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New book seeks to demystify customs and excises
12th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A new book titled ‘Customs & Excises in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Customs & Excises’ has been written by regular Engineering News & Mining Weekly contributor Riaan... 


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Seriti Green hands over Vunumoya Main Transmission Station to Eskom
12th December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Renewable-energy developer Seriti Green on November 26 officially handed over the Vunumoya Main Transmission Station (MTS) to State-owned power utility Eskom. The infrastructure will now become an... 


Cesa president Dr Vishal Haripersad
Consulting Engineers South Africa welcomes new president
12th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa), representing 600 consulting engineering firms across South Africa, has announced Dr Vishal Haripersad as its new president and Jabulile Msiza as its vice... 


R17m solar project reduces Sun City’s reliance on grid power
12th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Just over a year after installation, holiday resort Sun City’s R17-million solar plant project, designed to reduce consumption of grid-supplied electricity, has delivered significant benefits and... 


Vodacom, Google Cloud forge multiyear strategic AI collaboration
12th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications company Vodacom and Google Cloud have entered into a strategic collaboration to accelerate digital transformation. Leveraging Google Cloud’s advanced data analytics and AI... 


Cape Town moves to beat the heat as it appoints its first Chief Heat Officer
12th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Cape Town has become the first South African city to have a Chief Heat Officer (CHO). Cities such as Los Angeles and Athens already have CHOs. 


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Treasury launches infrastructure bond
12th December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The National Treasury has launched a new infrastructure and development finance bond, which will be issued to the market under government’s domestic borrowing programme. This is part of a suite of... 


Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal investing more than R1.1bn in network infrastructure
12th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications company Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal is investing R1.142-billion into the region’s network infrastructure during the 2026 financial year. This includes R796-million for radio projects,... 


Biovac boosts vaccine capabilities with new lab, health tech park to open next door
12th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Biopharmaceutical company the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa (Biovac) has opened a product development laboratory at its Cape Town facility. The company says the new... 


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Africa’s biggest mining platform excited to advance new continental partnership era
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Leading Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 voices this week unpacked how regional integration promotion, pan-African partnerships and policy alignment are accelerating Africa’s mining... 


Platinum bars
China approves first-of-a-kind platinum, palladium derivatives, Heraeus reports
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the launch of platinum and palladium futures and options contracts on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange, Heraeus reports. The contracts will... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Balanced 2026 platinum market forecast dependent on trade tension let-up
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum market is expected to move to being in balance in 2026 – but this is contingent on a lessening of the trade tensions that have accentuated this year’s substantial platinum market... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane
Marokane wants South Africa’s grid plan to be coupled to larger regional plan
5th December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has called for South Africa’s Transmission Development Plan (TDP) to be complemented by a “regional TDP” to support the development of the grid infrastructure required to... 


Eskom acting group executive for distribution Agnes Mlambo
Eskom prioritises 14 municipalities for Distribution Agency Agreements to tackle R105bn arrear debt
5th December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has identified 14 municipalities for the implementation of five-year Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs), a controversial mechanism for dealing with arrear debt owed to the utility that now... 


Transnet CE Michelle Phillips
EIB Global extends €350m loan to Transnet for modernisation, green hydrogen efforts
5th December 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Multilateral finance institution the European Investment Bank’s (EIB’s) development finance arm EIB Global has extended a €350-million loan to State-owned transport and logistics company Transnet.... 


2Africa subsea cable completion supercharges Africa’s digital future
5th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The first cable to connect East and West Africa in a single, continuous system, linking the continent with the Middle East, South Asia and Europe, has been completed, laying the foundation for... 


New special-purpose vehicle launched to tackle Emfuleni water challenges
5th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has unveiled a new special-purpose vehicle (SPV) to restore the full functionality of Emfuleni local municipality’s embattled water and sanitation... 


