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Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa to attend SADC meeting on energy and water
3rd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is set to attend the upcoming Joint Meeting of Ministers responsible for energy and water sectors, hosted by the Southern African... 


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Sungrow, WBHO collaborate on sub-Saharan Africa’s largest renewable-energy project
3rd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global inverter and energy storage system provider Sungrow, is partnering with South African construction group WBHO in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest renewable energy project. Sungrow says its... 


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Eskom strengthens security following prepaid electricity breach
3rd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned utility Eskom says it continues to take decisive action following the disclosure in its full-year 2024 financial results, released in December 2024, of a forensic report detailing the... 


S&P South Africa PMI confidence levels soften as private sector performance stalls
3rd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa's private sector economy showed signs of fragility in June, as the S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) barely remained in expansionary territory. Business... 


Gcwalisa outlet in Alex Mall
Alexandra hosts Gcwalisa plastic container reuse pilot project
3rd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Gcwalisa, or refill in isiZulu, pilot project in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg, has shown how quality, recyclable packaging such as polypropylene (PP) jars and polyethylene... 


Opinion: Gas-to-power a wrong turn in South Africa’s energy transition
Opinion: Gas-to-power a wrong turn in South Africa’s energy transition
3rd July 2025

In this opinion article, Dr Jonty Cogger and Paul Wani Lado, attorneys at the Centre for Environmental Rights, argue that the ‘gas cliff’  should not be used as a justification for building... 


Image of African Industrialisation Services director and Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) associate professor Justin Barnes
Auto sector facing decline as SA’s infrastructure decay comes home to roost – Barnes
3rd July 2025 By: Irma Venter

The fundamental challenge many vehicle assembly operations in South Africa currently face is that their operations are becoming less vital to the success of their parent companies. This is linked... 


South Africa reports H5N1 bird flu on poultry farms, international agency says
2nd July 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu, on two poultry farms in the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday. The... 


George welcomes $40m disbursement for Sanbi
2nd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has welcomed the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF;s) approval of the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (Sanbi) Eco-Disaster... 


NRF lauches EoI for research entities to host Presidential PhD Programme hubs
2nd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has called for expressions of interest (EoIs) from the country’s universities and research entities that are interested in hosting the Presidential PhD... 


Petrol pumps
Agriculture council says higher fuel price will dampen sector’s performance
2nd July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) says the increase in the general fuel levy is set to trigger unwelcome economic consequences in the agriculture sector. The increase in the... 


scrap metal
If export taxes, PPS are relaxed, domestic scrap metal resources will fail to meet demand, Coega Steels director says
2nd July 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s ferrous scrap metal resources may fail to meet domestic demand should either the export tax thereon or provisions of the Price Preference System (PPS) be relaxed, electric... 


SQM Lithium Ventures invests $3m in electric cargo bike developer
2nd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

SQM Lithium Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of SQM International Lithium, has announced its investment of $3-million in Vok Bikes, an Estonia-based startup developing next-generation... 


Digital energy trading solutions can help municipalities manage Municflex tariff structure
2nd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The new National Energy Regulator of South Africa-approved tariff hikes of 11.32% from July 1, 2025, also restructure how South Africa's 165 licensed municipal electricity distributors buy and... 


Trade containers
AfDB cuts South Africa growth outlook by half on trade concerns
2nd July 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa must accelerate structural reforms to offset global challenges that include US President Donald Trump’s trade war, the African Development Bank said as it cut the nation’s economic... 


  	An image of frogs on a map of South Africa
App seeks to help people learn more about Southern Africa’s frogs
2nd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

North-West University (NWU) Environmental Sciences and Management Unit Professor Louis du Preez and herpetologist Vincent Carruthers have developed an app, Frogs of Southern Africa, to help people... 


Milken-Motsepe launches $2m Africa AI, manufacturing challenge
2nd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Development think tank the Milken Institute and philanthropy organisation the Motsepe Foundation have announced the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing. The challenge calls on... 


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TPT highlights youth opportunity initiative
2nd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

In the 2024/25 financial year, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) allocated an average of 6% of its total procurement spend to youth-owned businesses and suppliers, while an additional R62-million was... 


