R4-trillion debt ‘hippopotamus’ is eating our children’s inheritance, Mboweni warns . Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced grim revisions to the 2020/21 fiscal framework when presenting his Covid-19-induced ‘Supplementary Budget’ speech on Wednesday, in which he likened the country’s...

Next renewables bidding round to be launched only in second quarter of 2021 . The new head of South Africa’s Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro, reported on Tuesday that the next bidding round for the procurement of utility scale renewable-energy...

Motus cuts deep into its car rental business as tourism grinds to a halt . Automotive group Motus will reduce its vehicle rental fleet by 40% and will close 20 sites within its rental business, says CEO Osman Arbee.

Motus operates the Europcar and Tempest vehicle hire brand...

Ramaphosa says infrastructure to be placed at heart of South Africa’s postpandemic stimulus . President Cyril Ramaphosa believes that infrastructure should be the “flywheel” of South Africa’s economic recovery from the growth- and job-destroying Covid-19 crisis and announced on Tuesday that inf...

Renewables statistics point to slow response to South Africa’s power constraints . New statistics released by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Energy Centre show that South Africa added only 100 MW of additional utility scale renewable-energy capacity in 2019...

Food industry specialist expands to ventilator production . Dale Automation has developed a prototype emergency ventilator, as a joint effort between its engineering department and medical professionals, to assist with the treatment of Covid-19 and other respir...

Component makers face cash crunch, demand imbalance . The National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam) is not aware of any dedicated automotive component company that has closed its doors following the Covid-19 lockdown p...

DWS promises 90-day water-use licensing process . The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has revised the regulations governing the procedural requirements for water-use licence applications and appeals to finalise water-use licence applications ...

Collaborative effort to unblock chronic congestion at SA’s busiest port . New equipment, improved access roads, synchronised, longer operating hours and a truck booking system are all in the works for the heavily congested Port of Durban, says Transnet National Ports Authori...

Local heroes celebrated as Africa Medical Supplies Platform is launched . The Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), to which local company Invicta Holdings is a key supplier, is now officially live as part of a continent-wide effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

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