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IPP body to meet Eskom on grid-access concerns after alerting competition body to the potential for abuse
13th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The South African Independent Power Producer Association (SAIPPA) expects to meet with Eskom later this month to discuss its concern that the State-owned entity’s proposed renewables projects may not be subjected to the same grid-access rules that... 


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TPT handles higher citrus volumes at multiple terminals
13th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has concluded South Africa’s citrus export season for the year with a 19% year-on-year increase in volumes handled across the country’s ports. TPT says South Africa... 


KFC Africa hosts hackathon, to co-develop pilot projects with winning teams
Updated 42 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

Fast-food franchise KFC Africa hosted a week-long hackathon that saw 60 participants developing new ideas to tackle child hunger. It will co-develop pilot programmes from the winning ideas with the... 


Companies enter joint development agreement for Mpumalanga gas project
13th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

ASX-listed Kinetiko Energy (and its subsidiary, Afro Energy) and South African industrial heating fuel supplier FFS Refiners have entered into a binding joint development agreement (JDA) for a... 


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Westbrooke acquires solar portfolio across 91 Shell Downstream South Africa service stations
13th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Westbrooke Renewable Energy Alternatives (Westbrooke Real), an alternative investment strategy managed by Westbrooke Alternative Asset Management, has acquired a portfolio of operational solar PV... 


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Calgro M3 posts lower interim earnings
13th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed property investment company Calgro M3 recorded a 17.72% year-on-year decrease in its earnings per share (EPS) to 83c for the six months ended August 31. Headline earnings a share (HEPS)... 


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Eskom's grid expansion is far behind target
Eskom's grid expansion is far behind target
10th October 2025

Eskom installed 293 km of transmission lines in 2024/25. It is almost four times more than the 74 km built in the previous financial year. But even this improved pace is far below what is needed to... 


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DFFE achieves unqualified audit for 2024/25 financial year
13th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has achieved an unqualified audit opinion from the Auditor-General for the 2024/25 financial year ended March 31, which reflects... 


South African companies spending more than most on proactive security threat mitigation – survey
13th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Security services provider Allied Universal finds in a ‘World Security Report’ that 40% of South African chief security officers (CSOs) believe economic instability to be the biggest hazard over... 


White Paper reveals South Africa’s trade opportunities amid global shifts
13th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

With South Africa being at a critical juncture in its trade journey, a new White Paper released by global fintech platform Verto, reveals that, while local businesses face mounting pressures from... 


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Safran to open new Airbus engine assembly line in Morocco
Updated 3 hours ago By: Reuters

French aerospace group Safran signed deals with Morocco on Monday to set up a new engine assembly line for Airbus jets and a new maintenance and repair plant near Casablanca, company officials... 


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IATA highlights billions in costs to airlines of aircraft assembly supply chain delays
13th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Disruptions in the airliner manufacturing supply chain are costing the world’s airlines billions of dollars, the global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport... 


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Game-changing possibilities for gold as a modern digital asset.
Digitalisation could re-orientate gold industry, World Gold Council highlights
Updated 7 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

The value of gold as an asset has never been clearer, yet the gold industry finds itself at a fascinating crossroads, the World Gold Council reports. The advent of new technologies, including... 


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Canal+ pursues secondary listing in Johannesburg after MultiChoice deal
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

French broadcasting group Canal+ said on Monday it was planning a secondary listing on the JSE after it acquired South African broadcaster MultiChoice. Canal+ closed the R35-billion MultiChoice... 


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Aspen wins approval to market Lilly's Mounjaro for weight loss in South Africa
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

Aspen Pharmacare said on Monday it had secured regulatory approval to market Eli Lilly's blockbuster diabetes and obesity drug, Mounjaro, for chronic weight management in South Africa. The... 


Chance to up diamond strength.
Major opportunity for the diamond business to return to old strengths, says luminary
13th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Botswana is seeking a greater interest in De Beers, and Angola is seeking an interest too. To the mind of diamond luminary Martyn Charles Marriott, this could be an opportunity to return to old... 


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South African rand steady with markets wary of US-China trade tension
13th October 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand was steady in early trade on Monday as investors remained cautious about renewed US-China trade tensions and expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts with the US... 


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Magazine round up | 10 October 2025
Magazine round up | 10 October 2025

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

FINALLY COMPLETED: Unit 6 at Kusile power station officially entered into commercial operation on September 29, marking the end of Eskom’s multi-decade build programme – one which experienced well-publicised delays, major cost overruns, and technical problems, alongside allegations of serious corruption. Construction, which started in August 2008, was initially expected to take six years, but took 17 years instead. Likewise, the project’s initial budget of less than R80-billion ballooned to above R233-billion.
FINALLY COMPLETED

Unit 6 at Kusile power station officially entered into commercial operation on September 29, marking the end of Eskom’s multi-decade build programme – one which experienced well-publicised delays,... 

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Time for South Africa to secure new economic opportunities through new partnerships

There are many examples of South Africa having what the world wants and what the world needs and the time is now to secure new economic opportunities through new partnerships. Many South Africans... 

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Debt and theft

The twin crises of surging municipal arrear debt owing to Eskom and rising electricity theft have been lurking for years, and with all efforts to combat the problems having failed. In fact Eskom’s... 

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Marius Wessels, Senior VP: Consulting Services International at SYSPRO
Marius Wessels

This week we profile Marius Wessels, senior VP at SYSPRO, a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) software provider specialising in simplifying business complexity for manufacturers and... 



DODGING & WEAVING: The final countdown to the G20 Leaders’ Summit in South Africa is truly under way. What should have been something of a crowning moment for the country – the first African nation to host the event – has instead been a hard slog. Besides having to navigate what are truly hazardous geopolitical roads, Joburg’s infrastructure backlogs and general decay have also raised questions about the wisdom of having selected it as host city.
DODGING & WEAVING

The final countdown to the G20 Leaders’ Summit in South Africa is truly under way. What should have been something of a crowning moment for the country – the first African nation to host the event... 

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