Mabuza appointed acting CEO at struggling Eskom. Jabu Mabuza has been appointed acting CE of troubled power utility Eskom following a board meeting on Monday, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said. "I have informed the Eskom annual general...

AIH, PAC form new SA company to tackle automotive projects. Automotive Investment Holdings (AIH) and the PAC Group (PAC) have inked a deal for the formation of the PAC Group South Africa (PAC SA). The new company is 51% owned by AIH and 49% owned by PAC. PAC ...

Telecoms policy proposes shared approach to spectrum to open market. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has released the long-awaited Policy on High Demand Spectrum, along with the Policy Direction on the Licensing of a Wireless Open-Access Networ...

Japan funding plastic waste research project in South Africa. Japan is funding a joint research programme into plastic waste and alternative materials in South Africa. The programme will run for three years, paid for by a Japanese grant of $1.8-million. It will ...

Japan, UN agency and CSIR to jointly research plastic waste in South Africa. Japan and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) signed an agreement at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria on Friday, to cooperate to counter ...

Eskom's review of Nersa rulings draws direct link between debt surge and 'inadequate tariff'. State-owned electricity utility Eskom's court papers challenging two recent price determinations by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) include a detailed financial analysis showing a...

Advocate Sandra Coetzee appointed acting IPP Office head. The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) announced on Thursday that Advocate Sandra Coetzee had been appointed acting head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), pending the recruitmen...

Poultry importers, producers in standoff over proposed import tariffs. The standoff between South African poultry producers and importers, about proposed import tariff increases continues. A decision to implement tariff increases of up to 82% on chicken imported from non...

Advocate Sandra Coetzee appointed acting IPP Office head. The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) announced on Thursday that Advocate Sandra Coetzee had been appointed the acting head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), pending the recrui...

Spectrum policy to be issued in the next few days. It is expected that Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will, within the next few days, issue the Cabinet-approved final policy and brief the media. The imminent issuance followed extensiv...