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Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
South African food inflation stayed below upper target limit for 13th straight month, in March
South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be referred to just as food inflation, for brevity – decelerated slightly in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms in March, the...
Global air passenger traffic continued to grow during March, IATA reports
Global air passenger traffic increased again in March, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the global representative body for the...
Private education company to launch tertiary engineering courses
Accredited private tertiary education company STADIO, which is listed on the JSE, has announced that it will start introducing engineering courses, with effect from next year. To this end, it is...
Global air cargo recorded further growth in March, but fell sharply in Africa
The International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) has reported that March saw air cargo hit a record level for that month. In year-on-year...
New forest-focused Earth observation satellite, built by Airbus, successfully launched
Airbus Space Systems, part of the global major aerospace group Airbus, announced on Tuesday that the Biomass forest-monitoring satellite had been successfully launched into space, on a Vega-C...
India places major order for Dassault Rafale carrier fighters from France
The Indian Navy placed an order for 26 Rafale multirole fighters with manufacturer Dassault Aviation on Monday. The contract was signed in France, immediately after the signing of an...
Concor wins new mixed affordable and sectional title development contract in Cape Town
Major South African construction group Concor has announced that it has been selected by the City of Cape Town, following an open tender process, to develop an affordable housing project in the...
Tanzania’s audit office urges aircraft operation model review for loss-making Air Tanzania
The National Audit Office of Tanzania has recommended that national carrier Air Tanzania, in cooperation with the Tanzanian government, undertake a study to determine what the most suitable...
IATA highlights Egyptian SAF programme and the benefits of aviation to that country
The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has been encouraged by Egypt’s plan to stimulate the production of sustainable aviation...
International space sector development enterprise launches Africa hub
UK-based space research and technology enterprise Space Network, which is focused on stimulating the international development of the commercial space sector, has announced the launch of its latest...
Nasdaq-listed isotopes company to also list on the JSE
Nasdaq-, New York, listed company ASP Isotopes (ASPI), which has its head office in Washington, DC, but most of its operations in South Africa, has announced its intention, assuming the granting of...
Boeing opens new regional office for Africa
US aerospace giant Boeing has opened a new office, in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. This office is intended to be the group’s administrative hub for its activities and operations...
Need for clean energy, advent of SMRs driving global nuclear energy growth
UK-based international data analytics and consultancy company GlobalData has forecast that nuclear energy generation, worldwide, will see a compound annual growth rate of 2% over the period 2024 to...
New environmental screening platform for projects in South Africa now fully operational
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s National Web-Based Environmental Screening Tool is now fully operational. This was announced on Thursday by Forestry, Fisheries and the...
First phase of Sanral’s E Cape Intelligent Transport System project should be ready in June
The South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) has issued an update on its Eastern Cape Intelligent Transport System (ITS) project. This is the first such project in the province. The ITS...
ACSA CEO stresses importance of new technologies for air cargo operations
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is pursuing the automation and digitalisation of air cargo, ACSA CEO Mpumi Mpofu assured the inaugural International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Global...
Brand values of the world’s major aerospace and defence groups grew strongly last year
UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance has reported that, perhaps surprisingly, in its latest survey US aerospace giant Boeing remained the most valuable aerospace and defence brand in...
Safety and security crucial for the air cargo industry
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global representative body for the airline industry, has highlighted the importance of safety and security to the air cargo sector. IATA is...
IATA warns on trade tensions and the need to boost sustainable aviation fuel production
The global representative body for the airline (including air cargo) sector, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has highlighted the importance of air cargo to the global economy....
Manufacturer Embraer and Kenya Airways sign spare parts support agreement
Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has announced that it has signed a service support agreement with Kenya Airways. The agreement sees the East African carrier joining the Embraer...
Airbus reaffirms commitment to hydrogen aviation
At the 2025 edition of its annual, sustainable aerospace-focused, Airbus Summit, the Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group reaffirmed its commitment to develop and market a...
Private education company to launch tertiary engineering courses
Accredited private tertiary education company STADIO, which is listed on the JSE, has announced that it will start introducing engineering courses, with effect from next year. To this end, it is...
Africa Finance Corporation reports that 2024 saw its strongest ever financial performance
Africa-focused infrastructure and industry development investment catalyst group, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has reported that last year (ending December 31) was its strongest-ever...
International space sector development enterprise launches its Africa hub
UK-based space research and technology enterprise Space Network, which is focused on stimulating the international development of the commercial space sector, has announced the launch of its latest...
ATNS reports significant progress in restoring instrument landing procedures at airports
South Africa’s air traffic management and air traffic control agency, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), which has come under heavy fire for its failure to meet its regulatory obligations...
A lot of uncertainty still surrounds the new tariffs being imposed by the US, notes Wesgro
Wesgro, the Western Cape provincial trade, investment and tourism promotion agency, has warned those provincial businesses that export to the US that there is still a lot of uncertainly about how...
Wesgro acting to support Western Cape exporters in face of new US tariffs
Western Cape provincial trade, investment and tourism promotion agency Wesgro has assured that it is committed to assisting the province’s exporters in the face of the new tariffs imposed on South...
Airlink achieves international environmental and sustainability accreditation
South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has been awarded International Air Transport Association (IATA) Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) certification, the carrier announced on...
Aviation opens a world of opportunities for Africa, states Kenyan President
Kenyan President Dr William Samoei Ruto has highlighted the importance of aviation to Africa. He was welcoming the fact that the thirty-seventh IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC) is to be held...
Consortium seeking to buy Tongaat Hulett secures essential credit approval
The consortium seeking to buy beleaguered sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL), Vision Parties, has confirmed to THL’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) that it has received the credit...
Global aviation IT group announces takeover of airport interior design company
Global aviation industry-owned information, communications and related technologies group SITA (not to be confused with South Africa’s State IT Agency) has announced the conclusion of its take-over...
Global air passenger demand continued to rise in February
Total global air passenger traffic rose by 2.6%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in February, the International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) has...
Global air cargo demand registered, in February, its first, although slight, decline since 2023
The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that global air cargo demand declined, year-on-year (y-o-y) in February,...
Airbus to build lander to carry European Space Agency’s rover to the Martian surface
Airbus Defence and Space has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) and mission prime industrial contractor Thales Alenia Space (TAS – a JV between Thales and Leonardo) to design and build...
ACSA to have reports of procurement irregularities independently investigated
The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has announced that it is launching an enquiry into reported procurement irregularities. More specifically, the board of the State-owned company has stated...
Architectural council launches amnesty for non-payment of fees
The South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP), which is the statutory oversight authority for the architectural profession in the country, has announced that it will launch its...
Digby Wells’ empowerment trusts repay loans ahead of schedule
Environmental, social and sustainability consultancy Digby Wells Environmental, which focuses on the resources, infrastructure, energy and agricultural sectors, has announced that its two internal...
Aviation IT group SITA urges the scaling up of digital passenger ID systems for air travel
It is now time to scale up the use of digital ID systems across the global commercial aviation industry, SITA senior VP Jeremy Springall has affirmed. (SITA is the aviation industry’s specialist IT...
Airbus reaffirms its commitment to hydrogen aviation, by means of fuel cells
At the 2025 edition of its annual, sustainable aerospace-focused, Airbus Summit, the Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group reaffirmed its commitment to develop and market a...
African Development Bank signs letter of intent to finance major Ethiopian airport project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Ethiopian Airlines Group for the financing of the new $7.8-billion Abusera International...
South African food inflation rose in February
South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to simply as food inflation, for short) edged up again in February, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural...
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