South African urban areas are characterised by spatial legacies from apartheid-era planning, with residential suburbs often far removed from employment centres. This results in disproportionately... 

By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Imagine walking into a factory where machines can think ahead, predict problems before it happens, and automatically... 

By: Tshepo Ntsane - RMB Finance and ESG Transactor As COP30 convenes in Belem, Brazil, the global business community faces outcomes that will be important for years, if not decades to come.  

By: George Asamani - MD, Project Management Institute, Sub-Saharan Africa Africa stands at a pivotal juncture, urged to decarbonise for the planet’s sake even as it struggles to power its own... 

By: Paul Steyn - Project Manager for Field Services, Anglophone Africa, Schneider Electric While many organisations concentrate on immediate returns and reactive field services, establishing a... 

By: Aluwani Museisi - Country Chair, Shell Downstream South Africa For too long, infrastructure discourse in South Africa—and across much of the African continent—has been dominated by power... 

By: Olebogeng Manhe - Chairman of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation (GIC) 05 November 2025: Critics of the R120 billion Gautrain expansion project often point to its cost, especially with so many... 

By: Ifeanyi Odoh  - Country President, Schneider Electric East Africa In East Africa, we’re experiencing an exciting period of business growth driven, in part, by digital transformation and its... 

By: Celiwe Ross - Group Chief Human Capital and Corporate Affairs Officer at Old Mutual For a young graduate searching for work, or a small business owner trying to keep the lights on, global... 

By: Jacques Maritz - National Sales & Service Manager at Quyn International Outsourcing South Africa’s labour landscape is entering a new phase of accountability. The Employment Equity Amendment... 

By: Mawethu Ngubo - T&D Business Development Specialist at ACTOM T&D  Data centres are the backbone of modern business and government operations. Because every transaction, every file and every... 

By: Paul Steyn - Project Manager for Field Services, Anglophone Africa, Schneider Electric Today’s relentless pace of innovation and technological change means that businesses face the stark... 

By: Sharista Raghunath – chemist, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) Accurate and reliable analytical data is essential for effective decision making in today’s competitive industrial landscape,... 

By: Muhammed Sayed As governments and financiers converge in Belém for COP30, one message is becoming clear: the global energy transition will succeed or fail on the strength of its financing... 

Canninah Dladla, Cluster President for English-speaking Africa at Schneider Electric The data centre marketplace is facing a conundrum of sorts; on the one hand, operators are now investing heavily... 

By: Wesley Govender - Digital Power Services at Schneider Electric In the fast-paced and highly competitive Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, the efficiency and reliability of manufacturing... 

By: Olivier Blum  Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, opened its annual Innovation Summit in Copenhagen, hosting more than 5,000 customers, policymakers, employees, and industry... 

By: Thabang Byl - Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric Philosopher Plato wisely said: “There is no harm in repeating a good thing”.  And whilst this sentiment translates into many aspects... 

Amica- Jade Els, Sales Manager of Databuild Cold calling has long been a common practice in the construction industry. Sales teams reach out to architects, engineers, or contractors with the hope... 

By: Mark Allewell - Chief Executive Officer of Sensor Networks, a South African provider of Smart Home Solutions The significant reduction in loadshedding this winter is a milestone well worth... 

By: Rifle Shot Performance Holdings client success manager Caroline Carter Amortisation - we know it today as the gradual write-off of an asset or the reduction of a debt over time. But few realise... 

By: Arnold van Graan - Head of Markets Research, Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking When we talk about innovation, it is tempting to focus on the latest technology trend or a fast-moving... 

By Thabang Byl - Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric Retail and franchising are fast paced; a world where margins are tight and expectations sky-high. For those small-format retail outlets... 

By Marietjie Brown, Sustainability & Government Affairs Lead Africa, Middle East and Türkiye Nearly 1 000 children have died from severe malnutrition in South Africa over just 18 months, a stark... 

By David Reynders, CTO, Merchant Capital Access to finance remains uneven in South Africa. Smaller businesses, particularly in the informal sector, rural communities, or women-led enterprises,... 

By AgriSA CEO Johann Kotze South Africa's agricultural sector is facing one of its most significant trade shocks in years, as new tariffs in the United States place fresh pressure on exporters in... 

By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) Fighting against rust in lubrication systems is an age-old battle. This edition of WearCheck’s Lube Kitchen Series highlights the... 

By: Peter Marumong - Cluster WWW Segment Leader at Schneider Electric In South Africa, where ageing infrastructure is affecting the supply of water to communities and businesses, projects need to... 

By: Mervyn Naidoo - CEO of ACTOM Group South Africa is navigating an energy challenge characterised by intermittent load reduction/shedding, ageing infrastructure and limited generation capacity.... 

At a time of heightened demand, South Africa’s coal exports have fallen to their lowest levels in decades owing to the collapse of rail corridors. As coal freight spills onto roads, heavy trucks... 

By: Cornel Claassen, Manager - Project Delivery at the Energy Council The Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Act reshapes South Africa’s electricity sector by enabling competition, reshaping... 

By: Alexandra Mattisson Industries are racing into a future shaped by AI, robotics, and automation, but engineering insurance is still playing catch-up. The machines we insure today aren’t the ones... 

By: Anton Beyl - Sales Manager of WEG EC&I Construction Construction is time-sensitive and tightly managed. No project is perfect. Delays or other problems are inevitable, so construction managers... 

By: Kishaylin Chetty - the Executive: Head of Sustainability at the Endangered Wildlife Trust South Africa, like much of Africa, stands at a critical juncture. 

By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck (Virtual showroom) Metal deactivators play a key role in the fight against corrosion. This is the next focus in the ongoing discussion about... 

By: Prof. Glen Nwaila - Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School, Geosciences | University of the Witwatersrand, Director of the African Research Centre in Ore Systems Science (CORES) (Virtual... 

By: Morag Evans - CEO of Databuild In construction, return on investment (ROI) is not only measured on site. It starts long before a tender is published, with the quality of the information your... 

By: Ajibola Akindele MFR - Country President, Schneider Electric West Africa West Africa’s urban economies are experiencing noteworthy growth. From new residential estates to modern hospitals and...