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JUWI Renewable Energies MD Richard Doyle
JUWI building 340 MW of solar PV to supply South African corporates
28th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Leading global builder and operator of renewable-energy projects JUWI Renewable Energies has announced that it is building three utility scale solar PV projects in South Africa with a combined... 


DFA invests R800m in network infrastructure upgrades
28th January 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Wholesale, open-access fibre-infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has invested over R800-million to upgrade and future-proof its national fibre network as demand for reliable, high-speed... 


Electricity lightbulb
Faith-based eco-justice organisation calls for reforms to SA’s electricity pricing
28th January 2025 By: Sashnee Moodley

As Eskom seeks approval from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa for a 36% electricity tariff increase, faith-based eco-justice organisation, the Southern African Faith Communities’... 


TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne
Mozambique President discussed LNG, hydro projects with TotalEnergies CEO
28th January 2025 By: Reuters

Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo met with Patrick Pouyanne, the chief executive of TotalEnergies, on Monday to discuss several of the company's projects in the southern African country,... 


A Putco branded bus
Parliament’s Transport Committee denounces destruction of Putco buses in Mpumalanga
28th January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport, Donald Selamolela, has denounced the arson attacks on dozens of buses on Monday evening and night as economic sabotage. Initial... 


Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga
AfriForum asks Motshekga to investigate deaths of soldiers in DRC, share findings
28th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Following the deaths of nine South African National Defence Force members in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, non-governmental organisation AfriForum wants Defence and Military Veterans... 


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,... 


The Kariba dam
Dry Zimbabwe hit by blackouts, but renewables still underfunded
28th January 2025 By: Reuters

Loveness Madangawa prepares lunch over an open fire in Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe - she has an electric stove, but power cuts caused partly by drought hitting the main hydropower station means she... 


Tiger Brands logo in a factory
Tiger Brands to sell stake in Chile-based company for R4.4bn
28th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South African packaged goods company Tiger Brands has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Inversiones Tiger Brands South America, agreed to sell its 24.38% interest in Chile-based fast-moving... 


World Bank president Ajay Banga
World Bank’s Banga seeks $85bn to leverage Africa’s youth
28th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

World Bank president Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the world’s youngest continent. Banga, who spoke in an interview at the... 


Rwandan security officers escort members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC), who surrendered in Goma, in the DRC
Congo rebels face some resistance in Goma, more peacekeepers killed
28th January 2025 By: Reuters

Gunfire rippled across east Congo's largest city Goma where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels still faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militias on Tuesday, while another four South... 


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Signs of recovery in truck market after a ‘really tough year’ – Serco CEO
28th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

The uptick in orders and inquiries at truck and trailer builder Serco in the final quarter of last year is being boosted this year by stability in electricity supply, as well as the relatively... 


Decentral Energy to build hybrid energy systems for three retirement residences
27th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy and battery company Decentral Energy has entered into a partnership with KwaZulu-Natal Midlands-based retirement accommodation and care company Mowana Communities, which will... 


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... 


Power lines in a field
Opinion: The Electricity Regulation Amendment Act and South Africa's new era of electricity market transformation
27th January 2025

In this article, Webber Wentzel partner Jason van der Poel and associates Emma Bleeker and Kiera Bracher write that the coming into effect of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act is to be... 


palladium
Underperforming BEV sales in Europe may benefit palladium demand
27th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

According to technology group Heraeus, last year saw modest growth in car sales within the EU, while the market share of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) declined. Heraeus reported on January 27... 


NRF celebrates 15 years of South Africa-CERN collaboration in physics
27th January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The National Research Foundation (NRF) on Monday highlighted the fifteenth anniversary of the South Africa-European Organisation for Nuclear Research (SA-CERN) Programme. This mark had been... 


Finalists announced for 2025 Car of the Year
Finalists announced for 2025 Car of the Year
27th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

The South African Guild of Mobility Journalists (SAGMJ) has announced the 17 finalists in the Car of the Year (COTY) competition. They are, in alphabetical order: BMW 5 Series Sedan BMW M5 BMW X3... 


Hydrogen economy development enters critical phase – GlobalData
27th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Data and analytics company GlobalData says the hydrogen economy has recently experienced some hiccups in its growth story, noting that demand for this commodity is not rising at the pace it was... 


Richards Bay Coal Terminal chairperson Nosipho Damasane
Coal exports can be uplifted to 81-million tons, Richards Bay Coal Terminal believes
27th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In 2017, Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported a record 76.47-million tons of coal on the 907 ships that called in that year, and chairperson RBCT Nosipho Damasane believes that exports can be... 


An SANDF soldier
Parliament’s defence committee wants answers on SANDF deaths in battle in the DRC
27th January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

While expressing sadness at the deaths of nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in a battle in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Parliament’s Joint Standing... 


Containers at the Port of Maputo
Mozambique's Maputo port starts $2bn expansion project
27th January 2025 By: Reuters

Mozambique's Maputo port began construction on the first phase of its planned $2-billion expansion project on Monday, a senior port official said. The $164-million first phase will more than double... 


Impala Refineries in Springs on Gauteng's East Rand
Implats signs deal with Discovery Green for supply of wheeled electricity to Springs refinery
27th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Discovery Green for the supply of wheeled renewable electricity to its refinery operations in... 


Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau
Parks Tau says no new tax planned for black-owned firms fund
27th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa is still discussing whether to set up a new fund to promote Black-owned businesses, and suggestions that new taxes will be imposed to capitalise it are unfounded, the nation’s trade... 


South Africa can use G20 chairing to drive international policy issues
27th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The South African business and government delegation that attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting, in Davos, Switzerland, last week, encountered a transformed outlook for South Africa.... 


dtic agroprocessing chief director Ncumisa Mcata-Mhlauli
Poultry sector to pursue export-driven growth strategy – dtic
27th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

South Africa’s poultry sector intends to, under the leadership of  Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi, pursue an export-driven growth strategy to advance the South... 


Locomotives used by Transnet Freight Rail
ANC wants National Treasury to rescue Transnet
27th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s biggest political party will ask the National Treasury to consider a one-off debt-relief package for state-owned rail and ports operator Transnet before next month’s budget. Transnet... 


Africa with country flags
Rate chokehold on African economies is set to loosen slowly
27th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Over the course of the next month, African nations representing almost three-quarters of the continent’s gross domestic product are set to stake out different approaches to interest rates, as they... 


New senior director of Stellenbosch Business School announced
24th January 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Stellenbosch Business School has announced the appointment of its new senior director. He is Professor Chris van der Hoven and his appointment took effect on... 


An image showing Sirius' decade on the JSE
Sirius celebrates decade on the JSE, positioning for further growth
24th January 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Sirius Real Estate, the owner and operator of business parks, offices and mixed-use workspaces in Germany and the UK, is celebrating a decade of successful listing on the JSE, and is eyeing further... 


Powerlines
Eskom says delaying update to tariff structure will entrench incorrect price signals
24th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has appealed to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) not to again postpone the implementation of a new retail tariff plan (RTP), warning that any delay would further entrench... 


Global steel production increased 5.6% in December
24th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Global crude steel production for the 71 countries reporting to industry organisation World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 144.5-million tonnes in December, which is a 5.6% increase compared... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump moves likely inflationary for South Africa, FirstRand CEO says
24th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Tariffs proposed by US President Donald Trump will likely have an inflationary impact on South Africa, according to the chief executive officer of one of the country’s largest banks. Trump’s moves... 


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