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Coastal communities call for greater consultation on oil and gas exploration
30th September 2022 By: Donna Slater

Large- and small-scale fishers and communities on the Wild Coast of South Africa request that, at the very least, more scientific research be done on the effects of exploration activities, and that... 


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Coastal communities call for greater consultation on oil and gas exploration
30th September 2022 By: Donna Slater

Large- and small-scale fishers and communities on the Wild Coast of South Africa request that, at the very least, more scientific research be done on the effects of exploration activities, and that... 


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Airlink takes significant stake in Namibian airline
29th September 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African private-sector airline Airlink has announced that it has taken a 40% strategic equity share in Namibian privately-held carrier FlyNamibia (part of Westair Aviation, founded in 1967).... 


Rio funds Mongolian forrest fight
23rd September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has announced $2.3-million in funding to help protect forests in Mongolia. The company signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Ministry of Environment and... 


Impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on Africa
23rd September 2022 By: Tara O’Connor

  The success of the recent Ukrainian counteroffensive, the routing of Russian forces occupying Ukraine and the recapture of key eastern cities and surrounds of Kharkov and Izyum may prove to be a... 


Mozambique expects decision by March on $20bn gas project restart
20th September 2022 By: Bloomberg

Mozambique’s Finance Minister Max Tonela is “very optimistic” that TotalEnergies will make a decision by March to resume work on its $20-billion liquefied natural gas export project that Islamic... 


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Industry perseveres despite turbulent period
16th September 2022 By: Cameron Mackay

As of mid-August, combined domestic and international passenger traffic to, from and within Southern Africa has recovered to about 64% of August 2019 levels, says industry body Airlines Association... 


African aviation sector nearly back to pre-Covid levels, except in Southern Africa
15th September 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

Africa’s aviation sector was recovering strongly from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Southern Africa was lagging significantly behind the continent’s other three IATA sub-regions (East... 


Sappi Saiccor mill upgrade
Sappi shows off its Saiccor mill after latest R7.7bn upgrade
14th September 2022 By: Darren Parker

A R7.7-billion expansion and environmental upgrade project at paper and pulp company Sappi’s Saiccor mill was officially opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa, on September 13 in Umkomaas,... 


Tower 1 at Cape Town’s R16bn Harbour Arch development reaches its highest point
9th September 2022 By: Irma Venter

Tower 1 at Cape Town’s new Harbour Arch mixed-use precinct has topped out on the twenty-third floor, 95 m above ground – 30 months after breaking ground in January 2020.   “Reaching the highest... 


KZN South Coast still has untapped agricultural investment opportunities – SCTIE
8th September 2022 By: Schalk Burger

The South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal is an established produce farming and export region, but the subtropical climate, nutrient-rich soil, steady rainfall pattern and high duration of sunshine present... 


2022 signals a return to normal for Bidvest
5th September 2022 By: Darren Parker

Following the economic upsets caused by the pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns since 2020, services, trading and distribution group Bidvest has reported strong results for the financial year ended... 


MD hails exhibition success
2nd September 2022

Hostex took place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 26 to 28 June, just a few days after the Covid-19 mask-wearing restrictions were lifted. Gary Corin, MD of Specialised Exhibitions - a... 


Motus targets aftermarket growth; sees vehicle supply stabilising by mid-2023
Motus targets aftermarket growth; sees vehicle supply stabilising by mid-2023
31st August 2022 By: Irma Venter

Motus has “a big focus” on growing its aftermarket business over the next two years, says CEO Osman Arbee. Speaking at the company’s annual results presentation in Johannesburg on Wednesday, he... 


New opportunities for investment as Galetti is selected to sell destiny Africa land
29th August 2022

Galetti Corporate Real Estate has been selected to handle the sale of 437 hectares of land on the Garden Route, just outside the town of George in the Western Cape. George is known as the business... 


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Sweden’s mining hurdles impede the EU’s domestic battery push
29th August 2022 By: Bloomberg

Talga Group has waited for more than a decade to go ahead with a graphite mine in Sweden that could supply enough battery material to power two million electric cars a year and reduce the... 


Kenya’s election heralds a change in leadership
26th August 2022 By: Tara O’Connor

When a UK politician known equally for her religion as for her politics said of her own party leader that “there’s something of the night about him”, it stuck. The same could be said of William... 


Labour dept to pursue demand-led skills development
19th August 2022 By: Donna Slater

The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has put a stop to the “willy-nilly” funding of skills training programmes, after some resulted in poor employment outcomes, Minister Thulas Nxesi... 


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R16bn Harbour Arch development sees Tower 1 reach highest point
18th August 2022 By: Irma Venter

Tower 1 at Cape Town’s new Harbour Arch mixed-use precinct has topped out on the twenty-third floor, 95 m above ground – 30 months after breaking ground in January, 2020. “Reaching the highest... 


Thungela CEO July Ndlovu.
Thungela shares R500m with employees, community as it sets out to plant million trees, add solar power
16th August 2022 By: Martin Creamer

Coal mining and exporting company Thungela, which generated R8.9-billion free cash in the first six months to June 30, is sharing R500-million of it with employees and communities, setting out to... 


