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Airports Company South Africa has set out a roughly R20-billion capital pipeline for OR Tambo International Airport running to 2031, anchored by a R5.7-billion Midfield Cargo Complex, a fuel trigeneration plant and a Terminal A refurbishment, with the airport already operating at about 75% of design capacity. Parallel projects worth billions of rand are under way at King Shaka, George, Bram Fischer, Chief Dawid Stuurman and King Phalo airports, with George Airport's terminal set to double capacity to two-million passengers a year amid forecast saturation by 2027.
V&A Waterfront starts superyacht marina pontoon buildThe V&A Waterfront and Damen Shipyards Cape Town have marked the start of pontoon production for the R230-million Quay 7 Superyacht Marina, targeted for completion on October 31 and opening in November, with 76% of procurement spent locally and eight berths planned for vessels up to 90 m long.
KZN rhino poaching down but syndicates remain elusiveRhino-poaching deaths at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park fell from 307 in 2023 to 63 in 2025, a 52% year-on-year drop over the first five months of 2026, though 33 poacher-activity indications and ten carcass discoveries were recorded in that period, prompting Democratic Alliance calls for a dedicated funding plan and quarterly reporting.
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Standing waist-deep in the waters of Senegal’s famed Pink Lake, Seydou Toure uses a shovel to scrape salt from the lakebed that he will later sell to tourists and traders. It’s a way of life that...
US-based global major aerospace group Boeing has announced that Uganda Airlines, the flag-carrier for the East African country, had placed an order for eight of the airframer’s airliners. This was...
The V&A Waterfront and Damen Shipyards Cape Town have marked the official start of pontoon production for the Quay 7 Superyacht Marina, with a keel-laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards’ factory in...
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has put in place a roughly R20-billion project pipeline for the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA), running up to the end of 2031. ACSA spokesperson Ofentse...
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has put in place a roughly R20-billion project pipeline for the OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA), running up to the end of 2031. ACSA spokesperson Ofentse...
In the first five months of 2026, 4.8-million tourists arrived in South Africa. It is the highest number for this period since at least 2018, which suggests 2026 could be a bumper tourism year for...
Cape Winelands Airport and Stellenbosch University have entered into a cooperation agreement to advance “smart” and “green” development linked to the airport expansion.
Turkish Airlines has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights on both its Istanbul-Johannesburg and Istanbul-Cape Town routes, with effect from late October. This will be to meet...
International airline Emirates’ third daily service on the Dubai-Cape Town route landed at Cape Town International Airport on July 1, marking the first arrival of flight EK778 and the debut of the...
The Lufthansa Group has announced that it will operate an unprecedented number of flights between Europe and South Africa during the 2026-27 northern winter/southern summer season, starting at the...
As a continent endowed with a vast number of natural resources and high renewable-energy potential, Africa’s natural resources can be a platform for industrialisation if linkages with the rest of...
Spanish airline Air Europa has started direct flights between Madrid and Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. This event was highlighted by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). The...
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...
New Zealand is fast-tracking gold projects and courting mining investors as soaring bullion prices revive a sector long in decline, testing the country's "100% Pure" brand as the government looks...
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, is proud to have partnered with Wilderness Holdings Limited (“Wilderness”) on a landmark US$175 million syndicated sustainable financing deal, as...
Attacq and Rabie Property Group plan to build a world-class conferencing and hospitality development at the heart of Waterfall City – one of South Africa’s most connected mixed-use destinations.
Recent flooding in South Africa’s Western Cape province, which includes the tourist hub of Cape Town, caused more than R9-billion of damage, a total that’s expected to rise once final assessments...
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (Sacci’s) Business Confidence Index (BCI) declined further by 7.7 index points in April before recovering by 0.5 index points to 124.1 in May....
Airline Airlink will start twice-weekly direct Cape Town to Mauritius flights from October 2, with bookings now open for flights on this route. The new route will be Airlink’s first to the Indian...
South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.5% in the first quarter, following an increase of 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports. Its data shows that the finance,...
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