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The City of Johannesburg's 2026/27 budget allocates R1.8-billion to maintaining and upgrading existing assets with a focus on weather resilience, and R570-million toward targeted expansions including road resurfacing, upgrading gravel roads, improving stormwater infrastructure and expanding the integrated public transport network. Opposition parties contend the budget is unaffordable and fails to address persistent service backlogs, with residents continuing to experience water interruptions, sewer spillages, electricity disruptions and inconsistent waste collection despite repeated infrastructure commitments in previous budgets.
Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather writes that tariffs must serve as "rules of engagement" for the electricity sector's transition to a competitive market, ensuring full and sustainable cost recovery while promoting fair competition through transparent, cost-reflective price signals that drive efficient production and consumption behaviour and support investor confidence for new market entry.
The National Metrology Institute of South Africa and the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications hosted a World Metrology Day webinar exploring how measurement systems underpin public trust in critical services, from the accuracy of electricity bills to data informing environmental monitoring and policy decisions, with discussions emphasising the human concern of confidence in measurement results fundamental to systems people rely on daily.
Valmet has been contracted by Sappi Southern Africa to deliver a full engineering, procurement and construction package for the replacement of recovery boiler components at the Saiccor dissolving wood pulp mill, with delivery and installation scheduled for February 2027, aimed at improving operational safety, reducing unplanned downtime risk and improving overall mill reliability.
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In South Africa’s safety-critical industries, a single breathalyser reading can carry serious consequences - from removing a worker from a site to defending a dismissal at the CCMA. Yet workplace...
As climate change and the decisions taken to reduce emissions impact on communities and workers in multiple value chains, five key value chains will be impacted in South Africa – namely coal,...
ASX-listed Bellevue Gold has approved the construction of a new 120 m3/h wet paste plant for its Bellevue gold project, in Western Australia, while also pre-delivering all remaining forward sales...
ActionSA called for the implementation of pro- small, medium-sized and micronterprise (SMME) reforms, cutting of red tape and prioritisation of creation of real jobs, particularly in the informal...
Agricultural development finance institution the Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) has appointed Jabu Mphambo as acting CEO, with immediate effect. This is to...
Global trade credit insurance company Coface expects business insolvencies to rise by 2.8% this year if interest rates remain at current levels, but warns that a rise in interest rates of just 25...
Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile on Tuesday officially launched the ramp-up to the Gauteng Investment Conference, to be held on April 9, to attract investment into South...
As South Africa’s coal industry navigates ongoing operational and environmental challenges, there is a renewed emphasis on practical, regionally focused support models developed by companies...
By: Gugu Nyanda - Health & Public Service lead at Accenture, Africa Across South Africa, public service teams work tirelessly to meet the needs of citizens – often under immense pressure and with...
By: Boland Lithebe - Security Lead for Accenture, Africa The conversation about artificial intelligence in South Africa has shifted rapidly over the past year. What was once the stuff of...
By: Claire Bradbury - Sustainability Lead for Accenture, Africa The shift towards net zero is no longer a distant aspiration; it is now an urgent reality. As rising global temperatures exacerbate...
By: Adheesh Ori - Senior Director within Accenture Song, South Africa The South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset...
Key Highlights Why infrastructure delays are one of the biggest barriers to early production How deployable systems allow mining projects to mobilise faster The role of flexibility in earlystage...
Industrial engineering and equipment manufacturing company Bühler, in its results presentation for the financial year ended December 31, 2025, on February 16, reported that it had sold 50 of its...
JSE- and LSE-listed financial services firm Investec has launched Invest-ED – a national programme designed to support South Africa’s grade 8 to 12 learners and their parents or guardians, with...
Producer responsibility organisation Polyco, in partnership with the Prince Albert municipality and the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning has launched the...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Monday warned that, while necessary, the amendment of South Africa’s Water Services Act will not fix political failure and poor governance. In its...
Electricity trader Lyra Energy reports that it has entered into power purchase agreements with three private offtakers that will buy a large portion of the electricity to be produced from its 255...
Law firm Webber Wentzel has announced the launch of a new AI, technology and legal operations subsidiary during this year’s African GC Summit, on February 16. This comes as general counsel across...
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