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Nersa registered 160 generation facility in final quarter of 2024/25 financial year

13th June 2025

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) registered 160 new generation facilities, contributing 2 187 MW and representing an investment value of R41.94-billion, in the fourth quarter... 


EAPASA formalises registration of enviro control practitioners

13th June 2025

Statutory professionals registration organisation the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) has formalised the recognition and registration of environmental... 


BCG highlights Africaʼs supply chain role

13th June 2025

Africa, and other Global South nations, is growing its strategic importance in securing global supply chains, fostering young and expanding workforces and developing growing consumer markets, says... 


Privatisation of ports in Africa turns them into competitive trade engines – study

12th June 2025

Privatisation has redefined African port operations, with major hubs like Tema, in Ghana, Abidjan, in Côte d’Ivoire, Tanger Med, in Morocco, and Lomé, in Togo, transitioning from congested... 


KfW directors, Stefan Hediger and Conny Tittman, and IDC Industry Planning and Project Development acting divisional executive Rian Coetzee

Prieska Power Reserve receives formal approval of grant funding from KfW

12th June 2025

Northern Cape-based green hydrogen and ammonia project Prieska Power Reserve (PPR) has received formal approval of a funding grant from KfW Development Bank, in partnership with the Industrial... 


The container ship MSC Rifaya

Port of Durban welcomes largest vessel to ever dock at the port

11th June 2025

The Port of Durban has completed its handling of the nearly 400-m-long, 19 437 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit-capacity container ship MSC Rifaya. The MSC Rifaya, which is the largest container ship to... 


A view from the loading area

Shoprite gives tour of distribution centre built to meet new store growth

11th June 2025

JSE-listed supermarket retail group Shoprite this week held a media tour of its Riverfields distribution centre, in Kempton Park, Gauteng, which is one of two new campuses built over the past 18... 


Omnia CEO Seelan Gobalsamy

Omnia lifts full-year revenue, maintains operating profit, declares dividend

9th June 2025

JSE-listed chemicals manufacturing company Omnia has achieved a 3% year-on-year increase in revenue to R22.81-billion for the financial year ended March 31, while its operating profit was flat at... 


New government IT rules can support digital transformation of departments – Mavuso

9th June 2025

New gazetted rules that enable government departments to procure their IT services without having to rely on the State Information Technology Agency (Sita), despite strong initial opposition from... 


Pension Funds Adjudicator refers pension fund to regulator for misconduct

9th June 2025

Statutory body the Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator (OPFA) has reported the South African Local Authorities Pension Fund to regulator the Financial Services Conduct Authority, recommending... 


Non-agricultural GDP shrank in the first quarter of the year – TIPS

6th June 2025

Economic research nonprofit Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies said in its ‘First Quarter 2025 Real Economy Bulletin’ that GDP barely grew from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first quarter... 


Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, Diale-Tlabela and dignitaries show new red-lettered government number plates

Gauteng to roll out digital twin and tamper-proof vehicle licence plates

6th June 2025

Gauteng will roll out a new digital vehicle licence plate system that will track each numberplate from manufacture to fitting and will include information of the owner and vehicle while the... 


Call to formalise ISA for planned R1tr infrastructure drive

6th June 2025

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has called for the formalisation of coordination agency Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) through legislation to effectively lead the... 


Smart geyser slashes power use

6th June 2025

A 200 ℓ integrated heat pump (IHP) geyser, developed by alternative and renewable power solutions company Power4Less, uses 600 W of power an hour. It uses nano heat pumping technology and uses only... 


AI agents will help with or automate specific work tasks, processes – Microsoft

6th June 2025

AI agents, which are specially designed AI software tools, will automate much of the routine tasks people do daily and will also completely take over certain routine tasks and processes, said... 


A farm

South Africa's GDP vulnerable of sliding into negative territory after barely growing in the first quarter

3rd June 2025

South Africa's GDP increased by 0.1% in the first quarter, following an increase of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2024. The agriculture, forestry and fishing industry increased by 15.8%,... 


QCTO approves three green hydrogen skills qualifications programmes

3rd June 2025

Regulator the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) has formally approved three new National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 4 green hydrogen skills programmes, namely green... 


GreenCape and FNF 2025 GreenPitch Challenge entries open for green economy innovations

2nd June 2025

Green economy nonprofit GreenCape and civic education nonprofit Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom has opened entries for the 2025 GreenPitch Challenge and invites innovators and... 


Energy Partners launches Syntiro energy management system

2nd June 2025

Industrial energy solutions company Energy Partners has launched its operational performance data platform Syntiro that uses granular, real-time meter data at five-second measurement intervals of... 


Macpherson to meet families affected by George building collapse after receiving CBE report

2nd June 2025

After studying the final report from the Council for the Built Environment (CBE), Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson will return to George, in the Western Cape, to present the... 


