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RMB chief economist Isaah Mhlanga
Business sentiment recovery has stalled, index shows
5th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following three consecutive increases, the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained unchanged at 45 index points in the first quarter of this year. While a touch above the long-term average... 


CESA CEO Chris Campbell
Industry stalwart Campbell calls for urgent action to address SA’s infrastructure challenges
5th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

While government has made progress in improving policies affecting the built environment, such as the Public Procurement Act, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) CEO Chris Campbell warns that... 


Highland Copper awarded updated air permit for Copperwood
5th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Highland Copper Company has received approval for its updated air permit application for the Copperwood project in Michigan, US, the company announced on Tuesday. The Michigan... 


Minerals Council South Africa chief economist Hugo Pienaar
Minerals Council voices concern about dwindling mining investment
5th March 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following a quarterly decline in the third quarter’s real GDP, growth bounced back in the fourth quarter of last year, which the Minerals Council South Africa says bodes well for all sectors;... 


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DA says MKP’s treason charges against AfriForum will harden US attitudes against SA
5th March 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Democratic Alliance national spokesperson Willie Aucamp has said that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s recent treason charges filed against AfriForum, have “no prospect of success”, and will only... 


Heavy loads are no problem for the new igutex TX3 fibre wound material
5th March 2025

igus launches a new lubrication-free material, the endurance runner which is ideal for heavy-duty applications. In applications with loads of more than 80Mpa, plain bearings made of thermoplastic... 


"Can I use my machine without lubrication?" - igusGO® App now provides the answer
5th March 2025

New igus® app uses AI to show the optimisation potential of motion plastics for over 450 applications in just a few seconds What is an easy way for me to improve my machine? The answer is: try the... 


Construction Sector Charter Council executive member Gregory Mofokeng
We want more investment but we will not relax BBBEE, Construction Sector Charter Council says
4th March 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


Sayuri Moodliar, ESG Director at Open Access Data Centres and head of the sustainability function for WIOCC Group participated in the opening panel discussion at the 5th Annual Africa ESG, Impact Investing & Sustainable Finance Summit last week, where delegates highlighted the need to move away from outputs and outcomes, towards having a tangible impact.
From outputs to tangible impacts; ESG Impact Investing summit points the way
4th March 2025

Delegates at the 5th Annual Africa ESG, Impact Investing & Sustainable Finance Summit highlighted the need to move away from outputs and outcomes, towards having a tangible impact, says Sayuri... 


Weathering the Storms of Climate Change
Weathering the Storms of Climate Change
4th March 2025

By: George Jennings In our February article, we touched on changing weather conditions. This topic is not exclusive to South Africa but is at the forefront of the global arena. Climatic conditions... 


New SolGold CEO Dan Vujcic
SolGold overhauls leadership as it accelerates development, weighs ASX listing
4th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

LSE- and TSX-listed SolGold on Tuesday announced leadership changes and a strategic reset aimed at accelerating the development of its flagship Cascabel copper/gold project in Ecuador. The... 


From left pictured at AfriSam’s Annual Budget Breakdown event in February 2025, political and economic analyst and strategist Frans Cronje, leading economist Dr Azar Jammine and AfriSam Executive Chairman Eric Diack
Positive economic shifts highlighted at AfriSam annual budget breakdown event
4th March 2025

Despite ongoing challenges in the construction sector, South Africa’s economic outlook is showing encouraging signs of improvement. This was one of the key messages at AfriSam’s Annual Budget... 


Schneider Electric’s SpaceLogic Living Space PM sensors redefine indoor air quality management
Schneider Electric’s SpaceLogic Living Space PM sensors redefine indoor air quality management
4th March 2025

Schneider Electric South Africa, a leading provider of energy management and automation solutions, carries the full range of SpaceLogic Living Space Particulate Matter (PM) Series sensors, which... 


Steve du Toit, Sales Manager at IPR
IPR'S dewatering pump solutions tackle challenging mining environment in the DRC
4th March 2025

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is notorious for its harsh mining conditions, with heavy seasonal rainfall and remote mining locations creating formidable obstacles for operations. One of... 


Long steel manufacturing
South Africa in talks with AMSA to retain longs steel capacity
3rd March 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa said it is in talks with ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to avert plans to shut crucial steel mills in the country after rescue talks with the government failed and the operating... 


Suzuki is now firmly in second spot on the bestseller list
February sales up, exports down, Suzuki moves into second spot
3rd March 2025 By: Irma Venter

February new-vehicle sales in the domestic market improved by 7.3%, to 47 978 units, compared with the same month last year. It is also the second month this year that importer Suzuki has taken... 


BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso
Dichotomy between G20 diplomacy opportunities and strained geopolitical relations
3rd March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has noted the dichotomy between the prestige that comes with South Africa hosting the Group of 20 (G20) summit in 2025 and the... 


UK-SA clean energy networking & partnership event
UK-SA clean energy networking & partnership event
3rd March 2025

Business connection organisation Innovate UK, in partnership with the Ayrton Fund, invites South African organisations interested in collaborating with UK innovations in clean energy to an... 


AfCFTA Secretariat secretary-general Wamkele Mene
If South Africa is expelled from Agoa, it should look to Chinese, African markets, Mene says
28th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s expected expulsion from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) need not be a death sentence to the country’s export prospects, African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)... 


Northam CEO Paul Dunne and solar power area.
Northam Platinum’s big solar thrust to save R700m a year, much more to come
28th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The area south of the metallurgical complex at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde platinum group metals (PGM) mine in Limpopo has been cleared for the construction of the first of the Johannesburg... 


