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“Best of the Best” primed for the 2017 Engen Champ of Champs

22nd September 2017 The top under-17 football teams from across South Africa will soon lock horns in a fierce battle to determine which club can call themselves the “best of the best.” The 2017 Engen Champ of Champs will kick off at the University of Pretoria on Thursday, 5 October with the champions being crowned... →

Nelson Mandela Bay chamber says 19.9% power hike would be ‘crippling’

By: Terence Creamer 15th September 2017 The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has expressed extreme disappointment with Eskom’s application for a 19.9% tariff increase from April 1, 2018, warning that such a hike would be “crippling” to business and the economy. Should the increase be approved it could translate to a 27.5% municipal... →

IDC confident BAIC’s Coega plant will begin production in mid-2018

By: Irma Venter 15th September 2017 It has been a year since Chinese vehicle manufacturer Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) and South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) broke ground on a new vehicle assembly plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), near Port Elizabeth. BAIC is the major shareholder in the... →

Trends in commercial property and the changing nature of risk

8th September 2017 Pieter van den Berg – Commercial Segment Lead, Eaton Africa Region The business and commercial property landscape is changing as a result of mass urbanisation and population growth, in fact 64.3% of the current South Africa population lives in urban areas. As a result buildings are now being... →

BAIC vehicle manufacturing plant project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 8th September 2017 It has been a year since the Beijing Automotive Group Corporation and the Industrial Development Corporation broke ground on a new vehicle assembly plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone. →

Low-skilled labour plan could provide solution to unemployment challenge

By: David Oliveira 8th September 2017 Industrial research and development engineering company Greville Wood Developments (GWD) is awaiting funding to recreate a 1986 manufacturing proof study and farming plan, called the Warrenton Plan, which could collectively create about 2 300 jobs in Warrenton, in the Northern Cape, then rolled... →

BAIC Eastern Cape plant on track, says IDC

By: Irma Venter 4th September 2017 It has been a year since Chinese vehicle manufacturer Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) and South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) broke ground on a new vehicle assembly plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), near Port Elizabeth. BAIC is the major shareholder in the... →

South Africa has insufficient skills for development of a shale gas industry

By: Anine Kilian 1st September 2017 There are insufficient skills in South Africa to support the development of a shale gas industry, South African National Energy Association secretary general Dave Wright said at a national shale gas conference, in Port Elizabeth, on Friday. He noted that the country had a small and limited... →

Government certainty needed for successful shale gas exploration in South Africa

By: Anine Kilian 1st September 2017 Government must make a clear-cut decision on whether or not to proceed with shale gas exploration in the Karoo, University of Cape Town Institute of Marine and Environmental Law's Professor Jan Glazewski said on Friday. Speaking to Engineering News Online on the sidelines of a national shale gas... →

Report indicates more research needed before fracking in the Karoo is allowed

By: Anine Kilian 31st August 2017 It is vital that all matters related to the development of a shale gas industry be carefully analysed and evaluated before South Africa considers exploiting shale gas, says University of Cape Town senior researcher Professor Cyril O’Connor. “It is well known that the exploitation of shale gas may... →

Gas vital to South Africa’s energy mix

By: Anine Kilian 31st August 2017 All countries face energy challenges and must manage this by improving energy security and economic development, without compromising sustainable development, Department of Science and Technology (DST) director-general Dr Phil Mjwara said on Thursday. He pointed out that sub-Saharan Africa was... →

Fracking a potential 'game-changer' for South African economy - ASSAf professor

By: Anine Kilian 31st August 2017 Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) could be a “game-changer” for South Africa’s economy, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) VP Professor Barney Pityana said on Thursday. Addressing delegates at a national shale gas conference, hosted by ASSAf in partnership with the Department of Science and... →

SEW-EURODRIVE builds on its East African presence with new offices in Tanzania, Kenya

