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Balwin adds padel courts to Mall of Africa offering
JSE-listed real estate investment trusts Balwin and Attacq will open six new rooftop padel courts at the Mall of Africa in Waterfall City as demand for the lifestyle sport gains momentum. Four of...
Gates Foundation, EIB launch capital for women entrepreneurs pilot in Kenya
Philanthropy organisation the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and development finance institution the European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched a €30-million microfinance programme for women...
Elections highlighted as a concern for SME owners, but also promise change
Almost half, or 49%, of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) business owners who responded to the Fourth Quarter 2023 SME Confidence Index by specialist SME financier Business Partners said they...
Woolworths launches regenerative farming practices campaign
Retail company Woolworths has launched a Farming for the Future campaign, with the aim of encouraging farmers to implement regenerative farming practices. By partnering with farmers who adopt...
Attacq’s Nexus 1 building achieves EDGE, Green Star certification
Real estate investment trust Attacq's Nexus 1 building, in Waterfall City, which also serves as its headquarters, has received Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) certification....
Companies unveil Kelvin power station carbon capture pilot project
The 600 MW coal-fired Kelvin power station, in Isando, Ekurhuleni, has installed a 300 m3/h flue gas emissions capturing pilot project, which removes carbon dioxide (COâ‚‚), nitrogen oxides and...
Uber launches service for 13- to 17-year-olds in South Africa
Digital mobility services company Uber has launched Uber Teen accounts in South Africa, which will enable youths aged 13 to 17 to hail rides, while their trips can be monitored and tracked with a...
PGM miners overcoming challenges to build new mines
South African platinum group metal (PGM) miners are overcoming challenges and building new mines locally, albeit in phases, to derisk some of these promising tier-one projects. PGM mining industry...
Reunert to merge IQbusiness, +OneX subsidiaries
JSE-listed electrical and electronic engineering group Reunert Group plans to merge its technology management and consulting firm IQbusiness and digital services firm +OneX subsidiaries into a...
CoJ threatens to blacklist defaulters to recoup R40bn in municipal debt
The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has warned that it will soon blacklist thousands of defaulting residential property owners and businesses to recoup more than R40-billion in municipal debt....
Treasury calls for comments on draft money laundering regulation amendments
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has invited public comments and written submissions on draft amendments to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Control Regulations of the Financial...
Room for rules-based global trade remains, but WTO showing signs of geopolitical tension
Over the past five years, geopolitics has cast a shadow over how the world trade system functions, leading to a state of inertia within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and its dispute resolution...
Microsoft taking principles-based, collaborative approach to responsible AI
Information technology multinational Microsoft has set out principles for the responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) and has developed the second version of its responsible AI standards...
CEO Confidence Index drops to 45.4 owing to low planned investments
Business advisory company Merchantec Capital’s CEO Confidence Index decreased by three percentage points in the first quarter of this year to a score of 45.4, which is below the neutral 50-point...
Standard Bank reduced its GHG emissions by 4.6% in 2023
Financial services firm Standard Bank has reduced the carbon emissions from its facilities across Africa by 4.6% year-on-year in 2023, putting the group ahead of its 2040 net-zerio target, says...
Sasol streamlines its executive committee’s portfolios
JSE-listed energy and chemicals company Sasol has streamlined the portfolios of the members of its group executive committee, with effect from April 1. This involves changes to important functions...
Sars collects record gross amount of R2.16-trillion for 2023/24
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) collected a record gross amount of R2.16-trillion by the end of March. It paid out refunds of R414-billion to taxpayers, which is the highest ever in...
InfraCo Africa invests $12m to scale up solar irrigation offering in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan African private sustainable infrastructure project developer InfraCo Africa has made a $12-million equity investment in climate-smart agriculture equipment company SunCulture to scale...
African food sustainability needs greener production, less waste, PwC study shows
Greener food production methods and the avoidance of food waste are required to future-proof Africa’s food supply and to meet the expected future demand for nutrition in a sustainable way, says...
Digital transaction volumes increasing – Standard Bank
Financial services firm Standard Bank said digital transaction volumes increased by 23% between 2022 and 2023, and transaction volumes on its banking application increased by more than 35% during...
