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BASF increases reliability, R&D ability with upgraded dispersions plant in Durban
Updated 1 hour 57 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Chemicals group BASF on March 4 unveiled its expanded production facility for dispersions in Durban, which strengthens the company’s ability to supply customers with high-quality dispersions used... 


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Volkswagen issues recall of more than 25 000 Polo Vivos, NCC reports
Updated 1 hour 59 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has notified consumers about the recall by Volkswagen (VW) Group Africa of 25 729 Polo Vivo vehicles made available for sale between February 2025 and... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe promises gas-cliff urgency but offers few details
Updated 2 hours 38 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says government is “moving with urgency” to ensure security of gas supply to avert a looming “industrial cliff-edge”. Addressing a forum on... 


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Global economy faces inflation and growth test amid escalating conflict in Iran – Goldman
Updated 2 hours 54 minutes ago By: Reuters

A temporary surge in oil prices to $100/bbl could slow global growth by 0.4 percentage point, Goldman Sachs analysts said on Thursday, as a widening conflict in Iran chokes off vital Middle East... 


Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Oil spike threatens South Africa inflation, Godongwana says
Updated 3 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Sustained higher oil prices resulting from conflict in the Middle East may fuel inflation in South Africa, though the buffers built by the government should help keep its debt-consolidation plans... 


Marula mine.
Solar power for Marula and Rustenburg platinum mines being sought by Implats
Updated 3 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Implats is looking at solar for the Marula PGM mine and also the Impala Rustenburg operation, the company reported during a media roundtable on Thursday,... 


Cattle
Free State becomes FMD epicentre, committee warns farmers against unverified vaccines
Updated 3 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Free State has officially overtaken KwaZulu-Natal as the epicentre of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks in the country with 277 active outbreaks, compared with 202 in KwaZulu-Natal. The... 


An MSC cargo ship
MSC imposes war surcharge on shipments to Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

Shipping company MSC said on Thursday it would implement a "war surcharge" for cargoes moving to African nations and Indian Ocean islands from the Indian subcontinent and the Gulf countries, after... 


Powerlines
World Bank says $50bn committed to African electrification
Updated 4 hours ago By: Bloomberg

More than $50-billion has been committed to an ambitious plan to halve the number of people without access to electricity in Africa, according to the World Bank, its biggest backer. The programme,... 


Implats CEO Nico Muller.
Implats’ headline earnings up five-fold, R7bn free cash flow, dividend declared
Updated 4 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

In the six months to December 31, South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats generated 180% improved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... 


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Sishi to leave National Treasury for IMF job
Updated 4 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

National Treasury Budget Office deputy director-general Edgar Sishi will step down at the end of March to take up a position at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Sishi joined Treasury in 2007... 


Export body calls for ‘proactive engagement’ as Middle East conflict puts fresh produce exports at risk
Export body calls for ‘proactive engagement’ as Middle East conflict puts fresh produce exports at risk
Updated 5 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

Exporters Western Cape (EWC), which promotes and supports exporters in the province, is warning that the conflict in the Middle East is creating uncertainty, especially for those South African... 


Apollo Africa CEO Nico de Bruyn
Opinion: Trading as a pillar of electricity market reform
Updated 5 hours ago

South Africa’s electricity market is evolving rapidly, shaped by a convergence of policy shifts, technological advances and growing global trade requirements. Yet, a persistent challenge is... 


Worker preparing to refuel an aeroplane
Global jet fuel prices soar on supply concerns, Platts says
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

Jet fuel prices have soared globally with the Singapore rate hitting an all-time high on supply disruption concern, S&P Global Platts said on Thursday. Singapore jet fuel price hit an all-time high... 


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South Africa seeks local production of Gilead's HIV prevention drug
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

South Africa is asking local drugmakers to start a process to make Gilead Sciences’ long-acting HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, domestically, in a push to bring production to the region where it... 


A Qater Airways aircraft
Dirco urges South Africans in the Middle East to evacuate
4th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has encouraged South Africans in the Middle East to take "immediate advantage" of the limited commercial flights out of the region,... 


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Vopak delays investment on South African LNG project to 2028
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

Dutch tank storage and terminal operator Vopak has pushed back a final investment decision (FID) on South Africa's first liquefied natural gas terminal to 2028, a senior executive said on... 