30th August 2017 SEW-EURODRIVE is building on its presence in Tanzania, its main hub in Eastern Africa, by opening a new office in Kenya, and commencing with a recruitment drive for Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). East Africa represents a major growth area for the drive and automation... →

Science sector’s action on shale gas to be deliberated at conference

By: Anine Kilian 28th August 2017 A science action plan to help steer the South African shale gas industry will be considered at a national shale gas conference to be hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology, in Port Elizabeth, later this week. The... →

SA Businesspeople Depart For Mozambique Brimming With Optimism

28th August 2017 A 20-member business delegation departs for Mozambique today where their companies will showcase their products and services in the 53rd edition of the Maputo International Trade Fair, commonly known as FACIM which is taking place from Monday 28 August to 3 September 2017. FACIM is an... →

Himoinsa

By: Zandile Mavuso 22nd August 2017 As a global corporation that designs, manufactures and distributes power generation equipment globally, Himoinsa adds incomparable application and engineering know-how, excellent design and service capabilities, delivering value beyond the equipment it produces. →

Cesa Aon Engineering Excellence Awards winners for 2017 announced

18th August 2017 Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa), supported by Aon South Africa, on Thursday announced the winners of this year’s Cesa Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, which recognise outstanding achievements in the engineering industry and celebrate innovation, quality, outstanding workmanship and... →

Industrial base growth will stimulate province’s steel industry

18th August 2017 Growing the Eastern Cape industrial base will assist in stimulating growth in the struggling steel industry, says the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). →

Procurement standard set to stop use of ‘cheap’ professional services

By: Marleny Arnoldi 18th August 2017 The National Treasury’s (NT’s) standard for infrastructure procurement and delivery management aimed at addressing government’s use of “cheap” professional service providers in public infrastructure projects officially became applicable to municipalities last month. →

African Marine Waste Conference Highlights Need For More Collaboration, Communication And A Clear Game Plan For The Plastics Industry

7th August 2017 The 2017 African Marine Waste Conference took place from the 9th to the 13th of July in Port Elizabeth, and was attended by approximately 200 delegates from 9 African states and a further 10 countries from other continents. The inaugural African Marine Waste Conference was managed by the... →

Station’s strategic location to improve corridor capacity

By: Simone Liedtke 4th August 2017 Rosmead station, in the Eastern Cape, was identified as strategic in improving operational capacity along the export corridor and forms part of Phase 1 of State-owned freight utility Transnet’s Port of Ngqura manganese export expansion project. →

Orlando Pirates to defend their Engen Knockout Challenge title.

3rd August 2017 The draw for the Johannesburg leg of the 2017 Engen Knockout Challenge took place on 25 July at the Sunnyside Park Hotel. The eagerly anticipated tournament takes place from 04 – 06 August at the Wits Marks Park Sports Complex. Johannesburg’s football fraternity were out in force for the draw. In... →

Seven New Vehicles Attest to On-going Success of Cargo Carriers / Caltex Eastern Cape Branded Marketer Joint Venture in Eastern Cape

2nd August 2017 Uzuko Carriers hauls fuel for Caltex branded dealerships across the Eastern Cape. Supply chain experts Cargo Carriers just enhanced this joint venture with Caltex Eastern Cape Marketers via the acquisition of seven new Mercedes-Benz trucks. Uzuko Carriers (Pty) Limited (Uzuko Carriers) started as... →

KZN Industrial Show 2017, Durban ICC, 26 – 29 July, Stand D01, D14 & E19, Hall 1

28th July 2017 Parker Hannifin to showcase motion and control solutions for the industrial industry at KZN Industrial Show 2017 Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, have three distributors exhibiting at this year’s KZN Industrial Show in Durban, South Africa from 26 – 29 July... →

Mazda reports positive momentum in tough SA conditions

By: Irma Venter 28th July 2017 Mazda Southern Africa (Mazda SA) appears to be building another positive year in a domestic new-vehicle market that will, most likely, contract yet again. South Africa’s domestic new-vehicle market declined by 11.4% in 2016 over 2015, while Mazda SA managed to grow sales by 33%, from 9 067 units... →

