- Home
- Covid-19 News
- Latest News
- Sector News
- Back
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Defence & Aerospace
- Economy
- Electricity
- Energy
- Environmental
- Manufacturing
- Back
- Manufacturing Home
- Capital Equipment
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- Clothing & Textiles
- Food & Beverage
- Foundries, Forges & Die-Casting
- Furniture & Wood products
- Hydraulics
- Industrial Filters & Filtration
- Instrumentation & Control
- Manufacturing
- Metals & Engineering
- Paper, Plastics, Packaging, Printing
- Pipes & Tubes
- Pumps
- Rubber
- Valves
- Welding & Cutting
- Metals
- Mining
- Renewable Energy
- Services
- Technology & Communications
- Trade
- Transport & Logistics
- Water
- Magazine
- Back
- This Week
- Back Copies
- Cartoon
- Business Leader
- Company Profiles
- Features Library
- Back
- Features Library Home
- Aerospace
- Africa Energy Indaba
- Agricultural Engineering
- Air, Gas, Fumes & Dust Control
- Aluminium
- Automation & Industry 4.0
- Automotive Assembly in Africa
- Automotive Components
- Automotive Industry
- Bearings and Bushes
- Biofuels
- Boilers & Burners
- Brewery & Winery
- Building the Hydrogen Economy
- Business Conferences
- Business in Africa
- Business in KwaZulu-Natal
- Business Success Stories
- Capital Equipment in Construction
- Cement & Concrete
- Chemicals & Petrochemicals
- Civil Engineering & Construction
- Commercial & Industrial Property
- Compressors, Air Motors & Vacuum Pumps
- Construction
- Construction Materials & Equipment
- Consulting Engineers
- COP
- Corrosion Control, Coatings and Tribology
- Cranes & Hoists
- Creamer Media Virtual Showroom
- Defence
- Drones
- Education & Training
- Electric Power Generation & Transmission
- Electrification & Distribution
- Embedded Electricity Solutions
- Energy Efficiency & Management
- Energy Storage
- Energy Transition
- Eskom
- Fasteners
- Fire Prevention & Protection
- Flooring Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Foundries, Forges & Die-Casting
- Freight, Logistics & Warehousing
- Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens & Dryers
- Gas
- Gas-to-Power
- Generators & Standby Power
- Green Building & Industries
- Hand-Held & Power Tools
- Harbour & Offshore Services
- Harbour Infrastructure & Dredging
- Health & Safety
- Heavy Lifting & Abnormal Loads
- HVAC-R
- Hydraulics & Pneumatics
- IFAT Africa
- Industrial & Commercial Lighting
- Industrial Filters & Filtration
- Instrumentation & Control
- Laser Technology
- Light Steel Frame Building & Roofing
- Locomotives, Railway Trucks & Wagons
- Machine Tools
- Maintenance & Refurbishment
- Manufacturing
- Materials Handling & Logistics
- Medical & Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Metalworking & Fabrication
- Motors, Drives & Mechanical Power Transmission
- Municipal Infrastructure & Services
- NAACAM
- Noise, Vibration & NDT
- Nuclear Industry
- Oil Refineries
- Oils & Lubricants
- Packaging, Labelling & Barcoding
- Paper, Pulp & Board
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Plastics, Packaging & Printing
- Pipes, Tubes & Hoses
- Power, Energy & Water
- Project Management
- Pumps
- Rail Transport & Infrastructure
- Roads & Bridges
- Rubber Manufacturing & Products
- SA Institute of Steel Construction
- SA Institute of Welding
- SACEEC
- Sasol
- Seals, Gaskets & Sealing Mechanisms
- Sewage & Effluent
- Solar Energy
- South Africa-Germany Partnership
- South-Africa Italy Partnership
- Stainless Steel
- Steel
- Steel Construction & Cladding
- Sugar Growers, Millers & Refiners
- Sustainable Infrastructure Development Systems
- Testing, Inspection & Certification Services
- Top Projects: Renewable Energy Projects
- Top Projects: Roads
- Top Projects: Tswhane Automotive SEZ
- Truck, Trailer, Bus & Bakkie
- Valves
- Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Tanks & Containers
- Warehousing & Storage
- Waste Management, Recycling & the Circular Economy
- Water Engineering, Infrastructure & Reservoirs
- Water Treatment, Purification & Desalination
- Water Week
- Welding & Cutting
- Wind Energy
- Women in Industry
- Working at Height
- Supplements
- Video Reports
- Audio
- Research
- Press Office
- Back
- All Companies
- Abeco Tanks
- AfriSam
- Alcohol Breathalysers
- ASP Fire
- AutoX
- AVK Southern Africa
- Barloworld Equipment
- Bearings International
- Constructional Engineering Association
- Dickinson Group
- Engen
- Fuchs Lubricants
- IFAT Africa
- ISG
- ITALCHAM
- Jungheinrich
- NCPC (National Cleaner Production Centre)
- Pragma
- RIB CCS
- Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings
- SBS Tanks
- Siemens
- SKF Group
- Skyriders
- SMS group
- SRK Consulting
- SSG Consulting
- Syspro
- Weir Minerals Africa
- Announcements
- Virtual Showroom
- Login
- Columnists
- What's On
- Jobs
- Topics
- Apps
- Product Portal
- Made in South Africa
- fdt/IFAT/aLA
- About Us
- Legal Notice
- Comment Guidelines
- Marketing Videos
- Live Twitter Feed
Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range.
