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Zero Carbon Charge calls for Ramaphosa to announce comprehensive EV strategy during SoNA
3rd February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

While the signing of the 150% tax incentive for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers from 2026 is a step forward, South Africa needs a comprehensive strategy to build a thriving EV ecosystem that... 


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African Dawn Investments forms partnership to roll out EV chargers, BESSs across South Africa
31st January 2025 By: Darren Parker

Finance company African Dawn Investments has entered into a strategic collaboration with Singapore company WaterCloud International and Chinese original-equipment manufacturer Beny New Energy to... 


Three men wearing PPE working on the sntallation of a pipe in the ground in Cape Town
New water, sewer pipes replace aged infrastructure
31st January 2025

The City of Cape Town’s Department of Water and Sanitation Directorate is accelerating its sewer and water pipe replacement efforts for the 2024/25 financial year by investing just over... 


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Vala Zonke pothole repair programme overlooks root causes of crumbling roads
31st January 2025 By: Darren Parker

When the Department of Transport (DoT) launched the Vala Zonke pothole reporting and repair programme nationwide in August 2022, it was widely seen as a positive sign of government’s taking... 


Otis Iberia, Middle East and Africa senior VP João Penedo
Otis playing its role in driving sustainable urbanisation worldwide
30th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Elevator, lift, escalator and moving walkway manufacturer Otis is providing equipment, advice and training to provide the vertical mobility that is needed to support the global trend of... 


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South Africa moving in the right direction in transmission infrastructure rollout, but challenges remain
30th January 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa’s grid transmission infrastructure is constrained, and it is critical that this be dealt with to support the country’s goal of increasing its energy supply and diversifying its energy... 


An image of Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
DPWI highlights recent milestones
29th January 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says he “remains resolute” in turning the department into the country’s economic delivery unit. Speaking at the “Build KZN Better” event in... 


Discovery Green head Andre Nepgen
Discovery Green concludes five wheeling deals across the resources, property and hospitality sectors
28th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South African electricity trader Discovery Green has confirmed that it has signed supply agreements for wheeled electricity with five companies in the mining, property and hospitality sectors,... 


Prescient multi-asset portfolio head Rupert Hare
Prescient launches new domestic fund with R200m seed capital
27th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

Investment management company Prescient Investment Management has launched the Prescient Domestic Balanced Fund, seeded with an initial investment of R200-million. The fund has a number of unique... 


MBA North warns construction firms against flouting immigration laws
24th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

Master Builders Association North (MBA North) has warned construction firms that  deliberately flouting immigration laws and occupational health and safety regulations could result in fines,... 


AMSA CEO Kobus Verster
Steel cuts threaten South Africa’s $257bn building drive
21st January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Billionaire-backed ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA's) plans to shut down a century-old steel mill in South Africa are holding President Cyril Ramaphosa’s dream of fostering a $257-billion... 


An image of the proposed City of Cape Town permanent desalination site
Municipality progresses water projects
17th January 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

As part of metropolitan municipality City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) effort to diversify its drinking water supply resources, the municipality is progressing its Paarden Eiland Desalination Plant and... 


African development finance institution successfully issues its first perpetual hybrid bond
16th January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

African development finance institution, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has announced that it has successfully priced its first ever perpetual hybrid bond issue. This issue has a value of... 


A view of Granger Bay, with the V&A in the background
V&A Waterfront hopes to break ground on R20bn project later this year
15th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

The V&A Waterfront hopes to break ground later this year on a proposed R20-billion development to be rolled out in phases over the next 15 to 20 years. The new development and its funding have... 


Murray & Roberts workers on site
M&R appoints another interim chairperson
15th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed engineering and contracting group Murray & Roberts (M&R) has appointed Alex Maditsi interim chairperson, effective immediately. This follows the resignation of Clifford Raphiri on... 


African development financier gets AAA rating from Chinese ratings agency
14th January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

African infrastructure and industrial investment catalysing agency, the African Finance Corporation (AFC), has announced that ratings agency China Chengxin International Credit Rating (CCXI) had... 


MIPA chairperson Warwick Lord
Inland port body dubs publication of Network Statement as ‘transformative moment’
14th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Multi-Modal Inland Port Association (MIPA), which represents six inland ports in South Africa and one in Namibia, has added its voice to a growing chorus of support for the newly released rail... 


