London: Investing in African Mining Indaba (Mining Indaba), part of Hyve Group Plc, partners with Investec CIB to announce the panellists for their CPD certified analyst-led roundtable. Taking place on 30 March at 13:00 (GMT+1).
Featured panellists include:
Nkateko Mathonsi, Analyst, Investec CIB
Ruben Fernandes, CEO of Base Metals, Anglo American
Denis Sharypin, Director of Strategic Marketing, Norilsk Nickel
Despite the ongoing challenges of the global epidemic, the price of metals with applications to the energy sector have reached record highs. This year, the copper price touched heights not seen in nearly a decade, while platinum lingers around its highest price since 2014. Demand for these metals and others are crucial for the green energy revolution is expected to remain strong and the boost from stimulus spending will likely lead to a boom that echoes the last “super cycle” that kicked off in the early 2000s.
As governments prepare to embark on a new wave of infrastructure spending to stimulate growth in a post-pandemic world, the CPD certified roundtable led by Nkateko Mathonsi, Analyst at Investec CIB will ask the question ‘are we on the brink of a new commodity “super cycle”?’. Producers and explorers of copper, nickel, lithium, vanadium and manganese will deliberate on the role in which these metals will play in the momentous shift to green energy. Exploring the supply and demand fundamentals as well as the various technologies likely to underpin the respective markets in the medium to long-term.
The roundtable is open to approved participants of the Virtual Investment Programme run by Mining Indaba, register now. For more information, please click here.
The roundtable will coincide with the Virtual Investment Programme (launching 30-31 March), a two-day programme of highly targeted and optimised investment meetings and world-leading content exclusive for the global mining finance community as well as junior and mid-tier mining companies. For more information on how to join the Virtual Investment Programme, please click here.
Tongaat Hulett, best known as a sugar producer, is selling its starch business (with three milling plants in southern Gauteng) to the KLL Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barloworld Logistics Africa. The Meyerton plant is pictured below.
The R5.3-billion transaction was in doubt because of concerns about the value of the business expressed by the buyer in the context of Covid-19 but the Competition Tribunal in July 2020 approved the deal.
The temporary closure of the Tshwane Market due to the pandemic brought a quick reaction from RSA Group and Freshling. Within 48 hours a new facility in Midrand was up and running and on the first day, more than 340 pallets of fresh produce were available for sale.
The Fresh Produce Market in Johannesburg is South Africa’s biggest market. The region’s other metropolitan areas, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni, also have busy markets. The Springs Fresh Produce Market accounts for 3% of South African market share.
Gauteng’s agricultural sector is concentrated on producing vegetables. There is commercial farming in the southern sector of the province (part of South Africa’s maize triangle) and the farming of cotton, groundnuts and sorghum is undertaken in areas near Bronkhorstspruit (east) and Heidelberg (in the south).
Credit: Tongaat Hulett
The province is home to some of South Africa’s biggest agricultural companies, including AFGRI. Africa’s largest feedlot for cattle is located in Heidelberg: Karan Beef’s facility can accommodate 120 000 cattle. The feedmill processes 1 400 tons per day and the associated abattoir in Balfour in neighbouring Mpumalanga sometimes deals with 1 800 head of cattle per day.
The Kanhym Agrimill in Vereeniging is one of three in the company’s portfolio, which collectively processes 250 000 tons of animal feed annually. Kanhym Estates is the largest producer of pigs in the country. There are many poultry farm and production facilities in Gauteng. Companies include Astral Foods, RCL Foods and Daybreak Farms.
A R400-million agro-processing plant was launched in 2019 in the Gauteng Industrial Development Zone (GIDZ). The GIDZ is located at OR Tambo International Airport and is intended to encourage exports of high-value goods.
The Provincial Government of Gauteng has set up Action Labs to focus on agriculture and agro-processing with a focus on land tenure issues and improving food security. If food producers can be linked to the value chain then township economies can benefit.
In almost every aspect of the spatial planning being carried out by the Gauteng Provincial Government, agriculture and agro-processing are key components, either of Special Economic Zones (SEZ), industrial parks or agri-parks. Plans for the Western Corridor, for example, include an agro-processing park and logistics hub.
