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DEADLY WARNING
DEADLY WARNING
31st August 2018

The deadly collapse of the Morandi motorway bridge, in Genoa, Italy, earlier this month should serve as a warning to infrastructure owners and custodians the world over. In South Africa, where... 


AFRICAN BLUE SKY
AFRICAN BLUE SKY
24th August 2018

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has embarked on an Africa-focused marketing campaign for its new generation single-aisle series of airliner, the E2 family, dubbed the ‘Profit Hunter’. Last... 


LONG DAWN
LONG DAWN
17th August 2018

South Africa continues to speak hopefully about a New Dawn. However, Australia, which shares a number of similar characteristics, from mining and weather, to sporting appetites, recently marked... 


READY TO ROLL
READY TO ROLL
10th August 2018

Chinese vehicle manufacturer the Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) officially opened its 88 969 m2 semi-knocked-down vehicle assembly plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone, near Port... 


LONG ROAD AHEAD
LONG ROAD AHEAD
3rd August 2018

Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe only just managed to guide the utility through to the there end of its horrific 2018 financial year, during which it nearly run of cash and almost had its bonds... 


BIG SCIENCE
BIG SCIENCE
27th July 2018

Situated near the town of Carnarvon, in the Northern Cape, Antenna 47 (pictured above) lies within the outer limits of the greater 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope, inaugurated on July 13 by Deputy... 


CLOUDS GATHER
CLOUDS GATHER
20th July 2018

Trade tensions continued to rise between the US and China this month, with President Donald Trump imposing new tariffs and China retaliating. Bloomberg reports that China has told companies to... 


RESERVED PARKING
RESERVED PARKING
13th July 2018

General Motors has installed 18 fast chargers for its Cruise self-driving car unit at a parking facility on San Francisco's Embarcadero, a busy boulevard along the Californian city's eastern... 


TRADE CROSSROADS
TRADE CROSSROADS
6th July 2018

The American-led trade war rhetoric, which has now led to the imposition of restrictions worth billion of dollars, is having an impact on various markets, from steel to soybeans. Soybean (pictured... 


HIGH PERFORMANCE
HIGH PERFORMANCE
29th June 2018

Porsche South Africa joined the international Porsche-loving community in celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the sports-car brand. Several thousand Porsche owners converged on the Kyalami... 


MILK TO WATER
MILK TO WATER
22nd June 2018

Nestlé South Africa launched an innovative water-saving facility at its Mossel Bay, in the Western Cape, earlier this month. The investment enables the facility to use water recovered from the... 


AUTONOMOUS ADVANTAGE
AUTONOMOUS ADVANTAGE
15th June 2018

Singapore has built a mini town designed to position it favourably in the global race to deploy driverless public transport. The 2 ha complex has intersections, traffic lights, bus stops and... 


ELECTRIC MULTICOPTER
ELECTRIC MULTICOPTER
8th June 2018

Pictured above is a Volocopter 2X multirotor electric helicopter standing in a hangar at in Bruchsal, Germany. The German air-taxi startup designs and builds manned electric helicopters. The... 


ENERGY COLLECTOR
ENERGY COLLECTOR
1st June 2018

The 100 MW XiNa Solar One concentrated solar power plant was officially inaugurated by Energy Minister Jeff Radebe last month. The plant, which is located near Pofadder in the Northern Cape, uses... 


CRUNCH TIME
CRUNCH TIME
25th May 2018

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) hearings into Eskom’s three Regulatory Clearing Account submissions, amounting to more than R66-billion, wrapped up in Gauteng last week.... 


WAR TALK
WAR TALK
18th May 2018

South Africa has already become something of a casualty in the brewing trade war between the US and China. However, should President Donald Trump’s trade-war rhetoric and initial actions escalate... 


PROTECTIVE COIL
PROTECTIVE COIL
11th May 2018

The decision by US President Donald Trump to impose tariff protection on steel and aluminium imports has been heavily criticised both domestically and internationally. South Africa, which offered... 


