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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
Updated 3 hours ago 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
Updated 6 hours ago 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
Updated 5 hours ago 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
Updated 5 hours ago 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
Updated 1 hour 43 minutes ago 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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Repowering coal power stations
6th March 2026

Komati is the first of Eskom’s coal stations to stop operating. Eskom’s plans to repower and repurpose Komati include a solar facility and battery storage. There is also a trade school, an... 


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IATA seeking to deploy AI to improve efficiency in global air cargo operations
Updated 5 hours ago 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
Updated 6 hours ago 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... 


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
Updated 2 hours 30 minutes ago 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
Updated 3 hours ago 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... 


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
Updated 5 hours ago 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
Updated 6 hours ago 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... 


Air cargo played key role in helping global economy through a turbulent 2025
11th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has, in its latest report, 'Air Cargo, Trade and Economic Growth in 2025',... 


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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.  

GRID UNLOCKED: Renewable energy company Anthem recently announced the energisation of the Gamma B Main Transmission Substation (MTS) pictured here. Built on the border of the Northern and Western Cape provinces, the Gamma B MTS has been integrated into the National Transmission Company South Africa’s network. It provides the infrastructure needed to feed electricity that will be produced from Anthem’s 420 MW Northern Cluster wind farm into the grid. The wheeled electricity is contracted to Rio Tinto’s Richards Bay Minerals, Sibanye-Stillwater, and NOA Group Trading.
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Renewable energy company Anthem recently announced the energisation of the Gamma B Main Transmission Substation (MTS) pictured here. Built on the border of the Northern and Western Cape provinces,... 

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South Africa must go all out to accelerate its reindustrialisation

The re-industrialisation of South Africa is an absolute must and it is good to see that public-private collaboration has been successfully applied to bring dormant industrial infrastructure back to... 

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Important shifts

The overarching theme of last week’s Budget was definitely the fiscal turning point that has now finally been reached. Debt is being stabilised and the trajectory of the deficit is narrowing,... 

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Tshidi Mndzebele, CEO of AvenirHoldings
Tshidi Mndzebele

This week we profile Tshidi Mndzebele, CEO of AvenirHoldings, a provider of engineering, procurement and construction management services 

UNDER PRESSURE: While manufacturing has been under pressure in South Africa for more than a decade, the squeeze is now on across various key subsectors. Besides the closure of minerals processing capacity, including in ferroalloys and steel, the outlook for the flagship automotive industry is also worrying. It is nevertheless far from clear whether South Africa can afford the industrial and trade policy remedies being proposed.
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While manufacturing has been under pressure in South Africa for more than a decade, the squeeze is now on across various key subsectors. Besides the closure of minerals processing capacity,... 

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Sulzer South Africa, established in 1922, partners with critical industries like power, oil & gas, water, mining, and chemicals to boost...

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From batteries for boats and jet skis, to batteries for cars and quad bikes, SABAT Batteries has positioned itself as the lifestyle battery of...

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