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Seifsa president Mervyn Naidoo, who is also Actom CEO
Seifsa president Mervyn Naidoo, who is also Actom CEO
Gap between policy intent and action must be closed to halt deindustrialisation
Updated 2 hours 23 minutes ago By: Terence Creamer

Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) president Mervyn Naidoo has called on government to urgently close the prevailing gap between its stated commitment to support industrialisation through localisation and the... 


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Africa adds 4.2 GW new hydropower in 2025, only 10% of hydropower resources being tapped
Updated 1 hour 35 minutes ago By: Schalk Burger

Africa added more than 4.2 GW of new hydropower capacity in 2025, which is the second successive year new hydropower capacity added exceeded 4 GW, says the International Hydropower Association... 


IEA holds second energy strategies dialogue for COP31
Updated 5 hours ago By: Schalk Burger

International organisation the International Energy Agency (IEA) hosted the second in a series of High-Level Energy Transition Dialogues on June 23, ahead of the COP31 summit to be held in Antalya,... 


Three African and two non-African countries have joined low-carbon aviation alliance
Updated 1 hour 38 minutes ago By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) – the global representative body for the airline industry – has highlighted that Madagascar, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the UK, and Guyana have signed the... 


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Kenya signs $1.2bn deal with Chinese firm to expand Nairobi airport
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

Kenya's government has signed a 154.2-billion Kenyan shilling ($1.2-billion) agreement with China Road and Bridge Corporation to expand Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Transport Minister Davis... 


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Sibanye-Stillwater’s mass of metal ‘probably one of planet’s biggest’
Updated 1 hour 45 minutes ago By: Martin Creamer

This is an incredible endowment and we are executing a deliberate strategy to extract more value from every single square metre of our resource base, an ebullient Sibanye-Stillwater COO Richard Cox... 


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Capacity of rooftop solar installed in South Africa has passed 8 GW mark
Capacity of rooftop solar installed in South Africa has passed 8 GW mark
19th June 2026

The capacity of rooftop solar in South Africa has passed 8.3GW, according to Eskom's National Transmission Company. The steepest growth came during peak loadshedding in 2022 and 2023, but even... 


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MAHLE advocates for technological diversity in Africa’s automotive transition
MAHLE advocates for technological diversity in Africa’s automotive transition
24th June 2026

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Sashnee Moodley: 


Infrastructure South Africa raises alarm over high level of tender cancellations
Infrastructure South Africa raises alarm over high level of tender cancellations
23rd June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


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Necsa and University of Pretoria have signed an MoU to collaborate in the nuclear sector
23rd June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Pretoria (UP) to create a framework for bilateral cooperation regarding... 


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CISA launches anti-money-laundering practice guide
23rd June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Non-profit professional body the Compliance Institute Southern Africa (CISA) has released is Anti-Money Laundering Practice Guide as a way of intensifying efforts to strengthen financial crime... 


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Sibanye-Stillwater declares its South African platinum assets ‘world’s best’
23rd June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

If you gave me an option to have any portfolio of platinum group metal (PGM) assets in the world, this is the portfolio I would take – without a doubt, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart... 


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Transnet Pipelines welcomes seven-year sentence for diesel thief
Transnet Pipelines welcomes seven-year sentence for diesel thief
23rd June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

State-owned Transnet Pipelines (TPL) has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of one person for the theft of diesel belonging to TPL. The entity describes this as a significant step in the fight... 


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CIPS outlines strategies for supply chain resilience amid energy challenges
23rd June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa may have largely moved beyond the sustained phases of loadshedding that defined recent years; however, energy costs continue to climb, global professional body the Chartered Institute... 


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Chief David Stuurman airport kicks off terminal capacity optimisation project
23rd June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


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Gender transformation pivotal in driving agenda of 2026 cidb ERWIC Awards
23rd June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Industry body the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) places great importance on the role of women in the evolution of South Africa’s construction industry. Ahead of the cidb ERWIC... 


Afrimat Construction Index records marginal growth in Q1
Afrimat Construction Index records marginal growth in Q1
23rd June 2026 By: Irma Venter

The latest Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) shows a marginal year-on-year increase of 0.3%. The first-quarter index was boosted by year-on-year increases of more than 5% in the value of both... 


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Magazine round up | 19 June 2026
Magazine round up | 19 June 2026

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

NEW TIPPLER: A R4-billion infrastructure expansion at the Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal, which included the installation of a new tippler (pictured), has been completed. The investment milestone was marked earlier this month. The terminal is also celebrating 50 years of operation this year, with the first shipment of iron-ore having been made in 1976. Photograph: Transnet
NEW TIPPLER

NEW TIPPLER: A R4-billion infrastructure expansion at the Saldanha Iron Ore Terminal, which included the installation of a new tippler (pictured), has been completed. The investment milestone was... 

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South Africa must go all out to get the very best out of its rich natural resources

While South Africa is well-endowed with minerals, the full potential of these minerals is no longer being achieved. At best, their contribution is flat, which makes the call by the far-thinking... 

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Bridge, not destination

How do people in Gauteng know when motorists are driving under the influence? They are driving straight! It is to this type of sardonic humour that residents in all three of Gauteng’s metros have... 

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Ntsoaki Nsibanyoni, GM of Uber Eats South Africa
Ntsoaki Nsibanyoni

Full Name: Ntsoaki Ellen Nsibanyoni Position and Company Name: GM of Uber Eats South Africa 

TARIFF TUSSLE: After the US Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs to be invalid, a 10% baseline tariff was then introduced. This tariff is due to expire in July. Now the administration is looking to implement tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% on 60 countries based on an investigation into unfair labour practices. South Africa, which is facing a 12.5% tariff, insists it is compliant with all domestic and international forced-labour obligations and says it stands ready to engage the US on the matter.
TARIFF TUSSLE

After the US Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs to be invalid, a 10% baseline tariff was then introduced. This tariff is due to expire in July. Now the... 

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