CONCRETE REDEVELOPMENT
CONCRETE REDEVELOPMENT
4th May 2018

The redevelopment of the old grain silos at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront into what is today the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa involved some quite innovative design, engineering and... 


CRUCIAL CROSSROADS
CRUCIAL CROSSROADS
27th April 2018

China's sprawling local government financing system needs “crucial” reforms to increase consumption, build prosperity and encourage economic rebalancing, the International Monetary Fund said... 


ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA
ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA
20th April 2018

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pictured during a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees in Washington, DC, which took place on April 10. Zuckerberg said he took... 


FIGHTING CHANCE
FIGHTING CHANCE
13th April 2018

President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the launch of the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative on March 27. YES is a social compact between government, business and labour “created to give... 


FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY
6th April 2018

Given the seemingly wet summer season for the eastern side of the country, some provinces may have been lulled into a false sense of water security and abundance. The reality is that South Africa –... 


XI–LI CONSOLIDATION
XI–LI CONSOLIDATION
30th March 2018

China premier Li Keqiang, left, shakes hands with Xi Jinping, China’s president, following parliament’s approving of Li's appointment to a second five-year term during the first session of the... 


ONCE A POWER WALL
ONCE A POWER WALL
23rd March 2018

Batteries on display on as a sorting reference at the Raw Materials Company recycling facility in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. Bloomberg reports that Ontario recycles more single-use batteries... 


HYDROGEN ROLL-OUT
HYDROGEN ROLL-OUT
16th March 2018

A hydrogen fuel pump stands at a TrueZero station in Mill Valley, California. Bloomberg reports that the US is spending more than $2.5-billion to accelerate sales of hydrogen and battery vehicles.... 


NO TERM LIMIT
NO TERM LIMIT
9th March 2018

Moves under way in China to cast aside presidential term limits stoked global concern last week. Some are already referring to President Xi Jinping as ‘Emperor Xi’. What the decision means for the... 


ROBOTIC SORTING
ROBOTIC SORTING
2nd March 2018

An automated transport robot is pictured moving between shelving units containing goods at Amazon.com’s new fulfillment centre in Kolbaskowo, Poland. Bloomberg reports that academic and commercial... 


FRESH START
FRESH START
23rd February 2018

The election in Parliament of Cyril Ramaphosa as the fifth President of South Africa’s democratic era is an opportunity for a fresh start. Much will hinge, though, on his ability to convince... 


AERIAL ARTISTRY
AERIAL ARTISTRY
16th February 2018

The Indonesian Air Force Jupiter aerobatics team performs manoeuvres at the Singapore Airshow, Asia’s largest, which was held at the Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, last week. The show... 


NEW FRAMEWORK
NEW FRAMEWORK
9th February 2018

Straight-shooting businessperson Jabu Mabuza intends bringing a back-to-basics ethos to Eskom that he arguably learned while operating in South Africa’s hyper-competitive taxi market. Speaking at... 


WARM EMBRACE
WARM EMBRACE
2nd February 2018

South African Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago may have been feeling the cold in Davos, Switzerland, last week, where he participated in the World Economic Forum. However, the rest of the... 


LET'S CHAT
LET'S CHAT
26th January 2018

An attendee stands in front of a screen displaying QR codes for various programs and services at Tencent Holdings’ WeChat Open Class Pro conference in Guangzhou, China, earlier this month. The... 


BLOWING THE GLOOM AWAY
BLOWING THE GLOOM AWAY
19th January 2018

Rational energy policymaking has been extremely elusive for more than two years, during which an atmosphere of gloom enveloped South Africa’s once-lauded renewables procurement programme. The... 


BRAND FORCE
BRAND FORCE
15th December 2017

Japanese automotive group Nissan used the Los Angeles Auto Show, in California, to draw attention to its brand with a fleet of seven Star Wars-themed vehicles. In this photograph, actors dressed as... 


TOXIC BROADCAST
TOXIC BROADCAST
8th December 2017

A pedestrian, wearing a surgical mask, turns to watch a television screen while walking in Tokyo, Japan, on November 29. The television channel was broadcasting North Korea Leader Kim Jong Un’s... 


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