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Sungrow to build 233 MW solar PV plant in DRC for CrossBoundary Energy
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy project developer Sungrow will build a 233 MW solar PV plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for commercial and industry energy investment company CrossBoundary Energy,... 


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Construction sentiment ticks up despite less activity
30th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Civil Confidence Index compiled by FNB and the Bureau for Economic Research has increased to a level of 43 in the third quarter of the year from 41 in the second quarter and 45 in the first... 


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Emira records solid interim performance
30th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Emira Property Fund is on track to achieve its objectives for the full 2026 financial year, the company highlights in a pre-close operational update for the four months ended July 31... 


Nursery closeup in Musina
Agriculture widens trade surplus with more exports, less imports in Q2
30th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) finds in its latest trade brief that South Africa’s agricultural exports increased by 8% in the second quarter, compared with the second quarter... 


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Discovery Green signs PPA with Red Rocket for Mpumalanga solar farm
30th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Discovery’s renewable-energy business Discovery Green has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with independent power producer Red Rocket for the Tournee solar park, a 300 MW solar farm... 


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York Timber reports higher earnings, revenue
30th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed lumber and agriculture company York Timber’s revenue for the year ended June 30 increased by 14% year-on-year to R1 995-million. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation... 


Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Parks Tau
South Africa says it optimistic US trade initiative AGOA will be renewed
30th September 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa's trade minister Parks Tau said he was optimistic that the United States' flagship trade initiative with Africa, which expires later on Tuesday, would be renewed. Tau's office said in... 


Paul Mann
Ainscow to step in as interim ASP CEO as Mann scales back duties
30th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed ASP Isotopes has announced that, effective October 1, Paul Mann, the founder, chairperson and CEO of ASP Isotopes, will become executive chairperson of ASP Isotopes and will be taking a... 


South Africa, Switzerland form research and innovation partnership programme
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa and Switzerland have formed the Swiss–South Africa Innovation Partnership Programme – a multiyear initiative designed to accelerate research-based innovation, inbound technology... 


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SPS, B2Gold launch first solar wheeling project under Namibia’s MSB programme
30th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS), in partnership with B2Gold Namibia, the Oelofse family and Fortitude, have commissioned Namibia’s first solar wheeling project under NamPower’s Modified Single... 


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Trade with the US critical for the Western Cape, says Winde as he returns from America
30th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has returned from a visit to the US, where he held talks with government and private sector stakeholders in Washington DC, Atlanta and New York City. The US has been... 


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Eskom records first full-year profit in eight years
30th September 2025 By: Reuters

State-owned power utility Eskom reported its first full‑year profit in eight years on Tuesday, helped by government debt relief, higher tariffs and a sharp reduction in power cuts. The company's... 


Connecting 300m people in Africa to electricity could boost GDP by $500bn by 2040 – BCG
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

In Africa, 600-million people lack access to electricity, despite global energy poverty having decreased by about 80% since 2010. By providing electricity access to 300-million of those Africans... 


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BII invests $20m in hardest-to-reach Africa energy access expansion initiative
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has committed $20-million to impact investment organisation Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) Initiative to help expand... 


Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati
Eskom chair says future tariff hikes should be in line with inflation
30th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati says the next mission of the board is to drive electricity affordability in a way that ensures that future electricity tariff increases do not exceed the rate of... 


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Africa must develop its hydrocarbon, but especially gas, resources
30th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

In his opening address to the African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 conference and exhibition, on Tuesday, African Energy Chamber executive chairperson NJ Ayuk urged African countries to produce “every... 


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Tiger Brands confirms Ashton canned fruit factory reopening this week
30th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following the successful disposal of Tiger Brands’ Langeberg & Ashton Foods business to a consortium of local fruit producers for R1 in May, the company has reported the restart of operations,... 


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SA Canegrowers launches ‘Save our Sugar’ campaign to curb threatening sugar imports
30th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In a renewed effort to urge consumers, retailers and businesses to choose locally produced sugar over imported sugar, industry body SA Canegrowers has launched a ‘Save our Sugar’ campaign. The... 


