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Eskom’s R321bn capex plan has strong focus on grid, renewables and gas
25th April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned electricity producer Eskom has unveiled details of a R321.72-billion capital expenditure (capex) plan for the coming five years, which includes plans for a material rise in grid-related investment, alongside new renewables and... 


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Continent needs Africa-centred credit rating ecosystem
25th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

African countries need an Africa-centred credit rating ecosystem that supports fair, accurate and forward-looking assessments of Africa’s economies, UN Under-Secretary-General and Economic... 


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Saudi push into South Africa yields billions of dollars in deals
25th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country... 


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War-hit Congo park turns to chocolate gorillas in conservation push
25th April 2025 By: Reuters

Threatened by armed conflict, volcanic activity and rampant deforestation, Africa's oldest national park is turning to a new product to raise its profile and boost conservation efforts: chocolate... 


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Outlook for the local and global wind sectors clouded
25th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the changes in the local wind sector in recent years, the local and global outlook for the wind sector and the targets set by the newly separated... 


DRDGOLD's 130th anniversary celebration at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
DRDGOLD stronger than ever as it hits 130-year mark at time of sky-high gold pricing
25th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Friday, April 25, marked the remarkable 130th anniversary of the uninterrupted listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange of South Africa's resilient gold producer, DRDGOLD. Born out of the gold... 


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Into the wind
25th April 2025

South Africa has 6 505 MW of installed renewable energy capacity that generates power for the national electricity grid, according to Eskom. Just over half (53%) of it is wind and 44% is solar,... 


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South Africa 2025 economic growth forecast cut to 1.5% on tariff worries: Reuters poll
25th April 2025 By: Reuters

South African economic growth will be a bit weaker this year than thought a month ago partly due to trade tensions, with US President Donald Trump having paused a 31% tariff for 90 days imposed on... 


Magazine round up | 25 April 2025
Magazine round up | 25 April 2025
25th April 2025

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 


Electric Steel Producers warns of wider sector job losses amid scrap shortages, AMSA bailout
24th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the Electric Steel Producers of South Africa says a financial bailout of the long steel operations of troubled steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) will further... 


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Nasdaq-listed isotopes company to also list on the JSE
24th April 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Nasdaq-, New York, listed company ASP Isotopes (ASPI), which has its head office in Washington, DC, but most of its operations in South Africa, has announced its intention, assuming the granting of... 


Tanzania bans agriculture imports from South Africa, Malawi
24th April 2025 By: Reuters

Tanzania has banned the importation of agricultural products from Malawi and South Africa, saying it was retaliation for similar hostile trade measures from both countries. The three countries all... 


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Vukile launches revamped Bedworth Centre
24th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Vukile Property Fund has launched its revamped Bedworth Centre, in Vereeniging, following a R141-million redevelopment project that started last year. The revamp of the 29 200 m2 centre... 


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Eskom to implement Stage 2 loadshedding from 16:00
24th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Higher-than-expected electricity demand, the loss of generation units and extensive planned maintenance have placed strain on the electricity system, prompting Eskom to implement Stage 2... 


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Portfolio committee concerned about Department of Defence’s strategy, budget constraints
24th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans has raised concerns that the ongoing budgetary constraints experienced by the Department of Defence (DoD) will result in the ongoing decline... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
Tau extends deadline for comment on Transformation Fund to May 28
24th April 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has extended the deadline for the public to comment on the draft Transformation Fund concept document to May 28, from the original date of May 7.... 


Organisations welcome Treasury's decision not to increase VAT, but questions remain
24th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Various organisations have welcomed the National Treasury’s withdrawal of the proposed value-added tax (VAT) increase of 0.5 percentage points this year and next and that VAT will be maintained at... 


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Magazine round up | 25 April 2025
Magazine round up | 25 April 2025

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

DOUBLE BERTH: A R60-million project to deepen and strengthen the automotive terminal berth at the Port of East London, in the Eastern Cape, has been completed. The investment ensures that all berths along the West Quay are now -10.5m in depth with a total length of 550 m. This allows for the simultaneous berthing of two new-generation automotive vessels of greater than 200 m in length, raising the port’s handling capacity to 790 000 cars yearly.
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A R60-million project to deepen and strengthen the automotive terminal berth at the Port of East London, in the Eastern Cape, has been completed. The investment ensures that all berths along the... 

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Now’s the time for extensive engineering enablement across the country

The time for action in South Africa on the engineering front is now. The way needs to be opened for urgent and more extensive upgrading of water, transport and particularly renewable energy... 

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Renewables aspirant

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has outlined the case for why the State-owned utility will be entering the renewable-energy space more assertively over the coming months and years, as well as how the group... 

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Katherine Persson, MD: assets at SOLA Group
Katherine Persson

This week we profile Katherine Persson, MD: assets at SOLA Group, a fully South African vertically integrated renewable-energy infrastructure, generation and storage company 

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WREAKING HAVOC: President Donald Trump’s supporters continue to insist he has a coherent and workable economic vision and plan. Economists are sceptical, however, and markets, which admittedly tend... 

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