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Solar PV installations expected to recover strongly this year after marked decline
11th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) is expecting the domestic market to recover this year to the record installation levels achieved two years ago, following a marked slowdown last year. CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu tells... 


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Global oil supply outpaces demand growth as inventories, geopolitical tensions rise – report
Updated 6 hours ago By: Darren Parker

According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) July 2025 ‘Oil Market Report’, global oil demand is forecast to rise by 700 000 bbl/d this year, marking its lowest increase since 2009,... 


Airbus announces the new CEO for its airliner business
11th July 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has announced the new CEO for its Commercial Aircraft (airliner manufacturing) business. He is Lars Wagner. He will take over from current... 


AMAS releases papers on combating misuse of AI, urging adoption of international standards
Updated 6 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

Global multistakeholder initiative the AI and Multimedia Authenticity Standards Collaboration (AMAS) has released two flagship papers offering recommendations to guide the governance of AI globally... 


Platinum-based hydrogen fuel cells providing power solutions for data centres
11th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The International Energy Agency estimates global electricity demand from data centres to more than double to about 945 TWh – more than the entire electricity consumption of Japan today – by 2030.... 


South Africa to continue talks with US on 30% tariff
South Africa to continue talks with US on 30% tariff
11th July 2025 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the implications of a 30% tariff imposed by the US on imports from South Africa from August 1. 


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SA imports most of its fuel from Nigeria, Saudi Arabia
11th July 2025

South Africa imports most of its petroleum and crude oil from Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. In 2023, it imported $2.28-billion (46.1%) from Nigeria and $1.62-billion (32.7%) from Saudi Arabia,... 


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Shell gets permission to drill off South Africa's west coast
11th July 2025 By: Reuters

Shell has been granted environmental authorisation to drill up to five deep-water wells off South Africa's west coast, the company said on Friday. The oil major applied for authorisation last year... 


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Mozambique’s $57bn of LNG projects get reboot despite risk
11th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Four years after terrorist attacks halted a massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, momentum behind $57-billion in facilities that will export the fuel is picking up. TotalEnergies SE... 


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Malawi clinches $12-billion mining, infrastructure investments from China
11th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Malawi has concluded $12-billion worth of Chinese mining and infrastructure transactions, which are positioning the landlocked country in south-eastern Africa for the supply of critical minerals,... 


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Magazine round up | 11 July 2025
11th July 2025

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


South Africa's retail sector can thrive in 2025 and beyond, says BMR forecast
10th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

According to the Bureau of Market Research’s (BMR’s) 'Macroeconomic and retail trade sales forecast for South Africa 2025' report, retailers that are agile, responsive and informed by robust market... 


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Ramokgopa outlines plan for blended-finance structure to meet 2030 universal access goal
Ramokgopa outlines plan for blended-finance structure to meet 2030 universal access goal
10th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has provided the outline for an overhauled universal access strategy that employs a blended financing approach to electrify, by 2030, the... 


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Economist forecasts global economic growth to slow to 2.2%
10th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With US President Donald Trump having recently sent various countries letters setting out their new tariff rates, expected to go into effect on August 1, Fitch Solutions unit BMI chief economist... 


Operation Vulindlela quarterly report shows progress in Phase II
10th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

A progress report on the implementation of economic reform through Operation Vulindlela for the first quarter of the 2025/26 fiscal year, published on July 10, demonstrates sustained progress in... 


Renewables capacity grows, but regional divides persist
10th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Despite renewables capacity having grown by more than 15.1% in 2024, the growth gap widens across regions, the ‘Renewable Energy Statistics 2025’ report released by international organisation the... 


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Manufacturing production increased by 0.5% y/y in May – Stats SA
10th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

After six consecutive months of year-on-year declines, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that manufacturing output turned positive in May, increasing by 0.5% year-on-year. Stats SA... 


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CAPEX UPLIFT: Transport Minister Barbara Creecy reported in her Budget Vote that R21.7-billion had been allocated to the Airports Company South Africa for much-needed infrastructure development. The expenditure will be geared to meeting a target of moving 42-million passengers yearly through the State-owned enterprise’s airports by 2030, alongside 1.2-million tons of air-freight. A new freight terminal is planned for OR Tambo International Airport (pictured). Photograph: Creamer Media
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Transport Minister Barbara Creecy reported in her Budget Vote that R21.7-billion had been allocated to the Airports Company South Africa for much-needed infrastructure development. The expenditure... 

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South Africa must implement inward and outward economic models quickly, smartly

Change is the word that sums up today’s world. Disruptive geopolitical change, global attitudinal change and concerning climate change are demanding internal and external advances and retreats. In... 

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Transparency needed

South Africa’s recent trade policy interventions have been nowhere near as attention grabbing as President Donald Trump’s April 2 Rose Garden performance that included a giant cardboard chart... 

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This week we profile Gianni Anić, MD and CEO of Wetback Contracts, which is involved in project management and project execution in the structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation,... 

WORRYING SIGNS: A recent Human Sciences Research Council survey showed that most adults are concerned that political parties are being influenced by donations from wealthy elites. This, despite low levels of support for laws such as the Political Funding Act. The apparent contradiction most likely stems from growing dissatisfaction with the political and democratic status quo, which the survey also confirmed.
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A recent Human Sciences Research Council survey showed that most adults are concerned that political parties are being influenced by donations from wealthy elites. This, despite low levels of... 

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