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BUILDING TRUST
Peikko's technology has been adopted to some success in a few projects since entering the country
New tech needs consulting engineers buy-in
3rd April 2020 By: Darren Parker

Construction connection technology company Peikko is working to raise awareness among consulting engineers in South Africa of the potential that its bolted column connection technology and... 


 SA adds 16 000 net jobs in fourth quarter of 2019, as part-time work grows
SA adds 16 000 net jobs in fourth quarter of 2019, as part-time work grows
31st March 2020 By: News24Wire

Total employment in South Africa's non-agricultural formal sector grew by 16 000 between September and December 2019, Statistics SA announced on Tuesday in its latest Quarterly Employment... 


Corruption Watch executive director, David Lewis
Covid-19 may exacerbate the abuse of power – Corruption Watch
31st March 2020 By: Sane Dhlamini

Not-for-profit organisation Corruption Watch on Tuesday released its yearly corruption report with executive director David Lewis  saying South Africans should not expect corruption to lessen... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Staying home most effective way to contain Covid-19 – Ramaphosa
30th March 2020 By: Sane Dhlamini

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday said it was clear that the most effective way for a society to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus is for the population to remain at home and physically... 


HSRC starts public survey to assess awareness of Covid-19 among South Africans
27th March 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Statutory research agency, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), has launched a public survey to better understand what the South African public knows about Covid-19, the state of readiness... 


KZN MEC for EDTEA Nomusa Dube-Ncube
KZN MEC says dept has adopted zero tolerance on price hiking amid lockdown
27th March 2020 By: Sane Dhlamini

KwaZulu-Natal economic development, tourism and environmental affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube says her department  is in communication with the management of Spar KZN with the view of terminating... 


CANE MECHANISATION 
Any change towards a fully mechanised harvesting system involves many disciplines and affects all aspects of cane production
Mechanised systems gaining momentum
27th March 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

Manual harvesting currently dominates sugarcane harvesting operations. 


ALLEVIATING THE DEFECTS 
Sucrose losses can be significantly reduced – if not mitigated altogether – if the correct advanced and integrated pumping solution is used
Mill equipment advances essential for industry
27th March 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

With the local sugar industry being more than 150 years old, advances in equipment critical to the milling process add “immense value”, as they improve the operational efficiency potential of the... 


Commonwealth develops online tool to help track Covid-19 spread within the bloc
25th March 2020 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Commonwealth has announced that it has developed a daily updated web page to track the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic in each and every Commonwealth country. The service is called the... 


Local building sector confidence reaches 20-year low
24th March 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

South Africa’s building sector is expected to contract further in the second quarter. The First National Bank (FNB) and Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Building Confidence Index, had already... 


Stats SA announces immediate suspension of fieldwork
20th March 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

In light of the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has suspended all fieldwork activities until March 31. The committee will continue to look at the prevailing... 


LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
If the private sector invests in water infrastructure projects, it can help ensure water security
Water ‘crisis’ needs private-sector intervention
13th March 2020 By: Darren Parker

It is essential for the private sector to proactively contribute more towards the upliftment of water infrastructure and services in South Africa, said water engineering company Talbot economist... 


Aviation sector, broader economy benefiting from ‘Ramaphosa effect’
6th March 2020 By: Rebecca Campbell

Independent economist Dr Roelof Botha has highlighted the existence of a very real "Ramaphosa Effect", not to be confused with the superficial "Ramaphoria" which followed directly after President... 


MICHELLE NORRIS 
Women working in the metals and engineering sector are predominantly found in administrative job functions
Sector in dire need of transformation
28th February 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

The manufacturing industry, and particularly the metals and engineering sector, is in much need of transformation, says national employer federation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation... 


MICHAEL ADE 
2020 is still going to be a difficult year for the metals and engineering sector, with ongoing pressure on margins
Volatile steel prices to continue in 2020
28th February 2020 By: Mamaili Mamaila

The volatile prices of domestic steel producers and domestic steel merchants are likely to continue in 2020, says national employer federation Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of... 


 CPI up 4.5% for January
CPI up 4.5% for January
19th February 2020 By: African News Agency

Annual consumer price inflation increased at a faster rate of 4.5% in January, compared to 4% in December, according to data released on Wednesday. The rate was buoyed by increases in the price of... 


TIME TO SCRAP THIS PRACTICE
Disposed cylinders create about 3 150 m3 scrap metal and can explode if not thoroughly evacuated
Renewed call to ban disposable cylinders
14th February 2020 By: Darren Parker

Despite various heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC-R) industry participants contesting the banning of disposable gas cylinders in South Africa for years, there is no... 


 SA business confidence declines in January
SA business confidence declines in January
6th February 2020 By: African News Agency

Confidence among South African businesses dipped in January, a survey showed on Thursday,  weighed down by uncertainty around the domestic and global economy. The South African Chamber of Commerce... 


