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Creecy offers provinces help to process EIAs for 100 MW embedded projects

By: Terence Creamer Updated 2 hours 6 minutes ago Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports that she has written to provincial environment MECs to enquire whether they require any assistance in processing environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for embedded-generation projects that could help relieve pressure on the... →

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy

Sanral cancels R17.5bn in tenders, citing ‘material irregularities’

By: Irma Venter Updated 2 hours 52 minutes ago The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has cancelled tenders to the value of R17.47-billion, citing “material irregularities”. The tenders which the Sanral board did not approve are the Mtentu Bridge Wild Coast project, on the N2, valued at R3.4-billion; the... →

Image of the proposed Mtentu bridge on the N2 Wild Coast project

Decision on e-tolls ‘imminent’; scrap metal exports must be banned – Mbalula

By: Irma Venter Updated 1 hour 5 minutes ago Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has yet again promised that a decision on the future of e-tolls in Gauteng is imminent. Delivering his department’s budget vote on Wednesday, he noted that the matter was on Cabinet’s radar, and that a pronouncement would be made once the final decision had been... →

Fikile Mbalula

South Africa, Namibia among new African Green Hydrogen Alliance’s founding members

By: Tasneem Bulbulia Updated 4 hours ago South Africa, Namibia and four other African countries on May 18 formally launched the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance, with the aim to make the continent a frontrunner in the race to develop green hydrogen, to accelerate the transition away from a reliance on fossil fuels and to shift to new... →

An image showing hydrogen economy building blocks

Six African countries have formally launched the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance to further the hydrogen economy

Grindrod and partners create new export route for Botswana coal

By: Irma Venter Updated 5 hours ago Grindrod’s Matola terminal at the Port of Maputo says it has welcomed its second coal train from Botswana. The terminal also managed to successfully discharge the 50 wagons using the terminal’s tipplers. The first train arrived at the port in April, marking a milestone for Grindrod’s Mozambican... →

Stefanutti reaches settlement in Green Point Stadium civil case

By: Tasneem Bulbulia Updated 6 hours ago JSE-listed Stefanutti Stocks says it has reached an agreement with the City of Cape Town regarding a civil claim against it, as well as fellow contractors WBHO Construction and Aveng Africa, in relation to the construction of the Green Point Stadium. Although the parties remain confident of their... →

Energy crisis requires policy reform to resolve it – Seifsa

By: Tasneem Bulbulia Updated 1 hour 30 minutes ago The reasons for South Africa’s energy crisis are well known and include the State ignoring the warnings that electricity generation was falling short, maintenance was not being undertaken, the grid having deteriorated to the point of near collapse and corruption being allowed to continue unbated,... →

Wind energy industry reaffirms commitment to energy security

By: Tasneem Bulbulia Updated 43 minutes ago As the country once again contends with continued load-shedding, the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has reaffirmed the sector’s role in contributing to energy security. This is despite the recent announcement of delays to two renewable energy procurement rounds meant to unlock and... →

Libstar seeks to partner with food-focused small businesses

By: Marleny Arnoldi Updated 1 hour 35 minutes ago Consumer packaged goods manufacturer Libstar is on the lookout for well-established, food-focused small businesses to partner with. The company, through its incubator project Libstar Nova, aims to enrich and scale up the operations of local entrepreneurs that average between R15-million and... →

Emira sells Enyuka shareholding to One Property for R637m

By: Schalk Burger Updated 44 minutes ago JSE-listed real estate investment trust Emira Property Fund will sell its entire 49.9% stake in rural and lower-living standards measure retail property Enyuka Property, which is a joint venture (JV)with One Property, to its JV partner for R637-million, representing a small premium to book... →

Transaction Capital posts 38% increase in interim headline earnings

By: Schalk Burger Updated 5 hours ago JSE-listed diversified services investment company Transaction Capital has posted a 38% year-on-year increase in core headline earnings to R603-million for the six months ended March 31. Core headline earnings a share increased by 28% year-on-year to 83.7c for the interim period. →

Investec Property Fund declares 11% higher dividend for FY22

By: Marleny Arnoldi Updated 2 hours 7 minutes ago Property firm Investec Property Fund (IPF) has posted a 10.8% increase in distributable income per share (DIPS) of 107.6c for the financial year ended March 31, compared with DIPS of 97.08c in the prior financial year. The company declared a final dividend of 52.46c apiece, adding up to the... →

