The first batch of 275 new container wagons bought from Galison Manufacturing in South Africa has arrived in Lobito, Angola, to reinforce the transport capacity of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR). The strategic investment into new wagons is part of the LAR's expansion and modernisation plan over the next three years.

China has an opportunity to lead the global fight against climate change with the US set to tamp down its commitments following the election of Donald Trump as president, South Africa’s environment minister said. The world’s biggest emitter has faced scathing criticism from the US and developed European nations for not pulling its weight when [...]

Out of the 206 infrastructure projects overseen by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) this financial year, 164 projects are experiencing delays, says Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson. Addressing Parliament this week, he said this represented a 79% delay rate across the department’s portfolio for this financial year.

National Treasury has revealed that South Africa's provinces spent 50.6%, or R384.9-billion, of the allocated main budget of R760.1-billion in the second quarter of the 2024/25 financial year, which represents a 4.8%, or R17.7-billion, increase compared with the same period in the 2023/24 financial year. Spending on education amounted to R158.6-billion, or 50.1% of the provincial education main [...]

The Department of Electricity and Energy is preparing a report to Cabinet to recommend the approval of lifting the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) from care and maintenance to allow South Africa to revive the development of its PBMR capability. “Nuclear is the future and is alive in South Africa. It will play a significant [...]

The Department of Electricity and Energy is preparing a report to Cabinet to recommend the approval of lifting the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) from care and maintenance to allow South Africa to revive the development of its PBMR capability. “Nuclear is the future and is alive in South Africa. It will play a significant [...]

The Umbogintwini River Bridge, on the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal, is part of the R50-billion upgrade programme of the N2 and N3 freeways in the province, and advanced engineering technology will in future prevent the kind of failure of concrete bars that led to its temporary closure. “The supports between the pier and the deck were [...]

Barloworld is in talks with a group of investors that includes a unit of Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group about the acquisition of the African distributor of Caterpillar Inc. equipment. The Johannesburg-based company, valued at about R16-billion, said the discussions are with a consortium that includes Gulf Falcon Holding — a wholly owned subsidiary of Zahid [...]

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has approved another €400-million policy-based loan to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET), increasing its approvals to €700-million out of the €1-billion it pledged to South Africa at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. The loan is described as the largest-ever on the AFD's balance sheet and is said to [...]

Railway safety incidents, such as pedestrian and vehicle collisions at level crossings, are not only tragic but are severely undermining South Africa’s rail recovery plans, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO Russell Baatjies said on November 14. “We’ve had 36 level crossing incidents just this year, and we've lost 41 lives. We all want Transnet to [...]

AIH Fund I, under the management of private equity fund manager AIH Capital, has closed a second deal with High Duty Castings (HDC), resulting in the fund now owning 49% of the manufacturing company. HDC is a producer of grey iron castings for industry specific products, such as pumps and valves, gearboxes, engineering compressors and [...]

The head of South Africa’s Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) has confirmed that it has called the bid bonds for 14 projects that failed to advance to commercial close during the fifth bid window (BW5) of the country’s renewables procurement programme. Bernard Magoro told lawmakers this week that one preferred bidder had agreed to pay [...]