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Eskom is also working on a standard smelter offer that could be extended to other ferroalloy producers.
Eskom is also working on a standard smelter offer that could be extended to other ferroalloy producers.
Glencore-Merafe pauses retrenchments until end-March as it weighs Eskom’s 62c/kWh offer
Updated 5 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

The Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture has paused a retrenchment process at its ferrochrome smelters by a month to March 31 after Eskom made a 62c/kWh tariff offer on the eve of its previous February 28 deadline for the implementation of... 

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Airline shares fall as US-Iran conflict disrupts travel, raises oil prices
Updated 3 hours ago By: Reuters

Airline shares plunged on Monday, with Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific and Australia's Qantas Airways down more than 5%, and European airline stocks indicated lower, after the US and Israel launched... 


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Ship insurers cancel war risk cover due to Iran conflict
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

Several marine insurers said they are cancelling war risk cover for ships due to the conflict in Iran and the Gulf. Insurers including Gard, Skuld, NorthStandard, the London P&I Club and the... 


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China’s ‘encouraging’ hydrogen progress witnessed first-hand by Northam Platinum
Updated 5 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

The ‘encouraging’ recent developments of the hydrogen economy in China have been witnessed first-hand by South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGM) miner and marketer Northam Platinum. This was... 


Details of Eskom’s eleventh-hour 62c/kWh offer to ferrochrome smelters to be provided in Nersa submission
Details of Eskom’s eleventh-hour 62c/kWh offer to ferrochrome smelters to be provided in Nersa submission
27th February 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom announced on Friday that it had extended an eleventh-hour 62c/kWh tariff offer to ferrochrome producers Glencore‑Merafe Chrome Venture and Samancor, but indicated that negotiations on the... 


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Air Liquide invests R100m in Wits – South Africa Hydrogen Localisation Initiative
27th February 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Gas solutions provider Air Liquide South Africa, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and nonprofit the Localisation Support Fund (LSF) on February 27 officially launched the Wits – South... 


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SA earned $669m from wine exports in 2025. A fifth of that was from the UK
SA earned $669m from wine exports in 2025, with one fifth from the UK
27th February 2026

South Africa’s wine exports increased to $669-million in 2025, an increase of $21.5-million on 2024, but still $25-million short of 2022. The UK is the biggest export market for South Africa’s wine... 


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Consensus is broadening that robust platinum pricing will continue, Northam reports
27th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The broadening market consensus is that supply and demand fundamentals will continue to support robust pricing for platinum, and this, together with Northam Platinum’s  growth profile, places the... 


Growthpoint advances retail portfolio strategy with R75m redevelopment of Walmer Park Shopping Centre
Growthpoint advances retail portfolio strategy with R75m redevelopment of Walmer Park Shopping Centre
27th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties is advancing its strategy of reinvesting in high-performing South African retail assets with a R75-million redevelopment of the Edgars premises at Walmer Park... 


Budget shows encouraging signs of stabilisation, tax specialist says
27th February 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa is at a “turning point”, with encouraging signs of stabilisation, although challenges still persist, and this is reflected in the 2026 Budget delivered on February 25. This was... 


PSG welcomes conservative Budget, says moving in right direction
27th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

During a post-Budget briefing on February 27, financial services firm PSG group chief economist Johann Els and PSG policy and regulatory affairs head Ronald King said that, while South Africa faces... 


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FMD vaccination in full swing in epicentres across the country
27th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has confirmed that the one-million doses of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine received in the country last Saturday have been distributed to outbreak... 


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FMD vaccination in full swing in epicentres across the country
27th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has confirmed that the one-million doses of foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccine received in the country last Saturday have been distributed to outbreak... 


Sarens expands operations in Namibia with Walvis Bay logistics hub
Sarens expands operations in Namibia with Walvis Bay logistics hub
27th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Heavy lifting and engineered transport services company Sarens has announced the opening of a new logistics hub near Walvis Bay, in Namibia. Covering an area of more than 4 ha, the company says the... 


EcoRestore Africa co-founder and CEO Chloe Cormack
South African-Kenyan woman-led startup seeking to revitalise African soils naturally
27th February 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Eighty per cent of Africa’s arable soils are degraded, as are 70% of the continent’s freshwater ecosystems, with 40% of African countries suffering declines in crop yields ranging from 20% to 80%,... 


Eskom stays legal action to allow Nersa-led process on trading rules to unfold
Eskom stays legal action to allow Nersa-led process on trading rules to unfold
27th February 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has reached an agreement to suspend legal proceedings instituted against the granting of trading licences in 2024 to allow the current regulatory process to draft new trading rules to proceed... 


Palo Alto Networks Europe, Middle East and Africa CEO Helmut Reisinger
Palo Alto invests in, commits to, cybersecurity, cloud protection in South Africa
27th February 2026 By: Schalk Burger

NYSE-listed cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks Europe, Middle East and Africa CEO Helmut Reisinger has said the company will continue to invest in its technical and services capabilities in... 


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Magazine round up | 27 February 2026
Magazine round up | 27 February 2026

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

CRITICAL DIVERSIFICATION: Exxaro Resources, which is best known for coal mining, has joined the International Manganese Institute, signalling its diversification into the critical mineral. The move followed Exxaro’s recent signing of binding agreements to acquire shares and claims in manganese assets held by Ntsimbintle Holdings and OM Holdings for R11.67-billion. The transaction will give Exxaro exposure to four operating mines, including 60.1% effective ownership in the Tshipi Borwa openpit manganese mine (pictured), in the Northern Cape.
CRITICAL DIVERSIFICATION

Exxaro Resources, which is best known for coal mining, has joined the International Manganese Institute, signalling its diversification into the critical mineral. The move followed Exxaro’s recent... 

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Back-on-track independent State-owned transmission entity is very good news

President Cyril Ramaphosa has brought the sudden uncertainty around South Africa’s electricity transmission future to a welcome end. In last week's far-reaching State of the Nation Address, the... 

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Trading spaces

Electricity trading in South Africa, as Etana Energy CEO Evan Rice explained recently, is at once active and in transition. Just how active, is reflected in a report commissioned by the South... 

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 Neil Colquhoun, president of Epson Middle East, Türkiye and Africa-Central and West Africa
Neil Colquhoun

This week we profile Neil Colquhoun, president of Epson Middle East, Türkiye and Africa-Central and West Africa. Epson is a technology company specialising in printing, scanning, visual display,... 

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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Established on 1 March, 2000, by Barries Barnard, Advanced Fire Suppression Technologies (AFST) and the Advanced Group stands as Sub-Saharan...

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FLANDERS Southern Africa provides integrated solutions for mining and industrial operations, covering field services, automation, electrification,...

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Columbus Stainless, based in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, is Africa’s only producer of stainless steel flat products. In addition, Columbus is the only...

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Sika South Africa is a trusted partner for the nation’s infrastructure, commercial, residential, and industrial sectors.

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