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Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi
Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi
Sasol to begin reducing external coal purchases as destoning plant raises quality
Updated 58 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol is aiming to begin ramping up internal coal production and reducing external coal purchases after its destoning plant reached beneficial operation in December. CEO Simon Baloyi said the project, which involved a... 


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Just transition an environmental, economic, social imperative, PCC says
Updated 4 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

A just transition is more than an environmental stewardship imperative, but is also an economic and social imperative and South Africa must ensure the shift to a low-emissions and climate-resilient... 


Competition Tribunal gives its approval for BASF coatings division buyout by Bond
Updated 5 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

The Competition Tribunal of South Africa has unconditionally approved the merger in which investment company Bond UK will acquire the coatings division of chemicals company BASF. Following the... 


Parliamentary committee concerned at poor performance by arms trade regulatory agencies
Updated 4 hours ago By: Rebecca Campbell

Following a meeting with the South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries Association (AMD), Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence has expressed serious concern about the... 


HSRC signs an MoU with the University of Mpumalanga to strengthen mutual cooperation
Updated 5 hours ago By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s social sciences and humanities science council, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Mpumalanga (UMP), to... 


UAE-based agro-business group expanding across Africa
Updated 5 hours ago By: Rebecca Campbell

Agro-food specialist investment holding group Invictus Investment has reported that it entered eight new African markets last year. The group, based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), had... 


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Plug-in hybrid sales quadruple in one year in SA
Plug-in hybrid sales quadruple in one year in SA
20th February 2026

Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) nearly quadrupled in South Africa in 2025. The number of vehicles sold jumped from 738 units in 2024 to 2 810. Unlike traditional hybrids, which rely entirely on... 


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South African firm John Thompson has re-entered Australia through a partnership
Updated 45 minutes ago By: Rebecca Campbell

South African industrial services company John Thompson, part of the local ACTOM group, has announced that it is returning to the Australian market. It is doing so via a partnership between its... 


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South African rand edges up with national budget in focus this week
Updated 7 hours ago By: Reuters

The South African rand gained in early trade on Monday as investors turned their attention towards the 2026 national budget, to be tabled later this week, amid what analysts described as a... 


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Sasol half-year profit down 34% on lower oil, chemical prices
Updated 7 hours ago By: Reuters

South African petrochemical firm Sasol on Monday reported a 34% drop in half-year profit, mainly due to lower oil and chemical prices. Sasol's headline earnings per share was R9.27 in the six... 


UK project to use Fischer-Tropsch technology to produce sustainable aviation fuels
20th February 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK-based power-to-liquid sustainable e-fuels development company Carbon Neutral Fuels has announced its choice of technology partners for its flagship e-fuels facility, to be constructed at... 


Ten new African astronomy-for-development projects being funded this year 
20th February 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), which is a partnership between South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) – an agency of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation... 


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Ten new African astronomy-for-development projects being funded this year 
20th February 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), which is a partnership between South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) – an agency of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation... 


More engineers, technical capacity needed in municipalities to boost service delivery – IMESA
20th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Technical capacity within municipalities play a central role in addressing service delivery and infrastructure challenges, says the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA),... 


Anthem energises Gamma B transmission substation in the Northern Cape
20th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable-energy company Anthem has energised the Gamma B main transmission substation (MTS), which was built over 20 months on behalf of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA). The... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s 2025 headline earnings soar 281%, R3.7bn dividend declared
20th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The 2025 headline earnings per share of Sibanye-Stillwater soared by 285% and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) came within a hair’s breadth of trebling with a... 


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South African banks raise $322m in debut rescue-debt issue
20th February 2026 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s biggest lenders raised $322-million in new loss-absorbing debt to comply with a central bank framework designed to ensure failing financial institutions can be recapitalised without... 


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Magazine round up | 20 February 2026
Magazine round up | 20 February 2026

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

BILATERAL TRADE: South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market for more South African products and facilitating Chinese investment into South Africa. The China-Africa Economic Partnership Agreement was signed in Beijing, China, on February 6 by South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau and his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China, Minister Wang Wentao.
BILATERAL TRADE

South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market to more South African products and facilitating Chinese... 

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Eskom’s concerning powerline zig-zag must be quickly reversed

Eskom and the Electricity Ministry should be advised by the Cabinet to sit at the knee of their national transport cousin Transnet to learn just how positive public-private collaboration can be for... 

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Moral hazard

There is currently a marked difference between how Eskom and Transnet are being assessed against their respective reform milestones. While the State electricity producer is being adjudged,... 

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Nicolaas Jonker, CEO of Jonker Kontrakteur
Nicolaas Jonker

This week we profile Nicolaas Jonker, CEO of Jonker Kontrakteurs, a multidisciplinary civil construction and mining-services company specialising in underground safety innovation, patented... 

TRANSMISSION TUSSLE: Organised business won a major victory when President Cyril Ramaphosa intervened to roll back an Eskom unbundling plan approved by the Department of Electricity and Energy in December. In his State of the Nation Address, he said the new State-owned Transmission System Operator must own the grid assets, which Eskom wanted retained by a subsidiary, and set a three-month deadline for coming up with a solution.
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Organised business has expressed strong reservations about an Eskom unbundling plan approved by the Department of Electricity and Energy in December. It contends that the decision not to transfer... 

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