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BLOWING THE GLOOM AWAY

19th January 2018 Rational energy policymaking has been extremely elusive for more than two years, during which an atmosphere of gloom enveloped South Africa’s once-lauded renewables procurement programme. The election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the new president of the African National Congress is expected to breath... →

BRAND FORCE

15th December 2017 Japanese automotive group Nissan used the Los Angeles Auto Show, in California, to draw attention to its brand with a fleet of seven Star Wars-themed vehicles. In this photograph, actors dressed as Stormtroopers stand alongside the AT-M6 Titan concept vehicle. The vehicles were used to promote... →

TOXIC BROADCAST

8th December 2017 A pedestrian, wearing a surgical mask, turns to watch a television screen while walking in Tokyo, Japan, on November 29. The television channel was broadcasting North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un’s announcement of yet another ballistic missile launch, shattering a two-month period of relative quiet.... →

AFTER THE PARTY

1st December 2017 Zimbabweans celebrated wildly after President Robert Mugabe resigned on November 21, after 37-years in power. There is little question that the his departure offers a genuine opportunity to rebuild a country and an economy that still holds so much promise, not least because of the education and... →

SUFFOCATING SMOG

24th November 2017 Shrouded in smog, pedestrians walk past the iconic India Gate monument in New Delhi, India. Thick toxic smog enveloped the capital city earlier this month, forcing schools to shut down, halting traffic on highways and sending residents scurrying to buy air purifiers and filtration masks. →

DÉJÀ VU

17th November 2017 Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba addressing staff at Airways Park, alongside the OR Tambo International Airport, last week. Reporting back after the first meeting of the new South African Airways board, Gigaba (who made a similar input to staff during his time as Public Enterprises Minister)... →

ELECTRIC JOLT FOR GHOST TOWN

10th November 2017 Global demand for cobalt, a component in batteries used to power electric cars for automakers from Tesla to Volkswagen, is changing the importance of the metal. Pictured above is a town sign is displayed in downtown Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. The town, and the metal after which it is named, are... →

YEAR OF TAMBO

3rd November 2017 Ambassador Thembi Tambo, in dark glasses, stands between President Jacob Zuma and her brother, Dali Tambo, who is himself flanked by his son, Oliver Tambo, at the unveiling last month of a statue of the late Oliver Reginald Tambo. The 2.5-m tall statue of the former African National Congress... →

SOLAR IN SENEGAL

27th October 2017 An electricity pylon tower stands as solar photovoltaic (PV) panels sit in an array beyond at the Senergy Santhiou Mekhe PV solar plant in Thies, Senegal. The electricity produced at the 30 MW site, West Africa's largest to date, will be bought by the Senegal National Electricity Company and... →

ELECTRIC SPINOFF

20th October 2017 Aluminium components producer Sapa has reopened a British plant to supply material for the country’s first electric vehicle factory that will produce London black cabs. Pictured above, an employee fixes aluminum parts to a flight bar to be dipped into cleaning and anodising tanks at the plant in... →

SOLAR WINDFALL

13th October 2017 Saudi Arabia has received an offer to supply solar electricity for the cheapest price ever recorded. Bloomberg reports that Abu Dhabi’s Masdar and Electricite de France bid to supply power from a 300 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant for as little as US1.79c/KWh. If awarded, that would beat the... →

SKY WARS

6th October 2017 Late last month, the US Commerce Department slapped import duties of 220% on Bombardier’s new C Series jetliner, which cost at least $6-billion to develop. The protection, which followed a compliant by Boeing, was justified on the basis of Bombardier receiving improper subsidies. Bloomberg... →

TOO MANY BICYCLES IN BEIJING

29th September 2017 Katie Melua’s ‘Nine Million Bicycles’ song may have been a smash hit globally, but bike-sharing schemes across many Chinese cities have now officially become a national menace. Across Chinese cities, sidewalks are filling up with bicycles, owing to the poor regulation of the popular sharing... →

SEEKING PROGRESS

By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd September 2017 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa have urged business, labour and government negotiators to move decisively on the finalisation of the national minimum wage legislation so that the instrument can be implemented in 2018. Oliphant and Ramaphosa made this appeal... →

ONE STEP FORWARD . . .

15th September 2017 Flanked by her deputy, as well as her departmental team, Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi (centre) revealed on September 1 how government proposed to break a nearly two-year impasse in the signing of power purchase agreements for 26 renewable-energy projects procured in late 2015. The remedy... →

NOT SERIOUS

8th September 2017 European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier (right) accused the UK late last month of not “negotiating seriously” over its withdrawal from the bloc and called on the British government to remove ambiguity about its stance. Barnier said he wanted the UK to come clean on how much it was prepared... →

COAST-TO-COAST ECLIPSE

1st September 2017 Millions of Americans across a 113-km corridor, spanning from Oregon, in the west, to South Carolina, in the east, watched as the sky darken and the sun disappeared from view during a total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21. It was the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the US in 99... →

MOON AMID GAS SUNRISE

25th August 2017 This photograph – taken during the launch, earlier this month, of the Sunrise Energy open-access liquefied petroleum gas facility in Saldanha Bay – shows the moon’s reflection as the sun rose over the R1-billion import and storage terminal. The launch was presided over by Economic Development... →

PEAKS & PEEVES

18th August 2017 Construction workers pictured above build new track as part of renovation works aimed at boosting peak-time capacity by 30% at the London Waterloo train station, in the UK capital. The £800-million- renovation will open four platforms mothballed since Channel Tunnel express trains switched to St.... →

