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• The risk problem with investors treating African energy as one market
  The 2024 El Niño drought severely impacted Southern Africa's energy infrastructure, notably Lake Kariba, exposing the diverse and complex risks investors face across the continent's energy markets. Learn why a jurisdiction-specific approach is crucial for success.
• World's largest rhino horn trafficking case ends with conviction of Dawie Groenewald
  After more than 15 years, hunting safari operator Dawie Groenewald, described as the mastermind behind the world's largest rhino horn trafficking investigation, has been convicted and sentenced in South Africa, bringing a landmark wildlife crime prosecution to a close.
• Billions promised, millions expected: Malawi's mining boom fiscal gap
  As foreign companies advance projects worth tens of billions of dollars in critical minerals, Malawi's fiscal watchdog projects the government will collect roughly $19 million (R313m) from the entire mining sector this year. Official documents, company disclosures and civil society records point to structural weaknesses in the contracts and oversight mechanisms that were meant to […]
• Bafana’s gritty draw reignites World Cup hopes
  South Africa’s Bafana Bafana secured a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Czechia in their second 2026 Fifa World Cup match. The result, marked by a late equaliser from star-player Teboho Mokoena’s penalty in the 83rd minute after Czechia had taken the lead through Sadílek, breathed new life into the team’s campaign following a disappointing opening 2-0 […]

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