Indluplace posts lower interim revenue, profit, despite improved letting activity

By: Darren Parker Updated 1 hour 1 minute ago JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Indluplace has reported a 4% year-on-year decrease in revenue and a 7% year-on-year decrease in operating profit for the six months ended March 31. The Reit owns a portfolio of 9 220 residential units and 15 549 m2 of associated retail space. The... →

Nedbank invests in RapidDeploy for rapid response technology for public safety

By: Schalk Burger Updated 5 hours ago Financial services firm Nedbank has made an equity investment into emergency response technology platform RapidDeploy to deliver life-saving rapid response technology for public safety. The firm notes that investment in such technologies is necessary owing to the antiquated, legacy technology... →

Grindrod Shipping to sell tanker for $30m

By: Darren Parker Updated 5 hours ago JSE- and Nasdaq-listed global maritime transportation services company Grindrod Shipping has entered into a contract to sell its 2016-built medium-range product tanker Matuku for $30-million. Grindrod Shipping predominantly owns and operates a diversified fleet of owned and long-term and... →

New €6.7m project to build biodiversity knowledge in Southern Africa

By: Tasneem Bulbulia Updated 52 minutes ago This month saw the start of a €6.7-million (about R110-million) spatial biodiversity assessment, prioritisation and planning (SBAPP) project, which is expected to improve environmental planning and monitor the status of indigenous species and ecosystems in four Southern African Development... →

Conference to deliberate on ways to tackle Africa’s plastic pollution challenge

By: Marleny Arnoldi Updated 1 hour 43 minutes ago If countries are to avoid drowning in a sea of plastic waste, and unlock benefits of proper waste management, there needs to be an urgent and comprehensive systems response by governments, business, sustainability exports and civil society, says Sustainable Seas Trust’s African Marine Waste... →

Turboprop airliner manufacturer announces its plan for a greener new generation design

By: Rebecca Campbell Updated 3 hours ago European regional turboprop airliner manufacturer ATR announced, on Wednesday, its plans to develop a new, ‘greener’, generation of aircraft, to be called the ATR EVO. The company was planning for these next-generation airliners to become available by 2030. ATR currently manufactured and marketed... →

Nasa and Boeing planning second uncrewed test flight of latter’s spacecraft for this week

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th May 2022 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) and giant US aerospace group Boeing hoped to launch the latter’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its second uncrewed test flight on Thursday. This demonstration flight would see the CST-100 Starliner fly to and dock at the International... →

Lockheed Martin, US Air Force, successfully test hypersonic weapon

By: Rebecca Campbell Updated 5 hours ago US giant aerospace and defence group Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force (USAF) jointly announced on Tuesday that, together, they had successfully flight-tested a hypersonic weapon. The weapon is designated the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW). For the test flight, the ARRW was... →

Photo by Lockheed Martin
An artist’s impression of the ARRW glide body

Drilling of Northam’s Zondereinde No 3 shaft completed

Updated 2 hours 6 minutes ago Platinum group metals miner Northam last month completed the drilling and reaming of the first shaft of its Number 3 Shaft expansion project. The new shaft, at 1 380 metres deep and 4.8 metres wide, is designed to handle personnel and materials, while two additional shafts will handle... →

Drilling of Northam’s Zondereinde No 3 shaft completed

ANC wants increase in oil, gas exploration, plans to tackle anti-fossil fuel lobby groups 'politically'

By: News24Wire Updated 2 hours 22 minutes ago As rising fuel costs continue to hit the South African economy, the African National Congress was contemplating pushing for an increase in oil and gas exploration, setting itself up for a fight with anti-fossil fuel lobby groups. This new policy position is detailed in the ANC's draft discussion... →

Collaboration needed to make South African mining globally competitive again – CSIR

By: Martin Creamer Updated 4 hours ago Concern about mineral resource scarcity is widespread and, at the same time, many countries, such as Australia, Canada and China, are investing significantly in strengthening their mining-related research, development and innovation (RDI) capabilities. “This makes cost and differentiation... →

CSIR CEO Dr Thulani Dlamini

Nampak to post higher interim earnings

By: Marleny Arnoldi Updated 5 hours ago Packaging group Nampak expects to report headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between 33c and 36.5c for the six months ended March 31. This is an improvement of between 91% and 109% year-on-year, which the company attributes to improved trading conditions and lower net devaluation losses... →

Pollution killing 9m people a year, Africa hardest hit – study

By: Reuters Updated 5 hours ago Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated nine-million a year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday. Air pollution from industry... →

