PPC warns against the threat of substandard cement products . Substandard cement products are threatening the built environment industry and placing South African lives at risk, says PPC South Africa MD Njombo Lekula.

He explains that the use of substandard cem...

ENERTRAG South Africa scopes wind farm potential in Emalahleni . Hydrogen and renewable energy project developer ENERTRAG South Africa has started with the installation of a 120-m-tall wind measurement mast near Eskom’s Hendrina power station in Pullens Hope, Mpumal...

SAA in talks with potential partners . South Africa's embattled State-owned airline is open to outside investment and in talks with a number of potential partners, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.

The economy of the African contin...

Toyota gives R70m endowment towards manufacturing studies . The Toyota Wessels Institute for Manufacturing Studies (TWIMS) has received a R70-million endowment from the Toyota South Africa (SA) Educational Trust to create a manufacturing ambassador scholarship ...

Yearly procurement of 1.6 GW a ‘sweet spot’ for stimulating wind-turbine industrialisation . A leading wind turbine original equipment manufacturer (OEM) believes that the local content in South African wind farms could rise to as high as 65% in the short term should the country demonstrate it...

Denel winds up Aerostructures . Denel is winding up its struggling Aerostructures aircraft parts business after receiving government approval, the state arms company said on Friday.

Denel, a cornerstone of South Africa's once-mighty...

Omnia seeks to reset course as it emerges from financial distress . JSE-listed Omnia, best known for the production of fertilisers, explosives and specialty chemicals, expects a strategic review of the business to be completed during the first quarter of 2020.

The out...

The IRP brings winds of change . With the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) due to be finalised and a generous share of the energy mix being set aside for wind power, the winds of change are blowing across the industry in South Africa an...

Manufacturing contracts for third month in August . South African factory output shrank for a third straight month in August.

Manufacturing production declined 1.8% from a year earlier, compared with a revised 0.7% drop in July, Pretoria-based Statist...

Gauteng can build an economy around transport, says MEC Mamabola . With Johannesburg no longer the city of gold, Gauteng has to develop a new economic plan for the future, says Gauteng Transport and Roads MEC Jacob Mamabola.

“Smart mobility can be one of the biggest...