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Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
BFI funding crucial for unlocking short-term freight investments while long-gestation private projects evolve
24th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has underlined the importance of the National Treasury’s Budget Facility for Infrastructure in helping Transnet to fund the near-term rail and port investments... 


SAPVIA CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu
SAPVIA AGM to discuss future plans
24th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) will host its AGM, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, on July 3, and will reflect on its achievements and milestones, as well as share plans for... 


DeVilliers Botha and Jaco Botha
Solareff opens new Cape Town office on back of regional boom
24th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

The Johannesburg-based Solareff group last week cut the ribbon on its new off-grid, 720 m2 regional office and warehouse in Cape Town. Chief commercial officer DeVilliers Botha says the engineered... 


Solareff mulling its options regarding its GridCars shareholding
Solareff mulling its options regarding its GridCars shareholding
24th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

Solareff CEO Jaco Botha says the engineered solar PV and battery energy storage solutions group is weighing the future of its 75% shareholding in vehicle charge network operator GridCars. GridCars... 


Sovereign MD and CEO Frank Eagar inspecting the yield with the local farmers
Sovereign’s expanded conservation farming programme increases crop yields four-fold
24th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Malawian farmers who participated in ASX- and Aim-listed Sovereign Metals’ 2025 Conservation Farming Programme increased crop yields by four times, with the top farmer achieving a ten times yield... 


A vehicle assembly plant
South African auto firms, bracing for tariffs, face wage talks test
24th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

A potential deadlock over pay increases for South Africa’s automotive sector workers risks shutting down an industry that accounts for more than a fifth of the nation’s manufacturing output,... 


A gold nugget on dollar banknotes
Central banks eye gold, euro and yuan as dollar dominance wanes
24th June 2025 By: Reuters

The custodians of trillions of dollars of global central bank reserves are eyeing a move away from the greenback into gold, the euro and China's yuan as the splintering of world trade and... 


ACTOM's LH Marthinusen division launches R32m industrial fan factory
ACTOM's LH Marthinusen division launches R32m industrial fan factory
24th June 2025

Transformer manufacturer LH Marthinusen, a division of electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM, has launched its new R32-million industrial fan production facility, in Germiston, in Gauteng.... 


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JUWI, JA Solar sign solar panel deal for projects supplying power to Sasol, Air Liquide and Glencore
24th June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Renewable energy company JUWI Renewable Energies has signed two solar module supply agreements with JA Solar, a manufacturer of high-performance PV technology. The deal is for nearly 420 000 solar... 


Solar PV panels
Record renewables capacity falls short of global target, REN21 says
24th June 2025 By: Reuters

A record 740 GW of renewable energy capacity was added worldwide last year, still not enough to meet a global goal to triple renewable capacity by 2030, a report by the Paris-based think tank REN21... 


Rand Currency
Rand gains from risk rally before leading indicator and jobs data
24th June 2025 By: Reuters

The South African rand firmed against a weaker dollar in early trade on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump's announcement of an Israel-Iran ceasefire and before the release of domestic... 


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Fedhasa welcomes announcement of online instant visa system
23rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa (Fedhasa) has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Home Affairs that South Africa’s first online instant visa system, incorporating... 


Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa
Hlabisa wants new White Paper to address municipal funding model problem
23rd June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa reports that government is aiming to publish an updated White Paper on Local Government by March next year, arguing that... 


PIDG calls for more finance to be directed to emerging markets, developing economies
23rd June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Private investment fund the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) calls on asset owners and asset managers to direct more finance to emerging markets and developing economies. Financial... 


Goal to connect half of people without energy access in Africa by 2030 can unlock $500bn in gains by 2040 – BCG
23rd June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

African leaders and international partners have set an ambitious goal to connect 300-million out of the 600-million people that still lack access to electricity in Africa, by 2030, which could... 


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Construction under way on Growthpoint’s Sandton drive Link Bridge
23rd June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties says construction has started on the Sandton drive Link Bridge. This bridge will provide a direct pedestrian route over Sandton drive... 


Richards Bay Minerals GM Growth Strategy Bradley Reddy.
Richards Bay Minerals’ three power pacts will supply 80% of the power it consumes
23rd June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The three power purchase agreements (PPAs) that Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has signed to date will provide the lion’s share of this energy-intensive Rio Tinto group company’s current energy needs.... 


