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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.
Opinion: Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail
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...
Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail
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
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
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...
Regulatory excellence key to oil, gas success
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
Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix
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....
Opinion: Staying put in Mzansi
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...
Opinion: The tale that Mr Latta told
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...
Opinion: Hyperinflation déjà vu in Zim
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...
Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix – Siemens
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....
Siemens to launch industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai
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...
Epiroc releases underground drill bit
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...
Opinion: Curse of the anointed successor
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...
Curse of the anointed successor
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
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...
Opinion: Afrophobia – Back to the future
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...
Afrophobia: Back to the future
The latest flare-up of antimigrant violence in parts of Gauteng has been a major talking point across Africa. Regrettably, emotions seem to have taken precedence over cool logic in much of the...
Exxaro to have full ownership of renewables company Cennergi
Diversified resources company Exxaro Resources has concluded an agreement with Khopoli Investments, a subsidiary of Tata Power Company, to acquire Khopoli’s 50% shareholding in Cennergi for...
Opinion: A hero who went rogue
In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the late Robert Mugabe. As news of the demise in the wee hours of September 6 of former Zimbabwe...
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