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UK coal mine dilemma pits energy crisis against green goals
14th August 2022 By: Bloomberg

In the far northwest corner of England, coal mining was so finished that the local museum paying tribute to the industry shut a few years ago after running into financial trouble. Yet at the... 


Cape Town CBD
Cape Town readies battery storage, ‘dispatchable IPP’ procurement programmes
12th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The City of Cape Town, which is in the process of procuring up to 200 MW of renewable energy from independent power producers (IPPs), expects to initiate a utility-scale battery energy storage... 


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Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II – update
12th August 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The three-year construction of the Senqu bridge is set to start soon. 


ICD Property gets approval for 183 m high-rise tower in New Zealand
11th August 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Commercial and residential property developer ICD Property has received approval to build a 183-m-tall, 55 level residential high-rise tower in central Auckland, New Zealand, which will reshape the... 


The Fynbos building in Cape Town
Construction of Africa’s first biophilic building under way in Cape Town
11th August 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Estate agent Dogon Group has confirmed that demolition is under way ahead of the start of construction of Africa’s first-ever biophilic development, in Cape Town. The Fynbos building, as it will... 


Business confidence improves on 2020 benchmark, says Sacci
10th August 2022 By: Donna Slater

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) reports that its Business Confidence Index (BCI) for July, at 110.3, was 1.8 index points higher than in June and 6.1 points higher than... 


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Wesgro’s Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau secures 11 bids
10th August 2022 By: Irma Venter

Wesgro’s Cape Town & Western Cape Convention Bureau has secured 11 bids in quarter one of the 2022/23 financial year. It is estimated that the conferences and conventions to be hosted in the... 


Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele
Electricity reforms to spur ‘boom in private fixed investment’
5th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says the reforms under way in the electricity sector – including the removal of the 100 MW licensing threshold for distributed generation projects and... 


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IDC launches domestic tourism campaign to stimulate economic recovery
4th August 2022 By: Darren Parker

The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), in partnership with South African Tourism and the Tourism Business Council of South Africa, have collectively launched a travel campaign aimed at... 


Delta announces non-stop Cape Town to Atlanta and boost South African network
1st August 2022 By: Schalk Burger

US airline Delta is adding a nonstop flight from Cape Town to Atlanta from December 18, to complement its existing service between Johannesburg and Atlanta, and the new flight will operate three... 


Airlink announces new service between Cape Town and Maputo
1st August 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African regional airline Airlink has announced that it will start direct flights between Cape Town in South Africa and Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, on August 31. This will be the first... 


"We are now income generators" – Hydra-Arc employed, former MRTT learners
29th July 2022

The Workplace and Incubation Programme of Empowerment Through Training (MRTT) assists learners by giving them an opportunity to improve their skills and build their confidence for the workplace.... 


Timing is right to extend fuel rebates to other businesses
26th July 2022

by Bernard Mofokeng, Director & Head of Tax at CMS South Africa Eskom has the privilege to claim rebates for every litre of diesel they buy and use to manage the energy crisis in the country... 


MEC calls on Mpumalanga municipalities to standardise by-laws, promote tourism
25th July 2022 By: Yvonne Silaule

Mpumalanga MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Vusumuzi Mkhatshwa has called on municipalities to standardise by-laws and apply them uniformly across all municipalities in the... 


Aloe ferox, Honeybush biodiversity management temporarily handed to Eastern, Western Cape depts
22nd July 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has published biodiversity management plans (BMP) for Aloe ferox and the Honeybush plant species for implementation. The Department... 


Groot Constantia to crowd-sell 165 kW solar plant
19th July 2022 By: Donna Slater

South Africa’s oldest wine-producing farm and world-renowned tourist destination Groot Constantia has partnered with innovative solar leasing platform Sun Exchange to crowd-sell a 165 kW solar... 


Arafura weighs offtake and equity deal with GE
13th July 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The renewables arm of US energy major General Electric (GE), GE Renewable Energy has inked a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ASX-listed Arafura Resources over a potential... 


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Australia joins global critical minerals partnership
13th July 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Australia has joined the Minerals Security Partnership in its quest to develop and secure global supply chains for critical minerals that are crucial to clean energy technology and the global... 


Airlink launches new route to world-renowned tourism destination
12th July 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African private-sector regional airline Airlink has announced that it is instituting a new route, linking Johannesburg in South Africa to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. The new route has been... 


FBICRC plant opens in WA
11th July 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

The Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Center (FBICRC) on Monday launched its flagship cathode precursor production pilot plant, in Western Australia. Located at Curtin University, the... 


St Helena Airport
Airlink doubles it flights to St Helena
8th July 2022 By: Darren Parker

Air travel service provider Airlink has announced that its scheduled flight service from Johannesburg to St Helena Island will increase from fortnightly to weekly as of October 8. The decision to... 


Virgin Galactic’s current WhiteKnightTwo mothership, VMS Eve
Virgin Galactic places order for new spaceplane motherships
7th July 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

US sub-orbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic (not to be confused with spun-off and now separate sister company Virgin Orbit) announced on Wednesday that it had ordered two new ‘mothership’... 


Stronger private sector could boost growth, jobs in Botswana – report
6th July 2022 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Botswana can transform its economy, create jobs, reduce inequality and achieve a resilient recovery from Covid-19 by increasing private sector participation and investment in its energy, water and... 


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