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Africa's future internet could be on innovative overland submarine cables
8th October 2025

By: Nic Breytenbach - Senior Transmission Architect at SEACOM When it comes to digital infrastructure in Africa, few things are more pressing than the need for faster, more resilient, and more... 


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Kusile power plant project, South Africa – update
3rd October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Unit 6 has officially entered into commercial operation. 


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Using IO-Link to control pneumatic AirBoxes
1st October 2025

Pneumatic AirBoxes control cylinders are actuators using compressed air and are found in a wide range of industrial applications. They are used in almost all areas where pneumatics are used for... 


Prepaid electricity meter
CoJ clamps down on residents not paying municipal accounts
22nd September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is accelerating action against its worst defaulters, which may see electricity meters being removed as part of the city’s aggressive credit control initiative under... 


Track record
Track record
19th September 2025

The collapse of South Africa’s freight rail network has placed a significant strain on the economy, forcing goods that should move quickly and efficiently by rail onto congested roads. Theft of... 


Steelpoort learners showcase ICT skills at Engen Project Presentation Day
Steelpoort learners showcase ICT skills at Engen Project Presentation Day
16th September 2025

Engen celebrated a key milestone in its Global Citizen Development Programme (EGCDP) as learners in Steelpoort, Limpopo presented the innovative ICT projects they developed during the first phase... 


Vumacam, Drone Force partnership to see drones deployed to fight crime
8th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Camera surveillance company Vumacam and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, services company Drone Force have formed a partnership that will see Drone Force provide aerial intelligence in... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive: Growth and Strategic Development in Executive Chairperson’s Office Mike Schmidt.
New game-changing tunnel boring, reef cutting ‘meeting and beating’ all expectations
8th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Development of the innovative new mining method for narrow tabular steep dipping orebodies and the mobile tunnel boring to enable it are both going exceptionally well. The game-changing... 


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Online tool simplifies cable selection
5th September 2025

Finding the correct drive cable has been further streamlined with the latest version of igus’ online tool, the readycable finder. The motion plastics company offers a range of over 6 000 drive... 


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Naacam CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


NAACAM CEO Renai Moothilal
NAACAM CEO on key priorities for preserving ‘critical source of industrial capacity’
5th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

The global automotive market is facing a shift as profound as the day the first mass-produced vehicle drove off the assembly line. From horse-and-carriage versus car, the conflict has now, more... 


Transnet Group CE Michelle Phillips
Transnet welcomes the arrest of infrastructure theft suspects
4th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

State-owned Transnet has welcomed the arrest of 21 individuals suspected of critical infrastructure theft. Transnet notes that the individuals were arrested on September 1 by members of South... 


Image of igus e-chain cable carriers with cranes in background
Innovative energy chains gain popularity
29th August 2025

Widely used in manufacturing, automation, packaging, mining, robotics and machine tool industries, energy chains are said to be fast replacing traditional festoon and cable reel systems. Polymer... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says procurement timelines must be met to add credibility to ITP programme
Warning that qualifying criteria for private grid procurement could sideline domestic industry
26th August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Concern continues to be raised over the technical and financial criteria being used to prequalify bidders for South Africa’s inaugural independent transmission project (ITP) tender, which critics... 


Workers on the powerlines
Public procurement uncertainty undermining industrialisation potential of big grid roll-out – Seifsa
19th August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) CEO-designate Tafadzwa Chibanguza says the prevailing uncertainty surrounding South Africa’s public procurement rules in... 


Urgent, forceful action needed to tackle water infrastructure sabotage, ‘mafias’
15th August 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has reaffirmed government’s firm and uncompromising commitment to tackling the growing challenges of water infrastructure sabotage and the criminal... 


The Senqu Bridge against the backdrop of the Maluti Mountains, with the towering piers and near complete deck in full view.
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
8th August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The Senqu bridge was more than 80% complete by mid-July 2025. 


Joburg testing technology to protect traffic signalling equipment
Joburg testing technology to protect traffic signalling equipment
6th August 2025

The City of Johannesburg is testing technologies to protect the traffic signalling equipment at intersections. Schalk Burger has the story. 


Transnet Group CE Michelle Phillips.
Transnet welcomes conviction of infrastructure criminals
31st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

State-owned Transnet has welcomed the conviction of 26 individuals in the Xhariep district, in the Free State, for theft of Transnet copper cables and essential infrastructure estimated at... 


WearCheck Technical Bulletin: CRUDE AWAKENING Part  2
WearCheck Technical Bulletin: CRUDE AWAKENING Part 2
31st July 2025

By: Rivendren Wayne Moodley – diagnostician, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) In a world constantly in motion, where ambition shapes empires and innovation fuels the future, there exists a silent... 


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Firm and uncompromising action the DWS’s warning on water infrastructure sabotage, criminal syndicates
30th July 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will not hesitate to act and will intensify its collaboration with law enforcement agencies and all levels of government to ensure that those behind the... 


South Ocean Electric Wire installs seamless grid-to-backup switch solution at its Alrode facility
29th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed cable manufacturer South Ocean Electric Wire (SOEW) has completed a solar installation at one of its facilities that can seamlessly switch from grid to backup power instantly. The... 


