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Martin Zhuwakinyu

Martin Zhuwakinyu

Martin Zhuwakinyu is Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly. Dr Zhuwakinyu holds a PhD in communication (media studies) from the University of South Africa.

By Martin Zhuwakinyu

Opinion: Amazing SA inventions of 2019

Opinion: Amazing SA inventions of 2019

27th January 2020

South Africans are an innovative lot. Much of the world knows about Chris Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant in 1967, but many other citizens of this great nation... 


Amazing SA inventions of 2019

24th January 2020

South Africans are an innovative lot. Much of the world knows about Chris Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant in 1967, but many other citizens of this great nation... 


Climate denialists’ silly obduracy

17th January 2020

The myriad of extreme weather events experienced in 2019 should be enough to convince even the most obdurate naysayer to accept the conventional wisdom that global warming – caused by the spewing... 


Opinion: Backward glance

Opinion: Backward glance

13th December 2019

This year has been quite eventful for Africa, and some of the occurrences that came to pass were captured on this page over the past 50-odd weeks. In this last edition for 2019, I take you down... 


Siyabonga Mbanjwa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa

13th December 2019

This week we profile Siyabonga Mbanjwa, regional MD: Southern Africa at SENER, which is involved in energy, including renewable energy, power and oil and gas, as well as infrastructure, including... 


Backward glance

13th December 2019

This year has been quite eventful for Africa, and some of the occurrences that came to pass were captured on this page over the past 50-odd weeks. In this last edition for 2019, I take you down... 


Opinion: Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail

Opinion: Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail

6th December 2019

In this opinion piece, Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about efforts to close the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world. Three events in the past few... 


Adelino Barbosa

Adelino Barbosa

6th December 2019

Full Name: Adelino de Oliveira Barbosa Position: COO of Konica Minolta South Africa, a provider of imaging, printing, document management and software software 


Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail

6th December 2019

Three events in the past few weeks will go some way towards closing the digital divide between Africa and other continents. News-consuming South Africans should be familiar with one of these events... 


Opinion: The unifying power of sport

Opinion: The unifying power of sport

29th November 2019

South Africans are still basking in the afterglow of the Springboks’ triumph at the Rugby World Cup. Party poopers like the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) tried their damnedest to diffuse the... 


Tim White

Tim White

29th November 2019

This week we profile Tim White, CEO of property and construction solutions company Profica  


The unifying power of sport

29th November 2019

South Africans are still basking in the afterglow of the Springboks’ triumph at the Rugby World Cup. Party poopers like the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) tried their damnedest to diffuse the... 


Opinion: A good move for SA tourism

Opinion: A good move for SA tourism

22nd November 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the positive impact of Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to cancel the requirement of... 


Tebogo Raaleka

Tebogo Raaleka

22nd November 2019

This week we profile Tebogo Raaleka, national product specialist: structural steels at Macsteel, a manufacturer, merchandiser and distributor of steel and value-added steel products 


Regulatory excellence key to oil, gas success

22nd November 2019

African oil and gas regulators need is an organisational culture that is committed to high performance in the advancement of public values, writes Chilenye Nwapi   


A good move for SA tourism

22nd November 2019

Tourism is something of a cash cow for South Africa. Narrowly defined, the sector accounts for 2.9% of the country’s gross domestic product, but the figure jumps to 8.6% when supply chain linkages... 


Opinion: Wide chasm

Opinion: Wide chasm

15th November 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about Africa's digital divide. The term ‘digital divide’ found its way into common parlance yonks ago.... 


Tumi Mphahlele

Tumi Mphahlele

15th November 2019

This week we profile Tumi Mphahlele, CEO of IG3N, a startup that assembles lithium-ion phosphate batteries that are used mostly in solar photovoltaic installations 


Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix

15th November 2019

Germany-headquartered multinational Siemens foresees countries in the Middle East increasing renewables’ share of their hydrocarbons-heavy energy mix by five percentage points in the coming decade.... 


Wide chasm

15th November 2019

The term ‘digital divide’ found its way into common parlance yonks ago. Initially, it referred to the division between those who had access to the telephone and those who did not. After the late... 


