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Eskom Restructuring Task Team outlines terms of reference for creation of TSO
Eskom Restructuring Task Team outlines terms of reference for creation of TSO
Updated 1 hour 41 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

The Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT) has outlined the terms of reference guiding its deliberations on the establishment of an independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO) that owns and controls the country’s transmission assets... 


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Govt writes off e-toll debt, but those who paid will not receive refunds
8th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The Department of Transport (DoT) welcomes Cabinet's approval of State-owned South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) plans to close the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP)... 


Gautrain marks 16 years of service
Gautrain marks 16 years of service
8th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As passenger rail company Gautrain marks 16 years of service since its launch on June 8, 2010, the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) highlights that, since inception, the rapid rail network has... 


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Balwin to hand over new R100m Mooikloof node road to Tshwane
8th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed residential property developer Balwin Properties says the new 2 km dual carriageway linking Atterbury road and Garsfontein road, in eastern Tshwane, is open to the public. The road will... 


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City of Joburg failure poses risk to economy – Mavuso
8th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The failure of the City of Johannesburg poses a systemic risk to the entire economy, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso. The city accounts for 16% of... 


BMI webinar unpacks grid constraints, considerations
8th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

As renewable power reach increases and electricity systems face growing pressure from electrification, energy security concerns and shifting demand patterns, both grid infrastructure and battery... 


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5th June 2026

The standard unemployment rate in South Africa is calculated using only people actively seeking work. A more interesting picture comes from the employment-to-population ratio (aka the labour... 


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Middle East crisis to hit airlines hard this year, but Africa will see the strongest demand growth
8th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Conflict in the Middle East was having a substantial effect on the airline industry, worldwide, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported, in its latest financial outlook... 


IATA calls for action to accelerate the still disappointing global production of SAF
8th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has lamented the continuing slow development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)... 


IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva
IMF MD Georgieva warns world isn’t ready for shocks that are piling up
8th June 2026 By: Bloomberg

International Monetary Fund (IMF) MD Kristalina Georgieva said that after facing crisis upon crisis in recent years, the world needs to build foundations that can withstand shocks that have become... 


Ford asks CIPC for clarity on fraudulent director appointment
Ford asks CIPC for clarity on fraudulent director appointment
Updated 23 minutes ago By: Sabrina Jardim

The Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has notified stakeholders that it has become aware of an unauthorised and fraudulent appointment of a nonexecutive director with the Companies and... 


Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy president Gary Lane.
Green hydrogen seen as having potential to trigger new green industrialisation
8th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Green hydrogen, which is produced with the help of platinum group metals (PGMs), could become the catalyst for new green iron, green steel, green chemicals and beneficiation industries built on... 


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Minerals Council warns of structural challenges in the electricity system
8th June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The electricity data for April and May reflect a system that is operationally more stable, yet structurally under strain, industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa highlights.... 


South Africa's Treasury welcomes Fitch upgrade to BB with stable outlook
8th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The National Treasury has welcomed credit rating agency Fitch’s decision to upgrade South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency credit ratings to ‘BB’ from ‘BB-’ and to maintain its stable... 


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Oil prices climb more than $4 after Israeli strikes on Iran, Lebanon
8th June 2026 By: Reuters

Oil prices jumped more than $4 on Monday, with investors spooked by fresh Israeli strikes on Iran as well as renewed attacks on Lebanon a day earlier. Brent crude futures rose $4.42 or 4.47% to... 


Growthpoint Properties South Africa CEO Estienne de Klerk
Growthpoint achieves record-low pricing on R1.8bn oversubscribed bond issuance
5th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has successfully issued R1.8-billion in senior unsecured bonds in a significantly oversubscribed auction. The issue initially... 


Sanral responds to allegations of 'R9.5bn tender storm'
Sanral responds to allegations of 'R9.5bn tender storm'
5th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has responded to allegations surrounding alleged procurement irregularities and a “R9.5-billion tender storm” at the roads agency. In a... 


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Magazine round up | 05 June 2026
Magazine round up | 05 June 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

LITHIUM EXTRACTION: Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’ Novandino Litio partnership set its latest projection after wrapping up design work on a project to introduce more direct ways to recover lithium from brine under the Atacama salt flat in northern Chile. The venture plans to submit an environmental impact study to regulators in June. Photograph: Bloomberg
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Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’... 

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Deviant financial behaviour must be ruthlessly rooted out

Deeply infuriating is the unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure of a very large number of South Africa’s municipalities. National Treasury’s steps to reform the local... 

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Virtue of necessity

Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the finalisation of a new draft of the national AI policy.... 

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This week we profile Darryn Jacobs, MD of SkyJacks, which offers a range of access and lifting equipment and related services  

IN A VICE GRIP: Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of road markings, as well as working streetlights and traffic lights. Eskom’s warning that it could interrupt power owing to the City of Johannesburg’s payment delinquency is unlikely to materialise. Nevertheless, the threat itself reinforced just how poorly South Africa’s economic hub is being governed.
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Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of... 

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