Civil society organisation #UniteBehind has launched a court bid to compel the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to hand over the running and management of the railway system in the metro to the City of Cape Town.   #UniteBehind filed court papers at the Western Cape High Court, wanting it to assist in remedying [...]

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) second Climate Change Conference, in Vienna, Austria, was, on Wednesday, the platform on which the Net Zero Nuclear initiative updated delegates on its progress, and urged governments, industry leaders and civil society to cooperate in rolling out more nuclear power, to help combat climate change. Net Zero Nuclear is [...]

Ajay Banga, the World Bank’s new president, said the lender must become bigger as well as better at measuring its impact so it can help fund some of the trillions of dollars in global development needs. Changes at the world’s largest anti-poverty lender will boost its lending capacity by about $150-billion over the next decade, [...]

The head of Nigeria's oil regulator said he is "very optimistic" that oil major Exxon Mobil's asset sale to Seplat Energy can move forward, he told Reuters on Wednesday. The regulator last year refused to approve the $1.28-billion sale, which some in the industry say is key to getting much-needed investment into Nigeria's oil and [...]

As infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems gears up to host its 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure, on October 12, three Chinese finalists in the process and power generation category have illustrated the efficiencies that can be achieved with digital twinning. The finalists presented their projects to a panel of independent judges to determine [...]

South Africa's master plan to develop its gas market is finally ready after repeated delays as it aims to reduce its carbon emissions and avoid chronic power outages that have plagued Africa's most developed economy for years. The master plan will go to the cabinet before public release, a senior official at the department of [...]

Only 28 municipalities have to date been given approval by the National Treasury to participate in the Eskom Municipal Debt Relief Support Programme, which was announced in the February Budget as part of a R254-billion debt-relief package that has been extended to the utility. The programme is designed to enable Eskom to write off municipal [...]

Circularity is already practised at many mine sites, which use circular principles to reduce waste and conserve water. But to achieve full circularity for products – from production to consumption to reuse - requires collaboration between designers, policymakers and industry, the FT Mining Summit heard this week. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)

The South Africa Liquor Brand Owners Association (Salba) has welcomed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s amendment to the Customs and Excise Act and Value-Added Tax Act, banning the duty-free sale of alcohol and tobacco products to foreign diplomats, calling it a turning point in the enforcement of stricter measures on curbing the illicit trade of alcohol, [...]

If the 5 066 outstanding mining and exploration permits were approved, South Africa could begin to see a shift in the economy within 12 to 18 months, new Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane told this week’s Joburg Indaba. In response to questions put to him by ENSafrica’s COO Otsile Matlou during a panel discussion [...]

South Africa will name a chief executive officer for beleaguered power utility Eskom by the end of the year, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said. Eskom has been without a full-time head for more than seven months, while freight company Transnet’s CEO said she will leave end of October. Finding the new head for Transnet [...]

The lead investigating officer in the R2.2-billion Kusile corruption case involving former Eskom executive Matshela Koko, has begged the Middleburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mpumalanga not to strike the matter off the roll. The officer, who cannot be named in terms of a court order, appeared for a hearing the court requested to establish [...]