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Magazine round up | 26 November 2021 
26th November 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Magazine round up | 19 November 2021
19th November 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Vodacom reports H1 decline in earnings, rise in customers
By: Natasha Odendaal 15th November 2021 Telecommunications giant Vodacom posted a decline in profit, headline earnings per share (HEPS) and earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended September 30, 2021, on a reported basis, while group revenue and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased.... →
Magazine round up | 12 November 2021
12th November 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Hope for construction amid resilient infrastructure development
By: Simone Liedtke 12th November 2021 While private-sector involvement remains crucial in the delivery of infrastructure projects, diversified infrastructure and services construction company Concor CEO Lucas Tseki says the public sector “still plays a leading role in developing and maintaining resilient and sustainable... →
Liquid Intelligent Technologies launches OneVoice for Cloud PBX
By: Natasha Odendaal 11th November 2021 Pan-African technology group Liquid Intelligent Technologies has launched One Voice for Cloud PBX, a collaboration and unified communications tool that enables organisations and their employees to remain connected even when working remotely. Initially offered in six key African markets, with... →
Whistle-blowing app launched to help in the fight against corruption
By: Donna Slater 10th November 2021 Professional advisory firm BDO on November 10 launched its BDO Tipoffs mobile application (app), enabling anyone willing to blow the whistle on misconduct to report offences anonymously. According to the company, the BDO Tipoffs app has been purposefully designed to be simple to use. It is... →
Magazine round up | 05 November 2021
5th November 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Afrimat posts strong interim results, with all segments contributing positively to growth 
By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th November 2021 Midtier openpit miner Afrimat has confirmed it is in a healthy financial position and able to accelerate growth, after delivering a ‘pleasing’ performance in the six months ended August 31. The group posted an operating profit of R582-million, up 65% on the R353-million operating profit... →
Magazine round up | 29 October 2021
By: Creamer Media Reporter 29th October 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Diesel and load-shedding feature in summer outlook as Eskom's maintenance recovery takes longer than envisaged
By: Terence Creamer 25th October 2021 State-owned electricity utility Eskom says its reliability maintenance recovery (RMR) interventions have not yet succeeded in stabilising the performance of its unpredictable coal fleet and that more than year of ongoing maintenance is needed to address the poor performance of its generation... →
Magazine round up | 22 October 2021
22nd October 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Magazine round up | 15 October 2021
15th October 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Initiative aims to double industry supply in five years
By: Halima Frost 15th October 2021 The ‘Doubling of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Market’ initiative, driven by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association of South Africa (LPGSA), initiated in December 2019, is slowly gaining momentum after the inevitable impact of Covid-19 on... →
Magazine round up | 08 October 2021
8th October 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Macadamia factory success is testament to what collaboration can achieve 
By: Marleny Arnoldi 5th October 2021 Macadamia farming is a sunrise industry, holding much promise for farmers, the economy and consumers alike, particularly as the market is experiencing exponential growth in demand, says Marquis Macadamias director Roelof van Rooyen. Discussing the inner workings of macadamia farming and... →
Magazine round up | 01 October 2021
1st October 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Busa committed to helping resolve challenges facing the country
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 28th September 2021 There are a number of issues concerning the country that Business Unity South Africa (Busa) is currently tacking, CEO Cas Coovadia said during the Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) Infrastructure Indaba 2021, on September 28. Firstly, there is the issue of economic recovery. Coovadia said... →
Magazine round up | 24 September 2021
24th September 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Sustainable infrastructure efforts must be enhanced
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 23rd September 2021 There has been some progress in sustainability in the cement and broader infrastructure industry, with several innovations by companies and countries, but more should be done, says consultant Tony Hadley. Speaking on day two of the Sustainability Summit on September 22, during the Sustainable... →
Panel discusses ‘sustainable food’ in Africa
By: Marleny Arnoldi 23rd September 2021 Africa’s food systems are at cross-roads, faced with the pressure of producing more for a growing population, while also tackling increasing levels of malnutrition. Taking place a few days before the United Nations Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable... →
