WeBuyCars sales up by 8.4%; acts to absorb Chinese influx

WeBuyCars is on track to reach its goal of selling 23 000 vehicles a month in three years’ time, says CEO Faan van der Walt. Speaking during a webcast on Monday detailing the JSE-listed company’s... 

Car makers, Numsa sign three-year wage deal

The Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation (Ameo) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) have finally signed a wage agreement, following a protracted process that... 

SA’s cheapest electric-car maker to roll out local charging network

Build Your Dreams Auto South Africa (BYD SA) has announced that will install between 200 and 300 public charging stations across the country in 2026, in a move to make electric mobility more... 

New industrial tech, renewables events for SA

Montgomery Group Africa will stage two new exhibitions in South Africa – one in Johannesburg in 2026, and one in Cape Town in 2027. Montgomery Group Africa commercial director Joshua Low says RE+... 

RFI process launched to attract private investment in commuter, long-distance passenger rail

The Department of Transport (DoT) has kickstarted a request-for-information (RFI) process for private companies interested in investing in South Africa’s passenger-rail system. Speaking at a media... 

Toyota SA, Durban auto cluster seek  SMEs for development programme

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has announced the launch of the 2025 Durban Automotive Cluster (DAC) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Accelerator. The programme is a public-private partnership... 

Cape Town approves R7.8bn in building plans in Q1, with R2bn in Table Bay, CBD

The City of Cape Town says it has approved building plans to the value of R7.8-billion in the first quarter of the current financial year. Up to 4 733 building plans were submitted to the city’s... 

Grindrod launches Phase 1 of Matola terminal expansion

Grindrod has officially broken ground on Phase 1 of its Matola dry-bulk terminal expansion programme. The event saw Mozambique Transport and Logistics Minister João Jorge Matlombe launch Phase 1 of... 

Cape Town switches on landfill-gas-to-energy plant

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Urban Waste Management MMC Grant Twigg this week powered up the city’s new gas-to-energy plant at the Coastal Park Landfill. The plant generates enough... 

Public Works and Infrastructure department joins Green Building Council

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says his department has joined the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA). Speaking at the GBCSA’s Green Building Convention in... 

Mossel Bay bulletproofs Hartenbos waste water plant with solar, microgrid project

The Mossel Bay municipality has cut the ribbon on the Hartenbos Waste Water Treatment Works solar PV plant and microgrid project. Developed in partnership with Solareff and Element Consulting... 

Nelson Mandela Bay business chamber urges decisive action to unlock small business growth

As Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to deliver the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement on Wednesday, he is in a position to signal decisive action that can unlock South Africa’s economic... 

Cape Town tables business plan to take over PRASA operations

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says Cape Town aims to be the first South African city to take over the management of its passenger rail system. This follows the tabling of a Rail Business Plan,... 

Smart EV rolls out 50 electric bus chargers at Golden Arrow depot

Smart EV has wrapped up the installation of a high-capacity hub to charge Golden Arrow Bus Services’ (GABS’s) new BYD electric bus fleet at the transport company’s Arrowgate depot. Smart EV is a... 

Sanral continues to roll out R4bn in upgrades to the N1

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says it is continuing its rollout of almost R4-billion in upgrades to the N1 freeway from Scottland to Winburg, and Zandkraal to Scottland,... 

Construction starts on R2bn mixed-use development in Green Point

Construction work has started on The Granger, a R2-billion mixed-use development adjacent to the DHL Stadium in Green Point, Cape Town. Situated between the city’s central business district (CBD)... 

Cape Town’s boat-building industry must act to mitigate effects of US tariffs – Vos

The South African boat-building industry must formulate a response to the 30% tariff levied on all boats exported from South Africa to the US as from August onwards, says City of Cape Town Economic... 

Phase 1 of Grindrod’s R200m Cape Town container facility opens

JSE-listed logistics group Grindrod has started operations at Phase 1 of a new United Container Depots (UCD) facility in Salt River, Cape Town. UCD, which is fully owned by Grindrod, also has... 

PBMR to be lifted from care and maintenance by Q1 2026

The process to lift South Africa’s dormant pebble-bed modular reactor (PBMR) project from care and maintenance is at an advanced stage, Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The... 

Biovac boosts vaccine capabilities with new lab; health tech park to open next door

Biopharmaceutical company, the Biologicals and Vaccines Institute of Southern Africa (Biovac), has opened a product development laboratory at its Cape Town facility. The company says the new... 