To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options.
Sponsored by
- Sectors
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Defence & Aerospace
- Economy
- Electricity
- Energy
- Environmental
- Manufacturing
- Metals
- Mining
- Renewable Energy
- Services
- Technology & Communications
- Trade
- Transport & Logistics
- Water
Economy News
Business welcomes Zuma’s power price stance, Eskom prepares options 
By: Terence Creamer 10th February 2012 The focus in President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address on moderating the rate of increase in South Africa’s electricity tariffs has received strong support from business groupings. Zuma said that he had asked Eskom “to seek options on how the price increase requirement may be reduced... →
Mercedes, Merseta cofund technical learnership to help reduce skills dearth

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 10th February 2012 The scarcity of appropriately skilled technicians in the automotive sector has spurred Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) to extend their involvement in the training of technicians by initiating a technical learnership at St Anthony’s Education Centre (SAEC), in Boksburg. →
ICT skills development push gains private boost
10th February 2012 Information and communications technology (ICT) skills development in South Africa received a boost after business systems software giant SAP and the Media, Advertising and ICT Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT Seta) partnered to place PhD and Masters candidates into research... →
Connectivity, mobility affecting youth employment choices – study
10th February 2012 The desire of young professionals and college students to use social media, mobile devices and the Internet more freely in the workplace is strong enough to influence their future job choice, sometimes more than salary, according to an international study published by information technology... →
Sustainability, growth tension to come to the fore in 2012 Budget
By: Schalk Burger 10th February 2012 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who will present South Africa’s 2012 Budget on February 22, will need to strike a difficult balance between finding the resources required to implement growth-supporting policy objectives and debt sustainability, Deloitte economist Kay Walsh argues in her Budget... →
Zuma declares 2012 the year of public infrastructure delivery 
By: Terence Creamer 9th February 2012 South Africa’s multibillion-rand public infrastructure programme, including those projects that would unlock key mineral resources and exports, were given strong emphasis by President Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation address, delivered in Parliament on Thursday evening. Effectively... →
Skills projects could be better aligned with workplace demand
By: Henry Lazenby 9th February 2012 South Africa is in need of increased high-level integration of the country’s multiple programmes, policies and strategies to better align skills development initiatives with workplace demand, Production Management Institute (PMI) executive director for strategy John Botha said on Thursday.... →
Return to era when State contributed 50c in every rand invested - economist 
By: Terence Creamer 8th February 2012 In light of serious external and domestic economic headwinds, concerted efforts were required to raise public sector investment to levels where South Africa once again began sustaining a minimum yearly investment rate of 25% of gross domestic product (GDP), Standard Bank’s chief economist Goolam... →
BCI dips to lowest level since May 2010
By: Henry Lazenby 8th February 2012 The Business Confidence Index (BCI) of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) dipped to 97.1 in January, the lowest level since May 2010, when the BCI registered 96.7. The BCI briefly increased by 1.7 points in December, to 99.1. The January 2012 BCI is six index points below... →
Acsa consortium awarded R70bn Brazil airport contract
By: Henry Lazenby 8th February 2012 Airports Company South Africa (Acsa), together with Brazilian joint venture partner Invepar, won a R70-billion ($9.2-billion) concession to overhaul and operate the busiest and most valuable of three Brazilian airports, Guarulhos, in São Paulo. “Acsa is pleased with the outcome of the... →
Zuma speech should boost investor confidence, support SMEs
By: Natasha Odendaal 8th February 2012 Enterprise support, especially for small and medium-sized businesses (SME's), could be a key theme of President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address in Parliament tomorrow, organised business said on Wednesday. Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said it hoped the President would seek to... →
Transnet unit raises price, supply concerns at Actom-Savcio hearings
By: Natasha Odendaal 7th February 2012 The Competition Commission told a Competition Tribunal hearing on Tuesday that it stood by its initial conditions on the proposed merger of electrical equipment manufacturer Actom and electrical service, repair and import company Savcio. The hearings were postponed last month to allow Transnet... →
