TCTA moves ahead with 12.3 billion rand second phase of Mokolo-Crocodile water scheme. Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) announced on Wednesday that it had commenced with the implementation of the Mokolo-Crocodile Water Augmentation Project Phase 2A (MCWAP-2A) project, which is stron...

Local cotton lint buying driving clothing and textile industry's revitalisation. Clothing retailer Edcon has increased its order for cotton lint to 2200 t for the next year as part of its commitment to the clothing and textile industry through the Sustainable Cotton Cluster (SCC)....

Eskom appoints Nxumalo as new head of generation. State-owned power utility Eskom has announced that Bheki Nxumalo has been appointed as its group executive for generation as from July 1, 2019. Nxumalo takes over the role permanently from Andrew Etzi...

Govt to spend 38 billion rand on Metrorail, Mbalula to seek 'proper policing' on trains. The South African government will spend about 38-billion rand over the next three years on the procurement of new trains for the Metrorail service, as well as on the modernisation of signalling systems, de...

Ramaphosa to announce more support for Eskom. President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce more measures to support cash-strapped power utility Eskom, his office said on Tuesday, without providing details. "It is expected that the President will annou...

South Africa finds a credit rating, once lost, is hard to regain. Lesetja Kganyago, then the top official at South Africa's National Treasury, was taking a break at Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro between two G20 meetings in November 2008 when he got the bad new...

South Africa not the gateway to Africa, warns research house. South Africa is not, as is so often punted, the gateway to Africa, says Africa House director Duncan Bonnett – this is a mere “influence illusion”. The country is more a gateway to Southern African, a...

Collaboration seen as key to unlocking South Africas industrial potential. The revival of South Africas flagging manufacturing sector is core to President Cyril Ramaphosas broader economic recovery plan. The importance attributed to manufacturing is evident in the President...

Kganyago says model shows room for rate cuts. The South African Reserve Banks forecasting model suggests there might be room for interest-rate cuts in the next year or two, given how weak the economy is, Governor Lesetja Kganyago said. While the...

Hydrogen offers pathway for lowering hard-to-abate carbon emissions – IEA. Hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels could help facilitate the decarbonisation of a range of sectors where the pathway for achieving meaningful emission reductions is currently uncertain or difficult, a n...