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Growthpoint South Africa CEO Estienne de Klerk, Serengeti CEO Anton-Louis Olivier and Etana Energy CEO Evan Rice
Growthpoint acquires 30% stake in hydroelectric plant, secures exclusive access through Etana PPA
21st October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has acquired a 30% stake in independent power producer Serengeti Energy’s operational Boston Hydro plant near Clarens, in the... 


ALT Capital Partners principal Ben Kodisang
Investment firms partner to launch R150m smart utilities, infrastructure initiative
21st October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Real estate investment and fund manager ALT Capital Partners, through its REimagine Fund 1, has formed a strategic partnership with the investment holding company New GX Capital funded Airnergize... 


Sanlam Investments Renews Sponsorship of Africa’s Green Economy Summit 2026
Sanlam Investments Renews Sponsorship of Africa’s Green Economy Summit 2026
21st October 2025

Sanlam Investments has confirmed its third sponsorship of Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES), taking place in February 2026, reaffirming its commitment to financing Africa’s sustainable future... 


ECSA, SAICE to host sustainable development engineering symposium in March
20th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Regulator the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and industry organisation the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) will host the Engineering Symposium on March 25 and 26,... 


TRUST BELOW THE SURFACE: How SAPPMA Safeguards South Africa’s Plastic Pipe Industry
TRUST BELOW THE SURFACE: How SAPPMA Safeguards South Africa’s Plastic Pipe Industry
20th October 2025

Every thriving city, town, and community depends on reliable water and sanitation infrastructure. At the heart of these essential systems lies an unsung hero: the humble plastic pipe. Whether... 


BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso
Business must remain engaged as structural reforms need time to support growth – Mavuso
20th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Structural reforms are laying the foundation for the high levels of growth that South Africa needs, last seen in 2008, but reforms take time to translate into measurable economic outcomes. Business... 


SAPICS Executive Summit reinforces supply chain as strategic powerhouse
SAPICS Executive Summit reinforces supply chain as strategic powerhouse
20th October 2025

Under the theme “Supply Chain as the Strategic Nerve Centre: Reshaping Supply Chains at the Heart of Decision-Making,” the summit challenged traditional thinking and called on business, government... 


Golden Triangle dispute deepens as Tudor proposes reroute, Seabridge pushes back
Golden Triangle dispute deepens as Tudor proposes reroute, Seabridge pushes back
20th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

A land-use conflict in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle intensified this month as Tudor Gold put forward a formal proposal to reroute Seabridge Gold’s planned Mitchell-Treaty Tunnels (MTT) – and... 


Vodacom launches Eco-Warriors Sustainability Competition
Vodacom launches Eco-Warriors Sustainability Competition
20th October 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications group Vodacom South Africa has launched the Eco-Warriors Sustainability Competition, a nationwide learner-led initiative aiming to mobilise the country’s next generation of... 


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Ramaphosa urges private sector to make nutritious food more affordable for S Africans
20th October 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday urged the ‘Big Five’ retail companies to make nutritious food more affordable for South African households, saying despite a range of interventions by national... 


An outdoor-rated enclosure houses an air-naturally-cooled medium voltage cast resin transformer, delivering reliable performance in even the harshest operating environments
Engineering the future: Trafo Power Solutions and TMC transformers set new standards in dry-type technology
20th October 2025

As demand grows for safer more reliable and environmentally responsible power infrastructure, dry-type transformer technology is gaining ground globally - and leading the charge in Africa is Trafo... 


The design of the tower’s first 8 metres was particularly crucial, as this section would experience the greatest stress during a seismic event
Afrisam concrete supports complex water tower project in Gauteng
20th October 2025

AfriSam is playing a pivotal role in the construction of one of Gauteng’s largest and most technically complex water towers, supplying specially designed readymix concrete to meet both structural... 


Clean up and recycle SA week 2025 unites over 120 000 South Africans to remove visible litter from the environment
Clean up and recycle SA week 2025 unites over 120 000 South Africans to remove visible litter from the environment
17th October 2025

More than 120 000 volunteers across all nine provinces rolled up their sleeves to take part in this year’s Clean-Up & Recycle SA Week, held from 15–20 September 2025. This annual campaign,... 


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Demand-side management helps consumers limit energy costs
17th October 2025

South African smart-home energy technologies company Sensor Networks has partnered with European demand-side management specialist ThermoVault to bring advanced load-shifting capabilities to geyser... 


EWSETA empowers SA's next generation of water professionals through digital enablement
17th October 2025

Safeguarding South Africa’s water future begins with people who are skilled, innovative and ready to lead. The Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) is at the forefront... 


Sunshine Silver plans US antimony refinery
Sunshine Silver plans US antimony refinery
17th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Private company Sunshine Silver Mining and Refining (SSMRC) has announced plans to revive one of the US's most storied silver mines and build the country’s only large-scale, permitted antimony... 


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Innovative blasting solutions for modern mining
17th October 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Through innovative blasting solutions, mines can ensure sustainable and efficient mining, says explosives and blasting technology supplier BME underground operations regional manager Derick... 


The above image depicts Seifsa CEO designate Tafadzwa Chibanguza
Organisation boosts skills development, entrepreneurship
17th October 2025 By: Lynne Davies

To address the skills gap and costly infrastructure challenges, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), through its Seifsa Training Centre and Metal Incubation... 


A baby turtle in the ocean
Sustainable solution lauded
17th October 2025 By: Halima Frost

In a water-scarce country such as South Africa environmental initiatives aimed at water management and marine ecosystem projects – such as Blue Bonds – are paramount and must be implemented, says... 


