Naamsa expects a 25% drop in vehicle exports, production, sales . The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) expects a roughly 25% drop in the production, sale and export of new vehicles in and from South Africa, says Naamsa CEO Mik...

Two unions support demands by SA Express staff to be paid their salaries . Two trade unions, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca), have jointly expressed support for the workers of financially embattle...

Metair clinches multibillion-rand contracts as Ford expands in South Africa . Metair has secured multiple contracts from Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) as the local arm of the US vehicle maker prepares to launch new vehicles for the local and export markets.

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WEF, Prince of Wales launch Great Reset initiative to drive global change . With the Covid-19 pandemic having exposed various existing societal fault lines and laid bare a fundamental lack of social cohesion, fairness, inclusion and equality, the World Economic Forum (WEF) on ...

Placing green stimulus at heart of South Africa’s postpandemic recovery would yield big cobenefits . South Africa’s medium-term response to the Covid-19 pandemic provides a unique opportunity to reset the country’s unsustainable development pathway by fostering a “green recovery” that improves electri...

WBHO considers indicative proposal for Probuild subsidiary . JSE-listed construction group Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) has received an indicative proposal from a major international construction company to acquire the company’s 88% interest in Australian co...

Used-car market shrinks, but search stats indicate positive outlook . While used-car sales in South Africa in May mimicked floundering new-car sales, consumers are demonstrating increasing interest in buying used cars, says digital motoring marketplace, AutoTrader.

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World Bank says governments should prepare policies for a new world after virus . >>>>>>>>>>> Interventions to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic should be no less powerful, forceful and fast than the crisis itself, says World Bank group president David Malpass in the bank’s 'Global...

Creecy has had no formal communication on possible exclusion of FGD at Medupi . >>>>>>>>>>> Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy reports that she has had no formal communication from Eskom with regards to it potentially not installing flue-gas desulphurisati...

Replacing world’s costliest 500 GW of coal with solar and wind would shave $23bn off system costs . Replacing the costliest 500 GW of coal with solar photovoltaic (PV) and onshore wind would cut power system costs by up to $23-billion a year and reduce annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by around ...