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Didipio mine, Philippines
25th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold and copper mine in the northern Luzon region of the Philippines. 


SAPVIA CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu
Solar PV installations expected to recover strongly this year after marked decline
11th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) is expecting the domestic market to recover this year to the record installation levels achieved two years ago, following a marked... 


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Robots in action at Expo
10th July 2025

igus South Africa says it is gearing up for a dynamic display at KwaZulu-Natal’s Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) 2025 taking place from 22 to 24 July at the Durban Exhibition Centre. The... 


TESTING COMPLETE

An AMV24 1 250 A panel with circuit-breaker undergoing capacitive switching test duties (class C2)
MV Switchgear completes the design and type testing of AMV24
10th July 2025

Manufacturer ACTOM MV Switchgear has completed the final phase in the design and development of its AMV product range, which was successfully type-tested in 2022 to a rating of 17.5 kV, in under a... 


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Heavy-duty cable carrier systems boost reliability
4th July 2025

Industrial equipment supplier BMG now supplies and supports the full range of Tsubaki chain, power transmission and motion controls, including the Kabelschlepp cable carriers, which have been... 


Teck Resources eyes output boost for chipmaking-metal germanium
23rd June 2025 By: Reuters

Canada's Teck Resources is weighing options to expand production of germanium, a strategic metal key to chipmaking, and is currently talking with governments, including Canada and the United... 


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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... 


Unctad secretary-general Rebeca Grynspan
FDI flows into Africa rose by 75% to $97bn in 2024, Unctad report shows
19th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

The latest ‘World Investment Report’ from UN Trade and Development (Unctad) highlights a significant rebound in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa. In 2024, foreign investment in the... 


SOEW COO Tertius Ness
Imports putting South African cable industry under pressure – SOEW
12th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

South Africa’s cable manufacturing sector is under siege as a flood of cheap, substandard imports from China and Zambia threatens to dismantle a vital industry, putting thousands of jobs at risk... 


The Tsumeb smelter
China's Sinomine halts Namibia copper smelter, citing concentrate shortage due to global 'overcapacity'
6th June 2025 By: Reuters

China's Sinomine Resource Group said on Friday it has temporarily paused copper smelting operations at its Tsumeb plant in Namibia, citing a shortage of concentrate following a rapid expansion in... 


ARB Electrical Wholesalers partners with Schneider Electric for its Distribution Hub Programme
ARB Electrical Wholesalers partners with Schneider Electric for its Distribution Hub Programme
4th June 2025

Schneider Electric South Africa, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has officially announced its partnership with ARB Electrical Wholesalers, one of... 


The Kamoa-Kakula mine
Flooded mine in Congo is latest threat to global copper supply
30th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

The status of one of the world’s most important copper mines remains clouded in uncertainty, more than a week after seismic activity caused widespread flooding deep below ground. Ivanhoe Mines’s... 


A NORD Maxxdrive motor installed on teh top of a structure
Industrial gear units ensure optimum control, performance
30th May 2025

NORD Drive Systems – designed by German precision engineers Getriebebau Nord and assembled locally by industrial solutions provider BMG – encompass modular drive configurations that ensure optimum... 


The inside and a cross section of a SEW-EURODRIVE Digital Data Interface cable
Manufacturer stresses cable simplicity
30th May 2025

Cabling can be one of the most challenging aspects of automation and drive system installations, often leading to delays, faults and inefficiencies. As a global leader in drive and automation... 


Ivanhoe says it disputes Zijin statement on Congo mine problems
26th May 2025 By: Reuters

Ivanhoe Mines on Friday disputed a statement by its Chinese partner about problems at their co-owned Kakula copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after seismic activity. "The press... 


Image of SEW-EURODRIVE’s MOVI-C digital motor integrates with MOVILINK DDI interfacing
Integrating power and data transmission to simplify connectivity
21st May 2025

Reliable cabling can be critical to the success of automation and drive system installations to ensure the elimination of delays, faults and inefficiencies, says drive and automation technology... 


An image of the WEBER-HYDRAULIK EasyProp
Digital valve amplifiers improve work processes
16th May 2025

Equipment manufacturing company WEBER-HYDRAULIK is introducing a new solution that allows for switching and proportional valves to be controlled remotely, using a laptop, smartphone or through... 


Willem Strydom, Business Development Electronics Manager at SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa
SEW-EURODRIVE’s DDI technology and single cable solution simplifies connectivity
13th May 2025

Cabling can be one of the most challenging aspects of automation and drive system installations, often leading to delays, faults and inefficiencies. As a global leader in drive and automation... 


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Education key to address fire incidences
9th May 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The promotion of public education initiatives about fire prevention strategies should be a key requirement for mitigating the occurrence of fire-related incidences in informal settlements and... 


Telcables continues African expansion
25th April 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Angola Cables’ connectivity division, Telcables, continues to expand its network capabilities as digital demand grows across Africa. Recent investments in data centre infrastructure and... 


Diagram of Metso electric anode weighing and casting machine
Fully electric anode weighing and casting machine improves accuracy and performance
24th April 2025

A new solution aimed at addressing the needs of the copper processing industry uses the latest Outotec casting control system with self-diagnostic and machine intelligence capabilities to help... 


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