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AMSA confirms discussions with ArcelorMittal, IDC
Updated 11 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has confirmed that it is engaged in advanced discussions with Luxemburg-based steel giant and parent company the ArcelorMittal Group, as well as South... 


Sasol reports Louisiana cracker plant restart, beneficial operation at South African destoning plant
Updated 24 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed energy and chemicals company Sasol, reporting on its performance for the six months to December 31, 2025, says its Southern Africa destoning plant reached beneficial operation in... 


Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen
Private sector council to support govt’s FMD strategy implementation
Updated 56 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has appointed an Industry Coordination Council to support implementation of the country’s national long-term Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) strategy. The... 


Zero Carbon Charge co-founder and chairperson Joubert Roux
Opinion: EVs and renewables are best way for South Africa to loosen oil’s grip
Updated 1 hour 21 minutes ago

In this article, South African offgrid electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure developer Zero Carbon Charge co-founder and chairperson Joubert Roux writes about the renewed use of oil as a... 


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South African rand steady as Trump backs off tariff and Greenland threats
Updated 2 hours 7 minutes ago By: Reuters

The South African rand was steady in early trade on Thursday, as geopolitical tensions and safe-haven demand eased after US President Donald Trump backed down from new tariff threats and proposals... 


Vukile CEO Laurence Rapp
Vukile acquires 35% stake in Pradera as part of European expansion
Updated 2 hours 22 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Vukile Property Fund has acquired a 35% stake in specialist retail property investment fund and asset manager Pradera, which has a 25-year record across the... 


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MTN retains best network status
Updated 2 hours 49 minutes ago By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications group MTN has maintained its title of South Africa’s best mobile network for 2025, with a Network Quality Score of 9.96. MyBroadband Insights’ 2025 Mobile Network Quality Report... 


Limpopo dams remain at critical levels as heavy rains continue
Updated 3 hours ago By: Natasha Odendaal

Dams across Limpopo have risen to full or above capacity, causing localised flooding as heavy rains across Limpopo and Mpumalanga continue, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) warned on... 


Powerlines
UK extends $1bn climate-pact guarantee to South Africa
Updated 3 hours ago By: Bloomberg

The UK and the African Development Bank extended a climate-linked $1-billion debt guarantee to South Africa, saving a $400-million municipal funding deal that was in jeopardy if it had expired. The... 


DWS sends team to assess, monitor Senteeko dam
Updated 4 hours ago By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has sent a team of dam safety engineers to conduct a technical assessment of, and monitor, reported damage of a privately-owned dam near Barberton, in... 


Steel production
AMSA, IDC reopen deal talks with nonbinding offer for mills
21st January 2026 By: Bloomberg

ArcelorMittal and South Africa’s biggest development finance institution have resumed talks over the potential acquisition of the Luxembourg-based steel giant’s operations in the African country,... 


DIDx to host digital identity trust, interoperability conference in Stellenbosch
21st January 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Digital identity company DIDx, in partnership with digital identity conference organisation Internet Identity Workshop, will hold its DID:Unconf Africa conference at the Stellenbosch Institute for... 


Global investment growth resumes, but to developed, not developing economies – Unctad
21st January 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 14% in 2025 to $1.6-trillion, rebounding after two weak years, although most of the increase came from financial flows through global hubs and not new... 


Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane
Govt to require 2% of housing grants to go to innovative building technologies
21st January 2026 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) will require provinces and metropolitan municipalities to allocate at least 2% of their 2026/27 housing grants to innovative building technologies (IBTs),... 


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UJ rescue specialists deployed to Mozambique amid floods
21st January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Staff members from the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) newly launched Rescue Simulation Centre have been deployed to Mozambique as part of a critical humanitarian mission. The team is responding... 


Rand currency
South African rand firms as markets shrug off mixed local data
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

The South African rand firmed against the dollar in Wednesday's trading session as the country's markets shrugged off mixed domestic economic signals released by the statistics agency. At 1332 GMT,... 


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Astral Foods appoints interim CFO
21st January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed integrated poultry producer Astral Foods has advised that Henry Enslin has been appointed acting CFO of the group for the month of February until John Geel starts in a permanent CFO and... 


PCC executive director Dorah Modise
Climate commission urges new holistic assessment amid ‘overlapping shocks’
21st January 2026

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has welcomed the declaration of a state of national disaster in relation to the deadly flooding that has devastated the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces in... 


