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Gauteng Treasury to tackle financial shortfall with accelerated revenue enhancement
11th October 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Gauteng Provincial Treasury (GPT) is working to prevent potential bankruptcy, pay down e-toll debt, mitigate an underperforming department, and work within a drastically reduced budget.... 


Selling Mutlu, stabilising Hesto key as Metair moves towards new strategy
11th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

Selling the troubled Mutlu battery business in Türkiye and continuing stabilisation efforts at Hesto Harnesses are key in returning Metair to solid ground, says CEO Paul O’Flaherty. Announcing the... 


VWA operating normally amid rumours of plant closures at German parent company
11th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) says its Kariega assembly plant, in the Eastern Cape, is operating as normal amid possible plant closures and job cuts at its parent company in Germany. In fact, the... 


Belgian team claims 2024 Sasol Solar Challenge title
11th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

Belgium’s Innoptus team has secured the 2024 Sasol Solar Challenge title, with the team breaking the daily distance record twice in a row during the competition. The Innoptus team consists of... 


Vodacom Business teams up with local govts to make South African cities smarter
11th October 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Vodacom Business has partnered with local governments to provide technology solutions that help make South African cities smarter as it digitalises critical enterprise sectors. The partnership... 


Grindrod to acquire remaining stake in Matola Terminal
11th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

Ports and logistics group Grindrod will acquire the remaining 35% shareholding in Terminal de Carvão da Matola (TCM), at the Maputo port, from Vitol Mauritius for $77-million. The JSE-listed... 


Gold miners say they’re now disciplined  as dealmaking heats up
Gold miners say they’re now disciplined as dealmaking heats up
4th October 2024 By: Bloomberg

With gold prices at a record high, mining companies are back hunting for deals while trying to reassure investors that they’ve learned from past mistakes of overspending. There has been a flurry... 


Platinum Group President and CEO Frank Hallam.
Stronger-than-ever feasibility thumbs up for R18bn platinum group metals project in Limpopo
4th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The latest independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in Limpopo is even more emphatic on the economic viability and wealth creation... 


Dr Philipp Walter, Executive VP Business Line Hydrogen Systems, Global Business Unit Heraeus Precious Metals.
Platinum group metals can play essential decarbonisation role beyond hydrogen – Heraeus
4th October 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis can play an essential decarbonising role beyond hydrogen generation, where its use in proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology for water electrolysis and fuel... 


worker in PPE walking along coal stoockpile
1.25m coal jobs may vanish by 2035
4th October 2024 By: Darren Parker

Research firm McKinsey’s inaugural ‘Global Materials Perspective’ report shows that, while the green energy transition could generate 340 000 global jobs to scale critical minerals and metals... 


Transport Minister Barbara Creecy addressing a Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa conference in Ekurhuleni
Creecy sets year-end deadline for rail Network Statement amid ‘complicated tariff balancing act’
4th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says that, despite Transnet’s turnaround progress, the State-owned enterprise is not able to meet the target of increasing South Africa’s yearly rail volumes to... 


RMB infrastructure sector solutions head Judy Kobus
RMB funds R50bn in renewables projects, eyes private-sector grid opportunities
4th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Corporate and investment bank RMB reports that it financed renewable-energy investments worth R50-billion over the past year and is expecting ongoing high levels of renewables funding this year,... 


The Elon smart thermostat
Kwikot launches smart geyser system that is powered by solar PV and grid electricity
4th October 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Commercial and industrial geyser and boiler manufacturer Kwikot on September 18 launched its new Elon Smart Water heating system – a smart geyser system that uses solar PV-generated electricity... 


ClearVue building render
Transparent solar glass for generating power from building façades launched in South Africa
4th October 2024 By: Darren Parker

Through a collaboration between Australian glass solar technology developer ClearVue and local technology distributor Concept Business Solutions, a novel transparent glass solar panel technology... 


Wind and solar
South Africa’s first Just Transition perception survey highlights low awareness and concern over impacts
4th October 2024 By: Terence Creamer

A new South Africa-wide survey shows that, while 62% of respondents support the shift from coal to renewable energy, a striking 65% have never heard of the term ‘Just Transition’. In addition, the... 