RMB chief economist Isaah Mhlanga
Business confidence rises to 47, six points above long-term average – RMB/BER
4th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The Business Confidence Index (BCI) by financial services firm RMB and economic research organisation the Bureau for Economic Research rose by three points to 47 in the first quarter, building on... 


Wind turbines and solar panels
Africa's energy future needs to be built cooperatively – AU
4th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Africa had an energy deficit, highlighted African Union (AU) Commissioner for Infrastructure Lerato Mataboge, on Wednesday. She was addressing the 2026 Africa Energy Indaba, being held at the Cape... 


LSF Hemp and Cannabis Master Plan project manager John Jeffrey
R40bn opportunity for hemp industrialisation in South Africa requires policy support – LSF study
4th March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa has the potential to capitalise on a domestic industrial hemp market opportunity valued at R40-billion by 2040; however, this requires proper industry development and policy support, a... 


A Gautrain passing through a station
Gautrain to continue operating under PPP model beyond 2026
4th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport and the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) have confirmed that the Gautrain system will continue to operate under the public-private partnership (PPP)... 


London Bullion Market Association CE Ruth Crowell.
Global call to action to halt illicit gold flows
4th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

As gold prices reach historic highs and the geopolitical race for minerals escalates, the pressures on value chains are intensifying – and so too are the risks, London Bullion Market Association... 


Geordin Hill-Lewis and Lungelo Mbandazayo
Cape Town city manager participates in sting operation to nab suspect in corruption case
4th March 2026 By: Irma Venter

The South African Police Service (SAPS) Commercial Crime Investigation Unit (CCI) on Tuesday executed a sting operation in Somerset West, along with Cape Town city manager Lungelo Mbandazayo, to... 


Stuart Potter
Volvo Group appoints new MD for its SA operations
4th March 2026 By: Irma Venter

Volvo Group Southern Africa has appointed Stuart Potter from the UK as its new MD. He takes over from Waldemar Christensen, who has led the organisation since 2022. 


Water
South African financiers develop R2bn water conservation bond
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

South African financiers are preparing a R2-billion bond to fund water conservation projects dedicated to restoring strategic water catchments. Backed by Rand Merchant Bank and the Development Bank... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Africa's energy transition must support industrialisation, Ramaphosa tells Energy Indaba delegates
4th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa is seeking to expand its electricity transmission grid, which is a R450-billion challenge, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his keynote address at the 2026 Africa Energy Indaba, at... 


Port of Cape Town
TNPA monitoring shipping diversions but says no immediate rise in berthing requests
4th March 2026 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) reports that it has not yet received any indication of additional berthing requests from shipping lines in the wake of the US-Israel attack... 


JRA to temporarily close M1 Smit street offramps for road testing, investigations
4th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The north- and south-bound Smit street interchange on- and offramps on the M1 will be closed from 09:00 to 15:00 on March 7, 8 and 9 to allow the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) to undertake... 


Hands holding a box of Mounjaro
Drugmaker Aspen targets Mounjaro approval in sub-Saharan Africa this year
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

Aspen Pharmacare aims to secure sub‑Saharan African approval for Eli Lilly's blockbuster weight‑loss drug Mounjaro as early as this year, its CEO said on Wednesday, capitalising on soaring regional... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
‘Extremely robust’ platinum investment demand expected
4th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Investment demand for platinum is expected to be “extremely robust” in 2026. “We've not only got the attractiveness in terms of platinum’s underlying supply demand fundamentals, but we also have a... 


FNB Business CEO Ghana Msibi
FNB launches upgraded payments, business support system
4th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm FNB has launched the latest version of its payments platform that provides businesses with real-time insight into their cash flow and stock levels across different sales... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
Departments to investigate Ormonde warehouse collapse, the third in three months
4th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

In the wake of the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Ormonde, Johannesburg, in which nine workers died and three others were injured, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure... 


The Johannesburg skyline
South Africa's business activity remains stable in February, S&P PMI shows
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's private sector activity held steady in February, with the Purchasing Managers' Index holding at 50 for the second straight month, an S&P Global survey showed on Wednesday.  While... 


An aerial view of the Strait of Hormuz
US strike on Iran 'ahead of game plan' but global markets rattled, energy prices soar
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

US forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a "broad wave" of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign that a top... 


DWS commissions KZN bulk water supply project
4th March 2026 By: Natasha Odendaal

Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has commissioned the Maphumulo bulk water supply scheme in KwaMaphumulo, in the iLembe district municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal. The scheme, funded by... 


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