Posts by Entrepreneur South Africa
Indonesia’s New Nickel Mining Rules Could Spark A Chinese Exodus
Aerial view of nickel smelters operated by Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry in Morosi, Indonesia. (Photo by Andry Denisah/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Indonesia’s nickel boom is fading but the Chinese technology which made it possible could soon start a similar surge of overproduction of the battery metal in Africa. A…
Read MoreIn Her Memoir, Jill Biden Continues to Avoid Reality
The best rationale for First Lady memoirs is that the domestic details they offer can serve as a lever, lifting the reader from the mundane to reach some larger ideal that is, if not political, at least profound. Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” was, in many ways, a disquisition on how she went from disliking politics—“In my…
Read MoreAnother airline files for bankruptcy protection, cancels flights
The string of small airlines filing for bankruptcy following the surge in jet fuel prices continues. Along with the high-profile collapse of major low-cost airline Spirit Airlines, Mexican holiday carrier Magnicharters also filed for bankruptcy protection in Mexico City in May while British cargo airline European Cargo entered administration (the UK equivalent of bankruptcy) at the start…
Read MoreCroc attack twins visit crocodile conservation project
When Georgia Laurie saved her twin sister Melissa’s life by punching a crocodile in the face, it was surely unlikely either would have wanted to see another one again. But five years on, the pair are visiting a crocodile conservation project in Central America. “We were just hoping that the very thing that put us…
Read MoreAI chip demand lifts South Korea to strongest growth in years
South Korea’s economy grew by 1.8% in the first quarter amid continued demand for computer and memory chips driven by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, central bank figures showed on Tuesday. The quarterly rise in gross domestic product (GDP) was the strongest in five and a half years for the country, according to figures from…
Read MoreItalian prosecutors to probe Israeli minister Ben-Gvir over flotilla abuse
Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over treatment of Italian nationals detained during the interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. Italian news agency ANSA reported on Monday that prosecutors in Rome had placed Ben-Gvir under investigation in connection with a video he posted following the detention of…
Read MoreReconAfrica begins production testing at Kavango West 1X in Namibia
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd (TSX-V:RECO, OTCQX:RECAF, FRA:0XD) and partners NAMCOR and BW Energy have started production testing operations at the Kavango West 1X well in Namibia, marking what the company calls the first cased production test in the country. The test will evaluate six zones totalling 420 metres of hydrocarbon-bearing rock across two formations. In…
Read MoreEdmonia Lewis, the Misunderstood Sculptor Who Brought Stone to Life
The exhibition opens with Lewis’s sculpture “Forever Free” (1866-67). Roughly three and a half feet tall, it shows a man and a woman who’ve just heard the news of the Emancipation Proclamation. The man, shirtless and in cropped trousers, raises his broken shackles in one hand and puts his other on the shoulder of the…
Read MoreA World-Class Omakase in America’s Most Landlocked State
Many of the commercial strips in Omaha, a city of about half a million people, have the air of a nineties college town, with low-slung blocks of row houses punctuated by dive bars and cafés, thrift stores and record shops. If the city is known for anything, food-wise, it’s beef; from the mid-nineteenth century to…
Read MoreFujimori holds narrow lead in Peru’s presidential run-off
Right-wing conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori is narrowly ahead in Peru’s presidential run-off vote, followed closely by left-wing contender Roberto Sánchez, according to initial results. Fujimori, the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, has garnered some 53%, while Sánchez stands at 47%, the electoral commission said, with more than 45% votes counted following Sunday’s election. The…
Read MoreNew footage released marking two years since Operation Arnon, rescuing four hostages from Hamas
The footage shows the Israel Police Counterterrorism Unit officers, who arrived at both locations simultaneously, rescuing hostages and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Hamas’s Nukhba terrorists. New footage of the IDF’s Operation Arnon was released on Sunday to mark two years since the operation, which led to the rescue of four hostages, Noa Argamani, Shlomi…
Read More‘Never again!’ March in France for girl whose killing sparked outcry
The grieving parents of an 11-year-old girl whose suspected killing has sparked outrage in France over failures to protect children on Sunday joined thousands of people for a silent march in her memory. The body of the girl, named as Lyhanna, was found last week after she went missing on May 29 near the southwestern…
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