GHOST TOWN
10th November 2017

Global demand for cobalt, a component in batteries used to power electric cars for automakers from Tesla to Volkswagen, is changing the importance of the metal. Pictured above is a town sign is... 


YEAR OF TAMBO
YEAR OF TAMBO
3rd November 2017

Ambassador Thembi Tambo, in dark glasses, stands between President Jacob Zuma and her brother, Dali Tambo, who is himself flanked by his son, Oliver Tambo, at the unveiling last month of a statue... 


SOLAR IN SENEGAL
SOLAR IN SENEGAL
27th October 2017

An electricity pylon tower stands as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels sit in an array beyond at the Senergy Santhiou Mekhe PV solar plant in Thies, Senegal. The electricity produced at the 30 MW... 


ELECTRIC SPINOFF
ELECTRIC SPINOFF
20th October 2017

Aluminium components producer Sapa has reopened a British plant to supply material for the country’s first electric vehicle factory that will produce London black cabs. Pictured above, an employee... 


SOLAR WINDFALL
SOLAR WINDFALL
13th October 2017

Saudi Arabia has received an offer to supply solar electricity for the cheapest price ever recorded. Bloomberg reports that Abu Dhabi’s Masdar and Electricite de France bid to supply power from a... 


SKY WARS
SKY WARS
6th October 2017

Late last month, the US Commerce Department slapped import duties of 220% on Bombardier’s new C Series jetliner, which cost at least $6-billion to develop. The protection, which followed a... 


TOO MANY BICYCLES IN BEIJING
TOO MANY BICYCLES IN BEIJING
29th September 2017

Katie Melua’s ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ song may have been a smash hit globally, but bike-sharing schemes across many Chinese cities have now officially become a national menace. Across Chinese... 


SEEKING PROGRESS
SEEKING PROGRESS
22nd September 2017 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa have urged business, labour and government negotiators to move decisively on the finalisation of the national minimum wage... 


ONE STEP FORWARD . . .
ONE STEP FORWARD . . .
15th September 2017

Flanked by her deputy, as well as her departmental team, Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi (centre) revealed on September 1 how government proposed to break a nearly two-year impasse in the signing... 


NOT SERIOUS
NOT SERIOUS
8th September 2017

European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier (right) accused the UK late last month of not “negotiating seriously” over its withdrawal from the bloc and called on the British government to remove... 


COAST-TO-COAST ECLIPSE
COAST-TO-COAST ECLIPSE
1st September 2017

Millions of Americans across a 113-km corridor, spanning from Oregon, in the west, to South Carolina, in the east, watched as the sky darken and the sun disappeared from view during a total solar... 


MOON AMID GAS SUNRISE
MOON AMID GAS SUNRISE
25th August 2017

This photograph – taken during the launch, earlier this month, of the Sunrise Energy open-access liquefied petroleum gas facility in Saldanha Bay – shows the moon’s reflection as the sun rose over... 


PEAKS & PEEVES
PEAKS & PEEVES
18th August 2017

Construction workers pictured above build new track as part of renovation works aimed at boosting peak-time capacity by 30% at the London Waterloo train station, in the UK capital. The... 


LARGE & GRAND
LARGE & GRAND
11th August 2017

Rolls-Royce unveiled its Phantom VIII, described as its largest and grandest car ever, in late July. The revamped 2018 version is only the second modern version of the flagship state car, which... 


SPEED DATING
SPEED DATING
4th August 2017

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba checks his watch as Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) secretary-general Angel Gurría readies to depart the National Treasury, in Pretoria,... 


BREWERY EXPANSIONS
BREWERY EXPANSIONS
28th July 2017

The country’s largest brewer SAB recently announced that it would invest R2.8-billion to expand two of its Gauteng breweries: Alrode, in the south of Johannesburg, where this picture was taken, and... 


RICH HARVEST
RICH HARVEST
21st July 2017

Nigeria’s Dangote Group, which is controlled Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, revealed earlier this month that it plans to invest more than $4-billion in agriculture over the coming three... 


TESTING TIMES
TESTING TIMES
14th July 2017

News of North Korea’s July 4 intercontinental ballistic missile launch caused much concern across the world when it was broadcast last week. Described as ‘paradigm changing’, North Korea’s State... 


AGING GRACEFULLY
AGING GRACEFULLY
7th July 2017

On July 1, the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation was commemorated. Canada Day, as it is known, marks the anniversary of the1867 enactment of the Constitution Act, which united the... 


EAGLE HAS LANDED
EAGLE HAS LANDED
30th June 2017

In an effort to stand out from the crowd at the 2017 edition of the Paris air show, which took place in the French capital earlier this month, Brazilian aerospace company Embraer added a striking... 


COMBAT READY
COMBAT READY
23rd June 2017

Members of the South African National Defence Force’s Special Forces Brigade use ropes to rappel from a Denel Oryx utility helicopter in a live-fire battlefield scenario during the Air Power... 


DIGITAL CURRENCIES
DIGITAL CURRENCIES
16th June 2017

The record-breaking rally in bitcoin has captivated markets for much of this year, but Bloomberg reports that demand for other digital coins is also surging. Digital tokens tied to the blockchain... 


TEA FROM AFRICA
TEA FROM AFRICA
9th June 2017

Sacks containing tea from Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya sit stacked at the Mitchell Cotts storage warehouse in Mombasa, Kenya, last month. Bloomberg reports that Kenya’s crop production has declined as... 


BATTERY BET
BATTERY BET
2nd June 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, at the inauguration, of Deutsche Accumotive’s electric automobile battery factory, in Kamenz, Germany. The plant will assemble lithium-ion energy-storage... 


REFORM ROAD MAP
REFORM ROAD MAP
26th May 2017 By: Creamer Media Reporter

New French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “historic rebuilding” of Europe during his recent meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, which was also Macron’s first... 


THAT CAT FLIES
THAT CAT FLIES
19th May 2017 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Aerobatic pilot Scully Levine of the Flying Lions aerobatic team waves to spectators at Germiston’s Rand Airport, in Gauteng, after completing a flying display. Sponsorship of the Flying Lions was... 


IF IT’S NOT MINED . . .
IF IT’S NOT MINED . . .
12th May 2017

The well-worn phrase ‘if it’s not mined, it’s farmed’ comes to mind when analysing the business model of commodity producer and trader Glencore. While the Swiss group, with strong South African... 


RIBBON CUTTING
RIBBON CUTTING
5th May 2017

Pulp and paper producer Sappi has launched its second trial generation renewable sugar extraction demonstration plant at its Ngodwana mill, in Mpumulanga. The demonstration plant has been built in... 


BACK TO THE FUTURE
BACK TO THE FUTURE
28th April 2017 By: Creamer Media Reporter

In January, Kodak announced that it would be bringing back its iconic Ektachrome film, discontinued in 2012, owing to declining demand. Pictured above are canisters of newly manufactured film in a... 


BLUE SKY TOURISM
BLUE SKY TOURISM
21st April 2017

Blue Origin founder CEO Jeff Bezos, who is also Amazon.com CEO, inside a mock up of the New Shepard crew capsule during the Space Symposium in Colorado, the US, earlier this month. Blue Origin is... 


WOOD FOR THE . . .
WOOD FOR THE . . .
14th April 2017

For those whose job it is to see the political wood for the trees, the removal by President Jacob Zuma of the highly regarded finance pairing of Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas will undoubtly be... 


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