Sluggish growth in safety features on entry-level cars, says AA report . The number of safety features on entry-level vehicles remains low in South Africa, although there have been some positive developments.

This is according to the 2020 Automobile Association (AA) Entry...

Manufacturers need to embrace Covid-19 opportunity, be ‘less reliant’ on global value chains . Despite positive indications, such as seen in various recent Purchasing Manager’s Indices, Manufacturing Circle executive director Philippa Rodseth is urging South Africa to firmly grasp the opportunit...

Sasol sets sights on large-scale renewables procurement as it pulls trigger on embedded generation projects . Chemicals and energy group Sasol intends issuing, during its current financial year, a request for proposals (RFP) for wind and solar projects with a combined capacity of between 200 MW and 300 MW havi...

Eskom initiates procurement process for first large-scale battery energy storage system . Electricity utility Eskom has called for bids for the design and construction of a battery energy storage system (BESS) to be installed at the Skaapvlei substation at Vredendal, in the Western Cape, wh...

Used-car market value climbs 3.8% to more than R100bn, says AutoTrader . AutoTrader’s new yearly used-car industry report, launched on August 3, shows that South Africans used the country’s largest digital used-car trading portal to conduct 401-million online searches from ...

Schäfer leaves VWSA to become ŠKODA Auto CEO . Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) chairperson and MD Thomas Schäfer is departing the local arm of the German car maker to join ŠKODA Auto as its new global CEO, effective August 3.

The Czech bra...

MPA sets its sights on further growth through Mott MacDonald Africa buyout . 100% black women-owned and -managed civil and structural engineering consulting firm Malani Padayachee & Associates (MPA) and investment holding company Motseng Women Investments have acquired 100% equ...

Increasing infrastructure investment would boost South Africa’s potential growth, OECD survey asserts . Higher levels of infrastructure investment are needed to increase South Africa’s potential growth, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD’s) latest survey of South Africa ass...

AMSA implements large-scale, but ‘flexible’, labour reorganisation as Covid-19 bites . Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), which reported a loss of R2.6-billion for the interim period to June 30, warned on Thursday that it expected steel demand to remain subdued for the for...

AMSA seeks import protection on hot-rolled coil and heavy beams . Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has submitted two separate applications to the International Trade and Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) requesting import protection on ...