Opinion: Staying put  in Mzansi

Opinion: Staying put in Mzansi

8th November 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the #ImStaying movement. Humans have a propensity for being highly vocal when they are unhappy about how... 


Xolile Sizani

Xolile Sizani

8th November 2019

This week we profile Xolile Sizani, CEO of Servest, a provider of integrated facilities management solutions across the African continent 


Staying put in Mzansi

8th November 2019

Humans have a propensity for being highly vocal when they are unhappy about how they are governed and for showing little hesitation in moving to lands where the grass appears to be greener. South... 


Opinion: The tale that Mr Latta told

Opinion: The tale that Mr Latta told

1st November 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about Brexit. I’m not sure what to make of remarks by Nick Latta, a counsellor at the British high commission... 


The tale that Mr Latta told

1st November 2019

I’m not sure what to make of remarks by Nick Latta, a counsellor at the British high commission to South Africa at a conference in Durban a fortnight ago. She said the UK decided the break away... 


Opinion: Hyperinflation déjà vu in Zim

Opinion: Hyperinflation déjà vu in Zim

25th October 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Some of us began to smell a rat when, in early August, Zimbabwe’s Finance and... 


Nazmi Adams

Nazmi Adams

25th October 2019

This week we profile Nazmi Adams, CEO of Weldamax, which is involved in industrial gases and welding distribution 


Hyperinflation déjà vu in Zim

25th October 2019

Some of us began to smell a rat when, in early August, Zimbabwe’s Finance and Economic Development Minister, Mthuli Ncube, banned the publication of annualised inflation figures until February next... 


Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix – Siemens

22nd October 2019

Germany-headquartered multinational Siemens foresees countries in the Middle East increasing renewables’ share of their hydrocarbons-heavy energy mix by five percentage points in the coming decade.... 


Edwin Ludick

Edwin Ludick

22nd October 2019

This week we profile Edwin Ludick, MD of AEL Intelligent Blasting, a developer, producer and supplier of commercial explosives  


Siemens to launch industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai

22nd October 2019

Technology and engineering multinational Siemens has been contracted to conduct an industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai – the first in the Middle East – which it aims to be... 


Opinion: Death of a dream

Opinion: Death of a dream

18th October 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the Andela initiative that was established to nurture Africa's technology talent. A couple of months... 


Epiroc releases underground drill bit

18th October 2019

Mining, infrastructure and natural resources equipment group Epiroc has introduced an underground drillbit that will match the capacity of the latest technology in drill rigs and boost the... 


Death of a dream

18th October 2019

A couple of months back, I waxed lyrical about an initiative to nurture Africa’s high-end information technology talent for placement with global tech companies. Its beauty, I wrote, was that the... 


Opinion: Curse of the anointed successor

Opinion: Curse of the anointed successor

11th October 2019

Botswana nationals go to the polls in less than a fortnight to elect local government representatives and Parliamentarians. Bar a near miss in 2014, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has... 


Tim Frankish

Tim Frankish

11th October 2019

Full Name: Timothy Mark Frankish Position: MD of SolarSave, an innovative solar photovoltaic solutions company that offers its clients a capital-expenditure-free rent-to-own model 


Curse of the anointed successor

11th October 2019

Botswana nationals go to the polls in less than a fortnight to elect local government representatives and Parliamentarians. Bar a near miss in 2014, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has... 


Opinion: A species  under siege

Opinion: A species under siege

4th October 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about rhino poaching. It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that Africa’s rhinos have been under siege... 


A species under siege

4th October 2019

It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that Africa’s rhinos have been under siege for over a decade. They are targeted by unscrupulous elements who sell their horns to buyers in the Far East.... 


Aubrey Lekwane

Aubrey Lekwane

4th October 2019

This week we profile Aubrey Lekwane, MD of Bombardier Transportation in South Africa. Bombardier Transportation a global mobility solutions provider. It covers the full spectrum – from trains to... 


Opinion: Afrophobia – Back to the future

Opinion: Afrophobia – Back to the future

27th September 2019

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about African nations' attitude towards migrants during times of economic downturn. The latest flare-up of... 


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