An image of BII CEO Leslie Maasdorp and PIC outgoing CEO Abel Sithole at the signing of an MoU
PIC, BII sign MoU to collaborate across Africa
23rd June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Asset manager the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and UK’s development finance institution and impact investor British International Investment (BII) have signed a memorandum of understanding... 


Absa CIB supports FE Overberg wind project with R1.6bn funding
23rd June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Financial services provider Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is providing R1.6-billion in facilities to FE Overberg for Phase 2 of the FE Overberg wind project in the Western Cape.... 


WEG Africa director Pervin Gurie
WEG Africa automation facility onboards more products as efficiency imperatives, hybrid power system demand grow
23rd June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In adhering to its ethos of developing technologies and solutions that contribute to a more efficient and sustainable world, electric engineering, power and automation developer WEG has onboarded... 


BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso
South Africa should exit FATF grey list in October, overcoming direct State-capture legacy – Mavuso
23rd June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa has completed all intergovernmental organisation Financial Action Task Force (FATF) requirements and is on track to exit its grey list in October, following a comprehensive overhaul of... 


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Bell Equipment appoints two new independent nonexec directors
23rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed original-equipment manufacturer Bell Equipment has appointed two independent nonexecutive directors - Shane Fitzpatrick (with effect from July 1) and Harish Ramsumer (with effect from... 


$1.5bn World Bank loan to support reforms in South Africa’s energy and transport sectors
$1.5bn World Bank loan to support reforms in South Africa’s energy and transport sectors
23rd June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The World Bank has approved a $1.5-billion (R27-billion) development policy loan to support the implementation of ongoing structural reform in South Africa’s energy and transport sectors, as well... 


An image showing Minister Ronald Lamola welcoming  home South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, with their families
Engineers Frik Potgieter, Peter Huxham released from detention in Equatorial Guinea
23rd June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South African engineers Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham, who had been detained in Equatorial Guinea since February 9, 2023, have been released and are back in South Africa, their families confirmed... 


Goldman Sachs warns of oil price surge on Strait of Hormuz risks
Goldman Sachs warns of oil price surge on Strait of Hormuz risks
23rd June 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs flagged risks to global energy supply amid concerns over a potential disruption in the Strait of Hormuz that would lead to significant spikes in oil and natural gas prices, the bank... 


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Goodwall partners with Microsoft, HP to launch youth-focused AI upskilling initiative
20th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Skills-based social network Goodwall has joined forces with big tech firms Microsoft and HP to launch the NextGen AI Alliance, an innovative global partnership designed to equip young people with... 


SOLA Group restructures Orionis as part of portfolio-based financing approach
20th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy solutions provider SOLA Group has optimised the debt facilities in its corporate and industrial solar PV fund Orionis and streamlined the fund's capital structure as part of its... 


An image of an electric vehicle being charged
naamsa to deploy public NEV charging infrastructure
20th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Amid the green energy transition sparking increased global demand for new-energy vehicles (NEVs), naamsa | the Automotive Business Council is embarking on the deployment of public charging... 


sarens crane lifting wind turbines
Sarens does the heavy lifting at new Namibian wind farm
20th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Heavy lifting and crane rental services company Sarens, through its South African division Sarens Siba, is working on the installation of 125 t wind turbine generators (WTGs) for the first phase of... 


An image of solar installation
SAREM presents opportunities for skills development, local manufacturing
20th June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) is expected to drive localised manufacturing and skills development within South Africa and can also provide a blueprint for the rest of the... 


Eskom power lines
World Bank Group considers $500m boost for South Africa's transmission expansion
20th June 2025 By: Reuters

The World Bank Group is considering financing $500-million of South Africa's participation in a new credit guarantee facility meant to unlock private financing for a massive transmission grid... 


AMIE chairperson Seymor Talpert
AMIE launches SME assistance fund
20th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AMIE) has partnered with business support organisation Tushiya Xchange to invest in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the meat import... 


AWS opens applications for 2025 GenAI accelerator for foundational AI startups
20th June 2025 By: Schalk Burger

IT services and infrastructure company Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened applications for the third cohort of the AWS Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA), which is an eight-week global programme... 


Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George
George outlines initiatives speeding up enviro authorisations in lower sensitivity areas
20th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George says that making the department’s systems more efficient, transparent and responsive has been a key focus area for him during his... 


300-plus problem buildings identified in Cape Town
300-plus problem buildings identified in Cape Town
20th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its active problem building caseload is hovering at just more than 300 properties. The city’s Law Enforcement Problem Building Unit (PBU) has a total of 922... 


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