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Magazine round up | 17 May 2024 
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Ongoing investment underscores commitment
By: Simone Liedtke 3rd May 2024 Anchored fundamentally in the principle of efficiently managing its manufacturing processes, conveyor belt solutions manufacturer and supplier Tru-Trac Rollers’ ongoing investments in “state-of-the-art technology” and its adherence to strict international quality standards underscore its... →
AMSA to convert one Vanderbijlpark blast furnace to an electric arc furnace by 2028
By: Darren Parker 2nd May 2024 Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) CEO Kobus Verster has confirmed that the company will be converting one of its three blast furnaces into an electric arc furnace (EAF) within the next four years. The company currently has two blast furnaces in operation at its Vanderbijlpark facility.... →
Eskom says generation recovery plan gathering momentum
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th April 2024 During a State of the System address hosted on Friday, Eskom confirmed its generation recovery plan (GRP) is making tangible progress, with various coal-fired power station units having been refurbished, repaired or optimised. Launched in April 2023 following extensive stakeholder engagements,... →
Eskom anticipates limited winter loadshedding amid generation improvements 
By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th April 2024 Newly appointed Eskom group CEO Dan Marokane has provided assurances that loadshedding during the upcoming winter months will likely be contained at Stage 2, thanks to improvements in generation performance across the coal-fired power station fleet. As of April 26, Eskom has marked 30... →
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Magazine round up | 19 April 2024
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South Africa needs 13 GW of gas-to-power capacity – more than the IRP envisions 
By: Darren Parker 17th April 2024 Standard Bank head of Southern Africa’s oil and gas coverage Paul Eardley-Taylor has suggested that South Africa needs 13 GW of gas-to-power (GtP) capacity, rather than the 7.2 GW to 8.6 GW outlined in the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023. Speaking at mine ventilation solutions developer... →
Stage 16 loadshedding code seeks to reduce human error not signal imminent surge in cuts – Nersa
By: Terence Creamer 16th April 2024 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has belatedly moved to quell concern that its recent approval of a new loadshedding code of practice, which increases the number of potential stages from eight to 16, represented a signal that the prospect for higher levels of loadshedding was... →
Magazine round up | 12 April 2024
12th April 2024 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Old govt buildings to be converted into homes for State employees
By: Darren Parker 5th April 2024 Human Settlements Minister Mmamaloko Kubayi wants to convert old and unused government buildings into residential properties for government employees. She said this was part of an effort to do away with apartheid spatial planning by bringing workers closer to their places of work or to existing... →
Magazine round up | 05 April 2024
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Experts propose private solutions to better capacitate municipalities for effective water management
By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th March 2024 As South Africa starts to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts and high-energy storms, the sustainability of public water systems becomes crucial; however, municipal mismanagement or lack of maintenance is posing a major risk, a panel of experts agreed in a webinar... →
Indigenous resources must benefit South African communities, says Ramaphosa
By: Sabrina Jardim 26th March 2024 With a global emphasis on sustainability and the effects of climate change becoming more apparent, President Cyril Ramaphosa described the sustainable use of biodiversity as the “pillar of rural economies” across South Africa. In a keynote address at the inaugural Biodiversity Economy and... →
Creecy stresses importance of protecting the environment while growing the biodiversity economy
By: Sabrina Jardim 25th March 2024 Amid increasing emphasis on sustainability, this year’s inaugural Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba emphasises the importance of growing the South African biodiversity economy under the theme of ‘Collective Action for Thriving People and Nature.’ Cabinet recently noted the review of the... →
Magazine round up | 22 March 2024
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Partnerships with the private sector, communities key to building climate-resilient infrastructure
By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th March 2024 The African continent needs an estimated $190-billion a year to meet its climate change mitigation and energy needs transition, but 57% of countries are in debt and unable to support the amount of investment required. These countries, therefore, need innovative finance mechanisms to advance... →
Magazine round up | 15 March 2024
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Campaigns can help maximise water recovery – firm
