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Africa50 pledges $100m to accelerate renewable-energy projects, infrastructure
26th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Infrastructure investment and asset management company Africa50 has pledged up to $100-million to fund and co-finance renewables-based energy transition projects and infrastructure across Africa... 


renewable energy, wind and solar
Legislative certainty amid government shuffle crucial for continued renewable-energy investment
26th June 2024 By: Darren Parker

A clear and certain legislative framework is critical for enabling sustainability and green energy investments in South Africa going forward, especially given the changes taking place in government... 


Gauteng municipalities urged to comply with STS rollover before November
26th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has urged municipalities across Gauteng to comply fully with the November 24 deadline for the implementation of the Standard Transfer... 


Companies need to adjust operating, business models amid growth in generative AI
26th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Generative AI (genAI) is having a measurable impact on companies that adopt these systems, and 58% of workers that are using genAI are able to save five hours a week in work time, the 'AI at Work... 


Bühler pursuing sustainable solutions for regional food security, safety
Bühler pursuing sustainable solutions for regional food security, safety
26th June 2024

Process solutions provider Bühler Southern Africa is looking to leverage the group’s global experience and innovation expertise, as well as its entrenched position in South Africa, to provide... 


Freight containers
South Africa continues to push for long extension to Agoa well ahead of 2025 expiry
26th June 2024 By: Terence Creamer

With the expiry of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act 15 months away, South Africa is continuing to call for an early and substantial extension of the preferential trade arrangement, which has... 


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Boeing now sources nearly 40% of its electricity from renewable energy
26th June 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Last year, US-based global major aerospace group Boeing sourced 39% of its energy from renewable electricity sources. This was achieved through a combination of direct buys and renewable energy... 


Half of China’s NEV brands likely to fail; exports set for steep growth
Half of China’s NEV brands likely to fail; exports set for steep growth
26th June 2024 By: Irma Venter

More than 130 brands are currently competing in China’s new-energy vehicle (NEV) market, says GlobalData Automotive Division China operations manager John Zeng. Three brands, however, dominate the... 


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South African govt, stakeholders seek further WTO support in citrus industry's battle with the EU
26th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The South African government and industry organisations have requested that two panels be established at a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to... 


Professor James Larkin
Radioactive device on rhino horns rolled out to fight poaching
26th June 2024 By: Bloomberg

Beckham, a 1.7 tt rhino named after the English footballer, on Tuesday had a radioactive pellet drilled into his horn as a program to discourage poaching of the endangered animals in South Africa... 


Packs of frozen chicken
Rainbow Chicken lists on South Africa's JSE
26th June 2024 By: Reuters

Leading South African poultry producer Rainbow Chicken listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as part of its unbundling from RCL Foods. RCL Foods, whose brands include Selati... 


A South African soldier
Two killed in mortar attack on South African army base in Congo
26th June 2024 By: Reuters

South Africa's military said on Wednesday that a mortar attack on one of its bases in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a day earlier had killed two people and injured 20 others. South African... 


Major international funding agencies strengthen cooperation to benefit small farmers
26th June 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) has signed a cooperation agreement with the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development... 


Cranes at a construction site
Civil construction activity growth well supported, but sentiment remains low – survey
26th June 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research Civil Confidence Index decreased to 44 points in the second quarter, from an eight-year high of 47 in the first quarter. While slightly... 


Limes
Citrus Academy launches targeted skills training programme
26th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nonprofit training organisation the Citrus Academy has introduced a new Citrus SuperPower programme with which it aims to develop the skills and knowledge of supervisors, open new growth and... 


Policy uncertainty index moves further into negative territory in the second quarter
26th June 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The North West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) moved further into negative territory in the second quarter, rising to 68.3 points, compared with 65.8 in the first... 


Anglo Executive Market Development Head Benny Oeyen
Anglo spearheading exciting new clean hydrogen mobility initiative across Europe
26th June 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum-based hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) received a major boost on Wednesday with the announcement of an initiative to deploy new fleets of zero-emission FCEV taxis in Europe.... 


Matla power station
Eskom reports arrest of copper cable thief at Matla
26th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

State-owned power utility Eskom has apprehended a suspected copper cable thief at the Matla power station after security officers discovered the individual during routine search duties. The... 