Western Cape govt leans on governance record as it courts investors at first ever investment summit

The Western Cape government has invited the private sector to partner with it as it targets a R1-trillion provincial economy by 2035, up from R664-billion in 2024. At the province’s first ever... 

Why it can cost up to 30% more to insure an EV than an ICE vehicle

Electric vehicles (EVs) do not only differ from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the way they are powered and serviced, but also in the way they are viewed by insurance companies. PPS... 

Cape Town’s SeaH4 clinches top honours in the ClimateLaunchpad finale

A Cape Town-based startup that is developing an algae-based replacement for fossil fuels has beaten 40 countries to claim the €10 000 top prize at ClimateLaunchpad's green business idea competition... 

October new-vehicle sales at decade high

South Africa’s new car and truck market notched up another stellar month in October as it recorded the highest monthly sales – 55 956 units – since March, 2015. Naamsa | The Automotive Business... 

UCT, Solarise Africa partner in installing backup power project

The University of Cape Town (UCT) and Solarise Africa, together with partners ACES Africa and WEG South Africa, have launched the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences backup power project at the Health... 

Grindrod opens new Walvis Bay warehouse

Freight and logistics group Grindrod has opened a new warehouse in the Port of Walvis Bay, Namibia. Located near berths 7 and 8, the 4 000 m² facility is designed for cargo movement via conveyor,... 

Mitsubishi Electric acquires minority stake in Intramech

Mitsubishi Electric Hydronics & IT Cooling Systems (MEHITS) has acquired a minority stake in Intramech, its long-standing distributor in South Africa. MEHITS says its strategy is to reinforce its... 

Auto industry set to develop an EV-specific training qualification

South Africa’s automotive industry is developing an Electromobility Occupational Skills Programme, which will be a nationally recognised qualification designed to equip technicians with the skills... 

Growthpoint invests in Cape Winelands airport project

The Cape Winelands Airport project has secured an investment, development and managing partner in the form of Growthpoint Properties, which has made an initial undisclosed investment in the... 

Cape Town mulls rolling out congestion charging, high-occupancy vehicle lanes

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) is mulling a number of measures to ease growing traffic congestion, including the introduction of high-occupancy lanes and congestion charging. This means that, in... 

SPS launches buyout model for existing solar and battery systems

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) has introduced a buyout model that can convert existing solar and battery systems into immediate capital for South African businesses. SPS is a pan-African funder,... 

Western Cape government gives Cape Winelands Airport project environmental green light

The R8-billion Cape Winelands Airport project in Cape Town has received environmental authorisation from the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning (DEADP). The... 

Cape Town completes bus depot construction for new MyCiTi route

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has completed the construction of two new MyCiTi bus depots as part of the new south-east route expansion that will link Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain with Claremont... 

Solareff sells its majority shareholding in GridCars

Renewable-energy group Solareff has sold its majority shareholding in electric vehicle (EV) charging network operator GridCars. Solareff says this means that the company will also step back from... 

Paruk Group signs order for 100 electric buses from MAN South Africa

The Paruk Group has ordered 100 fully electric city buses from MAN Truck & Bus South Africa (MAN SA). This is the German mobility group’s largest e-bus order outside Europe to date. 

Maersk cuts the ribbon on the final cold store in its R1.7bn investment drive

Logistics giant Maersk has wrapped up a R1.72-billion investment drive in cold-chain infrastructure in South Africa with the opening of the R800-million Maersk Belcon cold store logistics park in... 

Wage talks in vehicle assembly sector deadlocked

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says wage talks in the vehicle assembly sector have stalled, with the union and employers at odds over the increases on offer to cement a... 

DoT opens RFI process for passenger rail, including long-distance projects

The Department of Transport (DoT) has kickstarted a request-for-information (RFI) process for private companies interested in investing in South Africa’s passenger-rail system. Speaking at a media... 

New industrial technology, renewable-energy events announced for South Africa

Montgomery Group Africa will stage two new exhibitions in South Africa – one in Johannesburg in 2026, and one in Cape Town in 2027. Montgomery Group Africa commercial director Joshua Low says RE+... 

EV lease company Everlectric expands to the Western Cape

Electric vehicle (EV) full maintenance lease business Everlectric has opened shop in Cape Town. Businesses can lease commercial EVs from the company, which will also provide the charging...