By: Andrew Middleton - CEO of GoSolr  "We were hoping to see a little bit more from this budget in terms of renewable incentives – nothing was added or enhanced. 

By: Head of Fixed Income at Prescient Securities - Kristof Kruger South Africa’s 2026 Budget marks a clear inflection point in fiscal management. For the first time in 17 years, gross debt... 

By: Sarah Arnot - Partner at Heidrick & Struggles South African firms are confronting an intensifying war for top talent, both locally and abroad, and companies without a sound succession pipeline... 

By: Gavin Taylor  The collapse of South Africa’s major construction firms is often described as a tragedy. It isn’t. It is a diagnosis. 

By: Gugu Nyanda - Health & Public Service lead at Accenture, Africa Across South Africa, public service teams work tirelessly to meet the needs of citizens – often under immense pressure and with... 

By: Zandile Njamela - Global Supplier Impact & Development Lead for Accenture South Africa’s economic outlook has been marked by persistent challenges. From load shedding and rising input costs to... 

By: Boland Lithebe - Security Lead for Accenture, Africa The conversation about artificial intelligence in South Africa has shifted rapidly over the past year. What was once the stuff of... 

By: Claire Bradbury - Sustainability Lead for Accenture, Africa The shift towards net zero is no longer a distant aspiration; it is now an urgent reality. As rising global temperatures exacerbate... 

By: Adheesh Ori - Senior Director within Accenture Song, South Africa The South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset... 

By: Daneel Rossouw - Nedbank's head of sales for agriculture As South Africa's agricultural sector enters 2026, the landscape is defined by both opportunity and caution. According to Nedbank's head... 

By: Shameela Soobramoney - CEO, National Business Initiative (NBI)  The global economy has moved into a far more demanding phase of competition. Countries are no longer judged primarily on... 

By Donné Nieman - Sales Director at Workforce Staffing South Africa’s national minimum wage will increase to R30.23 an hour, a 5% rise that takes the rate past the R30 mark for the first time. For... 

By: Charles Stride After the last election I gave a talk titled “The unexploded, unemployment time bomb” and one of the many reasons therefor, is the continued escalation of Eskom tariff’s, set by... 

By: the Industry, for the Industry Now in their fifth year, these awards celebrate the critical role that supply chains play in driving business growth, resilience and competitiveness, as well as... 

By: Ciska Kruger South Africa stands at a rare moment where infrastructure development, climate leadership, and inclusive growth can converge into a single practical national project. A national... 

Across Africa, we find ourselves in a familiar and frustrating situation. Large global corporations are eager to access our markets and benefit from our resources yet many show little commitment to... 

By: Prof Vally Padayachee In today's world, characterised by an urgent need for sustainable electrical energy solutions, understanding the fundamental concepts of electrical energy intensity,... 

By: Kgomotso Lebele - Country Managing Director, Accenture South Africa Kgomotso Lebele, Country Managing Director for Accenture in South Africa, believes progress is built on resilience, not only... 

By: Johan Coetzee - Strategy and Consulting lead for Resources at Accenture, Africa Africa’s mining sector is stepping into a new era, driven by the accelerating pace of digital transformation.... 

By: Peter Armitage - CEO/Co-Chief Investment Officer, and Peter Little, Fund Management, Anchor Capital The market was left stunned as the Magnificent Seven or Big 7 tech giants (Alphabet, Amazon,... 

By: Tebogo Maphothoma - Executive: Operations and Enablement Absa Vehicle Asset Finance and Zinzile Gcaleka, Executive: Strategy and Customer, Absa Insurance While still a relatively nascent... 

In the global discourse on climate change, the transition to sustainable power is often reduced to a simple formula: “replace fossil fuels with renewables.” However, for those responsible for the... 

By Naseema Ephraim, Employee Benefits Operations Director at financial consultancy ASI Financial Services Before the shift siren sounds, many miners have already been awake for hours. Long... 

By: Boland Lithebe - Security lead for Accenture, South Africa Cybersecurity has shifted decisively from an IT concern to a core business risk, and South African organisations are feeling this... 

By: Irma Pienaar - Chief Operations Officer at Mulilo South Africa’s renewable energy industry is rapidly emerging as a key driver of economic growth and job creation, offering a wide range of... 

By: Reo Botes - Managing Executive at Essential Employee Benefits Many South African employees, particularly those in lower income brackets, are excluded from benefits like critical illness cover... 

By: Cohen Appanah Artificial intelligence has moved from “interesting” to “inevitable”. For South African industry, the question is no longer whether AI will matter, but how quickly it will reshape... 

By: Vignesh Subramani - Interim Managing Executive of SME Business at Absa Business Banking South Africa heads into 2026 on firmer economic footing than in recent years, with a steadier macro... 

By: Varaidzo Mureriwa - Managing Director within the Health & Public Service business at Accenture, Africa Artificial intelligence has rapidly shifted from a distant technological aspiration to a... 

By: David McDonald - CEO at SolarAfrica  If you ever find yourself sitting around a C-suite industry dinner table, you’ll soon notice that since the recent-ish abolition of loadshedding (long may... 

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Utilities and municipalities are facing a pivotal challenge as the country’s legacy power grid – engineered for... 

By: Jan Venter, CEO - Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) As South Africa prepares for Water Month taking place in March, the national conversation rightly focuses on... 

By Kobus Vermeulen, Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric In the world of industrial automation, the spotlight has recently shifted from traditional turbomachinery to the... 

By: Nelson Teixeira - MD Operations Sub-Saharan Africa 20 January 2026: South Africa and the African continent are standing at a defining moment, as global trade patterns shift and digital commerce... 

By Elijah Daniel, Country Sales Director, Process Automation & Software, English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric Today, just over 60% of Nigerians have access to grid-connected electricity,... 

By: Roelof van den Berg - CEO of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC) The difference between short-lived entrepreneurs and those who build institutions that last is simplicity – applying their... 

By: Rhys Evans - Managing Director at ALCO-Safe (Virtual Showroom) South Africa has one of the highest levels of alcohol consumption per capita in the world, and our government has long used sin... 

By Glenn Kerkhoff Data has become the backbone of modern industrial performance because it enables continuous optimisation, advanced automation and resilient decision-making. In mining, the growth...