African development finance institutions sign loan facility agreement

Infrastructure and industrial development institution Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has obtained a $75-million loan facility from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The... 

South African food inflation continued to decelerate in October

South African food inflation declined for the third consecutive month, in October, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has highlighted in its latest “Food Inflation Brief”. (The BFAP... 

Local company reports successful end to the latest trials of its counter-drone system

Pretoria-based defence engineering company Centauri Technologies has announced that the counter uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS), more popularly known as an anti-drone system, that it has developed,... 

Air cargo continued to reroute in Sept to avoid US tariffs

The global representative body of the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that global total air cargo demand in September increased by 2.9%,... 

Unctad reports continued fall in global FDI during first semester of the year

UN Trade & Development, better known as Unctad, has reported, in its latest 'Global Investment Trends Monitor', that global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 3% during the first half of this... 

Major international aviation safety electronics conference held in South Africa

The International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronics Associations (IFATSEA) recently held its 53rd General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa’s Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS)... 

Cape Town secures another new international air route, to South America

Public-private partnership initiative Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) welcomes the announcement by major South American airline group LATAM that it will institute a direct service between Cape Town and... 

Emirates announces enhanced codeshare agreement with SAA, adds third daily flight to Cape Town

Dubai, United Arab Emirates- (UAE-) based global major airline Emirates has announced that, with effect from July 1 next year, it will operate a third daily flight on its Dubai-Cape Town route.... 

Wesgro using cricket to attract Indian tourists to the Western Cape

Western Cape trade, tourism and investment promotion agency Wesgro is using cricket to promote international tourism to the province in particular but also to the country in general. It did so by... 

Air Côte d’Ivoire orders Embraer jetliners to modernise its fleet

Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has announced that Air Côte d’Ivoire, the national flag carrier of the West African State of Côte d’Ivoire, has ordered four E175 small... 

Armscor signs MoU with its South Korean counterpart

South Africa’s defence acquisitions and research and development (R&D) agency Armscor has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with its South Korean counterpart, the Defence Acquisition... 

Sea-level monitoring Sentinel-6B satellite has been successfully launched

Airbus Space Systems, part of Airbus Defence & Space, has announced the successful launch of the Sentinel-6B climate change data collection satellite. The spacecraft was launched from Vandenberg... 

Airlink signs parts agreement for its new airliners with airframer Embraer

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has signed a Component Pool Programme agreement with Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer. The agreement provides support for the... 

Algeria’s national airline becomes the latest operator of Rolls-Royce’s Trent 7000 engine

UK-based global major power and propulsion group Rolls-Royce has highlighted that Algerian national flag carrier Air Algérie has become the latest operator of its Trent 7000 high-bypass turbofan... 

African Development Bank providing funding to South African bank to support MSMEs

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that its board of directors has authorised a financial package for South Africa’s FirstRand Bank that had a total value of $310-million. The... 

AfDB funding South African titanium beneficiation project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that its board of directors has approved financing of $75-million for South Africa-based company Nyanza Light Metals. The funding will support the... 

Norfund makes major investment in South African renewable-energy company

The Norwegian investment fund for developing countries, Norfund, has invested $75-million (more than R1-billion) in South African independent power producer (IPP) and renewable-energy (solar, wind... 

The strong geomagnetic storm that has hit the Earth has not yet passed – SANSA

The South African National Space Agency’s (SANSA’s) Space Weather Centre (part of the SANSA Space Science division and based at Hermanus in the Western Cape) has warned that the current geomagnetic... 

Embraer unveils anti-drone upgrade for its popular Super Tucano light strike aircraft

Major Brazil-based aerospace and defence group Embraer has announced that it is adapting its very successful A-29 Super Tucano turboprop light attack aircraft to also be able to destroy drones.... 

Dube Cargo Terminal, at King Shaka International Airport, reports good year-on-year growth

The Dube Tradeport Special Economic Zone has announced that the Dube Cargo Terminal, located at Durban’s King Shaka International Airport (KSIA), had registered 7% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth... 

