Electric Mini to make its debut in South Africa in Q4 . BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) will launch South Africa’s fourth electric vehicle (EV) in the fourth quarter of this year, when the Mini SE will make its local debut.

The Mini SE follows the new sty...

M&R retreats into a loss amid R622m Covid-19 hit . Engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts (M&R) estimates that the Covid-19 pandemic had a R622-million negative impact on its results for the 2020 financial year, during which the company re...

Nissan enables customers to check affordability before applying for finance . Nissan South Africa has launched what it calls “intuitive digital application technology” to assist customers when applying for vehicle finance online.

The Nissan pre-finance tool is powered by WesBa...

Covid-19, lockdowns cost Imperial R1bn in profit, says Akoojee . Imperial has lost an estimated R4-billion in revenue and R1-billion in operating profit during the peak lockdown period of March to May, says Imperial CEO Mohammed Akoojee.

Despite this, the group st...

Initiative launched to stimulate adoption of fast-growing energy management standard by South African firms . An initiative is under way to accelerate the adoption by South African industrial firms of the international energy management standard ISO 50001, which is designed to help improve the performance of a...

Public Enterprises department reports unsolicited investor interest in SAA . The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) reported on Monday that the South African government had, by the start of this month, received more than ten unsolicited offers of interest in South African A...

Mozambique, Total agree to ‘Joint Task Force’ to help secure mega LNG project . French energy major Total, which is leading the development of the $20-billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) megaproject in northern Mozambique, announced on Monday that it had signed a new security-rela...

Transnet signals intent to support domestic manufacture of rail despite global tender . State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has signalled its intention to support the localisation of rail manufacture, but is simultaneously proceeding with a global tender for the supply of 60 kg a...

Eskom Transmission head says policy, legislative and regulatory changes needed to facilitate unit’s full independence . The head of Eskom’s Transmission division has outlined some of the progress being made to establish an Independent Transmission System Operator (ITSO) but has also warned that full separation will take...

Global wind body urges South Africa to explore ‘excellent’ offshore wind potential . The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says that, while South Africa has strong onshore wind potential, it would nevertheless encourage domestic policymakers to begin creating the framework for an offsh...