No more 'grand plans', fix what you have, Ramaphosa tells municipal delegates. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told representatives of local government to stop producing “grand plans for new projects” when existing infrastructure was lying in disrepair. Addressing the Sou...

South Africa's manufacturing output jumps, boosting rand. South Africa's manufacturing output rose more than expected in October to its highest level since June 2016, data showed on Tuesday, lifting the rand as the economy showed further signs of recovering f...

South Africa needs to bail out Eskom, says former Eskom adviser Rothschild. The South African government needs to "bite the bullet" and bail out struggling state-run power firm Eskom, which has asked for 100-billion rand ($7-billion) in government support, the chief executive of R...

South Africa's key economic, political risk events in 2019. In 2018, South Africa got a new president, two new finance ministers and slumped into a recession. Next year may be even more bumpy. Here’s a look at the key economic and political risk factors to w...

E-hailing goods service Droppa to expand to WCape, KZN next year. It’s like Uber, but for goods, not people. New e-hailing service Droppa allows you to book a small bakkie or truck to pick up and deliver that fridge that needs moving, or those chairs required at a we...

Gibela delivers its first South African made train to PRASA. Gibela has delivered its first South African-built X’trapolis Mega commuter train to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). The train was dispatched from Gibela’s new train manufacturing...

Previous Necsa board inept, defiant – Radebe. Energy Minister Jeff Radebe has made most serious allegations against the previous and recently dismissed board of the State-owned South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa). He was briefing the ...

South Africa’s ‘dysfunctional’ rail system root of many transport problems. South Africa has a “completely dysfunctional" passenger rail system, says Professor Stephan Krygsman of the University of Stellenbosch’s Department of Logistics (Transport Economics). “There is no way ...

'Treasonous' tweets won't help Eskom out of current 'crisis'. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan reported that a Cabinet task team would be appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa soon to finalise a road map for turning around the debt-laden utility, which...

'Treasonous' tweets won't help Eskom out of current 'crisis'. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan reported that a Cabinet task team would be appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa soon to finalise a road map for turning around the debt-laden utility, which...