The Durban Container Terminal

Absa PMI decreases in May, remains in contractionary territory

2nd June 2025

Financial services firm Absa’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased by 1.6 points to 43.1 in May, with the headline PMI remaining in contractionary territory for the seventh consecutive month.   


Mintek, NRF form mining innovation partnership

30th May 2025

Mining research organisation Mintek and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have formed a partnership to foster innovation, scientific excellence and sustainable progress in South Africa’s... 


April food inflation rises sharply, inflationary pressure can increase in coming months – BFAP

30th May 2025

Food inflation in April accelerated sharply, reflecting a weaker rand, tight supply in several sectors as a result of poor rainfall in 2024, abundant rain in recent months and high feed costs that... 


Three Cape Flat schools collected more than 700 kg of recyclable packaging in March

30th May 2025

Three schools – the Alicedale, Kewtown and Norma Road primary schools – on the Cape Flats, collected just less than 700 kg of recyclable packaging in March as part of a pilot project to help divert... 


Standard Bank and GIBS to support 50 youth-owned businesses for Youth Month

30th May 2025

Financial services firm Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking (BCB) and business school Gordon Institute of Business Science’s (GIBS’s) Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA) have... 


Eskom Generation Group Executive Bheki Nxumalo and KEPCO KPS CEO Jungnam Lee

Eskom, Kepco KPS form research, technical consulting and innovation partnership

30th May 2025

State-owned utility Eskom and South Korean State-owned company Korea Plant Service and Engineering (Kepco KPS) have formed a strategic partnership focused on non-commercial research, technical... 


Zambia 100 MW solar PV project reaches financial close

30th May 2025

The grid-connected 100 MW Chisamba solar PV project, in Zambia, has secured $71.5-million from financial services firm Stanbic Bank Zambia, with financing anchored by a 13-year power purchase... 


Report highlights data gap preventing small businesses from accessing finance

29th May 2025

The ‘South African MSME Access to Finance 2025’ report has showed that there is insufficient, and insufficiently granular, data on lending to small businesses, and South Africa should align with... 


Exploration, ethics key to mining’s sustainability in South Africa, Indaba hears

28th May 2025

South Africa's mining industry will not be sustainable without exploration and the country must effectively incentivise exploration and remove barriers that hinder greater exploration. South Africa... 


Zeda improves margins, declares dividend despite 1.6% decline in revenue for half year

27th May 2025

JSE-listed mobility and vehicle leasing company Zeda, for the half year to March 31, reported 1.6% lower revenue of R5.18-billion compared with R5.27-billion for the half-year period to end March... 


Citrus sector welcomes Transnet’s R51bn guarantee, private participation momentum

27th May 2025

Industry organisation the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) welcomes the government authorisation of a R51-billion guarantee facility for State-owned Transnet, and the progress... 


UN ECA urges reforms to credit rating to support Africa's access to affordable capital

26th May 2025

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called for reforms to sovereign credit rating practices that, despite clear signs of macroeconomic resilience and structural reform... 


Standard Bank Investment Banking energy and infrastructure finance VP Pius Alweendo

Standard Bank to provide N$1.2bn for 44 MW Diaz wind project in Namibia

26th May 2025

Financial services firm Standard Bank has partnered with wind power project company InnoVent SAS to fund the development and construction of the 44 MW Diaz wind project, which will be Namibia’s... 


EAPASA formalises registration of environmental control practitioners

26th May 2025

Statutory professionals registration organisation the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) has formalised the recognition and registration of environmental... 


South African tourism strong, despite negative intl media reports

23rd May 2025

Southern African inbound tourism organisation SATSA says visitor satisfaction levels remain high across key source markets and that travel demand from North America remains strong, with US arrivals... 


Unctad calls for US to spare tariffs on vulnerable countries to protect development

23rd May 2025

The United Nations Trade and Development (Unctad) agency has called on the US to spare vulnerable countries from high tariffs that might result in vital exports dwindling. These vulnerable... 


Standard Bank issues first bond under new ZARONIA floating interest rate benchmark

23rd May 2025

Financial services firm Standard Bank of South Africa has issued its first listed bond in South Africa using the newly established South African Rand Overnight Index Average (ZARONIA) floating... 


South Africa’s exports under AfCFTA terms increasing – dtic

23rd May 2025

South Africa's preferential exports have steadily increased since the start of preferential trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement on January 31, 2024, says Trade,... 


New solar power system for KZN estate

23rd May 2025

Business energy solutions company Decentral Energy and offgrid energy solutions company Blockpower have commissioned a fully offgrid 828 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) installation with a 2 MWh battery... 


EAAIF raises $325m as part of $1bn Africa, Asia infrastructure plan

22nd May 2025

Blended public and private debt capital finance organisation the Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) has successfully raised $325-million in new debt facilities, which will help... 


Macpherson calls for ISA formalisation to coordinate planned R1tr infrastructure investment

22nd May 2025

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has called for the formalisation of coordination agency Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) through legislation to effectively lead the... 


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