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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Gordhan to lodge 'urgent appeal' against loadshedding exemption ruling
8th May 2023 By: News24Wire

Government will lodge an urgent appeal against a ruling that it prevent loadshedding for schools, healthcare facilities and police stations within 60 days. This step is to avoid "undue risk" to the... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Key energy plan will be developed in a year's time, says Ramaphosa
4th May 2023 By: News24Wire

President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a gazette indicating a key section in law - which will allow the long-awaited Integrated Energy Plan to be developed - will come into effect. This comes after... 


Tata Chemicals fails to have 40% antidumping duty on US soda ash axed
3rd May 2023 By: Darren Parker

The High Court has upheld the decision by the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) to increase the imposition of antidumping duties from 8% to 40% on Indian chemical company Tata... 


Sector can benefit from water optimising solutions
28th April 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

It is evident that the South African sewage and effluent sector is under tremendous strain, as ongoing sewage spillage is a symptom of a “far wider and deeper issue”, stresses water solutions... 


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Automotive OEMs call for incentives to boost BEV uptake
21st April 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer talks about South Africa's significant existing automotive manufacturing capability; the need for policies and incentives to be put in place to support the... 


Tongaat Hulett former CFO Murray Munro
JSE imposes censure on former Tongaat CFO Munro; R6m fine suspended for now
19th April 2023 By: Darren Parker

Sugar company Tongaat Hulett former CFO Murray Munro has been banned from being a director or officer of any listed company for ten years, with immediate effect.  The JSE found that he failed to... 


Business formations cautious of Employment Equity Amendment impact
14th April 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Following the signing into law of the Employment Equity Amendment Act, various business and labour organisations have voiced their opinions, including urging caution about its impact on businesses... 


Ten technical advisers appointed to support Gauteng municipalities
14th April 2023 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Gauteng Provincial Treasury (GPT) has appointed ten technical advisers to be deployed across various municipalities to enhance the financial management capacity in local government. Forming... 


President approves Employment Equity Amendment Bill
12th April 2023 By: Schalk Burger

President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2020, amending the Employment Equity Act with new measures to promote diversity and equality in the workplace.... 


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Procurement processes should prioritise quality over cost
6th April 2023 By: Nadine Ramdass

Current infrastructure procurement processes are not appropriate for infrastructure development, owing to clients lacking the knowledge to adequately evaluate tenders, says industry association... 


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Treasury assures transparency, accountability not compromised with Eskom’s financial exemption
4th April 2023 By: Sane Dhlamini

Following backlash after the issue on Friday of a special Government Gazette by Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana, which revealed that Eskom would be exempt from declaring its irregular,... 


Visa issues must be fixed expeditiously to bolster investment, BLSA says
3rd April 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has been working with government to fix the country’s visa regime; however, last week showed signs that very little progress had been... 


Companies, unions need to develop frameworks for dealing with impact of energy, water outages
29th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Employers, their employees and trade unions need to develop framework agreements that set out how a company and its employees will respond to the impact of high levels of loadshedding, or even a... 


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South Africa should have regulations for tokenised deposits, cryptoassets by 2025
23rd March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Regulations governing the weighting and capital treatment of cryptoassets and tokenised deposits should come into effect by January 1, 2025, financial sector regulator the South African Reserve... 


Global crisis forcing Africa to ‘grow up’, develop localised solutions – panel
20th March 2023 By: Donna Slater

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic creating a “perfect storm” for African countries with rising interest rates and an increase in the risk of sovereign default, the continent’s leadership generally has... 


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Transnet applauds sentencing of fuel thief
16th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

State-owned freight and logistics company Transnet has welcomed the sentencing of a perpetrator arrested for tampering with the petroleum pipeline and theft of 40 000 ℓ of diesel. The conviction in... 


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Transmission infrastructure should also be privatised, investment firm argues
16th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

While electricity generation capacity in South Africa is increasingly being privatised and decentralised, the government has stated that transmission infrastructure must remain in the hands of the... 


Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
Cape Town to interdict EFF’s national shutdown
14th March 2023 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

City of Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Western Cape Premier Alan Winde have voiced their concerns over the Economic Freedom Fighters’ planned national shutdown set to take place on March... 


