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AI is not a side issue; it is an economic governance challenge that will determine who captures value, who holds power, and whose interests technology ultimately serves for decades to come. (Science Photo Library/ Sergi Laremenko)

Key sectors in South Africa: What to expect in 2025

Business, mining and payments are among the spheres where new technology will provide a boost

  • Des Erasmus
7 min read
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, Deputy Police Minister Cassel Mathale and Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen at the signing of the Durban Declaration to combat the construction mafia. (Supplied)

Government, business pledge to combat construction mafia

The Durban Declaration outlines concrete interventions to be taken to over the next 12 months

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa at the Windaba Conference in Cape Town. (Photo: X)

Ramokgopa outlines plans to ‘de-risk’ energy generation

The minister said that accelerating renewable energy is the country’s path to energy sovereignty and fighting climate change

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read