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Fire prevention company’s offering in demand 
By: Halima Frost 2nd April 2021 Fire risk management company ASP Fire has had a productive first quarter, with numerous projects being completed or nearing completion last month. These projects include implementing or upgrading fire-detection and -protection systems for a hotel in Honeydew, Gauteng; a citrus pack house in... →
Magazine round up | 26 March 2021
26th March 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
South African banks impacted but resilient in worst of Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 – PwC
By: Donna Slater 19th March 2021 South Africa’s major banks were impacted negatively by an “unprecedented operating environment” during the Covid-19 pandemic, reports professional services firm PwC in its 'Major Banks Analysis' for the 2020 financial year. The analysis highlights key themes from the combined local currency... →
Magazine round up | 19 March 2021
19th March 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Consultancy says carbon offsets provide whole new market for trade
By: Marleny Arnoldi 16th March 2021 Under South African carbon tax regulations, companies are able to use carbon credits either from their own registered projects or from third parties to offset a portion of their carbon tax liability. This creates opportunities to develop carbon projects, as well as prospects on both the buying... →
Eskom mulls alternatives to R300bn emissions-compliance spend 
By: Terence Creamer 16th March 2021 Coal-heavy electricity utility Eskom has reiterated its commitment to complying with South Africa’s tightening minimum emission standards, but CEO Andre de Ruyter has also indicated that it is considering capital-light alternatives, as well as noncoal repowering solutions to meet its obligations,... →
Maintenance progress alone insufficient to eliminate load-shedding risk amid 4 GW deficit 
By: Terence Creamer 15th March 2021 Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter insisted on Monday that, despite a recent return to load-shedding, progress was being made on the utility’s so-called reliability maintenance programme to improve the performance of the coal fleet to the point where the risk of rotational power cuts would be materially... →
Magazine round up | 12 March 2021
12th March 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Standard Bank remains leader in sustainable finance
By: Marleny Arnoldi 11th March 2021 In its continued drive to sustainable financing, financial services provider Standard Bank has announced that it will, going forward, publish a Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures-aligned report along with its yearly environmental, social and governance report. CEO Sim Tshabalala... →
EPP ‘cautiously optimistic’ for 2021 as further Covid-19 restrictions loom
By: Simone Liedtke 10th March 2021 JSE-listed Polish retail landlord EPP reported earnings of €5.56 a share for the year ended December 31, 2020, exceeding the company’s guidance of between €4.75 and €5.25 a share. This, combined with a strong retail rebound in Poland and “promising” economic prospects, bodes well for EPP’s future... →
Mpact delivers strong performance in 2020, despite challenges
By: Simone Liedtke 5th March 2021 By delivering its proven strategy of securing leading market positions and focusing on customers and performance, paper, packaging and recycling company Mpact delivered a strong financial performance with record cash flows from operations of R1.9-billion and a reduction in net debt to... →
Magazine round up | 05 March 2021
5th March 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Fairvest notes improvements in property fundamentals despite ongoing Covid-19 impact
By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th March 2021 JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Fairvest Property Holdings, in its results for the six months ended December 31, 2020, noted strong improvements in property fundamentals and a solid 7.2% increase in distributions compared with the first half of the 2020 calendar year. However,... →
Gaming industry sees ‘exceptional growth’ during Covid-19 pandemic
By: Simone Liedtke 4th March 2021 While the patterns and consumption habits of people have changed and are now leaning more towards digital consumption, commercial gaming company Polycade co-founder and CEO Tyler Bushnell says the gaming industry has experienced “exceptional growth”. The industry was valued at about $179-billion... →
Pandemic causes irrevocable shift in media, entertainment sectors
By: Simone Liedtke 4th March 2021 The global media, arts and entertainment industries have experienced one of the most dramatic shifts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown measures. As a result, these industries are now dominated by digital distribution. →
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26th February 2021 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
NPC underscores importance of developmental State for South Africa
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 23rd February 2021 South Africa’s challenges of poverty, unemployment and inequality cannot be changed without a capable, professional, ethical and developmental State, speakers noted during a webinar hosted by government agency the National Planning Commission (NPC) on February 23. The NPC envisages a capable and... →
Worst listed property year on record impacts Redefine’s distributable income
By: Donna Slater 22nd February 2021 JSE-listed real estate investment trust Redefine has reported a decrease in distributable income of 51.50c a share, or 49%, for the financial year ended August 31, 2020, which the company described as the “worst year in history for listed property”. Total revenue, which grew by 4.1% in the year... →
NPC outlines the National Water Security Framework
By: Natasha Odendaal 19th February 2021 The National Planning Commission’s (NPC’s) National Water Security Framework (NWSF) covers what is required to holistically protect South Africa’s scarce water resources, however, the country is weak in implementation. NPC commissioner Dr Pulane Molokwane, discussing the plan during a stakeholder... →
Research council refutes claims 5G poses health threats
By: Natasha Odendaal 19th February 2021 With concerns around fifth-generation (5G) technologies having been raised by citizens across social media in recent months, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has refuted the myths surrounding the new technologies’ effects on human health. Over the past few months,... →
Spectrum licensing may be slower than hoped - Webber Wentzel
By: Schalk Burger 18th February 2021 The release of radio frequency spectrum for various telecommunications, industrial and commercial uses may take longer than hoped for, given the challenges to ensure equitable access and to enable digital transformation and growth in the economy, says law firm Webber Wentzel senior associate Karl... →