Company to help sector finance assets during downturn
3rd March 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

International banking and wealth management group Investec is prepared to support the local construction industry – which has been experiencing a decline in activity for a number of years – by... 


Electricity crisis deeply affecting people, businesses; disaster directives need to be rational, justified
2nd March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

The electricity shortages in South Africa, which have resulted in continuous loadshedding, are severely affecting people and businesses and, consequently, the economy and employment, specialists... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille
DPWI forges ahead with land reform agenda using land at State's disposal
2nd March 2023 By: Darren Parker

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has approved the release of 2.8 ha of land to the Housing Development Agency (HDA) in the Msunduzi municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal, for human... 


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Business resiliency the reason South Africa’s economy is persevering – Jammine
24th February 2023 By: Donna Slater

Despite South Africa’s economy being “not a great environment” currently, economic consultancy Econometrix director and chief economist Dr Azar Jammine said South African business has shown typical... 


Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso
Mavuso, Ackerman question efficacy of ‘Mafia State’ to turn the economy around
23rd February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Realistically, South Africa will not see meaningful gross domestic product (GDP) growth within the next five years, Citadel Investment Services advisory partner and chief economist Maarten Ackerman... 


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Mixed reactions to Godongwana’s Budget speech
23rd February 2023 By: Sane Dhlamini

Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Finance Dion George has criticised Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget speech as a “missed opportunity” for failing to announce sound structural... 


SBI lists issues impeding economic growth ahead of Godongwana budget
21st February 2023 By: Donna Slater

Ahead of the national budget, to be tabled on February 22, the Small Business Institute (SBI) has called on Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to support small businesses and their employees,... 


South Africa to benefit from expansion of Brics – Brand SA
17th February 2023 By: Donna Slater

Brand South Africa (SA) says that, as South Africa assumes chairpersonship of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) bloc of countries this year, it stands to benefit from a... 


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Can SA finally turn the switch on its power crisis in 2023?
10th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

Stage 4 to 6 loadshedding has become more commonplace over the past few months, with many analysts expecting it to continue and possibly worsen before South Africa’s energy crisis has abated.... 


Salga calls for SoNA to address municipal debt recovery, energy crisis
8th February 2023 By: Darren Parker

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has expressed hopes that President Cyril Ramaphosa will address municipal debt recovery, local government funding and the energy crisis as... 


Incoming competition regulations could improve bargaining power of agri SMMEs
8th February 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) says the incoming Draft Block Exemption Regulations (BER) for small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) holds opportunities for small agricultural... 


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DPWI to start expropriating servitudes in Limpopo for Eskom’s transmission lines
3rd February 2023 By: Darren Parker

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has been requested by State-own utility Eskom to expropriate servitudes, in terms of existing legislation, for electricity transmission... 


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Commission gives its approval for Trident Steel’s buyout of Aveng subsidiary
3rd February 2023 By: Darren Parker

The Competition Commission has approved the proposed transaction whereby steel maker Trident Steel subsidiary Trident Steel Africa (TSA) intends to acquire Aveng subsidiary Aveng Trident Steel... 


ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa says govt looking into State of Disaster to tackle energy crisis
31st January 2023 By: Sashnee Moodley

As economically-crippling loadshedding continues unabated across the country, President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that government is going through to motions of establishing whether a National... 


Multiple sectors covered with targeted trade shows
20th January 2023

On the back of a highly successful year that saw the return to in-person trade shows, Specialised Exhibitions — a division of the Montgomery Group - is gearing up for a busy year, with five popular... 


Association hopes industry becomes profitable again
20th January 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

The Exhibition and Event Association of Southern Africa (EXSA) hopes that profits increase this year for the local business conferences and exhibitions industry, but EXSA GM Lee-Ann Alder... 


Godongwana appoints new Ombud Council chairperson, board member
18th January 2023 By: Donna Slater

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has appointed Silindile Kubheka as chairperson and Lebohang Senne as board member of the Ombud Council, both for a period of three years, effective February 1.... 


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South Africa plans new law to accelerate power capacity
17th January 2023 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s National Energy Crisis Committee, a body run by the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa, expects record power outages to ease as measures put in place, including a new law to... 


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