Source: Volkswagen South Africa via Eastern Cape Business
In 2019 the Uitenhage plant of Volkswagen Group South Africa created a new production record of 161 954 vehicles, with 108 422 destined for the export market. Sales for the group were also good, with 29 619 new Polo Vivos purchased in the year.
Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen are breaking records.
Mercedes-Benz consistently breaks records for the number of cars it exports through the Port of East London via Transnet Port Terminals. The company is spending about R10-billion to prepare its plant to manufacture the new C-Class. The plant will also become an IT Hub with a focus on data analytics, software development and business analysis. About 90 new jobs will be created.
Home-grown manufacturer of powertrain and catalytic converter assembly systems, Jendamark, pictured below, continues to expand. With operations in Germany and India, the company exports to 18 countries.
Continental Tyre South Africa is producing a 19-inch tyre for the first time at its New Brighton facility in Port Elizabeth.
The growing sport utility vehicle sector is increasing demand for these tyres, which previously had to be imported. Isuzu SA has completed its consolidation project, with truck and bakkie manufacturing now taking place at its new headquarters in Struandale, Port Elizabeth.
Phase 1 in the construction process of the vehicle assembly plant of Beijing Automotive Group South Africa (BAIC SA) is complete. The total project involves an investment of R11-billion. BAIC expects to be building 50 000 vehicles per year at its site at Coega SEZ by 2022.
Assembly systems manufacturer Jendamark has expanded to India and Germany.
The provincial government aims for more diversification in manufacturing and is targeting sectors where the province already has a competitive advantage (such as wool and mohair), is labour intensive, will have a broad impact and has low barriers for SMME entry. Sectors targeted include: agri-processing and food; timber; tourism; construction; chemicals; energy and mariculture.
First National Battery, a Metair Group company, has one factory at Fort Jackson (plastic components) and two factories in East London, one for automotive batteries, the other for industrial batteries.
Mpact runs two corrugated packaging convertor facilities in the Eastern Cape, at Deal Party in Port Elizabeth and Gately Township, East London. The company recently spent R150-million on doubling capacity at the Port Elizabeth plant.
Bodene, a subsidiary of Fresenius Kabi, makes intra-venous medicine in Port Elizabeth. East London hosts Johnson & Johnson’s finance, operations and research and development divisions.
Aspen Pharmacare’s R1-billion specialised product facility at Port Elizabeth will add 500 jobs to the existing staff of 2 000. The new plant will make products for chronic conditions. Annual production of about 3.6-billion tablets is planned.
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government has announced that a medical school has been allocated to the province.
Nelson Mandela University (NMU) will start offering classes in 2021. The Missionvale campus, near to the Dora Nginza Provincial Hospital, will be the site for the school. A school for vets is being considered for Fort Hare University.
A new medical school is to be established.
At the other end of the age scale, early childhood development (ECD) is to become part of the standard basic education system. It is believed that this will help to improve results of school pupils.
Image: Rhodes University
Among the important work being done at Rhodes University’s new Biotechnology Innovation Centre (pictured) is research on the basic and applied sides of stem cell biology. Helping pregnant women in rural areas is another focus: a cellphone app will send colour pictures of test strips to diagnostic centres, saving the patient a long and difficult journey to hospital.
The University of Fort Hare is leading three innovative studies into biogas including a project investigating compressed biogas for public transport. The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) is working with Fort Hare on a pilot scheme of biodigesters for households.
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and the University of South Africa (UNISA) offer vocational training (diplomas) and academic programmes (degrees).
There are several examples in the Eastern Cape of collaboration between the manufacturing sector and educational institutions.
General Motors SA has assigned R3.6-million to a Chair in Mechatronics at NMU, which offers a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechatronics, covering electronics, mechanical engineering and computer-aided design. Volkswagen supports the International Chair in Automotive Engineering at NMU. Rhodes University’s Centre for Environmental Water Quality, within the Institute for Water Research, is sponsored by Unilever. The NMU Institute of Chemical Technology commercialises research through a body called InnoVenton and has several clients in the private sector.
Another NMU body, eNtsa, supports the manufacturing sector through research in areas such as automotive, power generation and petrochemicals. eNtsa is supported by the Technology Innovation Agency.
