Electrical equipment and services multinational Schneider Electric and South African educational equipment manufacturer Amtec Techniquip have extended their collaboration beyond the Southern African Development Community's borders into Nigeria. The partnership has, since its inception three years ago, accelerated access to education through the provision of state-of-the-art training equipment to tertiary institutions, such as Didactic benches [...]

State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has invited emerging miners who hold valid mining rights and have existing manganese mining operations to apply for two-million tons a year of export manganese capacity that it has made available. All applications will be assessed in line with Transnet’s requirements, as set out in the application process document, following [...]

President Cyril Ramaphosa must appoint a competent person to the “critical portfolio” of Transport Minister; someone “who is able to bring order, stability and accountability to the sector”, says Intercape CEO Johann Ferreira. This follows the handing down earlier this month of yet another judgment against Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula by the Makhanda High Court in the Eastern Cape.

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says toll fees at the N2 uThongati and uMvoti toll plazas will be reinstated from February 1, following the completion of repairs to flood-damaged infrastructure on the R102 and M4 near the plazas. However, while toll collection will resume on the N2 uThongati Mainline and North Ramps [...]

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis estimates that the global market for key mass-manufactured clean-energy technologies will grow by more than three times to $650-billion a year by 2030, heralding a “new industrial age” that could offer big dividends for countries that get their clean-energy industrial strategies right. The ‘Energy Technology Perspectives 2023’ report [...]

The cost of living has emerged as the biggest risk over the next two years, with the threat of natural disasters and extreme weather events ranking second in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) latest ‘Global Risks’ report. The report draws on the views of more than 1 200 experts, policymakers and industry leaders.

Civil society organisations Herd Nature Reserve, Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Living Limpopo have approached the Polokwane High Court to review the environmental authorisation granted to the Musina-Makhado special economic zone (MMSEZ) in Limpopo. The organisations believe the approval process was fatally flawed, saying the provincial government granted itself environmental authorisation while ignoring severe [...]

The implementation agreement for Namibia’s planned multi-billion-dollar Hyphen Hydrogen Energy project is scheduled to commence in the first quarter of this year, Namibia President Hage Geingob revealed in his 2023 New Year’s message. Egypt has granted approval for two green hydrogen projects in the industrial zone of Ain Sokhna, a port town on the Red [...]

South Africa has entered a critical phase of revamping its sole nuclear plant and needs it to run according to plan to avoid deepening power cuts that are already at a record and wreaking havoc on the economy. The first of two units at the 1 940-megawatt Koeberg plant was shut down last month for [...]

Global mine supply of platinum will fall by 500 000 oz to a million ounces as South Africa’s power shortage lowers production from 2023 to 2027, independent precious metals consultant Dr David Davis calculates in a summary report on platinum group metals (PGMs) production and Eskom. Davis, who has been associated with the South African mining [...]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday that it is “implacably” against the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) intention to move Eskom from the Department of Public Enterprises to the Ministry of Energy, overseen by Mineral Resources and Energy minister Gwede Mantashe. The DA said the move also has potentially significant financial implications for the country.

The Competition Tribunal has appointed three preeminent senior counsel who will serve as members. The appointments comprise advocates Geoff Budlender, Jerome Wilson and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi.