Sandton’s Leonardo an example of South Africa’s architectural future, says Co-Arc. The nascent Fourth Industrial Revolution and the resultant information revolution will affect South African architecture “quite markedly” moving forward, South African architecture firm Co-Arc Internat...

Defy South Africa celebrates 1.2 billion rand investment milestone. A 121-million rand brownfield development at the Defy plant, in Jacobs, Durban, has seen the addition of an automated plant to manufacture top loader washing machines for both the local and export markets....

South African premium car market faces another tough year. The South African premium car market has seen four years of decline, ending 2018 below 50000 units, says BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) CEO Tim Abbott. The first quarter of this year has also not ...

Load-shedding may cut growth close to zero, SARB says. South Africa’s power cuts could bring economic growth for the year close to zero if they continue at the same severity seen in March, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said. The wave of rolling ...

Van der Merwe to lead establishment of Gauteng Transport Authority. Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO Jack van der Merwe will, in the short term, steer the establishment of the Gauteng Transport Authority (GTA), says Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Dr Ismail Vadi. ...

Sasol reports stabilisation in synfuels output. Chemicals and energy group Sasol reports that output at its Secunda Synfuels Operations (SSO) stabilised in the third quarter, following the total shutdown of the West factory during the first half of ...

S&P; Global downgrades Cell C on liquidity risks. Ratings agency S&P; Global Ratings has downgraded South Africa’s third largest mobile operator Cell C to 'CCC-', with a developing outlook, on the back of considerable short-term liquidity and refinanci...

Eskom CEO says 'days of surprises' over as problems exposed. Almost 15 months into the job, and the boss of South Africa’s state-owned electricity company is getting to grips with issues spanning corruption to defective power plants that threatened to collapse t...

South Africa's decline worst of nations not at war, model shows. South Africa’s performance on a range of social, economic and governance measures deteriorated more in the past 12 years than any other nation not at war, according to Eunomix Business & Economics. ...

Policy and regulatory malaise undermining efforts to address power deficit. Lingering policy uncertainty and regulatory delays are continuing to impede the development of hundreds of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) projects, which are seen at the quickest and cheapest w...