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South Africa faces nationwide protests on June 30, 2026, after the March and March movement issued a deadline for undocumented migrants to leave the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that while the right to protest is constitutionally protected, intimidation, vandalism and violence will not be tolerated, and thousands of African migrants have begun leaving the country. Research from the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand shows that foreign nationals occupy less than 4% of formal jobs in South Africa, and that removing all foreigners' jobs would reduce unemployment by only six percentage points, from 43.6% to 37.6%.
Johannesburg secures R3.8-billion loan to repair electricity infrastructureThe City of Johannesburg and German development bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau have agreed a R3.8-billion concessional loan to address the city's electricity utility City Power's infrastructure backlog, estimated at R40-billion. The 15-year loan, set at an interest rate of 8.56% with a five-year grace period on capital repayments, comes after only 38% of residents reported satisfaction with electricity services in 2023/24, down from 77% in 2017/18. Urban development scholars warn that improvements in services are likely to take time to materialise, and that the city must address poor revenue collection, maintenance backlogs and governance challenges.
Government of National Unity assessed on small-business support after two yearsThe Small Business Institute has commissioned an assessment of the Government of National Unity's impact on small, medium-sized and microenterprise development, two years after its formation in June 2024. The overall conclusion is that the GNU has passed its first test of stabilisation, but that the second test of delivery remains unresolved, with the defining question being whether the GNU can convert policy intent into lived economic improvement for South Africa's SMMEs.
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The challenges facing South Africa's mining and engineering sectors are not confined to slope angles, rock mass ratings, or geotechnical monitoring gaps. Beneath the technical complexity lies a...
By: Niall Kramer - National Spokesperson, Offshore Petroleum Association of South Africa (OPASA) Offshore oil and gas exploration in Namibia's Orange Basin has resulted in a number of significant...
With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining companies on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share...
South Africa’s new-vehicle market recorded the strongest June since 2007, keeping the industry on track to surpass the 600 000-level mark this year, says the National Automobile Dealer Association...
Juan Wheeler has been appointed the new MD at Nissan South Africa (SA), a role which he will fulfil alongside his current position as Nissan Africa CFO. Nissan Africa president Jordi Vila describes...
By: Andre Scholle - VP and Head of Region India, Turkey, MEA and CIS at ZF Aftermarket In a global marketplace characterised by volatility, strengthening resilience to external shocks is essential...
Manganese ferroalloys producer Transalloys has fully stopped its ferroalloys production in Mpumalanga on July 1, with no indication of when operations may resume. The company highlights that the...
In his first major address since assuming the leadership of the DA, Geordin Hill-Lewis has declared that South Africa has entered a "second transition" that demands a “fundamentally new type of...
This asset adds scale to our smelting portfolio in a way that is expected to be cash flow accretive immediately, Alcoa Corporation President and CEO William (Bill) F. Oplinger said of South...
Johannesburg is starting a new financial year with a multibillion-rand budget that’s not fully funded, potentially deepening a crisis that’s already left it unable to pay for power and fuel...
Jozi Power Limited rents out, operates and maintains a fleet of containerised 1MW and 2MW diesel generator sets to African mines and other large consumers for short to medium term periods.
Africa is not short of opportunity, however it is short of reliability. Across mining operations, agricultural holdings, construction sites, manufacturing plants, forestry concessions and more, one...
ASX-listed MRG Metals has confirmed significant levels of gallium returned from analytical results as the company works to define its Garies project resource, in South Africa's Northern Cape...
Business organisation Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has withdrawn from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) structures at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) and...
South Africa-headquartered Harmony Gold Mining Company says its expansion into copper is not a departure from its 75-year history as a gold producer, but a deliberate strategy to diversify its...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has published the Numbering Plan Fourth Amendment Regulations (2025) to create a standardised framework for the churn, deactivation...
Digital retail and platform company Amazon has committed to buying 1.95-million tons of carbon removal credits generated over more than a decade by the nature-based carbon removal programme in...
Sanitech, South Africa’s leading hygiene company, has upgraded its national equipment fleet with the high-performance MACH cleaning range, supplied by SkyJacks. This strategic expansion directly...
There are few sectors where the margin for error is as narrow as it is in geohazard protection for active mining operations. Rockfall barriers that underperform, mesh systems that fail to arrest a...
South Africa’s success in rolling-out thousands of square metres of rooftop solar means there is a constant risk of fire in many sensitive industrial and commercial locations nationwide. Research...
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