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Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientho Ramokgopa
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientho Ramokgopa
Minister’s ‘State will lead, market will follow’ electricity assertion raises questions
20th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s insistence that the State will lead and the market follow in the procurement of new electricity generation, while simultaneously indicating that any new investment will be “off balance... 


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AASA CEO Aaron Munetsi and AASA chairperson Daniel Rosenzweig
Regional airlines association has elected its next chairperson, deputy chairperson
20th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) has elected its incoming chairperson and deputy chairperson, at its fifty-fifth Annual General Assembly (AGA), which was held in Lusaka, Zambia,... 


Kenyan and Qatari national flag carriers have concluded a codeshare agreement
20th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Kenya Airways and Qatar Airways have entered into a codeshare agreement, that covers 19 destinations, the two carriers have announced. The codesharing will commence on this coming Sunday, October... 


Flashback to the listing of Southern Palladium on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Southern Palladium powers ahead with A$20m raise to fast-track Bengwenyama project
20th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) company Southern Palladium has locked in a A$20-million raise to ramp up work at its Bengwenyama PGM project in South Africa's Limpopo... 


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UJ launches pioneer advanced Rescue Simulation Centre
17th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) on October 17 launched its new Rescue Simulation Centre at its Doornfontein Campus, in Johannesburg. The four-storey, 3 000 m² facility was developed under UJ’s... 


Africa needs to exploit all its energy resources to generate electricity
17th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Africa needs to exploit all the energy resources that it possesses, including coal, to generate electricity. So affirmed Nigerian enterprise Heirs Energy’s head of commercial operations, Joseph... 


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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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CSIR CEO Dr Thulani Dlamini
CSIR launches CO₂ Supercritical Encapsulation Facility
17th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched a pioneering CO₂ Supercritical Encapsulation Facility (SCEF), the first of its kind on the African continent, on October 17. This... 


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DBSA, AFD and Proparco extend cooperation to 2030
17th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French finance institution Agence française de développement (AFD) and its subsidiary Proparco... 


CHIETA CEO Yershen Pillay
CHIETA elects new accounting authority board, reappoints Pillay as CEO
17th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Sector education and training authority the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) says a new CHIETA Accounting Authority has been appointed by Higher Education and Training... 


Energy Council CEO James Mackay
Rising business confidence reflects optimism in South Africa's energy sector – Energy Council
17th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Energy sector organisation the Energy Council of South Africa welcomes the rise in business confidence to 121.1 in September, as reported by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.... 


Toyota SA, Durban auto cluster seek participants for SME development programme
Toyota SA, Durban auto cluster seek participants for SME development programme
17th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has announced the launch of the 2025 Durban Automotive Cluster (DAC) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Accelerator. The programme is a public-private partnership... 


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Kwazi Mabaso
Grindrod appoints new CEO from within its own ranks
17th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Grindrod has announced that Kwazi Mabaso will succeed Xolani Mbambo as the JSE-listed group’s new CEO from December 1. Mabaso comes from within Grindrod’s ranks, where he serves as the CEO of... 


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Transnet wins GIBS award for its e-Tender system
17th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

State-owned Transnet has won the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Logistics Achiever Gold Award (LAA) 2025 for its e-Tender solution. The award, which was presented at a ceremony held at... 


Rhodes University
Rhodes Business School, consultancy partner to create occupationally practical courses
17th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Business management consultancy LRMG’s academic learning innovation arm DigitalCampus has partnered with Rhodes Business School to provide high-impact and occupationally relevant learning... 


AASA CEO Aaron Munetsi
South Africa’s airspace safety failures are an economic disaster
17th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) CEO Aaron Munetsi has called out South Africa for its safety failures and operational inefficiencies in the sphere of aviation. He was addressing the... 


Smart grid
EY unpacks value of smart meter management, digital integration as power system decentralises
17th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As the South African energy sector undergoes a profound shift from traditional, centralised power generation to a more decentralised but interconnected one, digitally integrated systems can... 


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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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Weir is a global leader in mining technology. We recognise that our planet’s future depends on the transition to renewable energy, and that...

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REELIN is Currently the largest supplier of Bearings to Transnet. We have contracts to supply bearings, draft gears slackadjusters and other...

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We supply customers with practical affordable solutions for their testing needs. Our products include benchtop, portable, in-line process control...

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ISO-certified Condra manufactures overhead cranes, portal cranes, cantilever cranes and crane components: hoists, drives, end-carriages, brakes and...

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