Shame on you, AU and SADC

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni famously excoriated the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) as a trade union of dictators. That was in the mid-1980s. Back then, he was leading an insurrection... 

Second-generation Presidents

As I have pointed out before, the flare-ups of anti-immigrant sentiment among some communities in our beloved Mzansi do not define South Africans – especially those at the base of the socioeconomic... 

Opinion: No, we don’t love Trump

That Patrice Motsepe is a jolly good fellow is beyond question. He has proved to be one of the world’s more benevolent billionaires, having joined The Giving Pledge in 2013. By so doing, he... 

No, we don’t love Trump

That Patrice Motsepe is a jolly good fellow is beyond question. He has proved to be one of the world’s more benevolent billionaires, having joined The Giving Pledge in 2013. By so doing, he... 

Michael van Niekerk

This week we profile Michael van Niekerk, CEO of ASP-Fire, a fire prevention company 

Mark Dytor

This week we profile Mark Dytor, CEO of explosives and speciality chemicals company AECI 

The more things change . . .

Constantino Chiwenga’s name should be pretty well known – at least in Southern Africa. He is the army general who, in November 2017, led the coup that toppled the late Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s... 

Opinion: Amazing SA inventions of 2019

South Africans are an innovative lot. Much of the world knows about Chris Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant in 1967, but many other citizens of this great nation... 

Amazing SA inventions of 2019

South Africans are an innovative lot. Much of the world knows about Chris Barnard, the surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant in 1967, but many other citizens of this great nation... 

Climate denialists’ silly obduracy

The myriad of extreme weather events experienced in 2019 should be enough to convince even the most obdurate naysayer to accept the conventional wisdom that global warming – caused by the spewing... 

Opinion: Backward glance

This year has been quite eventful for Africa, and some of the occurrences that came to pass were captured on this page over the past 50-odd weeks. In this last edition for 2019, I take you down... 

Siyabonga Mbanjwa

This week we profile Siyabonga Mbanjwa, regional MD: Southern Africa at SENER, which is involved in energy, including renewable energy, power and oil and gas, as well as infrastructure, including... 

Backward glance

This year has been quite eventful for Africa, and some of the occurrences that came to pass were captured on this page over the past 50-odd weeks. In this last edition for 2019, I take you down... 

Opinion: Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail

In this opinion piece, Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about efforts to close the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world. Three events in the past few... 

Adelino Barbosa

Full Name: Adelino de Oliveira Barbosa Position: COO of Konica Minolta South Africa, a provider of imaging, printing, document management and software software 

Blazing Africa’s smartphone trail

Three events in the past few weeks will go some way towards closing the digital divide between Africa and other continents. News-consuming South Africans should be familiar with one of these events... 

Opinion: The unifying power of sport

South Africans are still basking in the afterglow of the Springboks’ triumph at the Rugby World Cup. Party poopers like the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) tried their damnedest to diffuse the... 

Tim White

This week we profile Tim White, CEO of property and construction solutions company Profica  

The unifying power of sport

South Africans are still basking in the afterglow of the Springboks’ triumph at the Rugby World Cup. Party poopers like the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) tried their damnedest to diffuse the... 

Opinion: A good move for SA tourism

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the positive impact of Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's decision to cancel the requirement of... 

Tebogo Raaleka

This week we profile Tebogo Raaleka, national product specialist: structural steels at Macsteel, a manufacturer, merchandiser and distributor of steel and value-added steel products 

Regulatory excellence key to oil, gas success

African oil and gas regulators need is an organisational culture that is committed to high performance in the advancement of public values, writes Chilenye Nwapi   

A good move for SA tourism

Tourism is something of a cash cow for South Africa. Narrowly defined, the sector accounts for 2.9% of the country’s gross domestic product, but the figure jumps to 8.6% when supply chain linkages... 

Opinion: Wide chasm

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about Africa's digital divide. The term ‘digital divide’ found its way into common parlance yonks ago.... 

Tumi Mphahlele

This week we profile Tumi Mphahlele, CEO of IG3N, a startup that assembles lithium-ion phosphate batteries that are used mostly in solar photovoltaic installations 

Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix

Germany-headquartered multinational Siemens foresees countries in the Middle East increasing renewables’ share of their hydrocarbons-heavy energy mix by five percentage points in the coming decade.... 

Wide chasm

The term ‘digital divide’ found its way into common parlance yonks ago. Initially, it referred to the division between those who had access to the telephone and those who did not. After the late... 

Opinion: Staying put in Mzansi

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the #ImStaying movement. Humans have a propensity for being highly vocal when they are unhappy about how... 

Xolile Sizani

This week we profile Xolile Sizani, CEO of Servest, a provider of integrated facilities management solutions across the African continent 

Staying put in Mzansi

Humans have a propensity for being highly vocal when they are unhappy about how they are governed and for showing little hesitation in moving to lands where the grass appears to be greener. South... 

Opinion: The tale that Mr Latta told

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about Brexit. I’m not sure what to make of remarks by Nick Latta, a counsellor at the British high commission... 

The tale that Mr Latta told

I’m not sure what to make of remarks by Nick Latta, a counsellor at the British high commission to South Africa at a conference in Durban a fortnight ago. She said the UK decided the break away... 

Opinion: Hyperinflation déjà vu in Zim

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Some of us began to smell a rat when, in early August, Zimbabwe’s Finance and... 

Nazmi Adams

This week we profile Nazmi Adams, CEO of Weldamax, which is involved in industrial gases and welding distribution 

Hyperinflation déjà vu in Zim

Some of us began to smell a rat when, in early August, Zimbabwe’s Finance and Economic Development Minister, Mthuli Ncube, banned the publication of annualised inflation figures until February next... 

Middle Eastern countries to add more renewables to their energy mix – Siemens

Germany-headquartered multinational Siemens foresees countries in the Middle East increasing renewables’ share of their hydrocarbons-heavy energy mix by five percentage points in the coming decade.... 

Edwin Ludick

This week we profile Edwin Ludick, MD of AEL Intelligent Blasting, a developer, producer and supplier of commercial explosives  

Siemens to launch industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai

Technology and engineering multinational Siemens has been contracted to conduct an industrial-scale green hydrogen pilot project in Dubai – the first in the Middle East – which it aims to be... 

Opinion: Death of a dream

In this opinion piece, Engineering News Senior Deputy Editor Martin Zhuwakinyu writes about the Andela initiative that was established to nurture Africa's technology talent. A couple of months... 

Epiroc releases underground drill bit

Mining, infrastructure and natural resources equipment group Epiroc has introduced an underground drillbit that will match the capacity of the latest technology in drill rigs and boost the...