What trade war? Africa sidesteps tariffs, starts free-trade pact. Africa, largely ignored in a US-China trade war that could roil economies worldwide, is quietly piecing together the world’s largest free-trade zone. The African Continental Free Trade Area comes in...

As resistance to plastic bottles mounts, Nampak offers cans and cartons as alternatives. Packaging group Nampak believes there is a significant opportunity to replace plastic bottles, particularly those used for noncarbonated and carbonated water, with aluminium beverage cans and paperboar...

Ramaphosa consolidates economic cluster as part of streamlined Cabinet. The 28-member streamlined Cabinet unveiled by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday night includes a new-look economic cluster, which consolidates the departments of trade and industry and economic de...

Renergen raises $10m in Australia IPO for South Africa gas project. JSE-listed Renergen has raised $10-million in its secondary listing on Australia’s stock exchange, the emerging liquid helium and liquid natural gas (LNG) producer announced on Wednesday. The compan...

Broad stakeholder engagement necessary to effect new dawn – Cesa. In keeping with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for a “new dawn” in South Africa’s economy, Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) says it would like to see the reinstatement of stakeholder engageme...

Eskom insiders provide 'very limited' choices to replace CEO. Eskom Holdings’ 96-year history is replete with former CEOs who rose from within South Africa’s debt-laden State utility to run the company. There are few obvious choices for the next CEO to come from ...

Establishing the Gauteng Transport Authority board Van der Merwe’s first priority. The first two tasks Jack van der Merwe has to tackle in establishing the Gauteng Transport Authority (GTA) is to secure the appointment of the GTA board, followed by updating the Gauteng transport mode...

Carbon Tax Act signed into law, effective from June 1. President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Carbon Tax Act into law and it will come into effect on June 1, the National Treasury said on Sunday. The Act was gazetted on May 23, together with the Custo...

These are the balls Ramaphosa will have to juggle ahead of Cabinet announcement. While President Cyril Ramaphosa is officially the man in charge at the Union Buildings, ascending to power 20 years after he was last touted for the Presidency, there won't be any time for him to bask ...

Telkom’s mobile division lifts group’s full-year performance. Telecommunications group Telkom’s mobile division elevated its overall operating revenue, headline earnings and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) for the financial...