SAAFF CEO Dr Juanita Maree
Logistics progress is evident in growing political maturity, fostering positive change
13th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Progress is being made in improving South Africa’s logistics, with a growing political maturity emerging in some critical areas, fostering positive change, boosting confidence and introducing new... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
The dtic says it will continue to seek ‘workable resolution’ to closure of AMSA’s longs unit
9th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) says it intends to continue its engagements with ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) “until a workable resolution to the problems faced by... 


Steel coils
Itac confirms review of steel tariff structure amid ‘regrettable’ Newcastle closure
7th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The International trade Administration of South Africa (Itac) has confirmed that it is undertaking a review of the steel tariff structure alongside surveillance of the upstream, midstream and... 


Image of Legricon director Gerhard Geyser
MBA North warns construction firms against flouting immigration law
7th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

Master Builders Association North (MBA North) has warned construction firms that  deliberately flouting immigration laws and occupational health and safety regulations could result in fines,... 


Infrastructure reform key to lift South Africa growth, BER says
Infrastructure reform key to lift South Africa growth, BER says
7th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa must invest R200-billion to revive its frayed railways, half that amount again to upgrade water infrastructure, and tackle bottlenecks in both electricity and governance to achieve an... 


Alboricah Rathupetsane
Opinion: Saving jobs by building powerlines – why the grid expansion matters for the local steel industry
7th January 2025

In this opinion article, Alboricah Rathupetsane of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Sustainability Transitions argues that South Africa’s Transmission Development Plan presents an... 


ArcelorMittal Rail and Structural, pictured, will also be shut when Newcastle closes
No reprieve likely this time after talks on Newcastle mill’s survival fail
6th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The failure of a task team established to chart a survival strategy for ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) Newcastle Works, in KwaZulu-Natal, culminated in the JSE-listed steel group notifying... 


ArcelorMittal South Africa CEO Kobus Verster
AMSA confirms closure of Newcastle Works as it issues profit warning
6th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has announced that it will close its long-products business in a move that will affect 3 500 direct and indirect jobs and which is likely to have... 


CESA CEO Chris Campbell
Intentions of GNU must translate into service delivery and meaningful change – Campbell
20th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

While the post-election period brought its share of challenges, and with South Africa navigating the complexities of the Government of National Unity (GNU), it also sparked a renewed focus on... 


Power pylons on farmland
South Africa still in ‘foothills of economic recovery’ as fourth-quarter policy uncertainty rises to 65.7
19th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa is "still in the foothills of economic recovery" and, while external influences must still be skillfully navigated, the country's future economic performance will hinge mainly on... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
DPWI seeks input on better uses for 24 underutilised State-owned properties
18th December 2024 By: Chanel de Bruyn

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has released requests for proposals (RFPs) for 24 underutilised State-owned properties across the country. Members of the public and private... 


Power lines
Roll out transmission line projects to save steel sector, says HDGASA
13th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Industry trade association the Hot Dip Galvanizers Association Southern Africa (HDGASA) has called on government to start releasing gazetted infrastructure builds, streamlining independent power... 


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Ensuring resilient infrastructure a focus area for new Saice president
12th December 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Some of the issues that newly elected South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) president for 2025 Friedrich Slabbert will focus on are advancing professionalism in the construction... 


Macpherson to launch independent investigation into IDT tender award
10th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson will launch a full independent investigation into the Independent Development Trust (IDT) and its corporate governance problems to prevent... 


A road in Eswatini
AfDB approves $140m loan for Eswatini regional road infrastructure projects
10th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Development finance institution (DFI) the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of $140.6-million to Eswatini for the first stage of a programme to improve road links and... 


From left: DBSA CEO Boitumelo Mosako.; IAF CEO Vincent le Guennou and Axian CEO Hassanein Hiridjee
Africa50 fund secures new investment pledge from the DBSA
6th December 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF) has reached a new milestone, with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and pan-African group Axian having agreed to invest in the IAF.... 


UK funding released to look at improving rural road construction in SA
UK funding released to look at improving rural road construction in SA
6th December 2024 By: Irma Venter

The Royal Society, in the UK, has provided funding to support a three-year collaborative roads project between the UK’s University of Nottingham (UoN) and South Africa’s Stellenbosch University... 


Macpherson wants frank debate on the 30% local procurement rule being abused by construction mafia
6th December 2024 By: Irma Venter

The country must have a frank discussion about the 30% local procurement rule, which has been abused by the so-called construction mafia, says Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean... 


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Gauteng water crisis won’t be solved without infrastructure and demand interventions
6th December 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Gauteng, South Africa’s most populous province and economic hub, eagerly anticipates a significant inflow of additional water in 2028 from the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project... 


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