Food & Trees for Africa, Promethium introducing new carbon standard
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 17th February 2021 Development organisation Food & Trees for Africa and carbon and climate change adviser Promethium Carbon on February 17 introduced the new Inclusive Carbon Standard that they are developing. Food & Trees for Africa executive director Chris Wild explained that the new carbon standard idea came... →
Renergen unveils Covid-19 vaccine transport solution, the Cryo-Vacc
By: Simone Liedtke 15th February 2021 South African emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen on February 15 unveiled its Covid-19 transportation solution, the Cryo-Vacc. The Cryo-Vacc has been designed to keep Covid-19 vaccines ultra-cold during transportation for up to 30 days, allowing for the vaccines to be... →
Altron gears up for 2.0 strategy, to sell three businesses
By: Natasha Odendaal 10th February 2021 The success of the One Altron strategy has set the base for the Altron 2.0 strategy; however, some “tough” choices had to be made to reposition the company for its new growth path amid economic turmoil and a global pandemic. The group, which has over the past few years focused on a vision of One... →
Green hydrogen and powerfuels could revive ailing PetroSA, unlock green steel and create €160bn export platform
By: Terence Creamer 9th February 2021 The combination of South Africa’s world-class wind, solar and land resources, its platinum group metals reserves, as well as its historical experience in industrial-scale synthetic-fuel manufacture, position the country strongly for the production of green hydrogen and tradeable synthetic... →
5G health threats unfounded – CSIR
By: Natasha Odendaal 8th February 2021 With concerns around fifth-generation (5G) technologies being raised by citizens across social media in recent months, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has put to bed the theories surrounding the new technologies' deployment on human health. Over the past few months,... →
SIU recovers R127m worth of dodgy PPE payments so far
By: Marleny Arnoldi 5th February 2021 The Special Investigating Unit's (SIU's) work has resulted in the recovery of R127-million of funds, which had been paid irregularly by the State to service providers of personal protective equipment (PPE) and related services. This was revealed on February 5 as SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi... →
Illicit market booms during alcohol, cigarette sales bans
By: Donna Slater 3rd February 2021 To overcome the challenge of a seemingly booming illicit market for cigarettes and alcohol, and to stem the tide of such illicit products in the local economy, requires enforcement of existing laws and adaptation of new ones, says South African Liquor Brandowners Association (Salba) CEO Kurt... →
Economic growth to improve this year but will remain constrained
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 2nd February 2021 The economic prospects for this year are better than 2020, but the recovery of the global economy will take some time, which will impact on South Africa’s prospects going forward, owing to the country’s dependence on global events, Alexander Forbes Group chief economist Isaah Mhlanga has said.... →
Hudaco says business remains ‘solid’, despite trauma, hardship of 2020
By: Simone Liedtke 29th January 2021 Describing 2020 as “a year of great trauma and hardship for people the world over”, branded automotive, industrial and electronic consumable product importer and distributor Hudaco’s headline earnings a share for the 2020 financial year, ended November 30, were down by 22.5% to R10.50, while... →
Toyota expects 2021 new-vehicle market to grow by 21%
By: Irma Venter 29th January 2021 Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) believes the domestic new-vehicle market may grow by 21% this year, to around 460 000 units, following a decline of 29% in 2020. TSAM president and CEO Andrew Kirby says the recovery seen in the latter half of a Covid-19-hit 2020 bodes well for an increase in... →
UN Women, Standard Bank programme provides leg up for women farmers
By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th January 2021 Despite the many challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, financial services provider Standard Bank and United Nations (UN) Women have made progress in equipping women farmers with the skills and resources needed to grow their businesses and succeed over the long term. Women play a vital... →
Growth in digital reality, RAN, cloud and sports tech intensify
By: Natasha Odendaal 27th January 2021 The latest Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions report reveals that open and virtualised radio access networks (RANs) are accelerating, the 8k television (TV) wave will expand and fifth-generation (5G) myths are being debunked. The twentieth yearly edition of the TMT... →
Transitioning fossil-fuel labour forces into new sectors critical for ‘clean, just energy transitions’
By: Terence Creamer 26th January 2021 The chair of a new global commission established to offer governments guidance on making their energy transitions more “people-centred” says that the creation of green jobs and the transitioning of existing fossil-fuel labour forces into new sectors will be “key factors for a clean, just energy... →
Business performance, strategy, Covid-19 drive further change in nonexecutive practices
By: Schalk Burger 19th January 2021 While 2020 was a year of fluctuations and novel challenges, the remuneration of nonexecutive directors continues to be increasingly linked to the performance of businesses, as well as their ability to adapt to new challenges and new demands from stakeholders and shareholders, says professional... →
Project Isizwe overhauls its delivery model for sustainability
By: Natasha Odendaal 11th December 2020 Project Isizwe has evolved from a non profit organisation to a full profit firm able to provide low cost Internet access for low-income communities around South Africa on a more sustainable basis and scale affordable Internet infrastructure. The group, which established the successful City of... →
Indaba panel unpacks challenges to Africa’s industrialisation agenda
By: Marleny Arnoldi 10th December 2020 The African export basket continues to lack manufactured products and is overly-reliant on raw materials and in cases, a single commodity; as a result, African countries continue to be affected by commodity volatility and to experience high inequality. Speaking during the Manufacturing Indaba on... →
Renergen develops simple logistics solutions to transport Covid-19 vaccine
By: Simone Liedtke 10th December 2020 Emerging domestic natural gas and helium producer Renergen has developed a new device, the Renergen Cryo-Vacc, which is said to simplify the logistics of moving vaccines at temperatures of between -70 °C and -150 °C for periods of up to 30 days, regardless of ambient conditions, without the need... →
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