VWSA produces ventilator parts, face masks in fight against Covid-19 . With vehicle production halted owing to the Covid-19 lockdown, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has switched its focus to the manufacture of face masks and medical equipment.

VWSA has partnered w...

Cape Town company wants to disinfect taxis with hypochlorous acid system . Cape Town-based holding company, CanbiGold, has designed a conversion to the standard air-ventilation system in vehicles for the dispersion of hypochlorous acid (HOCL), which it says has proven to be e...

Nxesi insists UIF has capacity to administer TERS, but confirms talks with Sars . Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has confirmed that discussions are under way with the South African Revenue Service (Sars) about the prospect of using the country’s tax infrastructure to su...

Icasa assigns temporary spectrum . The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) on April 17 assigned temporary spectrum to qualifying operators.

Earlier this month, Icasa invited operators to apply for temporary ra...

Kingsgate starts mask production . The Kingsgate Clothing Group has started production of cloth masks for everyday use.

Kingsgate Clothing Group executive Ahmed Dhai says government released specifications for masks for the general po...

Debt funders appointed for 15 MW Kenya hydropower project . Africa-focused independent power producer Tembo Power, of Mauritius, has announced the appointment of two senior debt financiers – the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) and Finnfund – for its ...

Cape Town extends deadline for carbon-neutral development proposals . Given the current lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, the City of Cape Town has extended the date for submissions for four underutilised city-owned sites that have been made available for carbon-n...

Restrictions eased on various industries as South Africa enters extended lockdown phase . The South African government announced the easing of lockdown restrictions for parts of the logistics, retail, services, mining and energy sectors on April 16, as the country entered the second phase o...

Vodacom to inject R500m into networks over two months . Telecommunications group Vodacom South Africa plans to accelerate its network spend over the next two months.

Over R500-million has been set aside to add network capacity and increase network resilie...

Covid-19 decimates global Q1 new-vehicle sales . With March sales reports for most markets in, save for China, it is possible to gain a better view of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on new-vehicle sales, says data analytics and consulting compan...