Infrastructure at core of business’ R3.4-trillion economic recovery proposal . Business for South Africa (B4SA) released an economic recovery strategy paper on July 10 that includes a list of 12 priority initiatives, many infrastructure-related, which the formation argues could b...

South Africa's manufacturing output down 49.4% on Covid-19 impact . South Africa's manufacturing production decreased by 49.4% year-on-year in April.

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports that the largest contributor to this decline was the motor vehicles, parts...

Clean energy should be at ‘core’ of Covid-19 stimulus plans – Guterres . United Nations secretary-general António Guterres appealed to governments on Thursday to place the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy at the “core” of their Covid-19 economic recovery spendi...

Shift from high- to low-carbon must be systematic and just – Mantashe . South Africa’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe, used the platform created by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Clean Energy Transitions Summit on July 9 to stress that South A...

African countries urge to allocate 25% of stimulus spending to renewable energy . African countries should aim to invest 25% of their Covid-19 stimulus budgets in renewable energy, Sustainable Energy for All CEO Damilola Ogunbiyi said on Wednesday, noting that renewable energy had e...

Covid lockdown pushes back completion dates for N4 projects . The four major rehabilitation and expansion projects on the South African side of the N4 Toll Route are back on track, says toll road manager Trans African Concessions (Trac).

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CSIR to roll out 10 000 locally made ventilators to hospitals . The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with a number of local partners, has completed work on a local ventilator to be rolled out nationwide to patients showing res...

Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission seen as key to navigating South Africa’s ‘just transition’ . A member of South Africa’s National Planning Commission (NPC) has called for the Presidential Climate Change Coordinating Commission (PCCCC) to be established, arguing that such a multi-stakeholder ins...

Eskom to seek authorisation to proceed with repurposing of four coal stations . State-owned electricity producer Eskom aims, within the coming months, to seek authorisation from its board and government to initiate a formal bidding process for the repurposing and repowering of the...

Seifsa eagerly awaits scrap metal industry relief . The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has welcomed government's announcement that it has tasked the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) of South A...