US farm equipment maker looking to Africa for future growth

By: Dylan Slater 28th July 2017 US-based agricultural equipment manufacturer and supplier Agco is directing a large portion of its future growth potential into Africa, specifically South Africa, as a key market going forward. →

Complimentary RECP & IEE Training at the NCPC-SA

26th July 2017 Women’s complimentary training in Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) and Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) is offered to women who register during the month of August 2017. →

Telkom injects R200m into educational programmes

By: Natasha Odendaal 21st July 2017 Telecommunications giant Telkom has pledged R200-million over the next five years towards a scalable three-phased strategy to deploy educational programmes in high schools in disadvantaged communities. Through the group’s Connected Schools Programme (CSP) and Supplementary Teaching Programme,... →

Increased demand for fibre connectivity cables and accessories

By: Marleny Arnoldi 14th July 2017 Cable accessories company Tank Industries says the telecommunications industry is picking up, owing to the uptake of fibre-optic cables in domestic and new build commercial installations. →

Atlas Copco product and training sponsorship empowers informal mechanics

13th July 2017 Atlas Copco South Africa (Pty) Ltd has for the past five years been a proud supporter of the Filpro enterprise development programme, an inspirational initiative that empowers and upskills informal mechanics to become active participants in the country’s formal mainstream economy. Social... →

VWSA aims to use empowerment trust to transform supplier base

By: Irma Venter 7th July 2017 Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) last month officially launched its broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) Initiatives Trust. The aim of the trust is to increase the number of black-owned suppliers in the automotive sector value chain. →

New premises for SEW-EURODRIVE PE to cater for growing Eastern Cape market

5th July 2017 SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa’s Port Elizabeth branch has relocated to Unit 4, Aldo Business Park, Old Cape Road in Greenbushes, reflecting both the growth of the branch and the importance of the Eastern Cape region, according to Branch Manager Francois Sieberhangen. Although Port Elizabeth is the... →

Mazda SA seeks another 8% growth after blistering 2016

By: Irma Venter 3rd July 2017 Mazda Southern Africa (Mazda SA) appears to be building another positive year in a domestic new-vehicle market that will, most likely, contract yet again. South Africa’s domestic new-vehicle market declined by 11.4% in 2016 over 2015, while Mazda SA managed to grow sales by 33%, from 9 067 units... →

Liquid bulk handling facility project, South Africa

By: Sheila Barradas 30th June 2017 Transnet National Ports Authority has appointed Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo Holdings to plan, fund, build, maintain and operate the new liquid bulk handling facility at the Port of Ngqura. →

Short- and long-term options for ailing supply

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 30th June 2017 Although South Africa’s current dam infrastructure setup is reliable, sustainable consulting in the built and natural environment provider WSP Africa Structures senior engineer Peter Townshend says there are a number of short- and long-term solutions that South Africa can pursue to augment water... →

Grassroots shareholders celebrate black-controlled manganese mine’s R300m dividend

By: Martin Creamer 29th June 2017 Against the background of rising calls for radical economic transformation in South Africa’s mining sector, particularly transformation that benefits the country’s communities, grassroots shareholders of the black-controlled Ntsimbintle were last week able to celebrate the Northern Cape manganese... →

Drive supplier remains committed to continent

By: Nadine James 23rd June 2017 German drive engineering group SEW Eurodrive remains committed to Africa despite political and economic instability in parts of the continent, says local subsidiary SEW Eurodrive South Africa (SA). SEW Eurodrive SA MD Raymond Obermeyer says while the political upheaval and economic uncertainty... →

VWSA trust makes first investment to grow black supplier base

By: Irma Venter 22nd June 2017 Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) on Thursday officially launched its broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) Initiatives Trust. The aim of the trust is to increase the number of black-owned suppliers in the automotive sector value chain. →

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