The Provincial Government of the Eastern Cape is supporting skills training in the maritime sector through the Maritime Youth Development Programme.
The Eastern Cape has eight Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) colleges, most of which have more than one campus: Buffalo City, Port Elizabeth, Lovedale, King Hintsa, Ingwe, King Sabata Dalinyebo, Ikhala and Eastcape Midlands College.
The Botshabelo Industrial Park is situated approximately 60 km from the economic hub on the eastern side of the Mangaung Metro. The industrial area was developed in 1985 with the assistance of DBSA.
The Free State Development Corporation (FDC) oversees and administers a diverse and substantial portfolio. If you are a small, medium, micro enterprise or a labour intensive company in search of suitable industrial and commercial premises, look no further.
FDC’s Property Management Unit offers rental space for your small to medium enterprise at affordable rates through its diverse and substantial property portfolio. Over the years the unit has provided business premises to the general public, business people and government departments who want to initiate projects. The unit has also been instrumental in providing warehousing, manufacturing space, offices and space in various shopping centres across the province.
Offering you quality services
Overseeing a total of 253 commercial and 290 industrial properties, FDC uses this infrastructure to:
Facilitate commercial and industrial activity;
Assist new investors who may be looking for suitable premises;
Facilitate SMME development, particularly in rural areas.
Our spread
The substantial property portfolio makes FDC one of the biggest property owners in the province with industrial, residential and commercial properties in excess of 900 000 m² situated in the Mangaung Metro and Thabo Mafutsanyana District.
Our industrial properties are located in:
Thaba Nchu
Botshabelo
Industriqwa, Harrismith
Phuthaditjhaba
Our cost structures
FDC’s property rates of leasing are competitive and compare favourably with similar industrial and commercial properties elsewhere in the country.
FDC’s industrial property rates currently range from R9.08 to R16.09 per square metre for factory space, depending on the features of the property, and from R30 to R96 per square
metre for commercial premises and are adjusted from time to time in line with prevailing economic conditions.
Incentives
Incentives may be granted in the form of rental holidays, reduced rental rates and discounts on utilities for investments contributing to job creation on a large scale.
Black Economic Empowerment
Concessions which may be granted to businesses with more than 50% black ownerships include the following:
A discount of 10% on normal rental rates
An additional discount of 2% for women-owned businesses, where women have more than 50% shareholding in the business
An additional discount of 2% for youth-owned entities where more than 50% of shareholding in the business belongs to individuals below the age of 35
An additional discount of 2% for businesses where disabled persons hold 25% shareholding or more.
These concessions do not apply in instances of lease renewals or existing leases.
Three easy steps to occupying your new premises
Once FDC has identified a suitable site for your business, you will have to confirm your interest in the site in writing with the corporation.
Within a week of receiving the confirmation and all legal documentation, premises will be allocated based on the availability and the specific requirements of the prospective tenant. You will sign the agreement and pay the initial costs which include the following:
deposits;
admin and legal fees;
two month’s rental in advance.
You will be able to occupy the premises after FDC has prepared the building according to the agreed requirements.
Contact the FDC
For more information regarding factory space to rent please contact us:
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The organisers of Enlit Africa are pleased to confirm and announce new dates for the 2021 event as 8-10 June 2021, now in digital format. The live discussions, expert speakers, networking and product showcases you have come to expect from Clarion Events Africa, however, will remain unchanged.
Enlit Africa, formerly African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, was originally scheduled to take place live from the 11-13 May and the next live edition of the conference and exhibition has been scheduled to 7 – 9 June 2022, Cape Town International Convention Centre.
The Digital Enlit Africaevent will take place from 8-10 June 2021 and will deliver the live discussions, expert speakers, networking and product showcases you have come to expect from Clarion Events Africa.
With our very successful and innovative transition from live events to digital conferencing and networking, we have seen high levels of attendees and engagement through our digital platform, Enlit Africa-Connect. This supports our efforts to continue building a strong community of Africa’s power, energy and water industry professionals despite the current challenges of attending in person events.
As Africa’s power, energy and water industry’s partner of choice, Enlit Africa will continue to contribute to the sector, providing a platform to connect stakeholders and facilitating profitable relationships throughout the year by offering an exciting line-up of content, round-table discussions and networking.