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Fiscal rule to help steady South African debt, Central Bank says
30th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa risks a debt trap after years of lax budget discipline, but following through with plans for a fiscal rule to control borrowing will put it back on track, the central bank said. The... 


Castle wind farm.
Low-cost renewables will make up 30% of Sibanye-Stillwater power supply by 2027
30th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A targeted 600 MW pipeline of solar and wind projects has been developed by platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater which, combined with other energy management... 


Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré signing the pledge
Energy dept, SAREM committee pledge to accelerate country's renewable energy plan
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The executive oversight committee (EOC) of the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) and Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré have signed a pledge in which they... 


Valterra Platinum's Mogalakwena mine
South Africa records large FDI outflows in Q2 as Anglo spins off platinum unit
30th September 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows of R73.5-billion in the second quarter of 2025, compared to inflows of R11.7-billion in the first quarter, central bank data showed on... 


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South Africa, Nigeria poised to exit dirty-money list next month
30th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa and Nigeria are poised to exit a global financial watchdog’s “gray list” as soon as next month, marking a change in fortune for two of the continent’s biggest economies. The two... 


Shipping containers at a port in Gauteng
Trump administration says it supports 1-year renewal of Africa trade initiative
30th September 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's administration supports a one-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), the trade initiative with sub-Saharan Africa that expires on Tuesday,... 


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RWE withdraws from $10bn Namibia green hydrogen project
30th September 2025 By: Reuters

German power utility RWE said on Monday that it had withdrawn from Namibia's $10-billion Hyphen green ammonia project, a blow to the southern African nation's ambitions to become a major hydrogen... 


Vukile CEO Laurence Rapp
Vukile reports strong operational performance for the first five months of its financial year
29th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed retail-focused real estate investment trust Vukile Property delivered strong operational results across its portfolio during the five-month period ended August 31, and is on track to... 


JSE executive Sam Mokorosi, Cilo Cybin CEO Gabriel Theron and JSE capital markets director Valdene Reddy
Cannabis group Cilo Cybin lists on JSE main board
29th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Medical cannabis investment company Cilo Cybin Holdings has listed on the main board of the JSE as a fully-fledged trading entity, after listing as the first cannabis special purpose acquisition... 


City of Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
Port of Cape Town registers modest improvement in efficiency, private sector management needed - Hill-Lewis
29th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has reiterated his call for private sector management of the Port of Cape Town to consolidate improvements at the port, after it registered a modest... 


Public hearings are scheduled for November 17
Nersa launches market inquiry into impact of fixed charges on electricity customers
29th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has launched a market inquiry into the impact of fixed charges being levied by Eskom and municipal electricity distributors, which it claims... 


MTN South Africa successfully modernises its core network
29th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Telecommunications group MTN South Africa has successfully modernised its core network with Ericsson, achieving a number of firsts. The modernisation brings a range of benefits to South Africa’s... 


AMSA's Vanderbijlpark Works
ArcelorMittal may get R8.5bn IDC bid for South Africa unit
29th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s top development finance institution is working with financial advisers on a possible bid of about R8.5-billion for control of ArcelorMittal’s business in the country, people familiar... 


CHARGE hosts naamsa's NEV road trip at its solar-powered charging station
29th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy offgrid charging infrastructure company Zero Carbon Charge (CHARGE) hosted the industry organisation naamsa | The Automotive Business Council's New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Road Trip... 


Construction of the membrane bioreactor building at Potsdam
Cape Town’s Potsdam wastewater plant upgrade reaches 60% completion mark
29th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

Construction of the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in Cape Town, currently one of the Western Cape’s largest infrastructure projects at a cost of R5.2-billion, has reached 60%... 


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European Commission launches €545m Initiative to Accelerate Africa’s clean energy transition
29th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €545-million Team Europe package to support Africa's transition to clean energy. The announcement was made by means of a video... 


Barrick President and CEO Mark Bristow.
Bristow stepping down after elevating Barrick to great heights in fewer than seven years
29th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The president and CEO of Barrick, Dr Mark Bristow, is stepping down after elevating the New York and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company to great heights in fewer than seven years. After... 


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