Bales of PET bottles for recycling
Petco achieves 60% post-consumer PET recycling rate in 2023
26th June 2024 By: Darren Parker

Newly released audited data has shown that South Africa’s longest-standing producer responsibility organisation (PRO) Petco achieved a 64% collection and 60% recycling rate for polyethylene... 


Cilo Cybin becomes first medical cannabis company to list in South Africa
25th June 2024 By: Reuters

South Africa's Cilo Cybin on Tuesday became the first medical cannabis company to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's Alternative Exchange, as it hopes to capitalise on growth in the legal... 


Airbus releases updated guidance for this year, signalling fewer deliveries and lower earnings
25th June 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has released updated guidance for its expected performance for the rest of this year. Its previous guidance for the year had been issued in late... 


South Africa could leverage its potent solar and wind resources to power green manufacturing
‘Second wave’ of Operation Vulindlela set to prioritise ‘green and digital’ growth
25th June 2024 By: Terence Creamer

The ‘second wave’ of government’s Operation Vulindlela initiative is poised to be widened to include additional structural reforms to those that have been pursued to date in electricity, freight... 


Barrick Gold chairperson John Thornton
Business model of Western mining industry needs new power, London Indaba highlights
25th June 2024 By: Martin Creamer

New power is needed by the Western mining industry, which is still functioning on a trailing old power business model. This was highlighted at Tuesday’s London Indaba, where a spotlight was shone... 


Thelo to raise $250m with eye on Africa’s giant rail corridors
25th June 2024 By: Bloomberg

Thelo Group’s management plans to buy Deutsche Bahn’s 49% shareholding and is in talks with financiers to raise $250-million to help the South African company transform into a developer of rail... 


Solar panels installed at Naboom Plastic's operations in Limpopo
435 kW solar, battery system ensures Naboom Plastic can produce, reduce backlog
25th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Clean energy developer Blue Energy Africa has built a hybrid 435 kW solar and battery storage system for planting bags producer Naboom Plastic, in Mookgophong, Limpopo. The system provides the... 


Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis among local government and Nedbank officials during the signing ceremony
Cape Town gets another R3.5bn for its record infrastructure spending target to 2027
25th June 2024 By: Darren Parker

The City of Cape Town has secured a further R3.5-billion in financing towards its plans to spend a record amount on infrastructure investment over the three years to 2027. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis... 


Smart electricity meter
Cape Town nears completion of prepaid meter upgrade ahead of deadline
25th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The City of Cape Town is nearing the successful completion of an electricity meter upgrade programme across the city ahead of the December deadline, when the current prepaid electricity metering... 


Tinned seafood
Massmart funds seafood sampling research at Wits
25th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Retail group Massmart will sponsor Honours level postgraduate research in the University of Witwatersrand’s (Wits’) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology aimed at improving the technique used to... 


Radisson to open its first hotels in Tanzania as part of African expansion
25th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Radisson Hotel Group will add seven new hotels, with more than 1 200 rooms, to its African portfolio and will open two hotels in Dar es Salaam and in Mwanza, in Tanzania, in 2025. The new hotels... 


Dr James Keaveney
New Oppenheimer research grant awarded to physicist, to develop medical technology
25th June 2024 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust has announced that the first winner of its New Frontiers Research Award is University of Cape Town (UCT) physicist, Dr James Keaveney. The trust created the award to... 


Wärtsilä renews partnership in Morocco for maintenance of two power plants
25th June 2024 By: Schalk Burger

Industrial technology company Wärtsilä has signed a five-year maintenance agreement covering 169.5 MW of power generation for two Moroccan power plants owned and operated by Moroccan utility Office... 


Image of Ford SA VP Ockert Berry
Ford celebrates 1m Rangers; looks to PHEV production start before year-end
25th June 2024 By: Irma Venter

Ford South Africa (SA) has celebrated the assembly of the one-millionth Ranger at its Silverton plant in Pretoria. While the first million bakkies has taken 24 years, the second million is set to... 


Sugarcane
SA Canegrowers implores new Tongaat owners to pay outstanding levies
25th June 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following the Competition Commission recommendation that the Competition Commission approve Vision consortium’s proposed takeover of embattled sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, industry body SA... 


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