CDE executive director Ann Bernstein
A new approach is needed to solve the unemployment crisis, says CDE
29th January 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Development think tank, the Centre for Development and Enterprise, on Wednesday urged South Africa to consider “a new approach” to alleviate the country’s unemployment crisis, saying this should... 


Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis
South Africa improves in corruption index but still has serious problems – report
23rd January 2020 By: Sane Dhlamini

Despite its score advancing a notch in the Corruption Perceptions Index, from 43 to 44, South Africa still ranks among countries that are deemed to have a serious corruption problem. Corruption... 


SARB governor Lesetja Kganyago
Reserve Bank to cut repo rate
16th January 2020 By: News24Wire

The South African Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee has unanimously voted to reduce the repo rate from 6.5% to 6.25%. As a result of the cut the prime rate will fall to 9.75%.  The repo rate... 


South Africa ‘not out of the woods’ yet, despite weekly improvement in water levels
15th January 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Persistent rains across South Africa have started increasing the country’s dam levels, which rose by 1% week-on-week, according to the most recent weekly report by the Department of Water and... 


Matric results must reflect national development agenda – Sacci
9th January 2020 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) on Thursday extended  congratulations to those school pupils who had successfully completed their matric year, but it questioned the... 


Business confidence remains lacklustre
Business confidence remains lacklustre
9th January 2020 By: Simone Liedtke

Although the Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained “virtually unchanged” at 93.1 index points in December, compared with 92.7 index points the month before, the South African Chamber of Commerce... 


Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga
Motshekga says more female candidates eligible for higher education institutions
8th January 2020 By: Yvonne Silaule

Female matriculants have bagged 63.8% of distinctions from the 2019 matric class, with their male counterparts garnering 36.2% of distinctions.  As a result, Basic Education Minister Angie... 


WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
27 preferred bidders signed agreements last year and their respective renewable energy projects are well underway
Success of renewables programme continues
13th December 2019 By: Darren Parker

Over the past eight years, the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has attracted about R209.4-billion in committed private-sector investment, with the... 


 Load-shedding could slash SA's GDP growth to just 0.3% – Intellidex
Load-shedding could slash SA's GDP growth to just 0.3% – Intellidex
10th December 2019 By: News24Wire

At the start of 2019, the World Bank and other financial institutions predicted that South Africa's economy would grow at around 1.3% in 2019. This figure has been repeatedly downgraded, with the... 


Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza
Eskom projects another R20bn full-year loss
28th November 2019 By: News24Wire

Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza says the struggling power utility is projected to make a R20-billion full-year loss for the 2020 financial year.  The debt-laden parastatal reported a net loss after... 


WHAT A VIEW
In May, Sasol re-evaluated and set out the principal factors that had resulted in an increase in the Lake Charles Chemical Project capital cost guidance
Remediation announced following LCCP review
22nd November 2019

With the capital cost of the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in May forecasted as $12.9-billion, as opposed to the initial $12.6-billion forecast in February, Petrochemical producer Sasol’s... 


BRIGHT FUTURE
Improved trade to to the Southern African Development Community brings with it a positive outlook for the steel construction industry
Industry boasts third positive year despite global downturn
22nd November 2019 By: Halima Frost

Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) chief economist and commercial executive Dr Michael Ade says the local metals and engineering (M&E) industry has thus far had... 


SARB governor Lesetja Kganyago
SARB leaves interest rate unchanged, downgrades GDP growth projection
21st November 2019 By: News24Wire

The South African Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee has again left the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The prime rate will remain 10.25% The announcement was made by the central bank's governor... 


South African R&D spending up, but concerns remain
25th October 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s gross expenditure on research and development (GERD) increased in 2017/2018 for the seventh year in succession, the 2017/18 National Research and Experimental Development Survey,... 


Scale of Denel’s problems revealed in annual report
18th October 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African State-owned defence industrial group Denel recently released its annual report for the 2018/2019 financial year (FY). By just about every metric, the group’s position deteriorated... 


LEANA DE BEER
Online crowdfunding may be a twenty-first century concept, but it finds its roots in traditions that go back centuries
Crowdfunding on the rise in Africa
18th October 2019 By: Darren Parker

Amid the prediction that about $300-billion will have been raised globally through online crowdfunding mechanisms by 2025, crowdfunding in South Africa is gaining traction as an increasingly viable... 


World Bank cuts Sub-Saharan Africa's 2019, 2020 growth forecast
World Bank cuts Sub-Saharan Africa's 2019, 2020 growth forecast
9th October 2019 By: Reuters

The World Bank on Wednesday cut its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa for 2019 to 2021 by 0.2 percentage points from its earlier projection, citing a slowdown in fixed investment and... 


Some Denel products: An Umkhonto naval surface-to-air missile in the foreground with a Badger infantry fighting vehicle behind and, just visible in the left background, a Seeker 400 unmanned aerial vehicle
Annual report reveals scale of Denel’s problems
4th October 2019 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African State-owned defence industrial group Denel announced on the Stock Exchange News Service on Friday that it had released its annual report for the 2018/19 financial year (FY). By just... 


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