We understand that rescheduling the Enlit Africa event may bring with it many questions. If you have any concerns or queries, please feel free to contact us directly.
Chanelle Hingston
Group Director: Power & Energy Africa
Clarion Energy
Digital has become the banking buzzword. The term that defines investment, innovation and system transformation. Digital is as much an economy as the financial transactions that make up the lifeblood of the banking industry, and it allows for legacy systems and platforms to shift deliverables and insights, tangibly.
Digital payment solutions, particularly, have become invaluable to banks, providing data-rich insights that can be leveraged to engage with different industries, sectors and companies.
A recent analysis by Deloitte SME Digital Payments found that digital payments provide small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with the opportunity to improve business operations and strategically manage payments and develop value-added services. This is the opportunity for the SME – a landscape suddenly opened up by the versatility of digital payment solutions and the chance to digitise operations and minimise some of the financial challenges that come with running a business. For the banks, digital payments and SME adoption offer up a rich ecosystem into which they can inject their value and further support their engagements with this versatile sector.
Murray Gardiner, MD of Bluecode Africa
It has become critical for financial institutions to have these engagements. As innovation around FinTech continues to evolve and new financial models become increasingly accessible, banks are under pressure to pull on digital to remain relevant. They need to ensure that the customer experience is seamless, that the SME is given the tools needed to thrive, and that their solutions and services are positioned correctly. In this, digital payment solutions offer banks a chance to not only connect with the SME in a space that they need, but to pull on the data that these platforms provide to continue to evolve solutions to match SME demand.
However, the digital payment solution used needs to be one that is integrated with the bank and that is capable of baking both security and value-added services into the inherent functionality. With a digital payment platform, banks can use an account-based payment method that’s directly connected to their individual banking application. This minimises reliance on card-based schemes, cash, or alternative digital transaction tools that offer little insight into customer behaviour patterns. This will then allow for the bank to enhance the customer journey throughout the payment process, using the anonymised insights provided by the system to provide SMEs with the tools they need.
With modern account rail-based payments, anonymous digital tokens represent the customer without having any data associated with them. This not only ensures compliance with data protection regulation – General Data Protection Regulation (GDRP) and Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards – but it allows for improved security, and richer data insight manoeuvrability. This has the added benefit of giving the merchants more scope to enhance their own customer engagements, trickling the benefits downwards to pull transactions onwards in an ecosystem that serves everyone. Customer information is secure and private, and data is accessible and usable.
As the payment experience is set to change even more over the next few years, particularly after the global pandemic, it has become incredibly important for banks to invest into SME networks and technical infrastructure that allow for them to develop intelligent solutions and value-added services.
By adding in a rich payment layer that includes loyalty programmes and integrated account-based payments, the banks can make digital payments an integral part of the user journey and value proposition. The move to a digital payment platform allows for the banks to build a more robust business base by pulling on the data and insights from the SME and using this to engage more profitably. It also puts them into the race to preserve their space in the financial race, especially if they invest into digital tools that allow them to expand their digital offerings, payment services, and engage more effectively with the market.
The future lies in leveraging digital payment innovation to balance the banks more securely on the shifting sands of SME and market needs. With the right partner, the banks can embark on a digitisation strategy that can really use the data effectively to create solutions that resonate with the SME and continue to hold their status as trusted service providers for the sector.
A group of Mpumalanga teachers has had the opportunity to train as master teachers for Robotics and Coding, courtesy of Sasol. The Sasol Foundation has also donated multimedia resources for teachers and pupils in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
An amount of R40-million was allocated by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government for the 2020/21 financial year in support of the Youth Development Fund, which was seeded the previous year with funding of R10-million.
The Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust (MRTT) is a Section 21 company with several sites in the province, including a Hospitality and Tourism Academy at Karino outside Nelspruit. The trust’s construction-training facility is accredited as a Construction Centre of Excellence. The Southern African Wildlife College is located near the Orpen Gate on the edge of the Kruger National Park.
A public-private partnership, MRTT intends increasing graduate numbers and is aiming for 50 000 young people to be trained in courses such as plumbing, painting, electrical, bricklaying and plastering in the three years to 2023.
