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Assembly plant volume cuts happening more often, says Naacam as Merc suspends production
Assembly plant volume cuts happening more often, says Naacam as Merc suspends production
1st July 2025 By: Irma Venter

National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam) CEO Renai Moothilal says production plant volume cuts have become all too common in South Africa’s vehicle assembly sector over the past two years. This assessment... 


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Ngqura Container Terminal set to handle its largest ever vessel
Updated 4 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is set to welcome the ultralarge container vessel MSC Nicola Mastro to berth at the Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT), a milestone for the terminal and the Eastern Cape... 


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Barloworld, Newco transaction on track
Updated 4 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Barloworld and Newco, which is made up of a consortium that has made an offer to acquire Barloworld, have announced that Newco will irrevocably waive the 90% minimum acceptance condition... 


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Green property index shows benefits of climate-resilient buildings
Updated 46 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

Green and climate-resilient buildings and properties provide higher returns on investment, typically have lower vacancy rates and their cost-to-income ratios are tracking ahead of buildings that... 


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Hyprop to dispose of 50% share in Hyde Park Corner and rental enterprise
Updated 1 hour 38 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Hyprop Investments on June 30 entered into a sale of rental enterprise agreement with MEP SPV 3, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Millennium Equity Partners, to dispose of a 50% undivided... 


IATA reports continued good but uneven growth in air passenger traffic in May
Updated 41 minutes ago By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that total global air passenger traffic in May was up 5%, year-on-year... 


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Pay scale: What does a city manager earn in SA?
Pay scale: What does a city manager earn in SA?
27th June 2025

The highest-paid city manager in 2023/24 was in Ekurhuleni, with a remuneration package of R4.57-million. Cape Town’s city manager followed closely at R4.49-million, while eThekwini and... 


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Trade disruptions did not dampen total global air cargo demand, although some regions hit
Updated 3 hours ago By: Rebecca Campbell

Despite disruptions in international trade, global total air cargo demand increased by 2.2% in May, year-on-year (y-o-y), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is... 


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World Bank, IAEA formalise partnership to collaborate on nuclear energy for development
26th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The World Bank Group and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to collaborate on supporting the safe, secure and responsible use of nuclear energy in developing countries. The... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Well-endowed South Africa has huge opportunity ‘right now’ to grow mining sector
Updated 1 hour 14 minutes ago By: Martin Creamer

South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane... 


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Petrol price to rise by up to 55c a litre, diesel by up to 84c a litre
Updated 4 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has announced that the price of petrol 93 will increase by 55c a litre and the price of petrol 95 by 52c a litre, with effect from July 2. The... 


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Zambia launches 100 MW solar plant supplying First Quantum Minerals
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Monday opened the country's biggest grid-connected solar power plant, built by PowerChina, which will supply electricity to copper miner First Quantum... 


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Kganyago sees inflation-target work complete soon
1st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

A review of South Africa’s inflation target by the National Treasury and the nation’s central bank is close to completion, Governor Lesetja Kganyago said. “It should be very soon that it’s... 


Digital solutions can help address Africa education challenges – BCG
30th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Technology can strengthen education at all levels, starting from early childhood to adult training, and digital solutions can also help to address the main challenges faced by the African school... 


Sars records trade balance surplus of R21.7bn in May
30th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

According to the South African Revenue Service (Sars), South Africa recorded a preliminary trade balance surplus of R21.7-billion in May, which was attributable to exports of R175.7-billion and... 


IIW opens WeldArt World Championship to spotlight the creative side of welding
30th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

International organisation the International Institute of Welding (IIW) has launched the first-ever WeldArt World Championship, placing a spotlight on the creative side of welding aimed at... 


MetPac-SA CEO Dr Kishan Singh
PRO Alliance restructured into five strategic pillars
30th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) Alliance – of which metal packaging PRO MetPac-SA is an active member – has been restructured into five strategic pillars: waste picker integration;... 


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Magazine round up | 27 June 2025
Magazine round up | 27 June 2025

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

MORE SUPPORT: Struggling State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has been granted an additional R51-billion guarantee facility, having been granted a R47-billion guarantee in 2023. “Given Transnet’s debt redemptions over its five-year corporate plan period of R99.6-billion, the government has initiated a process to allocate additional guarantees to Transnet, to at least cover the entire redemptions over the corporate plan period,” Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said, indicating that details would be finalised by July 25.
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Struggling State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has been granted an additional R51-billion guarantee facility, having been granted a R47-billion guarantee in 2023. “Given Transnet’s debt... 

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South Africa has all the credentials to develop its own green hydrogen economy

South Africa has all the credentials to develop its own green hydrogen economy in South Africa for South Africa. That is being increasingly acknowledged at business and government level. Green... 

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Deadline looms

Memories of that ‘dim-the-lights’ Oval Office ambush have been enveloped in a fog of billionaire-bro brawls, immigrant raids and protests, the militarisation of law enforcement, vaccine-committee... 

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Sitho Mdlalose, CEO of telecommunications company Vodacom South Africa
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This week we profile Sitho Mdlalose, telecommunications company Vodacom South Africa CEO since 2022  

FACTS & STATS: While it is not certain whether the renowned American writer Mark Twain really said: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”, the following quote is also often attributed to him: “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” The pliability of South Africa’s own unemployment statistics is now under the spotlight after Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie questioned Statistics South Africa’s figures, despite these being based on a methodology that is far more orthodox than Fourie’s.
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While it is not certain whether the renowned American writer Mark Twain really said: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”, the following quote is also often attributed... 

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