Auto industry to face up to 30% job, production losses, says AIDC report . Taking into account an anticipated 6.1% decline in South Africa’s economic growth owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, new-vehicle sales will probably fall by between 20% and 30% in 2020, says a report issu...

VWSA restarts production, exports . Following a gradual production ramp-up, the Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant in Uitenhage has resumed its manufacturing and export operations.

Production was restarted on May 4 already, in ...

Bid documents for 2 000-MW emergency power being finalised after Nersa concurrence ‘milestone’ . The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) confirmed on Tuesday that the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) had concurred with a Ministerial determination submitted to the reg...

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Cape Town proposes national renewables procurement scheme for municipalities as it pushes ahead with IPP legal case

The City of Cape Town is proposing the creation of a nationally coordi...

Cape Town proposes national renewables procurement scheme for municipalities as it pushes ahead with IPP legal case . The City of Cape Town is proposing the creation of a nationally coordinated renewable-energy procurement programme through which municipalities are empowered to procure electricity from independent pow...

Transnet reports recovery in some operations, but still expects big Covid-19 revenue hit . State-owned freight logistics group Transnet reports that there has been a recovery in some of its operations since the easing of lockdown restrictions and is increasingly tending towards an “optimisti...

AfCFTA to be continent’s main post-pandemic ‘stimulus’ lever . The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) represents the only realistic stimulus option available to resource-constrained African governments for reigniting growth in response to the Covid-...

Work resumes on N2 Msikaba bridge project . Work has started on the foundations for the Msikaba bridge being constructed by Concor Infrastructure, in joint venture (JV) with Mota-Engil Construction South Africa (MECSA).

The R1.65-billion contr...

MBA North calls for engagement around lockdown regulations . The Master Builders Association (MBA) North is calling on government to “proactively engage” with the construction industry to firm up the lockdown regulations relating to the industry as quickly as po...

UIF/TERS claims leading to 'enormous anger', says Master Builders’ WCape . The Master Builders’ Association Western Cape (MBAWC) says it is “cautiously confident” that the construction industry is ready to return to work safely, and maintains that the longer the industry rema...