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PSA concerned about govt overspending, calls for amendment of Public Audit Act
PSA concerned about govt overspending, calls for amendment of Public Audit Act
28th November 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Public Servants Association says it is dismayed that lack of consequence management, inefficiency of oversight committees and limited powers of the Auditor-General of South Africa have led to... 


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ANCWL to take GBVF march to Ramaphosa during 16 Days of Activism
27th November 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The African National Congress Women’s League on Wednesday demanded that rape offenders receive no bail and that parole for rape offenders be reviewed, as part of action against gender-based... 


Chrisnelsa, partners launch EV/HEV training centre
Chrisnelsa, partners launch EV/HEV training centre
27th November 2024

Automotive quality control specialist Chrisnelsa, in collaboration with government entity the Automotive Industry Development Centre and UK-based EV training institute Duplex Business Services,... 


Safeguarding your bottom line - the ROI of breathalyser testing in the workplace
Safeguarding your bottom line - the ROI of breathalyser testing in the workplace
27th November 2024

By: Rhys Evans - Managing Director at ALCO-Safe (Virtual Showroom) Alcohol abuse in the workplace poses a significant threat to safety, productivity, and overall company morale. Oftentimes, the... 


Safeguarding DCS today and tomorrow
Safeguarding DCS today and tomorrow
27th November 2024

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Today’s Distributed Control Systems (DCS) are highly intelligent, converging OT and IT in a centralised manner... 


Macro Metals partners with Indigenous group in JV for mining services
26th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Macro Metals has entered into a joint venture (JV) with 100% Indigenous-owned company Nyapiri Holdings, establishing Nyapiri Macro Mining. The partnership is set to provide a full suite... 


Challenges, but also opportunities, abound to grow sustainable township businesses
26th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

A better understanding of the scale, challenges and business models of businesses in township economies can help to create better financing and policy support that will help township businesses to... 


Police Minister Senzo Mchunu
Serious community-reported crimes decline by 5.1% – Senzo Mchunu
25th November 2024 By: Thabi Shomolekae

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu pointed out on Monday that serious community-reported crimes showed an overall decline of 5.1%, calling on South Africans to guard against “established criminals”, who... 


Cisco to roll out eighth EDGE Centre in Johannesburg to empower SMMEs
25th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Networking and security technology company Cisco, in collaboration with business incubation hub Forge X, will launch a new Cisco EDGE Centre in Johannesburg to stimulate innovation and support... 


Data centres in East Africa - establishing a self-sustaining cycle of training and employment
Data centres in East Africa - establishing a self-sustaining cycle of training and employment
25th November 2024

By Faith Waithaka, Cloud and Service Provider Segment Sales Lead: Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric The African data centre market continues to grow in leaps and bounds. In fact, a recent... 


Deadline looms for comments on framework that will shape South Africa’s AI policy
25th November 2024 By: Natasha Odendaal

Stakeholders have until November 29 to comment on South Africa’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy Framework, which will guide the development and adoption of an AI-focused national plan... 


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Sibanye-Stillwater’s R43m investment in Simulacrum training facility at UJ recognised at launch
22nd November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Multinational metals and mining group Sibanye-Stillwater and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have launched the Sibanye-Stillwater Simulacrum mining facility and the Sibanye-Stillwater Centre... 


Seifsa awards recognise dedicated efforts of companies in the steel sector
22nd November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa's (Seifsa's) 2024 Awards for Excellence highlighted the diverse work of companies in the metals and... 


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Astron Energy unveils 400th rebranded station
22nd November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Fuel company Astron Energy has unveiled its four-hundredth rebranded service station at La Roche, in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, on November 22, marking the halfway point in its goal to... 


ATNS launches airspace infringement awareness campaign for general aviation
22nd November 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s State-owned air traffic control (ATC) agency, Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), has announced that it has started its first ever programme of focused Airspace Infringement... 


Mathews Phosa
Witness To Power: A Political Memoir – Mathews Phosa
22nd November 2024

Mathews Phosa has been an eyewitness to the dramatic shifts of political power in South Africa. He was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement, the UDF and the ANC, before fleeing into exile... 


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Firm unveils trailer solution
22nd November 2024

Manufacturing company Michelin’s subsidiary, Michelin Connected Fleet, unveiled its new Trailer Premium offer, a comprehensive solution designed to assist fleet operators in overcoming pressing... 


BELL B30E
The balanced power distribution of Bell's B30E enhances tyre longevity, reducing or eliminating scuffing on the centre axle’s tyres
ADTs to play crucial role in construction of 900 ha tailings facility
22nd November 2024

South African manufacturer Bell Equipment’s fleet of articulated dump trucks (ADTs) will play a crucial role in the construction of a massive 900 ha tailings facility for a gold mining company near... 


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Steel supply company offered ESD opportunity
22nd November 2024

Edenvale-based steel supplier SteelTech Trading is one of two companies that will benefit from a significant enterprise and supplier development (ESD) programme, which has been launched by Astec... 


Industrial policy: from conceptualisation to implementation in Africa
22nd November 2024 By: Saliem Fakir

Someone gave me valuable advice once: Do not solely rely on the opinion of a policy wonk about anything if the wonk has not experienced it himself or herself. In other words, experience matters,... 


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Lobito Corridor Railway project, Angola/Democratic Republic of Congo – update
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The first batch of 275 new container wagons has arrived in Lobito. 


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Wits Anglo American Digital Dome, South Africa – update
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

The old Johannesburg Planetarium has been relaunched as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome. 


