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PPPs, streamlined payments encourage AfCFTA growth
2nd May 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) and streamlined cross-border transaction processes, along with other key initiatives, can further allow for trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area... 


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Global commodity prices expected to drop to six-year low by 2026 – World Bank
29th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Faltering economic growth is coinciding with ample oil supply in ways that are expected to cause a drop in global commodity prices to their lowest level of the 2020s, according to the World Bank’s... 


DPWI welcomes High Court dismissal of interdict application to suspend IDT board appointments
29th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the dismissal by the North Gauteng High Court of the interdict application to suspend the appointment of five trustees to the... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala
DPWI to set up Office of the Engineer-General South Africa soon
29th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) will be pressing ahead with setting up the Office of the Engineer-General South Africa as soon as possible, Public Works and Infrastructure... 


Continent needs Africa-centred credit rating ecosystem
25th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

African countries need an Africa-centred credit rating ecosystem that supports fair, accurate and forward-looking assessments of Africa’s economies, UN Under-Secretary-General and Economic... 


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Calls for SABS investigation to be concluded sooner as another whistleblower report emerges
25th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Yet another whistleblower report regarding corruption and mismanagement at the South African Bureau of Standards has come to light, providing detailed accounts of long-standing governance failures,... 


US tariffs pose severe indirect risks to sub-Saharan Africa, BMI warns
24th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

While the direct effects of US tariffs on sub-Saharan African trade were limited, the broader economic and political ramifications – through falling commodity prices, fiscal tightening and rising... 


Global economic growth to suffer immediate setbacks because of US tariffs – analysts
17th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global economic growth is expected to be significantly and immediately curtailed as a result of the ongoing US trade actions, global advisory firm Oxford Economics warned in a recent webinar on... 


Special envoy to the US Mcebisi Jonas
Jonas could face cold shoulder in Washington, US analyst warns
16th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appointment of former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas as a special envoy to the US on April 14, public comments made by Jonas in 2020, in which he... 


Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso
Failure to implement effective IT systems is undermining efforts to create a capable State
14th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Efforts to create a capable State will be in vain if South Africa does not have the systems available to support it, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has said. In her weekly... 


Macpherson fires back at court application intended to block his appointment of IDT trustees
11th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has filed an answering affidavit opposing a court application by two entities, Black Forum South Africa (BFSA) and Izwi Labantu Forum (ILF),... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
More than 240 construction mafia arrests made since November, Macpherson says
11th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Since the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) hosted its Construction Summit on Crime-Free Construction Sites in November last year and key officials signed the Durban Declaration... 


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Event to highlight need for investment, collaboration
11th April 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The Manufacturing Indaba can serve as a catalyst for industrial development, fostering a collaborative environment where African manufacturers are empowered to become key players in the global... 


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Association highlights stagnation of localisation levels
11th April 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Faced with many domestic and global obstacles over the past five years, the automotive sector is tracking behind the growth targets it set out to achieve when South Africa’s Automotive Industry... 


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We can no longer blame Apartheid for economic failures, BBCBE’s Masimene says
10th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

After more than 30 years of democracy, South Africa’s numerous economic problems can no longer be blamed on Apartheid but rather must be blamed on the black-led government that has held the reins... 


Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane
George building collapse revealed to be a result of ‘systematic failures across multiple levels of oversight’
9th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

An independent forensic investigation into the building that collapsed in George, in the Western Cape, last year, has found that systematic failures across multiple levels of oversight,... 


Clear measurables needed to drive greater investment, Gauteng conference delegates told
7th April 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Several speakers participating in the Gauteng Investment Conference, last week, said clear, measurable objectives for public, private and public-private projects are necessary to hold all parties... 


Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso
South Africa should respond to macroeconomic turbulence with resilience and strategic foresight, Mavuso says
7th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Following last week’s announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa will be subjected to 30% tariffs on all imports into the US, alongside the passing of the 2025 Budget that will see... 


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Trump tariff policies likely to extend beyond his term, analysts say
4th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Following the announcement by US President Donald Trump on April 2 that South Africa would be subjected to 30% tariffs on its exports to the US, banker and academic Colin Coleman has said there is... 


