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The Terminal Capacity Optimisation project at Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport, in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, began on June 26 and is expected to conclude by November 16. The project addresses congestion identified in a 2024 capacity study and serves as an interim solution ahead of a full terminal expansion planned for 2030, improving passenger flow through increased check-in capacity, enhanced security processing and an expanded departures lounge.
Daimler Truck hands over 150 000th vehicle assembled at KuGompo City plantDaimler Truck Southern Africa has celebrated the handover of the 150 000th truck assembled at its KuGompo City plant, in the Eastern Cape, delivering a Mercedes‑Benz Actros 2645LS/33 to TT Group Holdings. The first truck rolled off the line in 1962, marking the start of local Mercedes-Benz truck production in South Africa.
Fluorochemicals SA advances R3-billion AHF plant at Coega as RFP nearsFlourochemicals South Africa, the Technology Innovation Agency and Nelson Mandela University have signed a memorandum of agreement to advance the Fluorochemicals Strategic Innovation Programme, supporting development of a 100 000 t/y fluorochemical plant at the Coega Special Economic Zone. The R3-billion anhydrous hydrogen fluoride plant, slated for commissioning in the third quarter of 2029, will go to market for engineering, procurement and construction at the end of this year.
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The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMB BC) has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with agricultural group BKB, aimed at strengthening the work of the chamber’s projects desk,...
Africa has no shortage of infrastructure plans or vision, but turning those ambitions into infrastructure delivery requires execution, warns Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo....
The Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has launched a District Energy Council (DEC) in Upington, in the Northern Cape, that includes representatives from the DEE, State-owned utility Eskom,...
The Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC) has announced the precautionary suspension of CEO Thabo Shenxane, with effect from June 25, following allegations of transgressions...
The Terminal Capacity Optimisation project at Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (CDSIA), in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, will begin on June 26, State-owned Airports Company South Africa...
The latest Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) shows a marginal year-on-year increase of 0.3%. The first-quarter index was boosted by year-on-year increases of more than 5% in the value of both...
The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has issued an urgent call for stronger measures to curb political violence and killings following a bloody weekend that left four politically...
The Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has revised its export estimate for the 2026 lemon season upwards from 45.8-million 15 kg cartons to 49.4-million cartons, which reflects...
Daimler Truck Southern Africa (DTSA) has celebrated the handover of the 150 000th truck assembled at its KuGompo City plant, in the Eastern Cape. The Mercedes‑Benz Actros 2645LS/33 workhorse was...
Flourochemicals South Africa (FSA), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and Nelson Mandela University (NMU) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to advance the Fluorochemicals Strategic...
By: Helgaard Müller, CEO of Credeq Africa As South Africa marks Youth Month this June, the country's most urgent economic challenge is becoming an increasingly important business issue. Youth...
South Africa’s energy sector has undergone a remarkable transformation, RMB senior investment banker for infrastructure sector solutions Keith Webb says. The country, once plagued by loadshedding,...
The Coega Development Corporation (Coega) and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have formed a partnership to advance South Africa’s innovation and industrialisation agenda. The strategic...
By: Heather Dugmore South Africa's largest insurers say claims for weather-related damage to solar assets have exponentially increased. As insurers tighten cover and claim conditions, the burden of...
State-owned development finance institution the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is positioning itself as a key enabler of South Africa’s energy transition and infrastructure development...
The recent devastating floods and storms across the Eastern and Western Cape, including Robertson, Ceres, the broader Breede River region and the Garden Route, have left commercial farmers and...
Innovative technology for ‘shrinking’ catalytic converters designed and built in South Africa by Jendamark Automation for the global market, uses SEW-EURODRIVE’s servo-geared units and motion...
SOLA Group reached financial close and started construction on Naos-1 in February 2026.
In South Africa, plans for strengthening the country's electricity transmission grid and further increasing renewable energy generating capacity are not yet in alignment, JUWI Renewable Energy...
Converting hazardous waste and high-calorific materials into alternative fuels has enabled cement manufacturing facilities to partially or fully replace the coal used to fire cement kilns....
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