Evolution Mining CEO Jake Klein
Evolution’s Klein calls for bold strategy to future-proof Australia’s mining industry
21st November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold and copper miner Evolution Mining founder and chairperson Jake Klein has called for a clear strategy to future-proof Australia’s mining industry in an increasingly unstable global environment... 


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Plastics SA launches informal recycler training programme
21st November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry organisation Plastics SA has launched a pioneering Self-Employed Material Recycler Training Programme, aimed at empowering South Africa's waste pickers. Last year, 50 000 South Africans... 


Two South African specialist aviation services companies form an alliance
21st November 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Two South African specialist aerospace communications and consulting companies, Hi-Fly Marketing and Plane Talking, have entered into an alliance, to provide a wider range of services to Africa’s... 


Wits Research and Innovation deputy vice-chancellor Professor Lynn Morris
Wits MIND to collaborate with industry on fundamental AI research
21st November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) opened a new AI research hub called the Wits Machine Intelligence and Neural Discovery (MIND) Institute on November 19. The institute will focus on... 


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AgriSETA reflects on strides made to empower women in sector
18th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In reflecting on education and training authority for the agriculture sector AgriSETA’s accomplishments for the 2023/24 financial year, chairperson Sharon Sepeng lauded the organisation for having... 


Renewable-energy minigrids can empower informal sector in Africa
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

About 70% of Africa's population are employed in the informal sector, and renewable energy-based, small-scale microgrids or minigrids present an opportunity to provide decentralised electricity to... 


Image of the PowerROC T35 drill rig from Epiroc surface division
More power and fuel efficiency from new generation surface drill rig
15th November 2024

An updated addition to the PowerROC range of surface drill rigs offers increased fuel efficiency and faster operations, says Epiroc surface division senior product manager Masanori Kogushi.   The... 


Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane
Higher Education Minister to undertake working visit to China to strengthen TVET cooperation
15th November 2024

Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane is set to lead a high-level South African delegation on a working visit to China between November 15 and 26, as part of efforts to... 


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Refurbishment project to improve water access, quality
15th November 2024 By: Trent Roebeck

The Ekulindeni Water Treatment Works refurbishment project, in the Chief Albert Luthuli local municipality, in Mpumalanga, will be completed by November 30 and will provide residents with access to... 


freight train at railway crossing
Level crossing incidents not only cost lives but also the economy, TFR CEO says
14th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Railway safety incidents, such as pedestrian and vehicle collisions at level crossings, are not only tragic but are severely undermining South Africa’s rail recovery plans, Transnet Freight Rail... 


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Volkswagen rolls out electric tractors, with battery swapping, in Rwanda
14th November 2024 By: Irma Venter

Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) has announced the start of operations of a modern farming pilot project in Gashora, Rwanda, that will see the rollout of specially developed VW-badged electric... 


Propak Africa 2025: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
Propak Africa 2025: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
14th November 2024

As automation and digitisation accelerates across industries, companies are recognising the need to invest in smarter solutions, products and services to stay competitive. For those in packaging... 


South Africa needs to train top people differently, to achieve the just energy transition
14th November 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa has to focus on developing top-level human resources in order to ensure that the country minimises mistakes and project failures during the just energy transition (JET). So cautioned... 


Antofagasta unveils South America's first hydrogen-powered locomotive
Antofagasta unveils South America's first hydrogen-powered locomotive
14th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chile-based copper miner Antofagasta’s transport division, Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), has unveiled South America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The new locomotive, which... 


ENS executive consultant Willem le Roux
ENS concerned about ‘too harsh’ provisions in incoming Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill
14th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Law firm ENS on November 14 presented a webinar unpacking amendments to the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA), which will soon be presented for approval in the National Assembly. The webinar was... 


Dipula CEO Izak Petersen
Dipula records 4% increase in property portfolio value for 2024
13th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Dipula Income Fund’s property portfolio has increased by 4% in value to R10.2-billion in the financial year ended August 31, contributing to a 5% rise... 


FAW to upgrade Coega truck plant in R200m investment
FAW to upgrade Coega truck plant in R200m investment
13th November 2024 By: Irma Venter

FAW Trucks Southern Africa will invest R200-million in upgrading its Coega assembly plant, in the Eastern Cape. “We are planning to level up our productivity,” says FAW SA assembly plant GM Peng Lei. 


Raymond Obermeyer, Managing Director at SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa
SEW-EURODRIVE ‘closes the loop’ with new service and repair centre
13th November 2024

As part of its strategy to ‘close the loop’ in its service offering, SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa, a specialist in drive and control technologies, has broken ground on a new 17 000 m² Service and... 


Merle Denson, Manager of the BCCEI’s Dispute Resolution Centre
The vital role of BCCEI in ensuring fairness through dispute resolution in civil engineering
13th November 2024

The civil engineering industry, known for its complex projects and large-scale operations, demands precision, cooperation and clear communication. Given the high stakes, it’s inevitable that... 


Project Raptor team celebrating completed project
WSP’s digital-first approach played key role in building manganese rail infrastructure for South32
12th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Multidisciplinary professional firm WSP has completed a comprehensive upgrade of diversified miner South32’s manganese rail infrastructure in the Northern Cape. The project was carried out by WPS’s... 


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Rhenus relocates to new facility in Johannesburg
12th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global logistics service provider the Rhenus Group has strengthened its presence in Gauteng by relocating operations to a new facility in Meadowview, Johannesburg. This R440-million investment... 


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