SAPS, industry form partnership to combat construction mafia . The South African Forum for Engineering (SAFE) has met with the national police commissioner to discuss the increased prevalence of the so-called construction mafia and its effect on the local construc...

Covid-19 and downgrade shadows hang over South Africa’s revenue outlook . The economic fallout from the recent Moody’s downgrade and the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic would have a “significant impact” on revenue collection during the 2020/21 fiscal year; howeve...

Wind IPPs given some clawback relief as Eskom issues surprise force majeure notices . In its force majeure notice to wind independent power producers (IPPs), Eskom has indicated that, should the system operator issue an instruction to a wind farm to reduce energy output during the perio...

Eskom gearing up to run philosophy maintenance ‘as a project’ following Covid-19 hiatus . State-owned electricity producer Eskom is gearing up to implement philosophy maintenance as a centralised project across its unreliable coal fleet, where ongoing breakdowns have increased the risk of g...

Nxesi urges sector-level applications for National Disaster Covid-19 benefit . Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi announced on March 31 that applications for the National Disaster Covid-19 benefit, which had been put in place to mitigate the effects of lay-offs during th...

Mbalula provides clarity on aviation directives . Since the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that South Africa would embark on a 21-day national lockdown, the majority of aviation activities have slowed dramatically, with all domestic airline...

Clothing, textile industry in project to produce face masks locally . A project is underway to produce a homegrown mask for use by all South Africans, close to the standard of the FFP2 and N95 facemasks.

FF2 and N95 masks are medical standard masks, often provided to h...

Metair closes most of its operations around the globe, delays dividend . Battery and automotive component manufacturer Metair has closed most of its operations as containment measures against the Covid-19 pandemic accelerate across the globe.

The company said on Monday (M...

Eskom postpones ‘philosophy maintenance’ as it shuts units in response to drop in demand . State-owned electricity producer Eskom has reported that demand dropped by more than 6 000 MW on the afternoon of March 26 as businesses shut in anticipation of the start of the nationwide Covid-19 loc...

Mantashe sustains 1 MW licence-exemption cap despite calls for higher threshold . Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe Gazetted an amended version of Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act on March 26, which the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE)...