
Billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s mining giant doubles profit
Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals doubled its half-year profit as the mining giant benefited from soaring metals prices.
THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2026, 02:47

Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals doubled its half-year profit as the mining giant benefited from soaring metals prices.
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There is a way we find refuge from mourning. We distract ourselves. We move cities. We change jobs. We scroll endlessly. We convince ourselves that strength means silence. But strength is not the absence of tears. Strength is the courage to feel