The South African rand gained in early trade on Monday, supported by higher gold prices as local investors look towards the year's last bit of economic data for clues on the health of Africa's most... 

South Africa’s Telecommunications Minister directed the industry regulator to amend its rules on local ownership, which could pave the way for Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other satellite-internet... 

A 25-year terminal operator agreement to develop and operate a new R1.4-billion liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal at the Port of Durban’s Island View precinct has been concluded. The deal was... 

Environmental Activists sued South Africa’s environment department over its March decision to allow State-owned Eskom to breach emission rules at eight coal-fired plants. The court case was filed... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Attacq has appointed Peter de Villiers as interim CFO, with effect from February 1. This follows the November announcement that current CFO Raj Nana has... 

Nonprofit organisation FairPlay has outlined two scenarios that may play out in the poultry industry by 2035, depending on whether policymakers choose to support job creation and local production,... 

In the fourth quarter of 2025, the average inflation expectations of the three professional groups surveyed by research organisation the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) subsided significantly.... 

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has recorded a 17% year-on-year increase in the handling of vehicles being imported and exported by sea, four months before the end of the 2025/26... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has appointed Willibrod Majola and Nomfundo Maseti as full-time regulator members for five years following Cabinet’s approval. Nersa has also... 

Angola has deployed air transport industry technology services company SITA's advance passenger information (API) and passenger name record (PNR) gateway at the Dr António Agostinho Neto... 

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is trialling drone technology at its Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton, in the UK. The British marque says the technology has the potential to... 

Cybersecurity threats and the impact of AI maturity and regulation are the two most significant disruptors facing the industry in the coming year, a survey of 250 IT leaders by data backup and... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the approval of a revised unbundling plan for Eskom and the potentially far-reaching implications for both the State-owned company and the... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has sent a team of engineers to investigate a possible dam failure on a farm along the R568 road near Bronkhorspruit. The team is assessing Thabo’s dam... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

Somewhere in Linden, Johannesburg, Albertus Bekker is putting the finishing touches to a new violin after almost 150 hours of painstaking work. Bekker is what is known as a luthier – he handcrafts,... 

Trade union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has again stated that it rejects the unbundling of State-owned Eskom in any form. It says the policy of separating Eskom into various entities,... 

National statistics agency Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says manufacturing production increased by 0.2% year-on-year in October, with eight of the ten manufacturing divisions reporting... 

A state-of-the-art hot isostatic press (HIP) facility has been unveiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in Pretoria, Gauteng, providing South African manufacturers... 

International energy company EDF power solutions on December 11 achieved the commercial operation date (COD) at the 140 MW San Kraal Wind Farm, which forms part of its 420 MW Koruson 1 project... 

Bank of America Global Research yesterday reported that the US has lost three-quarters of its aluminium smelters, China has capped its aluminium production, US consumers are now having to pay the... 

Following its ordinary meeting on December 9, the Competition Commission has approved JSE-listed construction materials and industrial minerals company Afrimat’s proposed acquisition of Ochre... 

The UK-funded technical climate assistance programme Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa has launched a fourth call for proposals for low-carbon businesses seeking investment for... 

Trade union Solidarity says the time is ripe for negotiations for an appropriate Eskom power tariff that can keep the ferrochrome industry afloat while benefitting other parties. Although this... 

The National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) says there are growing signs of gains being made in the South African economy, despite the fact that several structural challenges remain.... 

The Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has commended Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and International Container Terminal Services... 

Another milestone has been passed as the construction of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II continues. Polihali dam has reached the rockfill placement milestone of elevation 1 977... 

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has reported that its Business Confidence Index (BCI) has improved significantly between September and November, from 121.1 to 132.3. The... 

Blended finance to support projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions or reduce the risks from future climate-related events is transitional in nature, a panel of investment and development... 

The 75 MW Umoyilanga hybrid project, which combines solar, wind and battery storage technologies across two sites to produce dispatchable electricity, has taken a step closer to its full commercial... 

National Energy Regulator of South Africa- (Nersa-) licensed renewable-energy buyer and trader Africa GreenCo has announced that Isabel Fick will be joining the company as group head of trading and... 

A US House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would renew for another three years Washington's preferential trade programme for Africa, and there was no immediate mention of excluding... 

In its first report analysing the landscape of global standards, the World Bank has found that a proliferating set of international standards that covers everything from food labelling to the... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding and a licensing agreement with a California-based data and life sciences platform, PromptBio, to...