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Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn
Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn
Seriti Green CEO on the seamless transition of coal professionals to renewables in Mpumalanga
23rd October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn says the ease with which individuals with deep coal industry experience have transitioned into renewable energy has been a remarkable aspect of the company’s recent progress in implementing its first large-scale wind... 


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Durban DCT Pier 2 acquires four new ship-to-shore cranes
Updated 3 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned Transnet on October 23 launched four new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, valued at R967-million, at the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2, aimed at enhancing the terminal’s operational... 


OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage
OUTA welcomes new, simpler Eskom SSEG regulation
Updated 3 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

Civil society anticorruption lobby organisation the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes State-owned power utility Eskom’s decision to ease red tape around the registration of residential... 


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SPAR Health acquires Aptekor Group, to build nationwide healthcare network
23rd October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Retailer SPAR Group’s pharmacy subsidiary SPAR Health has acquired pharmaceutical wholesaler Aptekor Group, which is mainly based in the Western Cape, with the aim to build a nationwide healthcare... 


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Shell applies to appeal against South African court ruling blocking exploration
23rd October 2025 By: Reuters

Shell has applied to gain the right to appeal against the decision of a South African court to block exploration in the offshore block 5/6/7, a Shell spokesperson said on Wednesday. "Shell has... 


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Mpumalanga gold plant build accelerates, contractors mobilised, ground broken
Updated 2 hours 58 minutes ago By: Martin Creamer

The pace of the gold plant build of the TGME gold mine project in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province is stepping up, with contractors mobilised and construction underway at the carbon-in-leach... 


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Eskom is still generating thousands of gigawatt-hours burning diesel
Eskom is still generating thousands of gigawatt-hours burning diesel
17th October 2025

Although there were just four days with loadshedding in the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, Eskom generated more than 1 000 GWh of electricity using its open-cycle gas turbines (OCGTs),... 


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South African rand muted as traders eye possible 'grey' list exit
23rd October 2025 By: Reuters

The rand was flat in early trade on Thursday, as cautious investors awaited news on South Africa's possible removal from the Financial Action Task Force's "grey" list, along with key US inflation... 


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Large building owners reminded to register for EPCs before Dec 7 deadline
22nd October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Deputy Electricity and Energy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré has called on owners of large public and private buildings to immediately initiate the process to register for an Energy Performance... 


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Local wind energy sector encouraged by IRP 2025
22nd October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The recently released details regarding the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 have been welcomed by the South African wind energy sector. The new IRP provided for 34 000 MW of onshore wind... 


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South African rand slips after local inflation uptick
22nd October 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand slipped on Wednesday after September headline inflation ticked up, but the increase was smaller than expected, bolstering the case for the central bank to resume rate cuts.... 


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TNPA lends dredger to yearly restoration of coastline near Richards Bay
22nd October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned port operator Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has started the yearly nourishment environmental practice of the Alkanstrand Beach, next to the entrance to the harbour of the... 


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PBMR to be lifted from care and maintenance by end of Q1 next year – Ramokgopa
22nd October 2025 By: Irma Venter

The process to lift South Africa’s dormant pebble-bed modular reactor (PBMR) project from care and maintenance is at an advanced stage, says Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho... 


Vox security and value-added services division head Audrey Vadival
New Vox cybersecurity division, in partnership with Sophos, caters to all businesses
22nd October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Internet and communications company Vox has launched its new cybersecurity division in partnership with cybersecurity company Sophos as a locally-managed service model, which makes Sophos' advanced... 


Sibanye-Stillwater executive VP stakeholder relations Thabisile Phumo.
Gold, platinum community upliftment highlighted by Sibanye-Stillwater
22nd October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Gold and platinum mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Wednesday highlighted its expansive array of community development projects that are contributing to a future where near-mine communities are... 


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Famous Brands reports positive results across key financial metrics
22nd October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed food services franchisor Famous Brands has reported that its financial performance for the six months ended August 31 demonstrated strong momentum, with positive results across key... 


Africa’s entertainment and media sector outpaces global growth
22nd October 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Africa’s entertainment and media (E&M) sector will largely outpace the global 2024 to 2029 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7%, PwC’s latest 'Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook:... 


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Magazine round up | 17 October 2025
Magazine round up | 17 October 2025

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

NEXT GENERATION: A new, advanced subsea diamond recovery crawler has been installed on Debmarine Namibia’s flagship vessel Benguela Gem, which operates off the coast of Namibia. Following nearly four years of development, the crawler is larger than its predecessors, weighing 370 t and measuring 28 m long and 8 m high and wide. With a sweeping mining arm that covers a 21 m arc in 25 seconds, the crawler operates between 100 m and 135 m below surface, drawing a combination of seawater, sand, gravel and diamond-bearing material through an 800-mm-diameter pipeline.
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A new advanced subsea diamond recovery crawler has been installed on Debmarine Namibia's flagship vessel Benguela Gem, which operates off the coast of Namibia. Following nearly four years of... 

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South Africans must insist on transparency at all levels of government

Opacity helps corruption to thrive and it must not be allowed to continue in instances where there is valid reason to believe that irregularities are more than likely taking place. South Africans... 

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Content over form

South Africans are naturally strongly opposed to any more hefty electricity hikes, having borne above-inflation increases for years while power disruptions intensified and Eskom’s finances... 

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Freddy Mugeri, CEO of Hydro Power Equipment
Freddy Mugeri

This week we profile Freddy Mugeri, CEO of Hydro Power Equipment, a high-pressure water-powered valves and mining products and services provider 

WRECKING BALL
WRECKING BALL

Allegations of corruption have always dogged the Gauteng health department, but the latest Tembisa Hospital revelations have highlighted the scale of the looting. If R2-billion can be stolen from... 

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As one of South Africa's leading manufacturers, Bell Equipment distributes and exports its wide range of heavy equipment globally to mining,...

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