The dial has been turned up in the global mining industry. New mines worth an estimated $5-trillion are required over the next 10 years to supply the critical minerals for AI data centres, renewable energy and electric mobility. Read our cover story here: https://t.co/UwybHwMpKy

EDITORIAL: Joburg’s crackdown on traders smacks of apartheid "From the most basic level of barter in pre-literate times through to the lightning-like trades of modern investment platforms, there have always been buyers and sellers." https://t.co/KBIo8ge76z

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Wait for it: there are 508 political parties registered with the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). Sixty-two of them were formed over the past 18 months. By @NatashaMarrian: https://t.co/SNSKJDpeFr

The ANC could be the Grinch that spoils Christmas this year. That’s because the ANC goes to a pivotal, anything-can-happen midterm conference in December where resolutions could cause policy uncertainty. Read more by @justicemalala:

I have been working on this on the side as a hobby project. It is a Pixel Art "Resident Evil" type game taking place inside and around a pharma corporation (MediTech Pharma). The story is quite grim and the farther you go the darker it gets, even grotesque. It is about the

JAMIE CARR: Memory chips put chicken and beer on the menu. Diamond: SK Hynix: Lickin’ that chicken and beer Dog: Onset Financial: Red flags over Utah Read more here:

Last week, Nvidia became the first company in history to achieve a $5-trillion market cap. It’s impossible to actually understand the concept of that number, as it is so far removed from any rational quantity in our lives. Read more by @FinanceGhost here:

Balwin builds momentum: For investors looking for exposure to South Africa’s long-awaited housing recovery, small-cap residential developer Balwin Properties deserves a second glance. https://t.co/I1mQnsG5fF

"My first job was working during weekends and holidays at a bank’s client enquiries desk. I’d taken out a student loan from the same bank and needed to earn money to cover the monthly interest, so I started repaying it by working there." Read more:

South Africa has 43 deputy ministers. More correctly, 42 deputy ministers, as the vacancy left when the DA’s Andrew Whitfield was fired on June 27 as deputy minister of trade, industry & competition has not been filled. https://t.co/TUHOY28fXn

It’s hardly surprising (though still shocking) to learn that Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala of criminal underworld and ANC connections fame was asked to fund a campaign to decide the party’s next president. https://t.co/0ZBb8HiVyT

The WeBuyCars trading update looked a little light on the surface. Headline earnings of between 222.3c and 226.9c a share were down on the expected consensus of about 246c. Definitely not good. Read more by @SimonPB here: https://t.co/CajUAo4F32

A good week for Barbara Creecy: Transport minister Barbara Creecy basked in the glow of approval for her invitation to private business to revive South Africa’s almost nonexistent passenger train services.

DINNER PARTY INTEL: Irma Stern keeps breaking records Her 1946 portrait ‘Malay (Black Headdress)’ has been sold for R21.7m at a Strauss & Co auction in Cape Town https://t.co/1888eWbYao

In 2023, #SouthAfrica had the dubious distinction of ending up on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist. It’s not as bad as the blacklist, but still, it wasn’t good. https://t.co/lacoKvO1H5

As murk continues to swirl around the former and not-so-grand-old Duke of York, it has emerged that he is to be stripped of his honorary naval rank of vice-admiral, just days after losing his royal title of prince. https://t.co/9GppjqYEf3

At three times ebitda and a double-digit dividend yield, eMedia Holdings looks priced for extinction — a company the market has already switched off. https://t.co/RbfBOpNZCx

Life always leaves you hankering after more — the perfect home, a bigger car, more clothes, another helping of the stuff you love. Sport is the same. https://t.co/L03RMO7BTN

Health, beauty and home retailer #Clicks has long been viewed as a high-quality business and has typically traded at a premium. Yet over the past year its share price has largely tracked sideways. https://t.co/d3yaLrGcsF

Too few people know about Pholetsi Moseki, #CEO of Cricket South Africa (#CSA). This is partly because Moseki, who started the role in an acting capacity in December 2020, is no great propagandist for Pholetsi Moseki. https://t.co/LQ0JO30ssp

Technology group 4Sight Holdings has placed AI at the heart of its business model — and the numbers show the strategy is paying off. https://t.co/DwcqPWiSKN