Calgro M3, Eris acquire Bankenveld District City development land parcel
A joint venture between JSE-listed property investment company Calgro M3 and property development company Eris has acquired a strategic land parcel for the Bankenveld District City development, in...
Absa PMI falls below 50 again in March
The Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) slipped back to below 50 points in March, decreasing to 49.2 index points, from 51.7 in February. Following robust improvements in February, both the...
PV plant for ARM mine operational by year-end
Shanghai-listed solar photovoltaic company Trina SOLAr, renewable energy project developer SOLA and civil engineering and construction company WBHO Construction will build the 135 MW Merak 1 SOLAr...
FNB/BER building confidence index ‘nosedives’ to 27 in the first quarter
The FNB/BER Building Confidence Index dropped by 16 points to 27 in the first quarter of this year, from 43 in the fourth quarter of 2023, and four of the six sectors surveyed recorded a decline in...
Petrol prices to increase by more than 65c/â„“, diesel by 3c/â„“ on April 3
Prices for 93-octane petrol will increase by 65c/â„“ and 95-octane petrol by 67c/â„“, while 0.05% sulphur diesel will increase by 3c/â„“ and 0.005% sulphur diesel by less than 2c/â„“ from April 3, the...
Astronomers find 49 new gas-rich galaxies in 3 hours using MeerKAT radio telescope
A team of international astronomers have discovered 49 new gas-rich galaxies using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa from observations under three hours long. The research was aimed at...
15 climate projects selected for Phase 3 of Climate Finance Accelerator South Africa
Fifteen climate projects from across the country have been selected to take part in the third phase of the UK-funded low-carbon projects initiative Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa....
Durban Container Terminal receives ten haulers before citrus season start
The Durban Container Terminal (DCT) has received the first ten of 45 fully-assembled haulers ahead of the start of South Africa’s citrus season next month. Haulers move containers from the stack to...
Safda recognised as sugar industry member under gazetted regulations
Industry organisation the South African Farmers Development Association (Safda) has been recognised as a member of the sugar industry after the Sugar Act transitional regulations governing the...
Indaba produces biodiversity economy action plan to address sector challenges
The Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba, held this week, resulted in the development of a programme of action to address the challenges in the biodiversity sector as part of the National...
Treasury publishes call for proposals to test alternative infrastructure funding models
National Treasury has published a call for proposals for consideration by the Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI), and intends to use this BFI Window to develop a pipeline of projects and...
Metals and engineering industry must find common purpose in negotiations - Seifsa
While more incendiary rhetoric related to the main agreement negotiations in the metals and engineering industry can be expected in the run-up to the negotiations later this year, common purpose...
Draft IRP 2023 lacks environmental, health, climate commitments, says Life After Coal
Coal phase-out campaign the Life After Coal Campaign, in its comments on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2023, said the plan has fundamental flaws and expressed skepticism in the plan's...
Glasfit, Arrive Alive form partnership to boost road safety awareness
Automotive glass fitting and repair services company Glasfit and road safety initiative Arrive Alive have announced a partnership to enhance road safety. The collaboration is part of the partners'...
EOH posts loss a share, as Operational Technologies division offsets Digital Enablement growth
JSE-listed information and communications technology services firm EOH reported a 2% year-on-year decrease in revenue to R3.1-billion for the six months ended January 31. Group operating profit...
Infrastructure procurement in focus at consulting engineering conference
During industry organisation Consulting Engineers South Africa's (Cesa's) recent Infrastructure Indaba, procurement of goods and services emerged as a critical theme of discussion, underscoring the...
New African bullfrog species discovered – the largest discovered in 100 years
North-West University (NWU) Professor Louis du Preez and his team of researchers have discovered a new species of African bullfrog, Pyxicephalus beytelli, which is the fourth species of bullfrog...
Attacq's Nexus 1 building achieves EDGE, Green Star certification
Real estate investment trust Attacq's Nexus 1 building, in Waterfall City, which also serves as its headquarters, has received Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) certification....
DLA Piper appoints Kalidou Gadio as US-Africa Practice co-chair
Law firm DLA Piper has appointed Kalidou Gadio as co-chairperson of the US-Africa Practice based out of its Washington DC office. He brings deep knowledge of the sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and...
PPPs are important to build quality infrastructure rapidly – Mavuso
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are an important mechanism to bring together the strengths of government and business, including the technical and management capabilities of the private sector...
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