Inflation hits 5.9% for third time in five months, with big hikes in fuel and food

By: News24Wire Updated 6 hours ago Annual consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 5.9% in April 2022, Statistics SA reported on Wednesday. This is the third time in five months that the rate hit 5.9% - which is close to the Reserve Bank’s upper target rate for inflation of 6%. Consumer inflation last breached 6% in 2017.... →

When Africans asked for Covid shots, they didn't get them. Now they don't want them

By: Reuters Updated 6 hours ago It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for Covid-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet. One woman, waiting to get her daughter... →

Land Bank's 2-year lending drought to farmers to end by September, Parliament hears

By: News24Wire Updated 7 hours ago The Land Bank on Tuesday told Parliament that it would resolve the default on its debt by the end of September, ending a period of two years in which it has not been able to lend to farmers. The "liability solution" – which is the offer it will make to institutions that still hold its listed... →

Aspen’s Covid flop bodes ill for Africa’s vaccine making drive

By: Bloomberg Updated 7 hours ago Africa’s drive to set up a vaccine industry after being left at the back of the queue in the global scramble for Covid-19 shots has stumbled at the first hurdle. As the omicron variant was spreading through South Africa late last year, the continent’s biggest pharmaceutical company was... →

Covid-19 vaccine vials at Aspen's manufacturing plant in South Africa

Ramaphosa tables fourth part of Zondo report, Parliament to start working on published parts

By: News24Wire 18th May 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa tabled the fourth part of the State Capture Inquiry's report with Parliament on Tuesday - and, in a turnaround from the African National Congress's previous stance, affected committees will deal with the published parts of the report. "Parliament confirms receipt of Part... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

PMI provides new construction sector leader courses and certification

By: Schalk Burger 17th May 2022 Project professionals association the Project Management Institute (PMI) has introduced a series of seven courses to improve project management skills in the construction industry, leading to a construction professional in built environment projects (CPBEP) certification. The construction... →

UP Centre for Future of Work to produce publications, provide advisory services and training

By: Schalk Burger 17th May 2022 The Centre for the Future of Work (CFoW), launched by the University of Pretoria (UP) on May 17, will be Africa’s centre of excellence on the future of work, producing scientific and popular publications, advisory services and training, said CFoW director and UP Faculty of Economic and Management... →

RMB Ventures invests in Inhance supply chain technology business

By: Schalk Burger 17th May 2022 Financial services firm Rand Merchant Bank private equity arm RMB Ventures has concluded an investment in supply chain technology and services business Inhance Supply Chain Solutions. RMB Ventures invested alongside black-owned investment firm New GX Capital Holding, which acquired a majority... →

Pick n Pay, Takealot partner to sell groceries, liquor on Mr D app

By: Darren Parker 17th May 2022 Retail chain Pick n Pay and online store Takealot have signed a commercial services agreement which will enable customers across South Africa to buy Pick n Pay food, groceries and liquor on a new platform on the food delivery services application (app) Mr D. In a statement issued on May 17, the... →

Pick n Pay delivery bikes parked in front of a store

BII, Citi sign $100m risk-sharing facility for African supply chain finance

By: Schalk Burger 17th May 2022 UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has signed a $100-million risk-sharing facility for supply chain finance with trade and supply chain finance solutions multinational Citi to provide systemic liquidity and help Citi grow its supply chain finance product... →

Eskom compiling ‘consolidated proposal’ for ending load-shedding crisis

By: Terence Creamer 17th May 2022 Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has revealed that the utility is compiling a “consolidated proposal” on how to end the ongoing electricity crisis, including how to introduce much-needed new generation capacity in the shortest possible time. The State-owned utility estimates the current shortfall to be... →

Photo by Creamer Media Chief Photographer Donna Slater
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter

Small-scale farming collaborative gains momentum

By: Donna Slater 17th May 2022 The rethinking of food systems for South Africa needs to start with individual food producers on the ground and expand from there – as laid out in a project called “Towards recalibrating food systems during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic”, which started in October 2020. Funded by the World... →

Google for Startups Black Founders Fund for Africa applications opened

By: Natasha Odendaal 17th May 2022 Google has opened applications for the second cohort of the Google for Startup Black Founders Fund Africa, which will see 60 eligible black-founded startups across Africa receive a share of $4-million. Prospective applicants have until May 31 to apply, with the winners set to be announced on July... →

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