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            <description><![CDATA[By: Sarah Arnot - Partner at Heidrick & Struggles South African boards and HR teams share a problem that is widely recognised and rarely resolved: the leaders who perform best in interviews are not always the leaders who perform best in the role. Competency-based interviewing, which is still the dominant standard, draws from behavioural psychology but remains anchored in the past, asking candidates to recall and articulate how they handled previous situations. It measures a leader's ability to prescribe their leadership approach as opposed to demonstrating their capacity to lead in a new or unfamiliar environment.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Shakeel Jhazbhay - General Manager: Digital Business Solutions at Datacentrix With artificial intelligence moving rapidly from experimentation to strategic priority, today’s businesses are collecting more information than ever before. However, many are overlooking a fundamental question during this process: is the information feeding these AI initiatives actually ready?]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck (Virtual Showroom) There are certain things in life that improve with age. Wine and whisky develop deeper, more complex flavours. Bonsai trees mature into highly valued works of art and even acoustic guitars and violins are said to improve in tone as the wood ages and the instrument opens up.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Nosive Ngcawe - Development Action Group Project Officer The launch of the R300 million Construction Fund by the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA), in partnership with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), has been widely welcomed across South Africa’s construction sector, and rightly so.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: James Ross - Director Corporate & Commercial Law, Alysa Bunting, Associate Designate: Corporate & Commercial Law and Emily Raubenheimer, Candidate Attorney at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr South Africa’s growing water insecurity has moved from an environmental concern to a central economic and regulatory challenge. Deteriorating infrastructure, recurring supply disruptions, unlawful water use and increasing pressure on strategic water resources continue to strain the country’s water governance framework. Against this backdrop, the 2026 National Water Amendment Bill (NWA Amendment Bill), introduced to the National Assembly on 21 January 2026, proposes the most significant overhaul of the National Water Act 36 of 1998 (NWA) in over a decade.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By Canninah Dladla, Cluster President for SSA at Schneider Electric The well-known Richard Mullin quote: The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa, for he has so much to look forward to, aptly captures the continent, its people, its breathtaking beauty and its great potential.]]></description>
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            <title>Three Lessons from NAMPO About the Business of Farming in Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Ray Van Rooyen - Head: AgriBusiness, Absa Africa Regions Aside from the spectacle of a Guinness World Record being broken as more than 1,500 Toyota Hilux bakkies gathered in a single location, this year’s NAMPO Harvest Day, the largest agricultural exhibition in the Southern Hemisphere, which drew thousands of attendees from across Africa, offered a rare glimpse into how quickly the business of farming is changing across the continent.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Timothy Isabirye - Marketing Manager Husqvarna South Africa More than a year after Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) first triggered widespread concern across South Africa and neighbouring countries, the outbreak continues to affect livestock operations unabated. Confirmed new cases have climbed from 932 in March 2026 to 2,034 by 22nd May, now affecting all nine provinces, with KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, and North West among the hardest hit, and cross-border risks with Botswana remaining high.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By:Sungrow - a global leader in renewable energy technology South Africa's fuel price environment has shifted the electric vehicle conversation from aspiration to commercial calculus. The April 2026 diesel increase of between R7,37 and R7,51 per litre was followed in May by a further petrol adjustment of R3,27 per litre and diesel of more than R6 per litre. For fleet operators, commuters and logistics businesses, the per-kilometre economics of electric driving are now measurably more compelling than they were twelve months ago.]]></description>
            <author>Dimpho Madiba</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Carl White I have spent much of my work focused on one persistent issue in construction: excess moisture movement through concrete slabs and its impact on flooring performance. In practice, it remains one of the biggest risks to flooring systems, often leading to failures such as buckling, cupping, warping, blistering, bubbling, and delamination.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric As sayings go, there are few as apt as “the sum of its parts”.  And it certainly holds at its truest when it comes to technology and particularly process plants. Today, many plant control systems remain stable whilst the hardware infrastructure around it is toppling.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Oriel Soupen - Channel Marketing Manager at Schneider Electric South Africa Leading System Integrators (SIs) across Africa are under increasing pressure to grow beyond completing one-off PLC, SCADA or hardware integration projects and deliver continuous performance, reliability and efficiency gains for end users. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Dr Jonty Cogger - Senior Attorney at Centre for Environmental Rights While South African government charts the country’s energy future behind closed doors, a pivotal decision with decades-long consequences has slipped almost entirely under the public radar.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Richard van Moltke - General Manager at ACTOM Static Power South Africa’s manufacturing sector is under increasing strain, squeezed by soaring energy costs, an unreliable power supply and mounting competition from imported technologies. Yet this coincides with a key national pivot towards renewable energy, which presents a significant opportunity in the shape of the rise of battery energy storage systems, and the chance to build a competitive local manufacturing base around them.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Kgomotso Lebele - Country Managing Director for Accenture, South Africa Consider this: you lead a large retail business. Six months ago, you approved a significant generative AI investment to personalise customer promotions. The business case was compelling, the pilot results were strong, and the board supported the move. The tool is now live. But it is operating at a fraction of its intended capacity, reaching only part of the target customer base, and already exceeded its original cost projections.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Christophe Begat - Vice President for, Industry and Segment for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric The global LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) sector is entering an historic chapter with analysts expecting it to grow by 50%  (from 2025 to 2030), representing its largest growth cycle to date.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By Steven Santini, Vice President for Secure Power, SSA at Schneider Electric The advantages of edge computing are well-documented, clear and tangible.  Many industries today benefit from its reduced latency, improved reliability, enhanced security, and cost savings.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Today’s control rooms are evolving; slowly but surely, we’re seeing the dense landscape of humming workstations and tangled cables disappearing, replaced by leaner, virtualised endpoints at the edge.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[By Sue Breckenridge The 2026 MEMSA #MindShift Conference brought together mining executives, OEMs, engineers, researchers, policymakers and thoughtleaders to explore how South Africa’s mining equipment manufacturing sector can remain globally competitive amid accelerating technological and industrial change.]]></description>
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