Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Wits mourns the passing of digital innovator Barry Dwolatzky
17th May 2023 The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has announced the passing of Wits Director of Innovation Strategy Professor Barry Dwolatzky, who was the... →
Liveness, real-time identification verification could improve voting processes
17th May 2023 The use of modern, secure liveness and real-time biometric identification verification technologies can improve voting processes, speed up voting... →
African private capital activity remains resilient despite global uncertainty, volatility
2nd May 2023 African private capital markets experienced a record-high volume of deals in 2022. As a result, deal volumes in the region recorded a remarkable... →
South Africa must stick to plans to deal with electricity crisis – BLSA
24th April 2023 The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM), set up under the Presidency, has brought together the best people and put together a plan that has... →
Bheki Nxumalo appointed Eskom generation head
14th April 2023 State-owned power utility Eskom has appointed Bheki Nxumalo group executive for generation, with immediate effect. He will report directly to the... →
Shutdown response should lead to some recovery in confidence – BLSA
27th March 2023 The police, backed up by the army, largely maintained law and order, protecting people and property during the attempted national shutdown on March... →
Proposed shutdown will not achieve any positive objective – Sacci
16th March 2023 A national shutdown does not achieve any positive objectives and political campaigning and differences, such as disputes relating to who should or... →
PayShap payment system aimed at reducing the need for using cash
13th March 2023 South Africans can now make free real-time payments of up to R3 000 between bank accounts using the PayShap free payment system introduced by... →
Allianz expects rise in strikes, riots and protests to test business resilience
28th February 2023 Anger over growing social inequality and the cost of living, floundering faith in governments and institutions and increasingly polarised politics,... →
South Africa has fast-tracked reforms to avoid greylisting, but must continue efforts – PwC
20th February 2023 Assurance, advisory and tax services multinational PwC South Africa says South Africa has made a lot of progress to address technical compliance... →
Targeted policies to reverse losses in foundational learning, skills development critical, says World Bank
16th February 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic caused a disruption in human capital at critical moments in the life cycle, derailing the development of millions of children... →
Mminele to succeed Makwana as Nedbank chairperson
15th February 2023 Financial services firm Nedbank has appointed Daniel Mminele as an independent nonexecutive director and chairperson-designate for the Nedbank... →
Neither a new Minister, nor a state of disaster helpful for solving energy crisis
13th February 2023 Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) says neither the creation of a new post for an Electricity Minister, nor the... →
More people influencing global development discourse
8th February 2023 Through greater access to information, owing to the ubiquity of digital devices, more parts of society, globally, are being empowered to contribute... →
Joburg mayor Amad appoints new MMCs
3rd February 2023 City of Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad has appointed eight members to the mayoral committee after extensive consultations with other political... →
TVET registrations decrease, female applicants dominate
25th January 2023 There were fewer registrations for Ministerial-approved programmes at technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges for the 2023... →
City of Cape Town to pay businesses, residents cash for electricity
24th January 2023 The National Treasury has granted the City of Cape Town an exemption from competitive bidding or tendering processes for the buying of electricity... →
Solidarity starts legal action against Nersa to remove private generation bottlenecks
19th January 2023 Trade union Solidarity has served legal papers on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to remove all bottlenecks standing in the... →
Public service professionalisation framework aimed at resolving various challenges
18th January 2023 The National Framework towards Professionalisation of the Public Sector, adopted by Cabinet in October, is aimed at resolving the many challenges... →
South Africa should ensure WEF discussions reinforce COP27 energy transition plan – BLSA
16th January 2023 South Africa should ensure the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting conversation in Davos, Switzerland, this week reinforces the country’s... →
Loadshedding the biggest local headwind, job creation becomes elusive – Seifsa
12th January 2023 Loadshedding remains the biggest local headwind facing the metals and engineering industries, and persistent loadshedding, the worst in more than... →
South Africa needs govt to play its role in getting the country working – BLSA
5th December 2022 Government plays an enormous role in delivering supportive policy, institutions that operate efficiently and with integrity and, above all, a... →
Wits planetarium to be transformed into a multidisciplinary digital hub
22nd November 2022 The planetarium at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), which is 62 years old this year, is being modernised into a fully fledged... →
Transnet lifts force majeure for some terminals, but not its container terminals
21st October 2022 State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has lifted the force majeure declared in the automotive, bulk and multi-purpose terminals with immediate... →
AfDB approves $75m facility to enhance African trade financing
14th October 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an unfunded $75-million trade finance Risk Participation Agreement... →
Irregular SoE expenditure highlights need to improve public procurement – Kearney
6th October 2022 The increase in State-owned enterprises’ (SoEs’) irregular expenditure from R61-billion in 2017 to R167-billion in 2021 highlights the need to... →
Transnet tables new wage offer, applies to CCMA for conciliation
4th October 2022 State-owned Transnet has applied to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to convene conciliation discussions regarding... →
FATF greylisting provides impetus to get South Africa's commercial crime-fighting system up to scratch – BLSA
3rd October 2022 The work being done to reduce the chance that South Africa will be greylisted by global anti-money laundering and terrorist financing body the... →
EIUG, SAPVIA, Busa welcome appointment of new Eskom board with balanced skills
3rd October 2022 Industry nonprofit the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) welcomes the "overdue reconstitution of the Eskom board" and says "the new board seems... →
Sacci calls for independent commission to select, recruit SOE board members, CEOs
29th September 2022 Business organisation the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says changes to power utility Eskom's board of directors should... →
Urgent actions needed to deal with energy crisis, says Busa
22nd September 2022 Business organisation Business Unity South Africa (Busa) is urging government to urgently implement identified priority interventions, as the... →
Eskom invites experts to join skills crowdsourcing platform
16th September 2022 State-owned power utility Eskom is developing a crowdsourcing digital platform to allow it to supplement its existing skills base to help address... →
Eskom says bulk supply restored to disaster-stricken Jagersfontein
14th September 2022 State-owned power utility Eskom says bulk electricity supply to Jagersfontein, in the Free State, was restored at 04:25 on September 14. Eskom... →
Increasing taxes the only viable option to fund a basic income grant, research shows
22nd July 2022 Of the three options available to fund a basic income grant (BIG) – cutting expenditure, issuing more debt or raising taxes – raising taxes is the... →
AfDB fund approves $11m grant for AfCFTA secretariat
18th July 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank's (AfDB's) African Development Fund approved an $11.02-million support package to the... →
Africa needs all hands on deck to meet 2030 energy goals
15th July 2022 To achieve universal energy access by 2030, Africa will need a range of technologies and policy changes that open national grids to private... →
Zimbabwe emergency power project nears completion
12th July 2022 An emergency power infrastructure rehabilitation project has reached the last leg of implementation with the delivery of a 175 MVA transformer,... →
Africa making progress in building tax transparency, tackling illicit financial flows
22nd June 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) says African countries’ requests for information for tax collection purposes... →
Lamola proposes whole of society approach to combat crime, inequality in South Africa
6th June 2022 Through the compact between business, labour, civil society and government, South Africa is able to, and must, respond with collective hands to... →
Agri SA proposes diesel rebate scheme increase to buffer food prices from fuel hike
31st May 2022 A targeted intervention to increase the diesel rebate to the agricultural sector would buffer the cost pressures that impact food prices, while... →
Mavuso says South Africa winning expenditure, investment-ratings battles
30th May 2022 A global recession poses immense risks to South Africa's economy and the country will need to be in strong fighting shape. The recession that... →
