BMW SA restarts exports from its Rosslyn plant . BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) has restarted exports following the national lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19.

The local arm of the German car maker has dispatched almost 2 000 BMW X3 vehicles...

Large power consumers call for overhaul of tariff-setting methodology . South Africa’s largest power consumers are calling on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to urgently review the regulatory methodology being used by the National Energy Regulator of South A...

Trucking regulations harmonisation, digitalisation to aid Covid-19 fight, says World Bank . The World Bank Group advises ports to rapidly increase their digitalisation efforts over the short to medium term – one to six months – in an effort to reduce the frequency of people- and paper-based c...

‘Remarkable’ rise in renewables value for money as costs continue to fall . A narrow focus on the monetary value of yearly renewables investments is masking the “remarkable” improvement in value for money that has accompanied the sharp decline in solar photovoltaic (PV) and on...

National Planning Commission proposes SOE holding company model to help shield entities from political meddling . South Africa’s National Planning Commission (NPC) is recommending the creation of a comprehensive State-owned enterprise (SOE) holding company, with a commercial company structure, to help protect SOEs...

Shareholders take Group Five BRPs to court . A group of 48 shareholders of embattled construction company Group Five have instituted legal proceedings against the company and its business rescue practitioners (BRPs).

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Agreement signed on overtime, UIF/TERS payment improving, says MBA . The reopening of the entire construction industry on June 1 under Alert Level 3, instead of the initial suggestion of a staggered approach, caught many companies by surprise, says Master Builders Assoc...

Unique Group develops Covid-19 pressure ventilator system for Africa . Cape Town-based subsea engineering expert, MMO, a Unique Group company, has completed beta-testing of its inhouse-designed Uni-Life 100, a non-invasive positive pressure ventilation system.

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No sign of slowdown in solar deflation – IEEFA . Despite a sharp decline in costs over the past decade, there is no sign that solar photovoltaic (PV) deflation will slow anytime soon, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) dire...

Isuzu SA’s new boss targets double cab sales, brand digitisation . Isuzu Motors South Africa (Isuzu SA) has a new captain at the helm. Describing himself as a plaasjapie from Alexandria, in the Eastern Cape, Billy Tom (50) has been appointed CEO and MD from July 1.