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Eskom signs agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal as it seeks to advance 3 GW Richards Bay gas-fired power project
Updated 7 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has signed heads of agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal (ZET) with the intention of becoming the ‘foundation customer’ for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that ZET intends building at Berth 207 in the South Dunes precinct of the... 


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Opinion: Reimagining public health service design in the era of National Health Insurance and digital health
Opinion: Reimagining public health service design in the era of National Health Insurance and digital health
5th June 2026

South Africa's health system carries the heavy imprint of history. The apartheid era bequeathed a fragmented, inequitable system in which race determined access to care, geographic distribution of... 


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Can DAA's help solve Eskom's municipal debt crisis?
5th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

With municipal debt to Eskom now exceeding R114-billion, government and Eskom are turning to Distribution Agency Agreements (DAAs) as a potential solution. Engineering News editor Terence Creamer... 


Magazine round up | 05 June 2026
Magazine round up | 05 June 2026
5th June 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  


Business defends making Joburg partnership offer ahead of crucial elections
Business defends making Joburg partnership offer ahead of crucial elections
4th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The business formations that have formally offered to extend the Government-Business Partnership model – hitherto used to tackle national crises such as loadshedding – to the City of Johannesburg... 


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Agbiz elects VKP group CEO PG Strauss as chairperson
4th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Industry body the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) has elected PG Strauss chairperson and Lukeshni Chetty and Francois Swanepoel as his deputies during the organisation’s... 


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5th June 2026

The standard unemployment rate in South Africa is calculated using only people actively seeking work. A more interesting picture comes from the employment-to-population ratio (aka the labour... 


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DHL launches its humanitarian logistics training academy in Africa
4th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Global logistics company DHL Group has launched a DHL Academy of Humanitarian Logistics (DAHL) in Johannesburg, which uses DHL’s logistics expertise to provide practical, pro bono training for... 


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Grinaker reports progress on construction of multi-storey parkade at Transnet headquarters
4th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Construction company Grinaker Building & Construction says it is making progress in building the multi-level, heavy-duty structural concrete parkade at State-owned Transnet’s headquarters, in... 


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The Square Kilometre Array Observatory now has 14 members
4th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory (SKAO) has announced that France has become the international organisation’s fourteenth member. French President Emmanuel Macron signed the documents of... 


Hino introduces diesel-electric hybrid truck; readies to test prototype dual-fuel truck
Hino introduces diesel-electric hybrid truck; readies to test prototype dual-fuel truck
4th June 2026 By: Irma Venter

Hino South Africa (SA) is introducing a limited number of diesel-electric hybrid models in its 300 Series range to the local market, says Hino SA VP Anton Falck. “We are initially importing 32... 


Entries for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation to open on July 13
4th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The UK Royal Academy of Engineering says entries for its next Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation competition will open on July 13 and close on September 8. The 2026 shortlist of applicants... 


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Business leaders demand national govt step in to rescue Joburg from economic collapse
Business leaders demand national govt step in to rescue Joburg from economic collapse
4th June 2026 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The South African business sector has issued an urgent call to political parties and national government to immediately stabilise the City of Johannesburg’s fiscal and governance crisis. Ahead of... 


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New cadastre processing W Cape mining licence applications, Parliament hears
4th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The phased rollout of the new online mining licensing system – the cadastre – is progressing steadily, with Western Cape applications being received and processed online, Parliament was informed on... 


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Citrus exports from flooded areas to be at least 5% lower – CGA
4th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Initial assessments of flood-impacted citrus-growing areas indicate that the recent severe weather will cause a decrease of at least 5% in expected export estimates from flood-damaged areas, says... 


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IATA, ICAO to cooperate on facilitating sustainable aviation fuels
4th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA – the global representative body for the airline industry) and the intergovernmental International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) have... 


TPT testing the new tippler at Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal
Transnet installs new tippler at Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal to boost capacity
4th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has completed its R4-billion infrastructure expansion project for the Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal, with the installation of a new tippler, which is used to... 


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Magazine round up | 05 June 2026
Magazine round up | 05 June 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

LITHIUM EXTRACTION: Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’ Novandino Litio partnership set its latest projection after wrapping up design work on a project to introduce more direct ways to recover lithium from brine under the Atacama salt flat in northern Chile. The venture plans to submit an environmental impact study to regulators in June. Photograph: Bloomberg
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Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. Bloomberg reports that the companies’... 

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Deviant financial behaviour must be ruthlessly rooted out

Deeply infuriating is the unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure of a very large number of South Africa’s municipalities. National Treasury’s steps to reform the local... 

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Virtue of necessity

Following an embarrassing false start, the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has set a deadline of early next year for the finalisation of a new draft of the national AI policy.... 

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IN A VICE GRIP: Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of road markings, as well as working streetlights and traffic lights. Eskom’s warning that it could interrupt power owing to the City of Johannesburg’s payment delinquency is unlikely to materialise. Nevertheless, the threat itself reinforced just how poorly South Africa’s economic hub is being governed.
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Johannesburg residents and businesses are exposed daily to the spillover effects of municipal mismanagement. Driving is hazardous not only because of the proliferation of potholes, but the lack of... 

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