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Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the significance of a pre-procurement exercise that is under way to test market appetite for private sector participation projects on key commodity...
The African Rail Industry Association (ARIA) has welcomed the launch of a pre-procurement market sounding exercise by the South African government with regard to private sector participation (PSP)...
Local steel consumption needs to be ramped up significantly through the execution of mooted infrastructure projects, by both the public and private sectors, Hot Dip Galvanizers Association of...
Following an oversight visit to the St Helena Bay and Saldanha Bay small harbours on March 25, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and Saldanha Bay local municipality mayor...
Eskom’s former chief nuclear officer, Riedewaan Bakardien, will take up the position of CEO of the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) on April 1. Bakardien has more than 20...
Business Unity South Africa CEO Khulekani Mathe is not very optimistic about government realising R1-trillion of investment in infrastructure over the next three years, as set out in the National...
The South African government is advertising for a new head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), a position that has been held by Bernard Magoro since April 2020. In an advert published...
The newly established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has confirmed that it received 98 applications for slots being made available across the network to private train operating...
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...
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) has announced its strategic investment in Unipro Protective Wear, a 100% black youth woman-owned business in South Africa’s clothing and textiles sector. Unipro...
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has again partnered with the Competition Commission, the Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development and Tourism and various regulatory bodies, under the...
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has launched the Business Visa Recommendation System (VRS), an online platform for business visa recommendation applications for all foreign...
South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has initiated a process to appoint a private operator for the multipurpose terminal at the Port of Durban’s Maydon Wharf precinct. A request...
The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for the city to urgently focus on resolving long-standing challenges, including financial sustainability, inner-city...
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) CEO Jabu Mdaki believes the steady flow of new equipment, together with improved relations with key original equipment and part suppliers as well as shipping lines,...
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed exasperation and disappointment over the most recent implementation of Stage 3 loadshedding by Eskom over the weekend starting...
Boosting local rail infrastructure through government and private-sector collaboration – in the form of public–private partnerships (PPPs) – while harnessing complementary assistance from...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has confirmed that one of its buses was involved in an accident between Smithfield and Reddersburg in the Free State, on March 5, with ten lives...
In response to the World Bank’s recent recommendation that South Africa relax its increasingly stringent and highly prescriptive broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) laws to attract...
Petroleum products exploration and production regulator the Petroleum Agency of South Africa (PASA) has appointed Dr Bongani Sayidini as acting CEO, with effect from March 1. “His appointment comes...
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson is reviewing the recommendations from the board of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) to fill five vacancies, four of which have...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) says it supports efforts by State-owned power utility Eskom and the national government to resolve the growing municipal debt that...
Rail and ports operator Transnet has appointed Bessie Mabunda as Transnet Engineering (TE) CE and Moshe Motlohi as Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) CE, with effect from March 1. These...
The Durban Container Terminals (DCT) has announced that it will take delivery of more than 100 pieces of new cargo handling equipment over the course of this year. The equipment, which includes 20...
Members of the public have been invited to review and submit written comments on proposed route extensions detailed in the ‘Draft Route Determination Report for the Soweto Extension and Cosmo City...
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy announced on Thursday that Professor John Lamola had been appointed the new Group CEO (GCEO) of State-owned airline South African Airways (SAA). Lamola’s...
The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has approached the Gauteng High Court for leave to appeal a judgment handed down in November last year which stopped it from implementing baggage...
Power utility Eskom downgraded loadshedding to Stage 2 from 05:00 on Tuesday, from Stage 4 on Monday. This followed the successful recovery of eight out of ten generation units and the restoration...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved, in principle, power utility Eskom’s application for a proposed generation capacity charge (GCC), but adjusted to reduce the...
After taking the shock decision to ramp up loadshedding to Stage 6 in the early hours of Sunday February 23 - having declared Stage 3 on Saturday - Eskom is aiming to bring a halt to rotational...
Following the unprecedented Budget speech debacle that played out on February 19, Nedbank chief economist Nicky Weimar has advocated for creative and ruthless cutting of wasteful government...
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has given the strongest indication yet that the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) will include a 10-year delay to the...
NTo enhance productivity, competitiveness and the green economy, government will spend R18.4-billion over the medium term to support businesses through various incentive programmes under the...
The Department of Transport and State-owned Transnet will, in the next two months, engage the market on private sector participation (PSP) projects in several areas, Finance Minister Enoch...
By March 31, government will have advanced R140-billion in debt relief to State-owned entity Eskom, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana revealed in the 2025 Budget Review documents, which were made...
Power utility Eskom says it is working closely with the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) Energy Safety & Security Priority Committee to address the rising wave of...
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