Construction starts on R2bn mixed-use development in Green Point
5th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Construction work has started on The Granger, a R2-billion mixed-use development adjacent to the DHL Stadium in Green Point, Cape Town. Situated between the city’s central business district (CBD)... 


Enviro nod for Winelands Airport
5th December 2025

The R8-billion Cape Winelands Airport project in Cape Town has received environmental authorisation from the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP). The... 


6G subscriptions to reach 180m by 2031
5th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Global 6G subscriptions are forecast to reach 180-million by the end of 2031, excluding the early adoption of AI-enabled Internet of Things devices such as autonomous vehicles, smart glasses and... 


Smart EV rolls out 50 electric bus chargers at Golden Arrow depot in Cape Town
5th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Smart EV has wrapped up the installation of a high-capacity hub to charge Golden Arrow Bus Services’ (GABS’s) new BYD electric bus fleet at the transport company’s Arrowgate depot. Smart EV is a... 


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Mining awareness among new engineers low, but energy transition attracts them – report
5th December 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Engineering group Sandvik's 'The future of mining talent: What STEM graduates really think' report says that, while awareness of mining remains low among young engineers, many are open to joining... 


Cape Town switches on landfill gas to energy plant
5th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Urban Waste Management MMC Grant Twigg in November powered up the city’s new gas-to-energy plant at the Coastal Park Landfill. The plant generates enough... 


The iron-ore terminal at Saldanha Bay.
South Africa iron-ore trade route to Europe could be green by 2029, study shows
28th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The South Africa-Europe iron-ore trade route could go green as soon as 2029 and scale toward full decarbonisation by 2035, according to a study released by the Global Maritime Forum. The... 


Now scarce yttrium emerging.
South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earth elements project is a gift that just keeps on giving
28th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rare earths endowment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo province is a gift that just keep on giving through the ongoing effort of Rainbow Rare Earths. In December, Mining Weekly reported that... 


Hillside Aluminium manager external affairs Craig Ullbricht; Hillside Aluminium marketing manager Njabulo Dlamini; Hillside Aluminium VPO Calvin Mkhabela; Hillside Aluminium finance manager Talhal Patel; and Hillside Aluminium technical director Adriano de Jesus
Hillside Aluminium pledges R200m to boost Richards Bay manufacturing
28th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium subsidiary has partnered with the Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) to... 


Barrick Africa region delivers largest gold production rise.
Africa delivers largest production increase of all Barrick regions with earnings up 65%
28th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, the Africa region of Barrick Mining Corporation delivered the largest quarter-on-quarter increase of all the Barrick regions. Moreover, the costs of the Africa... 


Partnerships strengthen water services in Northern Cape mining municipalities
28th November 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Municipal Capability and Partnership Programme (MCPP) has transformed water service delivery in the municipalities where South African mining group Kumba Iron Ore operates. The MCPP was... 


The Southern African Large Telescope
South Africa’s biggest optical telescope celebrates 20 years of operation
28th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), located at the South African Optical Observatory (SAAO) complex at Sutherland, in the Northern Cape province, celebrated its twentieth anniversary on... 


IEA executive director Fatih Birol
Age of Electricity is here, IEA declares as it highlights energy security threats
28th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has declared that the “Age of Electricity is here” in its latest World Energy Outlook, which again underlines that electricity demand will grow much faster... 


IGUA-SA executive officer Jaco Human
Industrial gas users call for Presidency-led intervention to avert ‘gas cliff’
28th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Industrial Gas Users Association–South Africa (IGUA-SA) is calling for the creation of a new structure under The Presidency to coordinate the actions needed to avert the ‘gas cliff’ faced by... 


Seacom embarks on new chapter as it rebrands
28th November 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Digital infrastructure group Seacom has undertaken a brand overhaul as it marks a new chapter and reaffirms its commitment to innovation, client focus and digital leadership. The “strategic leap”... 


Auto sector inks three-year wage deal
28th November 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation (Ameo) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) have finally signed a wage agreement, following a protracted process that... 


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