Magazine round up | 17 September 2021
17th September 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
New units installed at zinc mine
By: Marleny Arnoldi 17th September 2021 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) expert Booyco Engineering is installing the first of its “new generation” units at a South African zinc mine, later this month. →
Competition Commission advances efforts to mitigate price gouging during pandemic
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 10th September 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a spike in price gouging and complaints from customers, and the Competition Commission of South Africa had to, and continues to, focus efforts on mitigating this situation, and has learnt several lessons from this. This was indicated during the a webinar hosted by... →
Magazine round up | 10 September 2021
10th September 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Quality of life in Gauteng declines amid pandemic, survey finds
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 9th September 2021 Research institute the Gauteng City-Region Observatory’s (GCRO’s) Quality of Life (QoL) Survey for 2020/21 finds that the quality of life in the province decreased considerably since the previous study; however, this must be understood in the context of the pandemic. The GCRO is a partnership... →
Digitalisation offers opportunity to improve supply chains, manufacturing
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 9th September 2021 Digitalisation provides an opportunity to improve manufacturing and supply chain processes. Companies in these sectors have, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, had to quickly adapt to using new technologies, which has driven increased digitalisation efforts, speakers noted during a webinar... →
Imperial reports healthy full-year earnings growth, but withholds dividend
By: Marleny Arnoldi 7th September 2021 JSE-listed Imperial Logistics’ restructuring and simplifying efforts since 2019 have contributed to it reporting an operating profit of R2.3-billion and basic headline earnings per share (HEPS) of 334c for the financial year ended June 30. This compares with an operating profit of R1.4-billion... →
Magazine round up | 03 September 2021
3rd September 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Competition Commission decision raises questions
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 2nd September 2021 The Competition Amendment Act, and a recent decision by the Competition Commission of South Africa, have benefits, but also raise questions for companies, speakers indicated during a webinar held by legal adviser Bowmans on September 1. The commission recently prohibited a transaction in which... →
Hulamin continues turnaround, despite pandemic
By: Simone Liedtke 31st August 2021 Aluminium supplier and exporter Hulamin continued with its turnaround actions for both its rolled and extruded product segments, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, for the period ended June 30. In the six-month period, Hulamin’s rolled and extruded product sales increased by 43% and 58%,... →
SingularityU gears up for South Africa summit
By: Natasha Odendaal 27th August 2021 The 2021 virtual edition of the SingularityU South Africa Summit is gearing up to stimulate the African innovation investment ecosystem by connecting South Africa and Africa's top entrepreneurs and innovative businesses with global venture capitalists, institutional funds, property investors and... →
Magazine round up | 27 August 2021
27th August 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
OneLogix continues to weather the Covid-19 storm – CEO
By: Simone Liedtke 26th August 2021 Logistics group OneLogix, headed by Ian Lourens, on August 26 said signs of recovery from the damaging effects of the Covid-19 induced economic environment “only became evident well into the [financial] year under review”, ended May 31, while the different stages of lockdowns had varying impacts... →
Magazine round up | 20 August 2021
20th August 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Derby optimistic port terminal operators will partner with Transnet at Durban and Ngqura
By: Terence Creamer 18th August 2021 Transnet CEO Portia Derby says the State-owned freight logistics utility has had initial engagements with some international terminal operators and shipping companies regarding the potential to form partnerships to improve the performance of its container terminals at the ports of Durban and... →
Prevalence of fire weather risks on the rise, says expert
By: Marleny Arnoldi 17th August 2021 As climate change is causing various regions around the world to experience longer periods of droughts and general changes in humidity and wind levels, it increases the risk for sporadic wildfires. Climate change has affected the number and intensity of fires worldwide, confirms global weather... →
Business rescue the solution, not the problem, as more businesses face difficulties
By: Simone Liedtke 16th August 2021 Law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) business rescue and insolvency director Lucinde Rhoodie says South Africa can expect an uptick in business rescue filings, as more businesses will look to it as a means of saving their companies following significant impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the... →
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