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Volatile global demand negatively affecting steel, associated industries
4th April 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Shrinking local and global demand for steel, owing to an oversupply of raw and processed variants – especially in China – and increased imports are the main causes for the declining steel and... 


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SABS investigation continues amid unsettling allegations of mismanagement
4th April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Ever since allegations of corruption and mismanagement against State-owned entity the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) started to surface late last year, the organisation has been under... 


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Sugar cane industry must diversify products – SMRI
4th April 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

As the global sugarcane industry faces growing pressures, leading to factory closures, job losses and reduced cultivation, it is essential to diversify beyond traditional sugar products and... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
Final report on wasteful Telkom Towers project expected by end of April, Macpherson says
1st April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The final forensic report on the controversial Telkom Towers project will be delivered by the end of April, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has revealed. In August last... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
DPWI’s new infrastructure audit programme to be a ‘game-changer’ for sustainable project delivery
1st April 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has launched an infrastructure audit programme to better ensure compliance and optimal resource use. Speaking at the inaugural Public Works... 


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More than 40 contractors to be blacklisted by the DPWI, Macpherson says
1st April 2025 By: Darren Parker

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson is ramping up the pace at which underperforming or corruption-accused contractors are being blacklisted, with more than 40 on the shortlist... 


Mozambique starts review of mining, oil and gas laws
1st April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Mozambique has started a process to review and modernise the southeast African nation’s legal framework for mining, oil and gas, the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy said Monday. The... 


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African exporters to face market challenges as EU expands Carbon Border Tax
26th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Recent amendments to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulatory framework, introduced on February 26, are expected to have significant implications for African exporters. The... 


AMSA steel production plant
Commentators warn AMSA bailout will fail without industrial policy overhaul
18th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) purported petition to government for R3.1-billion to bail out its struggling long-steel operations would be a waste of money, unless accompanied... 


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TotalEnergies faces French manslaughter probe over Mozambique attack
17th March 2025 By: Reuters

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into TotalEnergies over potential manslaughter and a failure to assist people in danger during a jihadist attack in Mozambique, the energy firm said,... 


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Electric steel producers call for reinstatement of scrap metal export ban
14th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A representative group of local electric steel producers has urged Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau to reinstate a ban on the export of scrap metal. “The ban will ensure the... 


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Firm addresses legal, export risks attributed to bud rot spread
14th March 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The potential spread of phytophtora palmovira (bud rot) from infested areas through host material to other areas may negatively affect South Africa’s domestic and international trade, says law firm... 


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NUM worried about ‘possible bloodbath of job losses’ on multiple fronts
12th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is worried about a “possible bloodbath of job losses” across multiple sectors, including steel, transportation, ferrochrome and mining, on the back of... 


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Budget needs to reduce policy, economic uncertainty, Busa says
12th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

After its unexpected postponement owing to disagreements between the partners in the Government of National Unity (GNU) last month, the 2025 Budget needs to reduce the policy and economic... 


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Nedlac announces consensus on 47 labour law reforms
11th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Negotiations between organised business, organised labour and government, led by the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), on a substantive labour law reform process have now concluded. The... 


PCC deputy chairperson Dr Crispian Olver
Presidential Climate Commission calls for recommitment to global efforts on climate action
10th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has called for a recommitment to global efforts on climate action at its seventeenth ordinary quarterly meeting on March 7. The meeting was convened to... 


BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso
Upcoming Budget speech has to grapple with rapidly changing geopolitical context, Mavuso says
10th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Rapid changes in global geopolitics mean that this week’s Budget speech will takes place in an entirely different context, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso said in her weekly... 


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Legal protection benefits rail corridor investors
7th March 2025

The multijurisdictional nature the Lobito Corridor project – which comprises a 1 300-km railway linking Angola’s Port of Lobito to the mineral-rich regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... 


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Implementation of full package of HMI recommendations necessary to improve private healthcare system – UHAC
6th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The government’s proposal to implement only some recommendations of the five-year-old Health Market Inquiry (HMI) to address the high costs of private healthcare will “do nothing” to advance... 


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