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            <description><![CDATA[The Parliamentary Select Committee on Economic Development and Trade visited the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (TASEZ) to review its role in South Africa’s industrial strategy on June 4, 2026.  Officials highlighted TASEZ as a flagship project demonstrating how coordinated government support can drive investment, manufacturing and job creation. The committee positioned the zone as a model for the national SEZ programme, linking industrial policy, green manufacturing and inclusive growth. ]]></description>
            <author>Keabetswe Shilakwe</author>
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            <title>Transnet Port Terminals moves to have seven companies blacklisted over unethical, unlawful conduct</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As part of its intensified drive to combat fraud, theft and corruption across its business, State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) says it has successfully applied to the National Treasury for the blacklisting of seven companies implicated in serious unethical and unlawful conduct. This follows forensic investigations supported by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which uncovered a range of irregularities, including financial misconduct, kickback schemes, bribery, the theft of company assets, collusion and the submission of false information.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global major aerospace group Airbus and German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines have announced the creation of a joint venture (JV) focused on the development and commercialisation of a fully electric hydrogen fuel cell engine. This is an outcome of the memorandum of understanding signed between the two companies at the 2025 Paris Air Show. The agreement is non-binding and is subject to the standard European and national regulatory approvals and social processes. The JV is expected to commence operations next year. Hydrogen has the potential to greatly reduce aviation’s climate impact over the long term. It could transform aviation in a manner analogous to the impact of electric vehicles on road transport. In aviation, hydrogen fuel cells would produce electricity which would power electric motors that would drive aircraft propellors.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The world is facing a series of interlinked crises, with economic fluctuations, regional and global conflicts, resource constraints and growing environmental risks, and these disruptions are impacting on passenger journeys, freight movements and the efficiency of supply chains that support South Africa’s economy. Moreover, the country has been hampered by years of underinvestment in logistics infrastructure, while a post-pandemic downturn in rail and port performance has led to increased competition from neighbours.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following the success of the 2025 Export Readiness Programme, in KwaZulu-Natal, financial services company Standard Bank Business and Commercial Banking is expanding this initiative to Gauteng and the Western Cape, with multinational logistics company DHL Express South Africa joining as the programme’s technical export readiness partner. The Export Readiness Programme is designed to help growth-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are already exporting or are export-ready and able to demonstrate growth potential.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Turkish Airlines has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights on both its Istanbul-Johannesburg and Istanbul-Cape Town routes, with effect from late October. This will be to meet the elevated demand during the northern winter/southern summer season. Currently, Turkish operates seven flights a week between Johannesburg and Istanbul and another seven a week between Cape Town and Istanbul, for a total of 14. The airline will introduce three extra flights a week on each route, to take the weekly total to 20. These extra flights will be operated until late March next year. They are expected to boost two-way tourism, business and air cargo between the two countries.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cross-border transport infrastructure project the Lobito Corridor railway project, in Angola, has achieved a successful financial close of $753-million, says infrastructure financing fund the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The transaction, which follows key financing agreements signed late last year, marks a major milestone for regional integration and economic transformation in Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Africa’s first fully commercial aircraft fractional ownership programme has been launched by a company specially created to provide this service, SoterJets, which is a subsidiary of South Africa’s CFS Aviation Group. This service provides aircraft ownership with cost certainty and operational simplicity. “This marks a significant milestone not only for SoterJets, but for business aviation in Southern Africa,” highlighted CFS Aviation Group CEO Justin Reeves. “For many years, fractional ownership has been an underserved opportunity in the regional business aviation market. We have transformed that opportunity into a focused, fully operational, and commercially proven programme. The speed at which we fully subscribed and successfully delivered our first aircraft demonstrates both the demand for this model and the confidence that investors have placed in the SoterJets proposition.”]]></description>
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