BMW partners with SA, German govts in R76m project to upgrade hospitals . German car maker BMW and the German government will assist in upgrading eight South African hospitals and four clinics in the fight against Covid-19, in a project valued at R76-million.

BMW will cont...

Taxi assistance approved in principle, says TAG’s Van der Merwe . Government has taken the policy decision to financially assist minibus taxis, but the mechanism to do this has not yet been determined, says Transport Authority of Gauteng (TAG) head Jack van der Merwe...

Interest rate on $4.2bn IMF loan to South Africa will be ‘very, very low’ . The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Monday that its funding talks with South Africa had proceeded at a “measured pace” owing to the country’s favourable access to deep and liquid financia...

South Africa's recycling insufficient to meet its waste management goals . South Africa is not recycling enough of its waste to achieve the targets it has set, waste management company Interwaste technical director Mike Nicholls tells Engineering News.

He notes that there i...

Toyota starts construction on R365m parts warehouse . Work has begun in earnest at the Toyota Parts Distribution Warehouse in Atlas Road, East Rand, where Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is doubling the facility’s size from 40 000 m2 to 80 000 m2.

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Durban car terminal sets new record . The Durban Car Terminal (DCT) has broken its handling record for two years running, with exports and transhipments playing a key role in the latest achievement.

The terminal handled more 526 000 full...

MBA North welcomes infrastructure strategy, but warns that implementation is key . The Master Builders Association (MBA) North has broadly welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s vision of infrastructure spending as the flywheel of South Africa’s recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.

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Auto sector facing shock at all levels, says Deloitte report . The African automotive sector is facing major volatility at all levels of its value chain as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 global crisis, says a Deloitte Covid-19 survey, titled The Economic Impact ...

Patel sets regulation in place for implementation of sugar industry master plan . Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel has gazetted amendments to the Sugar Industry Agreement and South African Sugar Association Constitution.

He also further designated the industry in terms of...

South Africa its own biggest enemy in infrastructure roll-out . South Africa keeps on tripping itself up when it comes to infrastructure project development and implementation, says New Development Bank (NDB) Africa regional office director-general Monale Ratsoma. ...