A grou of student stood at a borehole well with a JoJo tank and pumping system
Models can optimise ‘silent hero’
17th October 2025 By: Halima Frost

New research about groundwater management models for smarter drought planning has been announced by tertiary education institution Nelson Mandela University (NMU), which notes that its... 


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New framework to improve service capability
17th October 2025 By: Halima Frost

Having employed a mixed-methods approach to engage a range of South African water utilities, research conducted by tertiary education institute the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Graduate School... 


Freddy Mugeri, CEO of Hydro Power Equipment
Freddy Mugeri
17th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Freddy Mugeri, CEO of Hydro Power Equipment, a high-pressure water-powered valves and mining products and services provider 


the launch of a MANZI water refilling station at a SKUBU refiling shop
Companies join forces, offer water solution
17th October 2025 By: Halima Frost

A partnership formed earlier this year between prepared-water provider MANZI Water and technology-enabled refilling store SKUBU resulted in the launch of an initiative to alleviate the impact of... 


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How Southern Africa could unlock funding for critical minerals investment
17th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

As the world transitions to cleaner energy, Southern Africa's abundant critical mineral resources, which could be key ingredients for many low-carbon technologies, have come into sharper focus.... 


Africa’s youth are done waiting
17th October 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

There is a fresh tremor running through Africa, where young people – those born in the 1990s and 2000s, the so-called Gen Z – are no longer content to wait for change. The Arab Spring protests that... 


Cape Town’s Potsdam wastewater plant upgrade reaches 60% completion mark
17th October 2025 By: Irma Venter

Construction of the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in Cape Town, currently one of the Western Cape’s largest infrastructure projects at a cost of R5.2-billion, has reached 60%... 


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MetaleN
17th October 2025

Copper tubes manufacturer MetaleN endeavoured to extend its range of locally produced tubes over the past 24 months. An increased focus on value addition to its existing tubes, as well as... 


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VEGA’s winning formula for reliable process control
17th October 2025

For over 60 years, VEGA has been at the forefront of level and pressure measurement technology, supporting industries such as chemicals, food, mining, pharmaceuticals, water, oil and gas. Committed... 


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Santo Domingo copper/iron/gold project, Chile – update
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Capstone Copper has struck a binding agreement with Orion Resource Partners, under which Orion will acquire a 25% interest in a Capstone subsidiary that owns the Santo Domingo project and the... 


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Sorby Hills lead/silver/zinc project, Australia – update
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Boab Metals has raised A$50-million through a two-tranche placement to professional and sophisticated investors to fund the development of the project. 


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Lady Julie gold project, Australia
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A feasibility study has confirmed Lady Julie as one of the highest-margin undeveloped gold projects in Australia. 


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Abadi liquefied natural gas project, Indonesia
17th October 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Abadi has been designated a project of national strategic importance by the Indonesian government. 


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Innovative coordination, private sector partnership key to unlocking continental infrastructure pipeline – report
16th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

While the legacy view that Africa's infrastructure ambitions have been crumbling under the weight of systemic execution failures is true, the ‘Bridging Africa’s Infrastructure Execution Gap’ report... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
South Africa to lift shale gas moratorium this month
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa will lift a long-standing moratorium on shale gas exploration as soon as new regulations, expected this month, are published, the petroleum resources minister said on Thursday. A ban... 


AgriSA CEO Johann Kotzé
AgriSA Congress unpacks how organised agriculture has evolved to mitigate risk
16th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Organised agriculture has evolved and shifted from being merely the “voice of the farm” to enablers of growth, with increased involvement in the value chain and innovation through cross-value... 


October municipal engineering conference to discuss local government White Paper
16th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Municipal professionals organisation the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) will hold its yearly conference, in East London, from October 29 to 31, during which it will... 


Openpit mining operations at MRM
Two police officers killed in clashes with illegal miners at Gemfields' Mozambique ruby mine
16th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gemstone miner Gemfields has confirmed the death of two police officers at its Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM) operation, in Mozambique, earlier this week. The company explains that about 40 illegal... 


EWSETA recognises South Africa’s next generation of water professionals
16th October 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Skills development authority the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) has recognised 477 learners, educators, coordinators and provincial representatives across six... 


Engineering smart water solutions for a thirsty world
Engineering smart water solutions for a thirsty world
16th October 2025

For decades, civil engineering has been the backbone of global water infrastructure, building the dams, pipelines and treatment plants that keep societies running. But as climate change, resource... 


Santos MD and CEO Kevin Gallagher
Santos trims 2025 output forecast again on technical issue at Barossa project
16th October 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Santos narrowed its annual output forecast for a second time on Thursday due to a technical issue delaying the ramp-up of its key Barossa oil & gas project, as well as a slow recovery... 


Western Cape Premier Alan Winde
Western Cape developing energy sustainability through renewables ahead of schedule
15th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde highlighted on Wednesday that South Africa still faces an energy crisis. Although loadshedding (scheduled rotating power cuts) has stopped, the country is still... 


Agile Capital sells growing Aquatico Group to the Bidvest Group
Agile Capital sells growing Aquatico Group to the Bidvest Group
15th October 2025

Agile Capital, alongside existing shareholders, will be exiting the Aquatico Group (‘Aquatico’) while ensuring continued growth for the business. Agile Capital has routinely achieved considerable... 


Charting the future of milling efficiency
Charting the future of milling efficiency
15th October 2025

With a relentless focus on research and development Tega Industries has introduced world-beating technologies to the market that has placed it as a dominant player in the global mill liner and wear... 


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