Necsa Board states agency has dire finances. The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) issued on Thursday a curt response to the press release issued the day before by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union. In its sta...

Pioneering 1 MW wave-energy pilot project being built in Hermanus. A South African wave-energy start-up is building a pioneering 1 MW pilot project, based on its patented homegrown design, which will supply clean electricity to a large-scale Hermanus abalone farm, in ...

Rescue practitioners seek another extension for Group Five plan. Group Fives joint business rescue practitioners reported on Thursday that they would be approaching creditors to seek approval for yet another extension to the June 28 deadline for the publication of ...

Judgment reserved in application to have arms deal report set aside. Legal representatives for President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the high court in Pretoria that he would not oppose an application to review and set aside the findings of the Seriti Commission of i...

Commission finds Eskom failed to comply with BBBEE Act. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Commission has found that State-owned Eskom failed to comply with the BBBEE Act in awarding a tender for the Duvha power station to a Chinese-owned en...

South Africa tells investigators to clarify rand-rigging charges. The Competition Tribunal ordered antitrust investigators to clarify their charges of currency manipulation brought against more than 20 banks, drawing out a four-year legal battle. The tribunal, which...

Erratic weather boosts energy demand, denting climate goals – BP. Extreme temperatures around the globe drove a sharp acceleration in energy demand and carbon emissions last year, oil giant BP said on Tuesday, issuing a stark warning that the world risks losing the b...

Continental Tyre to halt underground mining, agricultural tyre production in South Africa. Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) will discontinue the production of underground mining and agricultural tyres in South Africa. This decision affects about 170 employees within CTSAs manufacturing...

Manufacturing sector remains resilient, output up 4.6% y/y in April. Despite the encouraging improvement in manufacturing output in April, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa economist Marique Kruger says there are still concerns about constra...

Environmental organisations take Highveld pollution matter to court. Environmental justice group GroundWork and community organisation Vukani Environment Justice Movement in Action have launched “landmark litigation”, demanding that government clean up the air in the Mp...