(From left) GoldBod director Marrietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, GoldBod chair Kojo Fynn, GoldBod CEO Samuel Gyamfi, GoldBod deputy CEO Richard Nunekpeku, Gold Coast Refinery chair and CEO Dr Said Deraz, Egyptian Ambassador to Ghana H E Wael Fathy, Rand Refinery CEO Dean Subramanian, Gold Coast Refinery executive director Imad Deraz.
South Africa’s Rand Refinery enters strategic partnership with Ghana's Gold Coast Refinery
21st January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In a major advance that enables local refining of artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold and elevates West Africa's responsible sourcing standards to a new high, South Africa’s Rand Refinery, as... 


The group's 100th installation was at Shoprite Morula in Tshwane
Shoprite Group powers up its 100th solar installation; seeks more wheeling partners
21st January 2026 By: Irma Venter

Retail giant the Shoprite Group has powered up its 100th solar photovoltaic (PV) system – at Shoprite Morula in Tshwane – more than ten years after launching its first solar project in 2015. With... 


Cesa offers engineering support following national disaster declaration
21st January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

In response to government's declaration of a national disaster following torrential rains, widespread flooding and wildfires in parts of the country, industry organisation Consulting Engineers... 


Andru mining receives centenary celebration grey-coloured D8 Caterpillar dozer
Andru mining receives centenary celebration grey-coloured D8 Caterpillar dozer
21st January 2026

Mining services company Andru Mining received a new grey-coloured D8 dozer, made by construction and mining equipment company Caterpillar, from industrial equipment company Barloworld Equipment as... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Cost of ferrochrome electricity deal cannot be ‘socialised’, Ramokgopa reiterates
21st January 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reiterated that the cost of the solution being pursued to salvage South Africa’s ferrochrome smelters, most of which have been closed on... 


Boeing 787 Dreamliner airliners in flight
Ethiopian Airlines confirms latest phase in its fleet expansion – an order for more Boeing 787s
21st January 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Leading African carrier Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that it has ordered nine more Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner widebody airliners. These aircraft will be delivered between 2031 and 2033. Ethiopian... 


Frontier economies’ investment growth has halved – World Bank
21st January 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Frontier market economies - a cluster of 56 mostly middle-income economies - have on average achieved less than half the rate of investment growth per person in the 2020s than the rate achieved in... 


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South Africa's inflation rate edges up in December, as expected
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

South African inflation rose slightly in December, as expected, but analysts said they still expect the central bank to deliver several interest rate cuts this year as price pressures remain well... 


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UN calls for reset as world enters era of global water bankruptcy
21st January 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

The world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy, as many societies have overspent their yearly renewable water ‘income’ from rivers, soils and snowpack, and have depleted long-term... 


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South African rand firmer ahead of local inflation data
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

The South African rand edged up in early trade on Wednesday, as traders awaited inflation and retail sales data that will shed light on the country's economic outlook. At 0624 GMT, the rand traded... 


Bill Gates
Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50-million partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their health systems. The partnership, called Horizon1000,... 


Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi (left) and Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Sasol, Valterra Platinum on board Hydrogen Council as next delivery phase takes off
21st January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In an announcement to Mining Weekly from Brussels on Tuesday January 20, South Africa’s Simon Baloyi, the CEO of Sasol, and South Africa's Craig Miller, the CEO of Valterra Platinum, featured... 


The Koeberg nuclear power station
Koeberg temporarily operated at reduced power
20th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom reported on January 20 that both units at the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, in the Western Cape, were safely reduced from full power to 100 MW each earlier in the day following... 


Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago
South Africa may hit 3% inflation in 2026, central bank says
20th January 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Tuesday that inflation was on course to meet the bank's new target of 3% in 2026 as prices remained stable. With annual inflation for... 


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Nzimande wants STEM activities in early childhood development
20th January 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Professor Blade Nzimande pointed out on Tuesday that as the Department of Basic Education (DBE) increases its focus on early childhood development... 


NWU AI Hub director Professor Anné Verhoef
NWU adopts AI management, governance policy framework
20th January 2026 By: Schalk Burger

North-West University (NWU) has adopted an official AI policy to provide a framework for the safe and secure management and governance of AI within the university, says NWU AI Hub director... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Godongwana invites concise suggestions on 2026 Budget
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has invited suggestions on the 2026 Budget ahead of him presenting it in Parliament on February 25. The Budget allocation aims to strike a balance between... 


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