PPC makes ‘positive progress’ on restructuring, finance project . JSE-listed cement manufacturer PPC Cement has made positive progress on its restructuring and finance programme, with the objective of implementing a sustainable capital structure.

PPC has received f...

ARC delivers satisfactory performance amid economic, Covid-19 impacts . Empowerment investment firm African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments has posted what it deems a satisfactory performance for the year ended June 30, 2020, considering the challenging operating environ...

The roll-out of AARTO a big concern, says Road Freight Association . The Road Freight Association (RFA) says it is working with all relevant role-players to ensure that the proposed Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) is “considered properly” be...

Circular economy to be promoted through new waste strategy − Creecy . Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy says South Africa has aligned policy and strategy with the circular economy concept.

This follows shortly after Cabinet's approval of the N...

Local industrial equipment market to drop by 30%, says EIEGroup’s Malherbe . New-unit sales in the South African industrial equipment market will decline by an estimated 30% this year, says EIE Group operations director Chantell Malherbe.

Most of this drop will come from the ...

DMRE targeting December for initiation of fifth renewables bid window . The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has clarified that it is aiming to release bid documentation for the so-called fifth bid window (BW5) of the South Africa’s renewable-energy procur...

Ford improves efficiency at Silverton plant with new wheel and tyre facility . Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has upgraded the wheel and tyre facility at its Silverton assembly plant, in Pretoria.

The plant produces the Ranger pickup and Everest sports-utility ve...

One year later and still no clarity on e-tolls, says Outa . Cabinet’s failure to make a decision on a funding mechanism for Gauteng’s freeways is affecting long-term road planning and allows the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) to avoid resp...

Maynier urges urgent Gazetting of determination for new power projects . The Western Cape government has urged Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to urgently Gazette the final Section 34 Ministerial determination that would open the way for the procurement...

Afrimat Construction Index tanks in Q2, but predicts ‘strong performance’ ahead . The second-quarter (Q2) Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) has dropped sharply on the back of the national lockdown regulations imposed between April and June to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

JSE-li...