If you think you are seeing more Chinese vehicles on the road, you are correct. Chinese vehicle brands accounted for 9% of all passenger and light commercial vehicles (light vehicles) sold in South... 

Metair is set to acquire the entire issued share capital of AutoZone Holdings. The JSE-listed Metair is a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of automotive components and energy storage solutions. 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has started construction on a R200-million, 7 MW solar PV plant, located in Atlantis, with the first electricity to be delivered by the end of next year. The tender for... 

Zero Carbon Charge (Charge), in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), and together with the Eastern Cape provincial government, has broken ground on... 

The Lebalelo Water User Association (LWUA) has selected asset management company Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) as the preferred bidder to deliver a renewable-energy solution for the first stage... 

While South Africa is well positioned to take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the increasing demand for critical minerals globally, issues such as the need for skills development,... 

Diversified commodities major BHP has warned that the world will need $250-billion in investment over the next decade to bridge the growing gap between copper supply and surging demand. As the... 

Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). MMC’s... 

The biggest takeaway from the hugely profitable Mogale tailings retreatment (MTR) operation, which was commissioned west of Johannesburg by Pan African Resources on Thursday, is that one can make a... 

The relationship that vanadium development company Vanadium Resources (VR8) is striking up with China Energy International Group could give the Steelpoortdrift project developer an answer to many... 

Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold officially launched the development of a Super Pit at its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia on Wednesday, with President Hakainde Hichilema and members of his Cabinet... 

Meeting the 193-million-ton rail stretch target set under the newly launched second phase of the partnership between business and government would require a significant amount of work and... 

With South Africa facing a critical shortage of skilled and qualified artisans and engineers, steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) fully Quality Council for Trades and Occupations-... 

That South Africa, in general, and the renewable-energy sector in particular, need skills development, is a truism. But the requirements of the renewable-energy industry and the output of skills... 

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy emphasised the importance of implementing smart solutions as part of efforts to upgrade and revitalise the country’s transport sector, with commuter numbers... 

The electricity subcommittee of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has recommended the approval of four more electricity trading licences, dismissing the objections raised by... 

Africa’s fintech industry has transformed since the Covid-19 pandemic, experiencing “remarkable” growth characterised by rapid expansion, increased investment and a significant shift towards... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident that government will be able to positively intervene in Eskom’s tariff-hike application for the 2025/26 financial year at the... 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has started the feasibility study on the proposed Paarden Island desalination plant, says CoCT Water and Sanitation MMC Zahid Badroodien. The study is being undertaken... 

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report shows that the number of low-emission hydrogen projects to have advanced to a final investment decision (FID) stage doubled over the last 12 months,... 

Sandock Austral Shipyards (SAS) in Durban has signed a technology partnership agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and its Canadian subsidiary Vard Marine to construct the Afrika class... 

New-vehicle sales in South Africa in September dropped by 4.1%, to 44 081 units, compared with the same month last year. naamsa | The Automotive Business Council reports that the new-passenger-car... 

Vodacom South Africa has unveiled a new cloud-based phone in an effort to reduce the cost of smartphone access across South Africa and accelerate the migration of customers from legacy networks to... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has launched a new forum aimed at mitigating the years-long pollution impacting the Vaal river’s water quality. Providing high-level guidance, the Vaal... 

The use of manganese in batteries for battery electric vehicles is being increasingly explored, with density, charge, costs and durability being among the factors that are putting the hard grey... 

Two acronyms were drummed into new mining entrants in the days of yore – GIK and WAR. GIK is short for ‘grade is king’ and at the opposite end of the scale, everyone was urged to declare war on... 

The Industrial Gas Users Association of Southern Africa (IGUA-SA) has welcomed the attention that South Africa’s impending “gas cliff” is finally enjoying from government through Electricity and... 

South African private-sector defence group Milkor has launched three vehicles at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2024 exhibition, being held at Air Force Base Waterkloof, in Centurion, just south... 

The CEO of the South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries association, Sandile Ndlovu, has called for the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) to help fund defence projects in... 

The next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) will be a critical test for the implementation of the COP28 pledge, made by nearly 200 countries in the United Arab Emirates last year,... 

Details on the approach South Africa will be taking to piloting Independent Power Transmission (IPT) projects as part of a strategy to accelerate the expansion of its electricity grid will be... 

State-owned Transnet subsidiary Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), in collaboration with Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) and the Industrial Development Corporation, has approached the...