IFC partners with ABC Holdings to support SMEs
By: Natasha Odendaal 6th February 2012 The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Monday launched an advisory services programme to complement a $13.5-million investment in three banks under Botswana-listed ABC Holdings. The Africa Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (AMSME) programme, along with the investment, would help banks... →
SA, Cuba sign loan agreement 
By: Sapa 3rd February 2012 South Africa on Friday formalised a R350-million economic aid agreement with Cuba. At a ceremony in Pretoria, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and Cuba's ambassador to South Africa, Angela Villa, signed a document that both said was aimed at stimulating trade between the two countries. →
Commission’s cement data restrictions questioned
3rd February 2012 Construction development company Business & Marketing Intelligence (BMI) Building Strategy Research Unit principal consultant Dr Llewellyn Lewis has called on the Competition Commission to reverse its decision to prohibit the centralised publication of cement use statistics. →
Shortage of materials engineers hobbling South Africa
3rd February 2012 The shortage of technical engineering and technology skills, specifically materials engineers and concrete technologists, is threatening the future economic growth of South Africa, says Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI) MD Bryan Perrie. →
Expo seeks to tap Brics-Africa trade potential
By: Dimakatso Motau 3rd February 2012 The vast and largely untapped potential of trade between the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) bloc and the rest of Africa will be the focus of the newly-launched Brics Africa Export Import Forum (Baeif), which will run concurrently at the Southern African International Trade... →
Mobile commerce may make mobile operators, banks competitors
3rd February 2012 The growth of mobile payments, or mobile commerce, can lead to a situation where mobile operators, banks and credit providers compete with each other, says business research company Informa Telecoms & Media senior analyst Shailendra Pandey. →
Sasol teams up with BrightSource Energy on utility-scale SA solar study 
By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2012 The clean energy unit of JSE-listed Sasol, which is best known for the conversion of coal and gas into fuels and chemicals, is moving ahead with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a utility-scale solar power plant in South Africa using a solution provided by BrightSource Energy,... →
Gauteng to build 79 new schools, refurbish existing ones
By: Henry Lazenby 2nd February 2012 The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is seeking expressions of interest from building contractors for the construction of 79 new schools and the refurbishment of 12 Phase 1 schools and 285 existing schools in the province. The GDE admitted to having its “fair share” of the national schools... →
Suzlon chief confident of yet more SA success as first project gains momentum 
By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2012 The head of global wind turbine supplier Suzlon says he expects construction to begin in April on the 135-MW Cookhouse wind power project, in the Eastern Cape, where 68 of the group’s 2.1 MW S88 units are set to be deployed. In an interview with Engineering News Online, CEO Tulsi Tanti said the... →
2012 Budget needs to underpin business confidence – Busa 
By: Idéle Esterhuizen 1st February 2012 With limited room left in monetary and fiscal policy, South Africa needed to focus on structural factors to promote growth and employment, and strengthen investor confidence, Business Unity of South Africa (Busa) deputy chief executive officer Raymond Parsons said Wednesday. Speaking at a... →
Engineers apply for services to be designated for local procurement 
By: Terence Creamer 1st February 2012 Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa), which has nearly 500 member firms that together earn yearly fee income of R17-billion, has made an application to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for engineering consulting services to be given ‘designated’ status under government’s... →
KZN municipalities slated over spending
By: Sapa 31st January 2012 KwaZulu-Natal's 47 municipalities have incurred R2-billion in irregular spending, co-operative governance MEC Nomusa Dube said in Durban on Tuesday. "The amount of irregular expenditure is sitting at R2-billion. Surely this is a cold and concerning fact that our councillors must attend to," she... →
Gigaba says power price review geared to protecting SA from shocks

By: Terence Creamer 30th January 2012 South Africa’s electricity pricing policy (EPP) review which has been initiated by the Department of Energy (DoE), will interrogate ways to “protect” the economy from “pricing shocks”, but was unlikely to entail a “complete revision” of the policy, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said... →