A provincial bursary scheme has assisted more than 3 334 students who are studying in fields such as medicine, veterinary science, information technology, aviation, education and engineering. The artisan development programme in partnership with Hydra Arc is progressing well, with Sasol having committed to taking on all qualified apprentices from the academy in Secunda.
The University of Mpumalanga enrolled 3 220 students in 2019, a marked increase on quiet beginnings in 2014 when the university started life with 167 students. The university has added bachelor’s degrees in arts and commerce to its initial offering of academic courses in education and agriculture and a diploma in hospitality. Geology will soon be offered as part of a BSc. The main campus is at Mbombela with satellites at Siyabuswa (a former education college) and KaNyamazane, which hosts hospitality studies.
Mpumalanga has three Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges, with an enrolment of over 36 000. UNISA, the Tshwane University of Technology and the Vaal University of Technology also have satellite campuses in the province.
A sixth rural boarding school, Thaba Chweu Boarding School in the Ehlanzeni District, has opened and a further six are due for construction. These schools make access to education easier for rural children who would otherwise have to travel long distances.
Oranjeville, on the southern banks of the Wilge River, is the site of a fisheries project. The river flows into the Vaal River and the town is located in the Metsimaholo Local Municipality (under which Sasolburg also falls) within the Fezile Dabi District Municipality.
Five agri-parks are planned in each of the Free State’s district municipalities. The concept brings together farmers, traders and agro-processors at convenient sites. Support for rural smallholders will be available in terms of equipment hire from a central source, storage facilities, packaging of produce and getting products to market.
As part of the agri-parks programme a warehouse is under construction at Springfontein and the Thaba Nchu abattoir is being upgraded. In Sediba, Farmer Production Support Units supplied a tractor and implements to participants. A goat development project has been launched by the provincial government, intended to create agriculture opportunities for young people and women.
Key to the growth of these small-scale operations is access to finance and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is a key role-player in the Free State. The launch of the Maluti-A-Phofung Special Economic Zone (MAP SEZ) has created another platform to boost the agro-processing and agro-logistics sectors.
Cannabis is a potential new sector. A Cannabis Expo was held in November 2019 at which experts, industry leaders and regulators met to discuss the economic benefits of medicinal cannabis. A provincial strategy will be developed in the course of 2020/21.
Company news
The Agriculture RSA division of chemical group Omnia has bought Oro Agri Opportunities, a producer of agriculture biologicals, for a reported $100-million (Engineering News). The US-based Oro Agri has production facilities in the US, Brazil and South Africa where it makes crop protection products, fertilisers and soil conditioners.
Omnia has a big presence in Sasolburg: its facilities include an ammonium nitrate/calcium nitrate plant, two nitric acid/ammonium nitrate plants, a porous ammonium nitrate plant, granulation plants and a nitrophosphate plant. Research facilities, the Chemtech group of laboratories, 185 specialised ammonia rail tankers and another production facility at Wesselsbron (south of Bothaville) make up the balance of Omnia’s presence in the Free State.
The purchase of a 21% stake in BKB by VKB has given the latter company extended geographical reach and opportunities in new markets. While VKB is strongest in the Free State and Limpopo with a grain focus, BKB is well-established in the Eastern Cape, deals mainly in wool and mohair and runs many auctions.
VKB is already a diverse group, with the capacity to produce soybean meal and soybean cake and flour from its plants, mills and factories. Grain Field Chickens, a large abattoir in Reitz, is one of the company’s biggest facilities in the province.
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which has a 23% stake in the project, aims to help develop the Free State as the poultry hub of South Africa. VKB has six agro-processing companies including VKB Flour Mills and Free State Oil and is active in auctioning, storage, packaging and fuel sales, among other activities. VKB’s headquarters are in Reitz in the eastern part of the province and the group is one of the province’s largest employers.
The Imbani Homsek Group is an integrated dairy-products producer with one of the biggest Ayrshire herds in the world. The head office of Country Bird Holdings is in Bloemfontein: its brands are Supreme Chicken, Nutri Feeds and Ross (breeding). Country Bird Logistics controls 45 chilled and frozen vans.
