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Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Mulilo and Scatec emerge as preferred bidders for R9.5bn battery storage projects
30th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Independent power producers (IPPs) Mulilo and Scatec have been named as preferred bidders to develop 616 MW/2 464 MWh of new battery storage capacity at a cost of R9.5-billion across five substation sites in the Free State province. Electricity... 


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Global air cargo demand again saw strong growth in April
30th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that the air cargo sector showed good growth in April. Total air cargo... 


Global air passenger traffic grew strongly last month, reports IATA
30th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Global total air passenger traffic grew strongly in April, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA was the global representative body... 


Lawmakers question Malatsi's equity equivalent directive
Lawmakers question Malatsi's equity equivalent directive
30th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the tense exchange in Parliament this week over a draft policy direction Gazetted on May 23 relating to the use of Equity Equivalent Investment... 


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Kganyago provides fuel for best bond return in emerging markets
30th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s central bank chief has given the country’s local-currency bonds another reason to add to their market-leading returns. Investors are piling into the debt after South African Reserve... 


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South African rand holds gains after SARB focuses on lower inflation target
30th May 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand held most of the previous day's gains in early trade on Friday, after the central bank stressed its strong preference for a lower inflation target at a monetary policy... 


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SA top income tax rate is among world's highest
SA top income tax rate is among world's highest
30th May 2025

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana avoided raising the personal income tax rate in his 2025 budget. Personal income tax collections as a percentage of gross domestic product are already higher than... 


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Magazine round up | 30 May 2025
Magazine round up | 30 May 2025
30th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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


LH Marthinusen divisional CEO David Sullivan; Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau; ACTOM CEO Mervyn Naidoo; and ACTOM chairperson Andries Mthethwa with one of the industrial fans manufactured at the new facility.
ACTOM's LH Marthinusen division launches R32m industrial fan factory
29th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Transformer manufacturer LH Marthinusen (LHM), a division of electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM, has launched its new R32-million industrial fan production facility, in Germiston,... 


Maersk gives South African exporters a preview of its Cape Town cold storage facility
29th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Global integrated logistics company Maersk invited existing and potential customers in South Africa to visit its Belcon Logistics Park, in Cape Town, for a preview of the upcoming cold store... 


Report highlights data gap preventing small businesses from accessing finance
29th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The ‘South African MSME Access to Finance 2025’ report has showed that there is insufficient, and insufficiently granular, data on lending to small businesses, and South Africa should align with... 


Marula's Jason Brewer interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer. Video: Darlene Creamer.
Following Shuka, two more JSE listings on way, Jason Brewer spells out
29th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Following last week’s dual listing of Shuka Minerals on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE's) AltX, two more JSE dual listings are on the way, mine developer Jason Brewer has outlined to Mining... 


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Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni
Inaugural Global SME Ministerial Meeting is ‘call to action’ for 750 delegates
29th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ahead of the South African government and the International Trade Centre hosting the first-ever Global Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Ministerial Meeting in July, Small Business... 


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South African central bank cuts key rate with inflation well-contained
29th May 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's central bank cut its main interest rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday, after inflation came in below its target range for a second consecutive month. The decision by the... 


The sod-turning ceremony for the new head office
Booming Suzuki to build new head office and warehouse
29th May 2025 By: Irma Venter

Suzuki Auto South Africa (Suzuki SA), in partnership with real estate group Fortress, has broken ground on its new head office and distribution centre at Longlake Logistics Park, in Gauteng. The... 


SCA overturns ruling challenging three wind energy facilities's enviro authorisations
29th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA's) landmark decision on May 28, overturning a previous court ruling that had... 


DP World launches logistics, market-entry product for vehicle manufacturers
DP World launches logistics, market-entry product for vehicle manufacturers
29th May 2025 By: Irma Venter

DP World has unveiled what it calls an integrated logistics and market-entry product aimed at solving the challenges automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs, or vehicle manufacturers)... 


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Magazine round up | 30 May 2025
Magazine round up | 30 May 2025

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

POST-BREXIT RESET: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described the UK’s recent agreement with the European Union as an historic turning of the page. It follows the fraught and damaging period that arose after the UK voted for and then implemented ‘Brexit’. “It’s time to look forward,” Starmer said when announcing the deal, adding that it was also time to “move on from the stale old debates and political fights”. Photograph: Bloomberg
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described the UK’s recent agreement with the European Union as an historic turning of the page. It follows the fraught and damaging period that arose after... 

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South Africa must go all out to strengthen economically and geopolitically

Make mining strong again, grow agriculture optimally, uplift tourism, spend on infrastructure, and look north, south, east and west for trading partnerships. These are the steps that South Africa... 

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In a world turned upside down by the performative antics of US President Donald Trump, it is easy to lose one’s bearings and one’s cool. And while the South Africans that entered the White House... 

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 Charl McAllister, head of marketing at process automation company Endress+Hauser
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This week we profile Charl McAllister, head of marketing at process automation company Endress+Hauser  

ON THE EDGE: South Africans have become almost numb to our extreme unemployment scourge. News about the latest deterioration in the official unemployment rate to 32.9% in the first quarter failed, therefore, to send the shockwaves it truly should have. The potential and real social ills that accompany such rates should be keeping us all awake at night.
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South Africans have become almost numb to our extreme unemployment scourge. News about the latest deterioration in the official unemployment rate to 32.9% in the first quarter failed, therefore, to... 

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