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Science and Technology

The KAT is purring: SA’s new radio telescope starts delivering quality science Restricted

South Africa’s first radio telescope array, the seven dish KAT-7 located in the Karoo, which was originally intended to be mainly an engineering prototype for the much larger MeerKAT array, has now established itself as an effective scientific...
By: Keith Campbell
16 May 13
 
 
aviation

Second Take: Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery crisis Video Available Restricted

Keith Campbell Creamer Media's Mariaan Webb speaks to Engineering News senior deputy editor Keith Campbell about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery crisis.
 
 
BEE

Protech Khuthele achieves level four BBBEE rating Restricted

JSE-listed Protech Khuthele on Thursday reported that it had achieved a level four broad-based black economic-empowerment (BBBEE) rating. The company pointed out that this was a re-rating, marking a return to a level four from a level six rating...
By: Creamer Media Reporter
16 May 13
 
 
MINING

Real Economy Report Video Available Restricted

Real Economy Report From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum continues to advance the development of its flagship Bakubung mine, in the North West province, with the headgear construction some three-quarters...
By: Creamer Media Reporter
16 May 13
 
 
OIL & GAS

Investment in infrastructure key to unlocking Africa’s oil and gas potential Restricted

Africa needs to invest heavily in its infrastructure if it is to grow its oil and gas production, as well as increase demand for these energy resources, Thomson Reuters head of business development for commodities and energy in Africa Michel...
 
 
uganda

World Bank says gives Uganda $100m for economic reforms Restricted

The World Bank said on Wednesday it had approved $100-million worth of credit for Uganda to help boost its economic growth and jobs, relieving fiscal pressure on the east African country squeezed by last year's aid cuts. In a statement, the bank...
By: Reuters
15 May 13
 
 
TRADE LAW

Licensing Bill will give officials too much power – FMF Video Available Restricted

Free Market Foundation (FMF) executive director Leon Louw Government’s proposed Licensing of Business Bill would provide local government officials with unconstrained discretionary power, creating massive bureaucratic empires and eroding rule of law, Free Market Foundation (FMF) executive director Leon...
By: Idéle Esterhuizen
15 May 13
 
 
TRADE & INDUSTRY

Davies says Azevedo’s WTO election offers new chance for trade deal Restricted

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davie Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says the election of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) offers a new opportunity to advance a multilateral trade agreement informed by the mandate...
By: Terence Creamer
15 May 13
 
 
DIGITAL MIGRATION

Company warns on irrelevance of DTT should further migration delays occur Restricted

Digital terrestrial television (DTT) was likely to become irrelevant should South Africa’s migration from analogue to digital broadcasting signal not be accelerated with urgency, investment holding company Kagiso Media warned on Wednesday....
By: Natasha Odendaal
15 May 13
 
 
ICT

Datatec reports ‘modest’ full-year growth Restricted

JSE-listed information and communications technology group Datatec achieved “modest top-line growth” in the financial year ended February 28, despite its Westcon subsidiary having faced a challenging trading environment in the second half of...
By: Creamer Media Reporter
15 May 13
 
 
ELECTRICITY

Compliance, regulation top the list of biggest power-sector risks Restricted

Senior executives from 110 power and utility companies around the world have flagged compliance and regulation as the biggest risks facing the power and utilities sector. The executives, who were surveyed for Ernst & Young’s Business Pulse...
By: Kim Cloete
15 May 13
 
 
WAGES

Transnet, unions agree on two-year wage deal Restricted

State-owned Transnet has reached a two-year wage agreement with unions, which will see employees in the bargaining unit receive an 8.5% across-the-board increase for the current financial year and a 9% increase for the following year. The salary...
By: Creamer Media Reporter
15 May 13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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