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Renewables-battery scenario proposed for saving ferrochrome while sustaining Eskom and reform momentum
Renewables-battery scenario proposed for saving ferrochrome while sustaining Eskom and reform momentum
Updated 44 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

A new analysis of the crisis being faced by South Africa’s ferrochrome industry as a result of uncompetitive electricity tariffs, outlines a possible renewables-battery-led scenario for meeting the industry’s need for sustainably cheap and greener... 


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Francois Nortjé
Opinion: Correcting the structural imbalance in South Africa’s primary trade, transport and tourism corridor
12th March 2026

In this article, Port of Gauteng's Francois Nortjé writes that South Africa's most important economic transport corridor from Durban to Gauteng must work for both freight and passenger travel and... 


DFFE responds to reports of sulphurous odour across parts of Gauteng
DFFE responds to reports of sulphurous odour across parts of Gauteng
12th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) says it is aware of, and is attending to, reports of a strong sulphurous odour detected in various parts of Gauteng, particularly in... 


After strong 2025 growth, global trade set to grow until 2029, index shows
12th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Global trade flows of goods, capital, information and people rose at a faster rate in 2025 than in any other year since 2011, excluding 2017 and the post-Covid-19 rebound, and is set to grow at the... 


Kariba reservoir water levels recording gradual rise during 2025/26 rainfall season
Updated 2 hours 37 minutes ago By: Natasha Odendaal

The Zambezi River Authority is reporting higher river flows and a gradual increase in reservoir storage levels across the Kariba catchment during the ongoing 2025/26 rainfall season. Providing an... 


Nersa extends deadline for comments on Ekurhuleni, Msunduzi, Madibeng electricity tariff applications
12th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the deadline for submitting written comments on the electricity tariff applications by the Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality,... 


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Still waiting for a comeback: SA's GDP growth since 1994
Still waiting for a comeback: SA's GDP growth since 1994
13th March 2026

South Africa reported its best economic growth in three years in 2025, but 1.1% is not nearly good enough. It falls short of the National Treasury's predictions of 1.4%. It also lags well behind... 


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Household Resilience Index received a boost from lower interest rates
Household Resilience Index received a boost from lower interest rates
12th March 2026 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.... 


The Southern African Large Telescope
Joint UK and South Africa team applying AI and digital technologies to astronomy
12th March 2026 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
12th March 2026 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
12th March 2026 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... 


S&P Global Energy forecasts oil prices of $70/bbl to $100/bbl for the remainder of this year
Updated 59 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

Energy market intelligence company S&P Global Energy says the 17-million-barrel-a-day reduction in crude oil and refined product supply available to the market from March 1 to 11 represents 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... 


IATA seeking to deploy AI to improve efficiency in global air cargo operations
12th March 2026 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... 


Oil tankers at sea
Middle East war creating largest-ever global oil supply disruption – IEA
12th March 2026 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... 


Magazine round up | 13 March 2026
Magazine round up | 13 March 2026
13th March 2026

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


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
12th March 2026 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... 


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Magazine round up | 13 March 2026
Magazine round up | 13 March 2026

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

BURNING TOPIC: While the full details were unavailable at the time of going to print, Eskom had confirmed a 62c/kWh offer to two ferrochrome producers in a bid to salvage smelter demand that was on the edge of closure. Whether the rest of society and the regulator will approve of the discount remains to be seen. If it is approved, Eskom has promised to make available a standard offer to other smelters, such as Transalloys, whose Mpumalanga operations are pictured here.
BURNING TOPIC

While the full details were unavailable at the time of going to print, Eskom had confirmed a 62c/kWh offer to two ferrochrome producers in a bid to salvage smelter demand that was on the edge of... 

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Now’s the time to match South Africa’s sound mineral potential with sound govt policy

In a world that’s changing very fast, new opportunities are out there to attract investment but only for those countries that at least cut bureaucracy down to size. Just how badly South Africa... 

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Lucky for some

On Friday March 13, 1981, the first edition of Engineering News, then a fortnightly tabloid newspaper, officially made its debut as a specialist business-to-business publication. The date itself... 

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 Herman Venter, MD of logistics company DHL Express South Africa
Herman Venter

This week we profile Herman Venter, MD of logistics company DHL Express South Africa  



GROWTH FOUNDATIONS: The foundations for South African growth, infrastructure, have been severely weakened over the past decade and a bit. Not only has too little been spent on maintenance and expansion, what has been invested has been spent inefficiently or lost to corruption. There are signs in the 2026 Budget of a possible turning point being reached in the composition of spending. Much will hinge, however, on the quality of implementation, as well as on bringing in new private funding and expertise.
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The foundations for South African growth, infrastructure, have been severely weakened over the past decade and a bit. Not only has too little been spent on maintenance and expansion, what has been... 

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