South African rand notes
Latest BER survey finds lower inflation expectations for this year and next
2nd July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) cites in its latest ‘Inflation Expectations Survey’ that respondents are expecting headline consumer inflation to average about 3.9% for the remainder of the... 


Standard Bank, Sacci launch KwaZulu-Natal Export Readiness Programme for SMEs
2nd July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking, in partnership with the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci), has launched the Export Readiness Programme to provide support to... 


Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
Procurement of private rail and port infrastructure to be launched in Aug
2nd July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy confirmed that Transnet will issue requests for proposals (RFPs) from the end of August to begin the formal procurement process for private sector participation... 


BHP VP Emma Roberts and COSCO VP Ji Lin signing green shipping agreement.
BHP moves into greener shipping amid cleaner transport ventures intensifying globally
2nd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In fewer than three years, major Johannesburg Stock Exchange secondary-listed mining giant BHP will be shipping ore from Australia to Asia in a greener manner amid intensification of transportation... 


45 compliance notices issued for contraventions by consumer goods suppliers
2nd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has issued compliance notices to 45 noncompliant suppliers of goods across South Africa after uncovering numerous contraventions of the Consumer Protection... 


An image of the City of Joburg logo
AfDB approves R2.5bn loan for City of Joburg
2nd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a R2.5-billion corporate loan to the City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality. This is the bank’s first... 


Finance Deputy Minister David Masondo has
Masondo addresses debt sustainability in developing countries
2nd July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Many developing countries are experiencing rising debt vulnerabilities that divert scarce resources away from essential development priorities such as health, education and infrastructure, Finance... 


Tiger Brands invests in small white bean value chain
Tiger Brands invests in small white bean value chain
2nd July 2025

JSE-listed fastmoving goods manufacturer Tiger Brands has been investing in its farming value chain to get closer to the source where products are cultivated and increase localisation of its... 


Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay
Energy Council views launch of wholesale electricity market as key to sustaining reform momentum
2nd July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Energy Council of South Africa is strongly supportive of the goal of launching the initial phase of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market  (SAWEM) in early 2026, arguing that the... 


Oil and gas methane emissions
Bezos-backed methane tracking satellite is lost in space
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

An $88-million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said on... 


IATA reports continued good but uneven growth in air passenger traffic in May
1st July 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that total global air passenger traffic in May was up 5%, year-on-year... 


MSCI South Africa client coverage VP Eileen Andrew
Green property index shows benefits of climate-resilient buildings
1st July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Green and climate-resilient buildings and properties provide higher returns on investment, typically have lower vacancy rates and their cost-to-income ratios are tracking ahead of buildings that... 


From left: Euromonitor research consultant Benjamin Rideout; DF-SA research head Dr Shamal Vinesh Ramesa; NCC acting commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu; Adams and Adams partner Jan-Harm Swanepoel; and DF-SA chairperson and South African Breweries (SAB) CEO Richard Rivett-Carnac
Federation calls for concerted efforts to tackle illicit alcohol trade
1st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Amid a growing illicit alcohol trade in South Africa, now worth about R25.1-billion, the Drinks Federation of South Africa (DF-SA) has called for urgent national cooperation to address the scale,... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Well-endowed South Africa has huge opportunity ‘right now’ to grow mining sector
1st July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane... 


AfDB approves $474.6m loan for green South Africa's Infrastructure Governance and Green Growth Programme
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $474.6-million loan for South Africa's Infrastructure Governance and Green Growth Programme (IGGGP). This IGGGP is the second phase of the bank's... 


TFR container loading in Durban
SAAFF commends higher container handling volumes at ports in recent weeks
1st July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Southern African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) has commended Transnet for having made substantial improvements to its volume throughput throughout South Africa’s key container... 


An image showing solar at Hype Park Corner
Hyprop to dispose of 50% share in Hyde Park Corner and rental enterprise
1st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Hyprop Investments on June 30 entered into a sale of rental enterprise agreement with MEP SPV 3, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Millennium Equity Partners, to dispose of a 50% undivided... 


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