Cape Town proposes new CBD spatial plan, expects up to 50 000 new inner-city residents by 2040
4th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has invited the public to comment on its 2040 local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the central business district (CBD). The LSDF will guide decisions about... 


Coca-Cola, bottling partners to invest $25m in water initiatives in Africa
4th October 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Coca-Cola Company in Africa and its bottling partners – Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC) and Coca-Cola HBC – plan to invest nearly $25-million to... 


Multiple projects planned in Sanral’s Western Region
4th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has a number of multibillion-rand projects in the pipeline in its Western Region, which includes the Western and Northern Cape provinces. On... 


Afrimat Construction Index bounces back in second quarter
4th October 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) has managed to bounce back in the second quarter of this year. The ACI is a composite index of the level of activity within the building and construction... 


AI projected to contribute $19.9-trillion to global economy by 2030
4th October 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Businesses’ investment in artificial intelligence (AI), leveraging its use in existing operations to deliver better products and services, is expected to have a cumulative global economic impact of... 


South African company turning its landfills into eco-friendly spaces
4th October 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Turning the landfills it manages into green landfills is a priority for South African waste management group EnviroServ. This was highlighted by group operations director Nico Vermeulen, at the... 


Condra to supply new cranes, refurbish others at new steel premises
4th October 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Crane manufacturer Condra Cranes is manufacturing three new cranes and refurbishing 14 others as certified steel round bar, hollow bar and plate supplier Special Steels moves to bigger premises.... 


railway iine
Chrome shipments below Maputo corridor capacity
27th September 2024 By: Darren Parker

The Maputo Corridor is being underused by chrome exporters, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) northeast corridor acting managing executive Mandisa Mondi has said. Speaking at the Critical Materials... 


Twelve mines shown by red dots; x marks exploration sites.
Cluster mining model promising steady-state advantage for Copper 360
27th September 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Conventional mining typically focuses on a single large operation. In contrast, what is unfolding on South Africa’s Northern Cape Copper Belt is the deployment of a cluster mining model, which... 


Development Bank of Southern Africa Chief Economist Zeph Nhleko.
Development finance institutions are key architects of hydrogen economy – Nhleko
27th September 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Development finance institutions (DFIs) are more than just financial supporters of the hydrogen economy, they are important architects of its future, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)... 


European Investment Bank VP Ambroise Fayolle
EIB, DBSA increase funding for private renewables projects to R11.9bn
27th September 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved another €100-million (R1.98-billion) loan in support of the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s (DBSA’s) Embedded Generation Investment Programme,... 


Business Unity South Africa CEO Cas Coovadia
Business calls for soul searching on Nedlac’s future amid big socioeconomic shifts
27th September 2024 By: Terence Creamer

While reaffirming its commitment to the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac), organised business has again questioned whether the structure’s current composition and... 


European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson at a briefing in Pretoria
R628m in EU grants for South Africa’s green hydrogen push
27th September 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The EU has announced R628-million (€32-million) in grant funding to support the development of South Africa’s nascent green-hydrogen industry, as well as to facilitate net-zero-related investments... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa speaking at the nuclear summit
Ramokgopa to seek advice from team of experts before taking next nuclear steps
27th September 2024 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is assembling a committee of experts to advise him on the role that nuclear could play in South Africa’s future supply before issuing a new... 


East London port welcomes two new tugs as TNPA completes fleet renewal
27th September 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Port of East London has taken ownership of two new tugboats, marking the end of Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA’s) R1-billion marine fleet renewal programme, aimed at boosting tugboat... 


We all feel a lot better about South Africa, says construction group WBHO boss
27th September 2024 By: Irma Venter

Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) is currently in “a good space”, says CEO Wolfgang Neff. “We all feel a whole lot better about South Africa.” 


New pact to boost telecoms SMMEs
27th September 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Digital infrastructure and managed services provider Seacom and ICT SMME Chamber have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to foster the growth and development of small, medium-sized... 


Global mobile subscriptions topped 8.7bn in second quarter
27th September 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

The number of mobile subscriptions globally has reached nearly 8.7-billion, after 60-million subscriptions were added during the second quarter of this year, with global mobile subscription... 


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