<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2404/735022-208x117.jpg?2" width="208" height="117" alt="Terena Chetty, Head of Strategy at 1Africa Consulting" ><br><span >Terena Chetty, Head of Strategy at 1Africa Consulting&lt;/span><p>Climate change refers to changes in weather patterns that fundamentally affect the world both regionally and on a global scale. Throughout history, such changes have taken place naturally, sometimes due to cataclysmic events such as meteor impacts on the surface of the Earth.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com ..read more

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<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2404/734732-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Sibanye-Stillwater's Marikana complex has faced the brunt of the PGM crisis" ><br><span >Sibanye-Stillwater's Marikana complex has faced the brunt of the PGM crisis&lt;/span><p>Sibanye-Stillwater has decided to permanently close its 4 Belt (4B) shaft at the Marikana operation after failing to restore profitability at the ageing mine., the latest sign of distress in the global platinum group metals (PGM) industry. The closure will result in 65 job losses.</p>&l ..read more

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<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2404/734688.jpg" width="208" height="117" alt="Teacher vacancies soar to over 31,000 in South Africa" ><p>The Minister of Basic Education of South Africa Angie Motshekga has recently revealed in a written parliamentary reply that there are currently 31,462 teacher vacancies in the country. The response was to a question posed by Democratic Alliance's (DA) Baxolile Nodada.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/teacher-vacancies-soar-to-over-31000-in-south-africa-342418a">Read more...</a> | <a href ..read more

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