By: Lumkile Nkomfe 15th March 2024 In light of the recent surge of waterborne disease outbreaks, water shedding, supply disruptions and emerging water scarcity, water-solutions company Talbot positively embraces this year’s Water Week theme of Water For All. This year’s National Water Week is scheduled to take place from March 20... →
Company invests in driver, vehicle management systems
By: Halima Frost 15th March 2024 Specialist transport group Unitrans continues to invest heavily in various event-based in-vehicle management systems (IVMS) to ensure the safety of its drivers, fleet and cargo in its chemical and petrochemicals bulk transport supply chain businesses. “Owing to the significant volatility of its... →
Local gas supplies not likely to come on stream in time for South Africa to avoid a 'gas cliff'
By: Darren Parker 13th March 2024 Although gas is widely regarded as a necessary part of South Africa’s future energy mix, Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) head of mitigation Steve Nicholls is not convinced that a reliable source of local gas supply will be brought to bear in time for the approaching “gas cliff”. The country... →
Fortress achieves strong interim performance, simplifies capital structure
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 11th March 2024 Real estate company Fortress Real Estate Investments says it successfully simplified its capital structure through the implementation of a single class of share, as well as achieved other operational successes during the six months ended December 31, 2023. CEO and MD Steven Brown on March 11... →
Magazine round up | 08 March 2024
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DFC unpacks key to client satisfaction
4th March 2024 Valves supplier Dynamic Fluid Control (DFC) channel sales executive Belinda Rossouw shares insights into her role in understanding client needs, building and nurturing relationships, educating clients on innovation, market penetration strategy and maintaining a feedback loop with operations... →
PPP reforms could avert need for prescribed-assets policy to increase private infrastructure investment – Pieterse
By: Terence Creamer 1st March 2024 National Treasury director-general Dr Duncan Pieterse says the reforms being proposed to facilitate greater private sector investment into infrastructure could obviate the need to introduce a policy of ‘prescribed assets’, whereby pension funds would be required to direct a specified level of... →
Magazine round up | 01 March 2024
1st March 2024 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Multi-Party Charter reveals its plans to end loadshedding if ANC can be ousted
By: Darren Parker 28th February 2024 The 11 political parties that are members of the Multi-Party Charter (MPC) for South Africa have voiced a unified plan to end loadshedding once and for all if only they could collectively oust ruling party the African National Congress (ANC) at the upcoming national elections on May 29. The MPC... →
Sasol prioritising coal de-stoning investment as it seeks to allay fears over big Secunda output dip
By: Terence Creamer 26th February 2024 Energy and chemicals group Sasol has moved to address investor concerns that its yearly production at Secunda will need to fall to only 6.7-million tons for it to meet its goal of reducing the carbon-heavy Mpumalanga complex’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. Delivering his final results... →
Budget shows an economy treading water, not collapsing – Jammine
By: Darren Parker 23rd February 2024 Although Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget, delivered on February 21, seemed somewhat prudent, Econometrix director and chief economist Dr Azar Jammine said there was not much in it to make one optimistic about South Africa’s economic future either. “The Budget does provide some relief... →
Magazine round up | 23 February 2024
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Firm emphasises valorisation
By: Lumkile Nkomfe 23rd February 2024 To advance circularity and sustainability in the rubber manufacturing industry, leading rubber crumb manufacturer Mathe Group emphasises a strong focus on valorising waste rubber as a means of increasing supply amid increased demand. Rubber crumb is used on roads and artificial sporting fields,... →
Eskort increases Heidelberg factory's capacity by 50%
By: Schalk Burger 16th February 2024 Pork products producer Eskort has expanded its Heidelberg production capacity by 50%, with the factory extension officially launched in mid-February. The 10 000 m² development in Heidelberg, which is a small town in Gauteng, where the company has produced pork products for 70 years, will allow... →
Magazine round up | 16 February 2024
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South Africa looks to Japanese collaboration on green hydrogen development
By: Darren Parker 13th February 2024 The Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) this week hosted key South African private and public sector delegates and a high-profile Japanese business delegation at a green hydrogen seminar, in Johannesburg, on February 12. This follows the signing of a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) between... →
Magazine round up | 09 February 2024
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