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Airports Company South Africa is investing R3.6-billion in George Airport, in the Western Cape, up to the end of the 2031 financial year, including a R974-million terminal upgrade that will double capacity to two-million passengers a year as traffic nears saturation. This forms part of a wider roughly R20-billion capital pipeline centred on OR Tambo International Airport's Midfield Cargo Complex.
Novelquip's Western Cape-developed forestry planter launched globallyA mechanised tree-planting machine developed in the Western Cape by Novelquip Forestry, backed by the Industrial Development Corporation and the Technology Innovation Agency, has been launched globally with Finnish partner PONSSE, delivering up to 1 300 seedlings an hour.
Constitutional Court backs asylum seekers in Western Cape caseThe Constitutional Court has unanimously confirmed a Western Cape High Court ruling striking down Refugees Act provisions that allowed asylum seekers and their children to be deported on procedural grounds without their claims being assessed, ordering the Minister of Home Affairs to pay costs. Separately, National Treasury is withholding July equitable share funds from three Western Cape municipalities – Theewaterskloof, Laingsburg and Beaufort West – among 70 nationally, to enforce fiscal discipline.
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Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has lauded the South African defence industry’s (SADI’s) contribution to the national economy. He was delivering the keynote address at the...
The City of Cape Town welcomes State-owned Transnet's call for private sector partners to upgrade and operate the multipurpose terminal at the Port of Cape Town. Transnet’s request for proposals is...
A highly mechanised forestry tree planting machine featuring mechanised planting technology created by South African engineering firm Novelquip Forestry was recently on display at a forestry expo...
In an initiative developed by the South African Rooibos Council (SARC), which is the representative and promotion body for rooibos processors, packers and brand owners, seeds from the rooibos plant...
In a massive nationwide crackdown, the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have intensified joint, multi-disciplinary efforts under Operation...
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...
The National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public...
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...
Emerging African phosphate producer and developer Kropz's subsidiary Kropz Elandsfontein has secured a R200-million loan from Ubunto-Botho Investments (UBI), the indirect controlling shareholder of...
The Competition Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that it approve the proposed transaction whereby Bidco intends to acquire property group Balwin Properties, without...
The Western Cape High Court is scheduled to hear an urgent legal challenge on Wednesday and Thursday, positioning Parliament’s Section 89 Impeachment Committee chairperson Makashule Gana, at the...
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says it has recorded “significant operational improvements” at the Port of Cape Town, with progress in terminal performance, reduced ship turnaround time...
Industry organisation the Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) has reported a strong lemon season for this year, marked by the larger size of the crop and the earlier timing of the...
Flanagan & Gerard Property Group and GrandWest, a subsidiary of Sun International, have marked the official start of construction on the R650-million GrandWest Mall development within the GrandWest...
Cape Winelands Airport and Stellenbosch University have entered into a cooperation agreement to advance “smart” and “green” development linked to the airport expansion.
Buoyed by several significant milestones that the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) has achieved over the past year, CEO Riedewaan Bakardien is upbeat its prospects for shaping...
Buoyed by several significant milestones that the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) has achieved over the past year, CEO Riedewaan Bakardien is upbeat its prospects for shaping...
Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) has raised concern about the high level of tender cancellations, which it believes is having a negative impact on the construction market, as well as on meeting...
State-owned Eskom says it has reached an important milestone in its nationwide Load Reduction Eradication Programme, with five of the country's nine provinces now free from load reduction. To date,...
Earth scientists at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Department of Geological Sciences have identified a hitherto unknown geological fault underneath the Karoo basin. This fault extends across...
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