OR Tambo Western Precinct construction to start before end-Feb. Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) on Tuesday announced the first phase of its Western Precinct development at the OR Tambo International Airport, east of Johannesburg, would start this month and wou...

Battle lines drawn as opposition parties contest Ramaphosa’s Eskom unbundling plan. The future structure of South Africa’s debt-laden electricity producer Eskom emerged as the central topic during the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February 7 State of the Nation Address (SONA),...

Moody's says split plan does little to solve South Africa's Eskom financial woes. The South African government's plan to split struggling state power company Eskom into three entities does little to address the company's financial difficulties, credit ratings agency Moody's said in ...

Ford’s Silverton plant starts production of refreshed Ranger. Ford’s Silverton vehicle assembly plant in Pretoria has started production of the refreshed 2019 Ford Ranger. “Following the investment of over 3-billion rand in our local operations and extensive upgra...

New statistics point to renewables playing a role in load-shedding mitigation. Newly released statistics on the performance of South Africa’s small, but expanding, renewable-energy fleet point to a positive contribution from the country’s wind and solar plants during those hours ...

Business, industry comment on positives, negatives of SoNA 2019. The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) and many other industry bodies and companies have welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA), wh...

Industry shares sentiments on Eskom, energy landscape following SoNA. Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on Thursday evening, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said it concurred on the urgent need to implement an effective turnaroun...

Metals, engineering sector set for third consecutive year of growth – Seifsa. The metals and engineering sector is set to grow for the third consecutive year in 2019, despite the past year having been generally challenging for both the global and domestic economies. This is a...

Ramaphosa promises ‘meaningful consultation’ as he confirms split of Eskom into three units. President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on Thursday that South Africa’s embattled State-owned electricity producer would be split, under Eskom Holdings, into three separate entities – generation, transmiss...

Steel group to approach Nersa for power-tariff relief. Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) says it will submit site-specific applications to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to secure tariff relief from Eskom for its opera...