LARGE & GRAND

11th August 2017 Rolls-Royce unveiled its Phantom VIII, described as its largest and grandest car ever, in late July. The revamped 2018 version is only the second modern version of the flagship state car, which Rolls-Royce first introduced in 1925. The BMW Group unveiled the first modern Phantom in 2003 and used... →

SPEED DATING

4th August 2017 Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba checks his watch as Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) secretary-general Angel Gurría readies to depart the National Treasury, in Pretoria, for his next engagement. Gurría had earlier handed over the OECD’s fifth and latest survey of South... →

BREWERY EXPANSIONS

28th July 2017 The country’s largest brewer SAB recently announced that it would invest R2.8-billion to expand two of its Gauteng breweries: Alrode, in the south of Johannesburg, where this picture was taken, and Rosslyn, outside of Pretoria. SAB and AB-InBev Zone President for Africa Ricardo Tadeu said the... →

RICH HARVEST

21st July 2017 Nigeria’s Dangote Group, which is controlled Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, revealed earlier this month that it plans to invest more than $4-billion in agriculture over the coming three years. Bloomberg reports that the company plans to increase its production of sugar to 1.5-million tons a... →

TESTING TIMES

14th July 2017 News of North Korea’s July 4 intercontinental ballistic missile launch caused much concern across the world when it was broadcast last week. Described as ‘paradigm changing’, North Korea’s State media claimed that the country now had the power to now strike the American mainland with a nuclear... →

AGING GRACEFULLY

7th July 2017 On July 1, the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation was commemorated. Canada Day, as it is known, marks the anniversary of the1867 enactment of the Constitution Act, which united the three separate colonies of Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British... →

EAGLE HAS LANDED

30th June 2017 In an effort to stand out from the crowd at the 2017 edition of the Paris air show, which took place in the French capital earlier this month, Brazilian aerospace company Embraer added a striking livery of a golden eagle to its new E195-E2 plane. Dubbed the ‘profit hunter’ by the company, the... →

COMBAT READY

23rd June 2017 Members of the South African National Defence Force’s Special Forces Brigade use ropes to rappel from a Denel Oryx utility helicopter in a live-fire battlefield scenario during the Air Power Capability Demonstration at Roodewal Weapons Range, in Polokwane, earlier this month. The purpose of the... →

DIGITAL CURRENCIES

16th June 2017 The record-breaking rally in bitcoin has captivated markets for much of this year, but Bloomberg reports that demand for other digital coins is also surging. Digital tokens tied to the blockchain platform issued this year have more than doubled in price on average since trading started.... →

TEA FROM AFRICA

9th June 2017 Sacks containing tea from Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya sit stacked at the Mitchell Cotts storage warehouse in Mombasa, Kenya, last month. Bloomberg reports that Kenya’s crop production has declined as a result of drought conditions, which that resulted in most areas of the country receiving less than... →

BATTERY BET

2nd June 2017 German Chancellor Angela Merkel, centre, at the inauguration, of Deutsche Accumotive’s electric automobile battery factory, in Kamenz, Germany. The plant will assemble lithium-ion energy-storage units for Daimler, whose executives are pictured marking the milestone along with Merkel. Bloomberg... →

REFORM ROAD MAP

By: Creamer Media Reporter 26th May 2017 New French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “historic rebuilding” of Europe during his recent meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, which was also Macron’s first international trip as president. The two leaders indicated that they would work together to draw up a... →

THAT CAT FLIES

By: Creamer Media Reporter 19th May 2017 Aerobatic pilot Scully Levine of the Flying Lions aerobatic team waves to spectators at Germiston’s Rand Airport, in Gauteng, after completing a flying display. Sponsorship of the Flying Lions was recently taken over by Puma Energy. →

IF IT’S NOT MINED . . .

12th May 2017 The well-worn phrase ‘if it’s not mined, it’s farmed’ comes to mind when analysing the business model of commodity producer and trader Glencore. While the Swiss group, with strong South African ties, is best known for its minerals and fuels operations, Glencore Agriculture is making it presence... →

RIBBON CUTTING

5th May 2017 Pulp and paper producer Sappi has launched its second trial generation renewable sugar extraction demonstration plant at its Ngodwana mill, in Mpumulanga. The demonstration plant has been built in partnership with Finnish pulp and paper technology supplier Valmet and will explore and improve the... →

BACK TO THE FUTURE

By: Creamer Media Reporter 28th April 2017 In January, Kodak announced that it would be bringing back its iconic Ektachrome film, discontinued in 2012, owing to declining demand. Pictured above are canisters of newly manufactured film in a warehouse at the Eastman Kodak Company film production labs in Rochester, New York. The company... →

BLUE SKY TOURISM

21st April 2017 Blue Origin founder CEO Jeff Bezos, who is also Amazon.com CEO, inside a mock up of the New Shepard crew capsule during the Space Symposium in Colorado, the US, earlier this month. Blue Origin is still hoping to start flying people on suborbital space-tourism flights by the end of 2018. The crew... →

WOOD FOR THE . . .

14th April 2017 For those whose job it is to see the political wood for the trees, the removal by President Jacob Zuma of the highly regarded finance pairing of Pravin Gordhan and Mcebisi Jonas will undoubtly be the subject of close scrutiny and painstaking analysis. No matter the capabilities of their... →

SPEED OF LIGHT

7th April 2017 Washington DC, in the US, has long been a source of both world altering news and stunning controversy. But the pace at which the news and the controversies are flowing has definitely accelerated since the shock election of President Donald Trump in late 2016. Keeping up with both is probably as... →

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