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World Bank-backed ‘payment for performance’ grant launched for metros
Updated 6 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities are now able to tap into a new National Treasury grant, backed by World Bank funding of $925-million (about R16-billion), if they are able to show tangible service-delivery progress in the areas of... 


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Telkom H1 earnings to surge
10th November 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

JSE-listed Telkom on Monday said it expected an increase in earnings for the six months ended September 30, 2025. During the first half of the year, the group’s reported basic earnings per share... 


PPC to report higher interim earnings
Updated 2 hours 18 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed PPC expects its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per shares (HEPS) for the six months ended September 30 to be between 8.3% and 18.7% year-on-year. Adjusted EPS and HEPS... 


Thuraya enters South African market with Thuraya-4 commercial rollout
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

United Arab Emirates- (UAE-) based AI-powered spacetech company Space42 subsidiary Thuraya has started the commercial deployment of its next-generation mobile communications satellite Thuraya-4 in... 


Tiger Brands forecasts higher earnings on margin gains, cost-cutting
Updated 2 hours 51 minutes ago By: Reuters

 Tiger Brands expects an up to 15% rise in annual headline earnings, as improved operating margins and cost-cutting offset pressure on consumer spending and commodity price deflation. The country's... 


Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George
Environment Minister Dion George set to lose his post
Updated 3 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George looks likely to lose his post after his party, the Democratic Alliance, proposed that he be replaced by its spokesperson, Willie... 


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Status of 2 500 MW of South Africa's grid-connected battery storage projects
Status of 2 500 MW of South Africa's grid-connected battery storage projects
7th November 2025

Two-and-a-half years ago, the government put out a call to independent power producers (IPPs) to bid to build battery energy storage facilities connected to the national electricity grid. The aim... 


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South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earths project is gift that just keeps on giving
Updated 3 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rare earths endowment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo province is a gift that just keep on giving through the ongoing effort of Rainbow Rare Earths. In December, Mining Weekly reported that... 


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European countries back $2.5bn initiative to protect Congo rainforest
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

European nations have backed a $2.5-billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France's presidency told a UN climate summit, launching a conservation scheme that may steal some thunder from the... 


Gauteng Industrial Development Zone chief investment officer Maidei Matika
Gauteng agency declares OR Tambo SEZ Precinct 2 'open for investment'
7th November 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In marking a significant step in South Africa’s industrial development journey and turning eastern Gauteng into an aerotropolis, FNB Gauteng Business and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency... 


IFC extends loan to Ilovo Sugar Malawi to upgrade irrigation at Nchalo Sugar Estate
7th November 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Development finance institution the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has said it will provide a $36-million local-currency-linked loan facility to Illovo Sugar Malawi to finance upgrades to... 


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Numsa signs three-year wage agreement in the tyre sector
7th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has concluded a three-year wage agreement in the tyre manufacturing sector, effective from July 31 this year to June 30, 2028. In a media... 


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Qantas’ ultralong-range ambitions take major step with assembly of new Airbus type
7th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Australian national flag carrier Qantas has highlighted that the airframe for it first Airbus A350-1000ULR airliner has been completed, at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line, in Toulouse, France. The... 


Nedbank group business services executive head Charl de Kock
Growthpoint to provide renewable-energy certificates for 26 Nedbank branches that are using its renewable energy
7th November 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties will provide verified renewable energy certificates (RECs) to 26 branches of financial services firm Nedbank that use the power... 


Sanral continues to roll out R4bn in upgrades to the N1
Sanral continues to roll out R4bn in upgrades to the N1
7th November 2025 By: Irma Venter

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says it is continuing its rollout of almost R4-billion in upgrades to the N1 freeway from Scottland to Winburg, and Zandkraal to Scottland,... 


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Construction starts on R2bn mixed-use development in Green Point
7th November 2025 By: Irma Venter

Construction work has started on The Granger, a R2-billion mixed-use development adjacent to the DHL Stadium in Green Point, Cape Town. Situated between the city’s central business district (CBD)... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa chides coal industry for its silence in energy debate
7th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has scolded South Africa’s coal industry for remaining largely silent during national debates over the country’s energy future, saying its... 


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Magazine round up | 07 November 2025
Magazine round up | 07 November 2025

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

DIGGING DEEP: A total of 57 runners from 18 countries, including South Africa, completed the world’s deepest marathon last month. Held 1 120 m below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, runners had to endure high humidity, temperatures of up to 30°C, gravel floors and almost complete darkness. To reach the full marathon distance, participants completed 11 laps of a 3.84 km underground tunnel.
DIGGING DEEP

A total of 57 runners from 18 countries, including South Africa, completed the world’s deepest marathon last month. Held 1 120 m below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, runners... 

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Every South African must insist on integrity, accountability, strategy

South Africa is taking steps to build infrastructure projects that have the potential to grow our economy, provided their implementation is accompanied by integrity, accountability, and strategy.... 

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Head spinning

Given the many moving parts in play currently within the electricity industry, there is a real risk of becoming distracted from what is truly important. Developments over the past few months alone... 

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Wojciech Kulma, MD of BASF South Africa
Wojciech Kulma

This week we profile Wojciech Kulma, MD of BASF South Africa, which manufactures and sells chemical products 



THE B WORD: The world economy is on a roller-coaster ride that includes sharp and unpredictable tariff twists, gut-dropping geopolitical dips and violent turns. Yet the stock markets have floated above the fray, buoyed by optimism over the effect Artificial Intelligence could have on productivity and innovation. More recently, though, the word “bubble” has entered the vocabulary, as some commentators warn of a correction and others of a possible crash.
THE B WORD

The world economy is on a roller-coaster ride that includes sharp and unpredictable tariff twists, gut-dropping geopolitical dips and violent turns. Yet the stock markets have floated above the... 

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