Month: October 2025

  The Edge (https://Edge-Arabia.com/), the Middle East-based content creation and production company, a subsidiary of the UK’s prestigious Zinc Media Group, today announced the opening of its first official office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.     The Edge has been working in the Kingdom for more than 15 years, producing award-winning documentaries, brand films, and events for leading organisations including Aramco, the BBC, Ithra, SABIC, and Red Sea Global. With the […]

  Despite the continued need for more women representation in male-dominated sectors, women are increasingly taking up leadership roles in Africa’s mining and construction sectors, with a growing number of female CEOs signaling a shift in organizational culture. This was the message from a panel of female mining industry executives at African Mining Week 2025, who emphasized that while legislation has assisted in opening doors, women are demonstrating that their […]

  South Africa’s dominant role in the platinum group metals (PGMs) sector, producing 80% of the world’s platinum, gives the country significant strategic influence over the global market, a panel discussion featuring PGM industry players highlighted during African Mining Week 2025. The panel discussion further emphasized the need to leverage this drive greater value addition through downstream beneficiation and advanced manufacturing to ensure that South Africa captures more of the […]

  The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation has welcomed the announcement that the Minister of Water and Sanitation intends to initiate an investigation into a series of governance concerns that have emerged within the past month. The committee called for the process to be expedited to ensure the water utility’s integrity and credibility is preserved, particularly as it seeks external funding for major infrastructure projects. “The various media reports, […]

  The latest issue of Mining Review Africa is now available — and it’s one you won’t want to miss. This edition shines a light on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in Africa’s mining sector, showcasing the companies and organisations driving transformation across the industry.   Issue 5 also dives deep into Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and minerals processing, revealing how leading companies are engineering smarter, more sustainable mining […]

  The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) today welcomed the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal, which has upheld the recognition of His Majesty King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the rightful monarch of the AmaZulu nation. The Chairperson of the committee, Dr Zweli Mkhize, said the ruling brings much-needed closure and finality to a matter that has been the subject of deep public concern and division […]

  The joint parliamentary oversight delegation concluded the first day of its engagement with Eastern Cape municipalities with a firm call for greater accountability in local government. The delegation comprising the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the Standing Committee on the Auditor-General engaged with the province’s two metros, the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and the Buffalo City Metro, as well as the Amathole District Municipality on […]