Clover has three factories in the Free State: Bethlehem (milk powder, whey mixtures and creamers); Frankfort (butter, the largest such factory in the country, where ghee and roller dried milk powder is also made) and in Heilbron (whey, buttermilk, condensed milk
and packaging).
Not many rural landing strips have to deal with 376 aeroplanes and 63 helicopters in a short space of time. That’s what Bothaville had to do when it again hosted the country’s largest agricultural festival, NAMPO Harvest Day, in 2019. Grain SA’s big day had 775 exhibitors catering to 81 345 visitors.
Bothaville is on the western edge of the Free State and the town falls under the North West in the organisational chart of giant agricultural company Senwes, which has its headquarters in Klerksdorp. The rest of the Free State is divided into three regions by Senwes, which deals with about 20% of the country’s oilseeds and grain through its 68 silos.
Credit: Agricultural Research Council
The province supplies significant proportions of the nation’s sorghum (53%), sunflowers (45%), maize (45%), potatoes (33%), wheat (30%), groundnuts (32%), dry beans (26%), wool (24%) and almost all of its cherries (90%). Red meat and dairy are other important products. Game hunting is a significant sector, and several large Free State farms have been converted from stock to game farms. Crop production represents about two-thirds of the province’s gross agricultural income.
The main crops are maize and wheat. Sunflowers, sunflower seeds, sorghum and soy beans are other major crops. The Mangaung Fresh Produce Market plays a vital role in the sector, catering as it does to householders, bulk buyers, informal traders, agents and farmers.
London: Investing in African Mining Indaba (Mining Indaba), part of Hyve Group Plc, announced the winners of the First Stage: Precious Metals rounds of the Investment Battlefield. It reconvenes this week for the First Stage: Battery and Energy Exploration and Development heats, taking place 23 and 25 March at 14:00 (GMT).
The popular feature saw the global finance community tuning in to watch junior mining companies take to the virtual stage and battle for the prestigious title to a panel of expert judges including OCIM Precious Metals, Elemental Royalties, MJG Capital, Afena Capital and Triple Flag Precious Metals.
The First Stage: Precious Metals Exploration heat spotlighted precious metals explorers in Africa, companies included Antler Gold, Platinum 1 and Pelangio Exploration fighting for a spot in the final.
After careful deliberation, Antler Gold was announced the first winner for their next gold discovery within the highly prospective central Damara Mobile Belt in Namibia. The exploration activities provide an almost tenure-wide coverage of the zones by geochemical and geophysical surveys. The feedback was unanimous as Namibia is highlighted as an attractive place to conduct and operate projects, not just in Africa but globally with the recent success stories in the market.
The second heat in the First Stage: Precious Metals Development named Cora Gold the winner, up against Samara Resources and Mcharo-Kombe. It was a very close-run competition, however the emerging West African gold developer with a portfolio of prospective gold assets across Mali and Senegal, located amongst multiple operational mines. The developing Sanankoro gold project in Southern Mali and the continued regional exploration across +1,00 km² of active permits creates the largest single drill programme Cora Gold has undertaken – up to 35,000 metres, doubling the metres from previous years. It was a difficult decision, nonetheless, it has a quicker timeline to production, the ability to produce earlier than the other presenting companies coupled with already strong funding partners that will take it through production.
This week, the Investment Battlefield resumes on Tuesday 23 March for the First Stage: Battery and Energy Materials Exploration, followed by the First Stage: Battery and Energy Materials Development on Thursday 25 March. The junior mining companies include Ironridge Resources, Marenica Energy, Be Metals, Premier African Minerals and Gratomic. The panel of judges consists of Pangea Resources, Terea Africa, AMED, The Noble Group, Standard Chartered Bank and Mergence Corporate Solutions.
To find out who will be joining Antler Gold and Cora Gold in the battery metals vs gold final on 31 March and becoming the 2021 champion, click here to register for a place in the audience.
The Investment Battlefield will be held in conjunction with the Virtual Investment Programme (launching 30-31 March), a two-day programme of highly targeted and optimised investment meetings for the global mining finance community and junior and mid-tier mining companies. The final will be streamed live exclusively to participants of the programme. For more information on how to join the Virtual Investment Programme, please click here.
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