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Fleeing: Media is urged to stop calling white South Africans who relocated to United States ‘refugees’.

SA’s moral, technical high ground upends unipolar narrative

The “white genocide” narrative works inside this wider machinery. It racialises South Africa’s internal contradictions for foreign consumption. It turns a country struggling with…

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo

We want our own nuclear energy now, says Mantashe

The minister called on the US to give South Africa rights to develop nuclear energy

Fissile hoard threatens key SA-US deal

Confusion and uncertainty about nuclear security could hurt South Africa’s favoured nation status.

Pelindaba nuclear facility

M&G Newsroom: What’s the big nuclear blowout about?

Valindaba could be one of SA’s biggest cash cows yet. But it’s difficult to discuss nuclear energy in a country that knows little about it.

Necsa’s Pelindaba site is still active

Back to Valindaba: SA’s plan to enrich uranium

Experts say Valindaba, South Africa’s big new nuke idea, could be a viable niche or an expensive failure.

Obama rescues the Grand Canyon

Environmental groups have praised US President Barack Obama’s move to limit uranium mining near one of the world’s natural wonders, the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon uranium mining banned for 20 years

Environmental groups have hailed a ban on new mining claims around the Grand Canyon, saying it will secure Barack Obama’s green legacy.

Iran produces first uranium yellowcake from southern mine

Iran has produced its first batch of uranium yellowcake, the raw material for enrichment, from a mine in the south of the country.

Tiny box causes explosive trouble

Tiny box causes explosive trouble

Nuke experts fear amateurs may not be the only ones moving uranium

SA turns apartheid-era nukes into medicine

SA has transformed nuclear weapons into a tool for detecting cancer and heart disease, with a new technology that could ease nuclear arms trafficking

Iran warns Western powers will ‘regret’ sanctions

West wants solidarity as Iran steps up nuclear programme

Iran has declared it will begin enriching its uranium stockpile to a higher level, further raising fears over the country’s nuclear ambitions.

‘Don’t drink the water’

‘Don’t drink the water’

Cancer plagues people living near Westonaria mine.

SA may step in to cut uranium exports

South Africa has put a provision in its nuclear policy to restrict uranium exports to satisfy local demand.

Major powers to offer Iran deal to end nuclear row

Top European Union diplomat Javier Solana will present Iran with a major powers’ offer of trade and other benefits on Saturday.