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Michelle Phillips at SAPICS 2026
Michelle Phillips at SAPICS 2026
Phillips questions need for middlemen, slams practice of overcharging Transnet
Updated 5 hours ago By: Irma Venter

Transnet group CEO Michelle Phillips says the State-owned rail, ports and pipeline logistics group is putting measures in place to ensure that it no longer over-pays for goods and services. Speaking at the SAPICS 2026 conference held in Cape Town... 


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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana
Lawfulness of temporarily withholding equitable share from 69 municipalities scrutinised
17th July 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The National Treasury’s temporary withholding of the transfer of the July equitable share funds to 69 municipalities came under intense scrutiny in Parliament on Friday, where questions were raised... 


Representatives from the organisations behind South Africa’s pioneering Rooibos in Space initiative gathered to mark the launch of this landmark collaboration. From left: MaxIQ Space founder and director Judi Sandrock; Western Cape Education Department deputy director-general: curriculum and assessment management Bertram Loriston; SARAO postdoctoral fellow Dr Kelebogile Gasealahwe; a participant dressed in a replica Apollo 11 astronaut suit, holding the NanoLab in which the Rooibos seeds will be housed aboard the International Space Station; SANSA science engagement manager 
Thandile Vuntu; South African Rooibos Council director Dawie de Villiers; and City of Cape Town Economic Growth MMC Alderman James Vos.
Rooibos seeds to be sent into space
17th July 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

In an initiative developed by the South African Rooibos Council (SARC), which is the representative and promotion body for rooibos processors, packers and brand owners, seeds from the rooibos plant... 


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TSAM’s new Hilux underscores importance of South Africa’s industrial future
17th July 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Automotive manufacturer Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) on July 16 held a line-off ceremony to commemorate the first ninth-generation Hilux coming off the production line at the company’s... 


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Ramaphosa highlights importance of collaboration during South Africa-Namibia Binational Commission
17th July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Given the shared geology and geographical proximity between South Africa and Namibia, there is a compelling case for closer collaboration in exploration, infrastructure development, skills... 


Meeting ordered for September to resolve Red Seal artisan certificate delays
17th July 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Trade union Solidarity says the Labour Court has ordered that a meeting be held with education departments and training authorities before September 30 to address and resolve the systemic... 


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SA municipal debt is dominated by one creditor: Eskom
SA municipal debt is dominated by one creditor: Eskom
17th July 2026

South Africa’s National Treasury declared it would temporarily withhold funding to 69 municipalities to force them to fix their problems, which include unfunded budgets, irregular and wasteful... 


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NAACAM-ILO study calls for action to secure jobs as auto sector moves to EVs
17th July 2026 By: Irma Venter

A worst-case scenario could see South Africa’s shift to new-energy vehicles (NEVs) place an estimated 8 200 direct jobs at risk up to 2035, indicates a new research study by the National... 


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V&A Waterfront marks start of superyacht marina’s pontoon production
17th July 2026 By: Irma Venter

The V&A Waterfront and Damen Shipyards Cape Town have marked the official start of pontoon production for the Quay 7 Superyacht Marina, with a keel-laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards’ factory in... 


Africa should have infrastructure that connects its countries
Innovatively expanding infrastructure to accommodate diverse value chains likely to boost Africa's economies
17th July 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Uganda, in 2015, worked with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to build roads in the eastern DRC, which enabled goods manufactured in Uganda to be exported to this region, benefitting Uganda... 


Isuzu opens R2m AI, coding and robotics laboratory in Motherwell
17th July 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Automotive manufacturer Isuzu Motors South Africa has opened a R2-million AI, Coding and Robotics Lab at Khulile Primary School, in Motherwell, in the Eastern Cape, providing access to cutting-edge... 


Opinion: Energy reform remains critical to South Africa’s industrial ambitions
17th July 2026

In this article, Etana Energy CEO Evan Rice writes that South Africa’s Industrial Development Strategy (IDS) rightly identifies affordable, reliable and decarbonised electricity as essential to... 


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Volkswagen Group Africa completes solar installation at Kariega component plant
17th July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Automotive manufacturer Volkswagen Group Africa has announced the completion of a solar PV project at its components plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape. This move, the company highlights,... 


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Coega secures prestigious SEZ of the year award
17th July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has been announced as SEZ of the Year during a gala dinner to celebrate the second International SEZ Conference, held on July 16 and 17, at the Durban... 


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UK backs $400m AfDB loan for South Africa climate push
17th July 2026 By: Bloomberg

The African Development Bank approved a $400-million loan for South Africa and the facility will be guaranteed by the UK as part of its contribution to a climate finance pact between the... 


Caibai GM Caigang Ning, WPIC CEO Trevor Raymond, and WPIC Asia Pacific regional head Weibin Deng.
Platinum metals fundamentally key to China’s Five-Year Plan, WPIC reports
17th July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan to 2030. China has earmarked close to... 


ACTOM expands its Pretoria West manufacturing hub
ACTOM expands its Pretoria West manufacturing hub
17th July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News & Mining Weekly online writer Lumkile Nkomfe discusses the significance of ACTOM's expansion of its Pretoria West factory with a new lithium-ion battery assembly facility and... 


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A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.
Magazine round up | 17 July 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

LONG SHADOW: The outbreak, this year, of the Ebola virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo involved a combination of factors that made it particularly difficult to contain. It involved the rare Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine. The number of confirmed cases rose rapidly, along with the death toll. It also occurred at a time when health funding and aid from international agencies had been reduced. All these factors have hindered containment efforts and underline how decisions taken in one part of the world can cast a long shadow elsewhere.
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The outbreak, this year, of the Ebola virus in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo involved a combination of factors that made it particularly difficult to contain. It involved the rare... 

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Let’s pick up our tools and build a better South Africa

When we seek unity, we must not be looking for uniformity but divergent good. Collectively, we can give ourselves far more than anyone can take away. Let’s pick up our tools and build big and small... 

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Think electricity

Global statistics continue to reaffirm the role of electricity as the future dominant energy carrier. More and more energy services are being electrified, including through electric vehicles, while... 

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This week we profile Deon de Kock, CEO: Africa at Babcock International Group, a FTSE 100-listed international defence company  

PROCUREMENT & LOCALISATION: South Africa has, for years, had an official policy of using public procurement to bolster local industry. Implementing that policy has not been straightforward, either commercially or legally, however. Given ongoing deindustrialisation, calls for a more strategic approach to localisation are intensifying. Regulations accompanying the Public Procurement Act, which have been out for comment in recent months, are meant to offer something of a solution, but it is far from certain that they will.
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South Africa has, for years, had an official policy of using public procurement to bolster local industry. Implementing that policy has not been straightforward, either commercially or legally,... 

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