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Container User Forum aims to be unified voice for key sector as reforms unfold
Container User Forum aims to be unified voice for key sector as reforms unfold
12th March 2026 By: Terence Creamer

A new industry organisation has been formally launched in a bid to facilitate greater collaboration among South Africa’s container stakeholders, as well as to provide a unified voice as the freight logistics sector undergoes far-reaching reform.... 


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Household Resilience Index received a boost from lower interest rates
Household Resilience Index received a boost from lower interest rates
12th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The latest Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index (AFHRI) for the third quarter of 2025 has revealed that South African households experienced welcome, though still modest, relief during 2025.... 


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Joint UK and South Africa team applying AI and digital technologies to astronomy
12th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

An Anglo-South African project is employing AI and digital technologies to automate optical and infrared telescopes and make them “smarter”, that is, able to monitor themselves, immediately process... 


Vodacom achieves African first with SuperUpload, offering up to 250 Mb/s 5G uplink speed
Vodacom achieves African first with SuperUpload, offering up to 250 Mb/s 5G uplink speed
12th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Telecommunications group Vodacom South Africa has achieved a significant milestone with the successful testing of SuperUpload, a 5G advanced technology that delivers uplink speeds of 254 Mb/s – the... 


Specialised industrial development initiatives are helping to develop aerospace, defence companies – dtic
12th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Alexandra Abrahams says the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition’s (dtic's) specialised industrial development instruments designed for the... 


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Global air cargo sector had to prioritise digitalisation, standards and security – IATA
12th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global air cargo industry should, in the opinion of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) prioritise three things. These are the acceleration of digitalisation in the sector; the... 


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Still waiting for a comeback: SA's GDP growth since 1994
Still waiting for a comeback: SA's GDP growth since 1994
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South Africa reported its best economic growth in three years in 2025, but 1.1% is not nearly good enough. It falls short of the National Treasury's predictions of 1.4%. It also lags well behind... 


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IATA seeking to deploy AI to improve efficiency in global air cargo operations
12th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), is launching initiatives to promote the adoption of AI across the air cargo sector. This... 


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Middle East war creating largest-ever global oil supply disruption – IEA
12th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, the International Energy Agency (IEA) states in its latest 'Oil Market' report for... 


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Creamer Media marks 45 years of independent engineering and mining journalism
Updated 48 minutes ago By: Shannon de Ryhove

When Creamer Media celebrates its forty-fifth anniversary this March, it marks not only a company milestone, but also a rare achievement in specialist journalism: four-and-a-half decades of... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel (right) interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Harmony studying high-margin surface gold projects in Free State and West Wits
12th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Harmony Gold Mining Company is progressing studies to recover the gold from its Free State tailings dams as well as those that span the West Wits area around its Mponeng gold mine. The Johannesburg... 


City of Joburg entities identify fraudulent transfer of various city-owned properties
City of Joburg entities identify fraudulent transfer of various city-owned properties
12th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The City of Joburg Property Company (JPC) has reported that it has discovered several city-owned properties that were fraudulently transferred to other individuals without the city’s knowledge or... 


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SAA to adjust airfares as jet fuel prices increase amid Middle East conflict
SAA to adjust airfares as jet fuel prices increase amid Middle East conflict
12th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, with implications for global jet fuel supply and pricing, local airline South African Airways (SAA) has reported that it will need to adjust... 


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South Africa records first current account surplus in over two years
12th March 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa recorded its first current account surplus in more than two years in the final quarter of 2025, helped by rising precious metal prices, central bank data showed on Thursday. The... 


Shipper MSC secures 45‑year Lagos port concession with Nigerdock
12th March 2026 By: Reuters

Shipping company MSC has signed a 45-year concession agreement with Nigerian maritime company Nigerdock to develop, operate and maintain a new container terminal at Snake Island Port in Lagos, the... 


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Oil climbs as Iran steps up attacks on Gulf shipping
12th March 2026 By: Reuters

Oil prices jumped on Thursday as Iran stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, raising fears of a prolonged conflict and oil-flow disruptions through the Strait of... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel.
Strong cash generation enabling Harmony to fund a future in both gold and copper
11th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s largest gold-mining company Harmony Gold is building a resilient portfolio by investing continuously in its orebodies while growing in copper to protect cash flows through the... 


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Magazine round up | 06 March 2026
Magazine round up | 06 March 2026

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

BURNING TOPIC: While the full details were unavailable at the time of going to print, Eskom had confirmed a 62c/kWh offer to two ferrochrome producers in a bid to salvage smelter demand that was on the edge of closure. Whether the rest of society and the regulator will approve of the discount remains to be seen. If it is approved, Eskom has promised to make available a standard offer to other smelters, such as Transalloys, whose Mpumalanga operations are pictured here.
BURNING TOPIC

While the full details were unavailable at the time of going to print, Eskom had confirmed a 62c/kWh offer to two ferrochrome producers in a bid to salvage smelter demand that was on the edge of... 

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Now’s the time to match South Africa’s sound mineral potential with sound govt policy

In a world that’s changing very fast, new opportunities are out there to attract investment but only for those countries that at least cut bureaucracy down to size. Just how badly South Africa... 

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Lucky for some

On Friday March 13, 1981, the first edition of Engineering News, then a fortnightly tabloid newspaper, officially made its debut as a specialist business-to-business publication. The date itself... 

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 Herman Venter, MD of logistics company DHL Express South Africa
Herman Venter

This week we profile Herman Venter, MD of logistics company DHL Express South Africa  



GROWTH FOUNDATIONS: The foundations for South African growth, infrastructure, have been severely weakened over the past decade and a bit. Not only has too little been spent on maintenance and expansion, what has been invested has been spent inefficiently or lost to corruption. There are signs in the 2026 Budget of a possible turning point being reached in the composition of spending. Much will hinge, however, on the quality of implementation, as well as on bringing in new private funding and expertise.
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The foundations for South African growth, infrastructure, have been severely weakened over the past decade and a bit. Not only has too little been spent on maintenance and expansion, what has been... 

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