The motor industry re-opens its doors . Newly published regulations by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition have allowed the motor industry to immediately open for business, albeit under strict conditions.

“We have carefully c...

New venture set up to explore South Africa’s offshore floating wind-farm potential . A South African renewable-energy company has teamed up with a Swedish floating wind-farm developer and technology designer to explore the development of large-scale floating wind farms offshore South A...

CEF denies its nine ‘requests’ for support amounts to a bailout . South Africa’s State-owned Central Energy Fund (CEF) has outlined an extensive list of support measures – including access to a portion of the fuel levy and carbon-tax proceeds – which it argued on Tue...

South Africa urged to leverage the full industrial potential of the IRP 2019 as part of post-Covid recovery . The allocation, in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019), to renewable energy represents a major opportunity not only to diversify South Africa’s coal-heavy electricity mix, but also to create n...

DoT reveals plans for new auto terminal at Durban, branch line concessioning . The Department of Transport (DoT) intends to take over the functioning of struggling integrated public transport networks (IPTNs) in five cities, with six cities currently operating these systems, says...

VWSA lost 17 000 units owing to lockdown; restarts production . Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has lost production of around 17 000 vehicles at its Uitenhage plant, in the Eastern Cape, owing to the national Covid-19 lockdown, says chairperson and MD Thomas S...

Five things public transport can do to help flatten the curve . Public transport has emerged as a central concern in the fight against the transmission of Covid-19, says University of Pretoria Centre for Transport Development’s Christo Venter.

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As opposition to Level 4 grows, economists debate easing options . With the opposition to South Africa’s Level 4 lockdown growing, along with calls for increasing the scope and scale of economic activity, several economic commentators are urging the authorities to tak...

Auto exports broke several records pre-Covid-19, says Lamprecht . The nearly 100% decline in April new-vehicle sales and export figures serves as barometer of the impact of Covid-19 on the domestic automotive industry and the economy at large, says National Associati...

DMRE test market appetite for 2 500 MW small nuclear reactor plan . The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) told lawmakers on May 7 that the development of a roadmap for a 2 500 MW nuclear new build programme would commence soon and that the market would ...