South Africa’s biggest optical telescope has celebrated 20 years of operation

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), located at the South African Optical Observatory (SAAO) complex at Sutherland, in the Northern Cape province, celebrated its twentieth anniversary on... 

Qantas’ ultralong-range ambitions take major step with assembly of new Airbus type

Australian national flag carrier Qantas has highlighted that the airframe for it first Airbus A350-1000ULR airliner has been completed, at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line, in Toulouse, France. The... 

IATA reports that global airline passengers increasingly using digital and biometric systems

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has released its 2025 Global Passenger Survey (GPS), compiled from 10 000 responses in... 

Milkor puts spotlight on its 380 UAV

South African defence and aerospace company Milkor has, with the upcoming G20 Summit in Johannesburg now only a few weeks away, highlighted the capabilities of its Milkor 380 medium-altitude... 

Air passenger demand continued to grow in September – IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, reports that total global air passenger demand increased by 3.6%, year-on-year... 

In September, global air cargo continued to reroute itself to avoid US tariffs

The global representative body of the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that global total air cargo demand in September increased by 2.9%,... 

Airlink to start flying to Nacala in Mozambique next year

South African domestic and regional airline Airlink has announced that it is to start services from Johannesburg to the Mozambican coastal city of Nacala in February next year. Nacala will be the... 

Unctad reports continued fall in global FDI during first semester of the year

UN Trade & Development, better known as Unctad, has reported, in its latest 'Global Investment Trends Monitor', that global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 3% during the first half of this... 

Western Cape developing energy sustainability through renewables earlier than expected

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde highlighted on Wednesday that South Africa still faces an energy crisis. Although loadshedding (scheduled rotating power cuts) has stopped, the country is still... 

AfDB funding South African titanium beneficiation project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that its board of directors has approved financing of $75-million for South Africa-based company Nyanza Light Metals. The funding will support the... 

Competition Commission approves merger within the local aerospace, defence sector

The Competition Commission announced on Wednesday that it had approved the takeover of Paramount Aerospace Holdings by Aerospace Holdings. “The commission is of the view that the proposed... 

Wesgro releases its latest guide on doing business in the Western Cape

Western Cape provincial trade, investment and tourism promotion agency Wesgro released, on Tuesday, the latest edition of its 'Guide to Doing Business in Cape Town and the Western Cape'. The guide... 

South African food inflation slowed again in September

South African food inflation decelerated in September, for the second month in a row, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) think tank has highlighted, in its latest Food Inflation... 

ATNS assures public it is successfully rebuilding, restoring its core capabilities

South Africa’s air traffic management agency, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), has said that it has made “significant progress” in rebuilding its core capacities and stabilising its... 

Global airports body issues guidelines for private sector participation in developing airports

Airports Council International (ACI) World and ACI Latin America and the Caribbean (ACI LAC) jointly released, on Monday, their new guideline document for airport development by means of concession... 

Nersa processes mean that public could still influence development of SAWEM

The South African electricity market is undergoing a major change, with the development and implementation of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM). “We’re currently in a... 

Launch of SAWEM promising for the wind sector, but there are risks to be addressed

The upcoming launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) – currently scheduled for April 1 next year – is generally welcomed by representatives of the wind power industry,... 

Transmission gridlock is a big concern for the South African wind power sector

The bottlenecks in South Africa’s national transmission grid, referred to as gridlock, are a major concern for the country’s wind power sector. This was highlighted during a panel discussion on the... 

Local wind energy sector encouraged by IRP 2025

The recently released details regarding the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 have been welcomed by the South African wind energy sector. The new IRP provided for 34 000 MW of onshore wind... 

Kenyan and Qatari national flag carriers have concluded a codeshare agreement

Kenya Airways and Qatar Airways have entered into a codeshare agreement, that covers 19 destinations, the two carriers have announced. The codesharing will commence on this coming Sunday, October...