An image of the Tshipi manganese mine
Jupiter declares interim dividend, reports strong cash flows
28th February 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines has declared a dividend of $0.75 c apiece for the six months ended December 31. Despite a volatile market environment in the first half of the 2025 financial year, the... 


Africa Risk Capacity CEO Lesley Ndlovu and IFC Africa VP Sérgio Pimenta
African Risk Capacity, IFC to boost agricultural insurance solutions in Africa
28th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

African insurance services provider African Risk Capacity and development finance institution the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have signed a letter of engagement to strengthen... 


The Prieska mine
Orion to publish results of Okiep, Prieska studies in March
28th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals has informed shareholders that the independent reviews of the definitive feasibility studies (DFSs) for both the New Okiep Mining (NOM) Flat Mines project and the... 


DFFE adding public comments into sectoral emissions targets
28th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) is refining the Sectoral Emission Targets (SETs) by incorporating feedback from stakeholders and the public following the first... 


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Global air cargo demand continued to grow in January, but at a more moderate rate
28th February 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Total global air cargo demand continued to grow in January, for the eighteenth consecutive month, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports. (IATA is the global representative body... 


EIB commits $52m to AFC Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund
28th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Multilateral development finance institution the European Investment Bank (EIB) will invest $52.48-million in multilateral financial institution the Africa Finance Corporation's (AFC's)... 


An image of a steel beam undergoing hot dip galvanising
Investment, import limitations to benefit local steel industry
28th February 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

The looming closure of steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) long-steel plants in Vereeniging, Gauteng, and Newcastle, in KwaZulu-Natal – while temporarily postponed for the month of... 


The above image depicts 3 artisinal miners extracting gold
Formalisation of artisanal, small-scale sector encouraged
28th February 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Despite artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) increasing significantly across Africa, spurred on by rising gold prices, much of that activity remains informal, limiting its economic... 


The above image depicts World Gold Council senior market strategist John Reade
Gold demand breaks records in 2024
28th February 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Largely driven by strong central bank buying and growing investment demand, gold demand hit a record high in 2024, reaching 4 974 t , highlights gold market authority World Gold Council (WGC)... 


Formal mining-industry fatalities at record low, TB and silicosis also declining
28th February 2025 By: Irma Venter

Mining fatalities in South Africa’s formal mining industry totalled 42 people last year, down from 55 people in 2023, 49 people in 2022, and 74 people in 2021. Speaking at a media briefing at the... 


Image of Venetia mine
Venetia Underground Project, South Africa – update
28th February 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is being reviewed to optimise cost, capital and production. 


An image showing the FMF
Collaboration key to Africa’s burgeoning participation in critical minerals space
27th February 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

As a host to a considerable amount of the critical minerals pivotal to future development, Africa has a crucial role to play and it is imperative that the continent takes an active role in ensuring... 


rtg cranes
DCT to take delivery of more than 100 pieces of equipment in 2025
27th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


Vault approves A$80m King of the Hill expansion
Vault approves A$80m King of the Hill expansion
27th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Vault Minerals has approved an A$80-million expansion of its King of the Hills (KoTH) processing facility, positioning the Leonora operation in Australia for increased throughput and... 


Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection executive director Joel Netshitenzhe
GNU disagreements illustrate absence of effective integration – Joel Netshitenzhe
27th February 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection executive director Joel Netshitenzhe on Thursday noted that poor alignment in terms of technocratic logic, political savviness and emotional... 


Western acquires new processing infrastructure near Sunday Mine complex
27th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-focused Western Uranium and Vanadium on Wednesday reported that it had acquired new mineral processing infrastructure, located about 40 km from its Sunday Mine complex in Colorado. The company... 


Harmony Gold's Mponeng mine
Higher gold price, consistent production drive up Harmony's interim earnings
27th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

JSE-listed mining and exploration company Harmony Gold Mining Company expects to report an increase of up to 42% in its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS), in rand... 


UFS microbiology and biochemistry Professor Carlien Pohl-Albertyn
South African microbiologists find emerging pathogenic fungal yeast in brown locusts
26th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Researchers from the University of the Free State (UFS), the National Health Laboratory Service and the University of Venda have confirmed for the first time that common brown locusts are carriers... 


TECH Global University, the world’s largest online university
TECH Global University, the world’s largest online university
26th February 2025

The 100% online university offers top-level education in 11 languages and has a presence in 150 countries Access to quality education has been made easier thanks to the versatility of online... 


PALFINGER’s innovation, growth to be on display at Bauma 2025
26th February 2025 By: Shannon de Ryhove

Global leader in lifting solutions PALFINGER continues to expand its presence worldwide, with a strong focus on digitalisation, service excellence and market-specific product development. As a... 


Public Works and Infrastructure deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala
Only through partnerships can built environment adapt to climate change - Zikalala
26th February 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As the local and international macroeconomic landscape becomes more volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous owing to climate change and increasing instances of extreme heat and flooding, it... 


CESA Infrastructure Indaba 2025 to address nation's developmental priorities
26th February 2025

Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has announced its annual Infrastructure Indaba, where industry stakeholders will gather to address national development priorities under the theme... 


Presidential Climate Commission executive director Dorah Modise
Presidential Climate Commission welcomes Dorah Modise as executive director
25th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The Presidential Climate Commission has welcomed Dorah Modise as its executive director. She stepped into the role on February 24 and will oversee the commission’s strategic direction and efforts... 


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