Unite behind efforts to stop corruption – Proudly South African 
30th January 2012 The Proudly South African “Buy Local” campaign has called on all its member companies, partners and supporters to rally behind Corruption Watch, the anti-corruption watchdog launched last week. “As proud South Africans, we have to unite to put an end to palm-greasing and theft. Corruption... →
Water Affairs confirms movement on long-term AMD study 
By: Terence Creamer 27th January 2012 South Africa’s Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has confirmed that a feasibility study has been initiated to assess longer-term solutions for South Africa’s acid mine drainage (AMD) problem. The investigation began in December and should be completed over a maximum period of 18 months.... →
Study seeks to understand why engineering students fail to graduate
By: Dimakatso Motau 27th January 2012 The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has embarked on a research campaign, the results of which will aid in understanding the challenges regarding tertiary institutions achieving higher pass rates in engineering bachelor’s degrees. →
State not primary job creator – Zuma 
By: Sapa 26th January 2012 The State is not the primary job creator in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. "The State prepares the environment for economic growth and provides support to the private sector by providing enablers and removing obstacles," Zuma said in a speech prepared for delivery at the... →
Cosatu to intensify call for ban on business overlap in public service

By: Terence Creamer 26th January 2012 In the run-up to the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) June policy conference, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) plans to lobby aggressively for a change to the current public service framework allowing government officials to sustain their private business interests – a... →
SA growth to be below 3% in 2012 – Gordhan
By: Reuters 26th January 2012 South Africa's economic growth is "certainly going to be below three percent" this year due to the impact of a slowdown in the eurozone economies, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday. "Europe is a factor. Europe as a whole is a major trading partner for South Africa, and for the... →
Policy decisions hamper economic growth
By: Henry Lazenby 25th January 2012 South Africa's economic policy choices were failing to deliver the economic growth and development required to deal with the country’s high levels of joblessness and poverty, several contributors to an economic outlook dialogue hosted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) argued on... →
Zuma to promote job-creating partnerships at WEF 
By: Natasha Odendaal 25th January 2012 President Jacob Zuma will market and promote opportunities offered through the New Growth Path (NGP) at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this week. The President, who was accompanied by a number of Ministers including Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Trade and Industry... →
SA’s strong FDI recovery not enough to lift Africa
By: Terence Creamer 25th January 2012 A 269% recovery in South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2011, which climbed to $4.5-billion from a revised 2010 figure of $1.2-billion, was not sufficient to reverse the decline in overall inflows to Africa as a whole, which fell for the third consecutive year. The recovery... →
Global FDI defies crisis to jump 17% in 2011
By: Reuters 25th January 2012 Global foreign direct investment flows jumped by 17% in 2011 despite worldwide economic turmoil and there is reason to be cautiously optimistic of another rise in 2012, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. Most of the increase was due to cross-border mergers and acquisitions. →
IMF slashes world growth outlook as eurozone weighs
By: Reuters 24th January 2012 The euro zone debt crisis is escalating and dragging down the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, as it sharply cut its outlook for global growth and called for policies to restore confidence. The IMF chopped its 2012 forecast for global growth to 3.3% from 4% just... →
SA urged to act before EU carbon project window closes in Dec 
By: Terence Creamer 24th January 2012 Climate finance practitioners and regulators have urged South African developers of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to finalise their applications for registration of such projects with the United Nations during the first quarter of 2012, or face being excluded from the key European... →
Latest News
Latest Videos
Projects
About
Engineering News is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za
Other Creamer Media Products include:
Mining WeeklyResearch Channel Africa
Polity
About
Newsletters
Subscriptions
We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.
Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.
View storeSubscriptions
Advertise
Advertising on Engineering News is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za
View options