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South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has increased its shareholding in Mozambique’s Mozal Aluminium to 32.45%. Prior to this transaction, State-owned IDC held 24% equity in the...
Global water technology company Xylem Water Solutions has taken up various openpit dewatering projects and continuously engages in projects for openpit mines. These include application discovery,...
As a result of a Promotion of Access to Information Act application by the Democratic Alliance (the official opposition in the South African Parliament but the ruling party in the Western Cape...
Google plans to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its first on the continent – which will help users, developers, businesses and educational institutions across Africa to...
Renewable-energy producer Greenalia plans to build a floating offshore wind project close to the Port of Arinaga.
A fire damaged one of the generating units that has not yet been synchronised to the grid at Kusile on October 14.
Energy chains guide and protect data and power cables involved in the operation of cranes, securing cables within the chain while allowing for movement without damaging the cables....
Cassava Technologies subsidiary Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano
Without basic infrastructure to deliver energy and water, and to facilitate mobility and communication, South Africa’s growth prospects will remain constrained. Greenfield and brownfield...
Offshore wind farms have received less attention in the transition to net zero, primarily owing to technology barriers linked to higher capital costs and the lesser adoption of the technology, says...
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), a ‘business unit’ of the National Research Foundation, is focused on optical astronomy and formally came into being in 1972, although it can...
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), a ‘business unit’ of the National Research Foundation, is focused on optical astronomy and formally came into being in 1972, although it can...
Cassava Technologies business Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West Coast submarine cable, capable of delivering up to 12 Tb of new Internet capacity. The...
An investment summit hosted by GIB Financial Services was packed with insights from a panel of leading investment professionals to discuss the revised Regulation 28 and opportunities it presents to...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that the current load-shedding crisis is a “calamity of enormous proportions” but has backed Ministers Gwede Mantashe and Pravin Gordhan after the leader...
By Andre Olivier, Global Head of Solutions at Borwood Group As highlighted in a recent Front Office BPO Omnibus Survey, South Africa is a top CX offshore destination for global clients. Thanks to...
The solar debate is hot, but its information is a mashup of facts and hearsay. Homeowners share concerns about South Africa's regular week-long rainy, no-sun weather stints, while businesses are...
We all know how the story started: warnings from as early as the late-1990s were not heeded, new builds went over time and budget, and they included design flaws.
An expanded range of flexible cables and energy chains that protect moving cables is now available to South African industry. The local division of German company igus has extended its product...
Limpopo is experiencing a surge in illegal mining activity, particularly in the Sekhukhune, Mopani, Capricorn and Waterberg districts, the Portfolio Committees on Mineral Resources and Energy,...
Similar to sand blasting, bead blasting or soda blasting, dry ice blasting service provider Dry Ice Blasting Services underscores the advantages to dry ice blast cleaning, which it says is “not...
Sending a message or an email takes just a few seconds. With a click of a button, it is possible to connect with any website. Even though the internet functionality looks so simple, it is actually...
In an effort to ensure constant connection between power cables, the relevant equipment and electricity, high voltage cable coupler manufacturer KonNx designs, manufactures and distributes high and...
About 20 years ago, I was phoned up by a client who said that she happened to be selling a 17-storey property in Cape Town. She wanted the sale to go through quickly and, as a result, she needed...
VENESSA BOTHA - Head of Human Resources and Finance As a fully-fledged Global LAPP Subsidiary, LAPP Southern Africa is the only distribution and logistics entity in Africa selling cables,...
The proposed policy to ban the export of waste, scrap and semifinished metal products for a period of six months is necessary to immediately reduce the ability of criminal syndicates to monetise...
The solar debate is hot, but its information is a mashup of facts and hearsay. Homeowners share concerns about South Africa's regular week-long rainy, no-sun weather stints, while businesses are...
Mexico's efforts to save 10 miners who became trapped in a flooded coal mine 13 days ago hit another setback as underground water levels have surged higher, officials said on Monday. The miners...
Technology groups Mahle and Siemens have signed a declaration of intent on cooperation in the area of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs). In the future, both companies will...
The US National Fire Protection Association reports that machine fires are the fourth leading cause of fires in industrial environments in the US, making the use of flame-retardant cabling...
Many years ago when I was a young engineer, I had finished my national service, got married and started work. The work that I found was to be employed by GEC Engineering Services. It was an...
Industry organisation the Metal Recyclers' Association of South Africa (MRA) says the six-month ban on the export of metal proposed by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC),...
BHP must shell out more if it wants to snap up assets like those of OZ Minerals - a play on the future of electrification and decarbonisation, analysts and bankers said, after the miner's...
If one considers the way things have progressed, we are now in 2022, which is 100 years later than 1922. Looking back to 1922, a great number of things had changed from the beginning to that...
Telecommunications group Vodacom aims to spend more than R500-million in the Western Cape to grow coverage reach, increase capacity and improve network uptime across the province this year. The...
The City of Cape Town says it is keen to help revive the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) rail enforcement unit (REU), which operated as a three-way government partnership between...
Renewable-energy solutions provider Scatec is optimistic that its R16.4-billion solar-battery project in the Northern Cape will finally address long-standing questions about the so-called...
State-owned freight logistics group Transnet intends launching its much-anticipated tender for new locomotives in August having recorded a 5.6% drop in rail volumes last year as a result of a...
Pratley has a range of cost-effective electrical solutions available to assist contractors in a recovering construction industry. “It is important that one does not compromise on quality in favour...
Telecommunications group Vodacom plans to spend R600-million to accelerate coverage reach and network capacity and provide access to affordable, high-quality connectivity across Mpumalanga this...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) will start trial operations on the Cape Town to Langa via Mutual station route, the Cape Town to Langa via Pinelands station route, and the...
There is a story about an emperor who is told by his staff that he is wearing a very beautiful jacket and that the jacket is more beautiful than any of the other jackets that he has worn. They say...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is rebuilding and recovering five high-priority commuter rail corridors, three of which, in Gauteng, will reopen before the end of the year. These...
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