Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
CoJ threatens to blacklist defaulters to recoup R40bn in municipal debt
10th April 2024 The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has warned that it will soon blacklist thousands of defaulting residential property owners and businesses to recoup... →
Treasury calls for comments on draft money laundering regulation amendments
10th April 2024 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has invited public comments and written submissions on draft amendments to the Money Laundering and Terrorist... →
Draft IRP 2023 lacks environmental, health, climate commitments, says Life After Coal
27th March 2024 Coal phase-out campaign the Life After Coal Campaign, in its comments on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2023, said the plan has... →
PPPs are important to build quality infrastructure rapidly – Mavuso
25th March 2024 Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are an important mechanism to bring together the strengths of government and business, including the technical... →
Taxi Relief Fund extended to enable remaining claimants to secure payment
15th March 2024 The Department of Transport (DoT) has obtained Cabinet approval to extend the Taxi Relief Fund (TRF) to November 30. The request to extend the TRF... →
Manufacturing confidence decreases to 21 in the first quarter
14th March 2024 Loadshedding, challenges at the ports and political uncertainty saw manufacturer confidence in the first quarter of the year dip five points to 21,... →
GDP figures cap decade of negative GDP per capita growth – BLSA
11th March 2024 While the gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the fourth quarter of 2023 was 0.1%, growth was negative in terms of GDP per capita, given that... →
AfCFTA investment protocol has international best practices, dispute settlement annex still outstanding
1st March 2024 Continental trade bloc the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to integrate regional trade blocs to unlock synergies to drive more... →
Eskom board tasks Marokane with three priorities in his first 100 days as CEO
1st March 2024 State-owned power utility Eskom's board of directors has tasked incoming CEO Dan Marokane to prioritise three key areas – assessing the generation... →
Budget seen as realistic, generally positive in economic context
22nd February 2024 Business organisations Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said the 2024 Budget presented by Finance... →
Unemployment rate to remain high this year, Nedbank warns
20th February 2024 Financial services firm Nedbank expects employment growth to soften this year, before picking up more convincingly next year. “The unemployment... →
100 MW of OCGT power to be available in Gauteng by April – Lesufi
20th February 2024 Johannesburg power utility City Power would, on behalf of the Gauteng government, add 100 MW of electricity capacity to the grid to assist the... →
Lesufi confident e-tolls to end by March
20th February 2024 Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, in his State of the Province Address (SoPA) on February 19, said the provincial government had met with the Finance... →
Energy Council of South Africa joins World Energy Council
19th February 2024 The Energy Council of South Africa has become a member of the United Nations-affiliated global body the World Energy Council (WEC), which will... →
Budget must address revenue challenges, infrastructure investments – Mavuso
19th February 2024 While there has been a clear effort by the National Treasury to rein in spending and turn the trajectory of government's financial performance... →
Budget expected to show conditions remain unsupportive of fiscal consolidation – Nedbank
15th February 2024 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2024 Budget Speech, to be delivered next week, is expected to show that economic conditions will remain broadly... →
South Africa urged to dedicate 30% of healthcare public procurement to local manufacturers
13th February 2024 To build capacity and expand investment in South Africa’s pharmaceutical and healthcare products manufacturing sector, the country should ringfence... →
South Africa resilient despite global shocks, survey shows
12th February 2024 Trade credit insurance company Allianz Trade says its latest quarterly Country Risk Atlas found that South Africa demonstrates external resilience... →
Clear commitment to reform implementation needed in SoNA – Mavuso
5th February 2024 Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to show a clear commitment to the... →
DMRE to remodel draft IRP 2023 in light of new information, curtailment plans
1st February 2024 Many of the submissions the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has received from the first round of public engagements about the... →
Busa appoints Mxolisi Mgojo as president
30th January 2024 Business organisation Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has appointed Mxolisi Mgojo as its new president, after Bonang Mohale stepped down in... →
Ramaphosa to preside over South Africa's first AfCFTA shipment from the Port of Durban
29th January 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa will officiate the launch of South Africa's first shipment and preferential trading under the African Continental Free... →
BMI foresees better growth in South Africa, Nigeria this year
26th January 2024 After acting as a drag on sub-Saharan African growth in 2023, Nigeria and South Africa are expected to reverse this trend during the current year,... →
Transnet appoints law firm to investigate allegations against TNPA management
25th January 2024 State-owned freight and logistics group Transnet has appointed an independent law firm to undertake an in-depth investigation into allegations that... →
South Africa must build renewable energy momentum, and then move on to other sectors – Mavuso
22nd January 2024 The rapid pace at which South Africa is building renewable energy projects, driven by private sector investment, is viewed as positive in the... →
Potential modest global FDI increase in 2024, but geopolitical, debt and global fracturing are risks
17th January 2024 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (Unctad's) 'Global Investment Trends Monitor' shows that global foreign direct investment... →
Critical infrastructure failure the biggest business risk in South Africa this year
16th January 2024 Critical infrastructure blackouts have emerged as the number one risk for businesses in South Africa for the second consecutive year, highlighting... →
Developing countries unlikely to see higher climate investment amid global growth slowdown
11th January 2024 Global growth is projected to slow for the third year in a row, reaching 2.4% in 2024 from 2.6% in 2023, significantly below the 2010s average and... →
Policy uncertainty lower in fourth quarter, but remains highly elevated – NWU
8th January 2024 The North-West University (NWU) Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for the fourth quarter of 2023 showed a welcome easing to 65.5 from... →
Africa must do more to advance its own development – Manuel
10th November 2023 Africa's business sector and governments must push harder in addressing the challenges facing the continent, as the biggest threat to its... →
South Africa to motivate for Agoa renewal for Africa's development
27th September 2023 South Africa will motivate for the extension and renewal of the US preferential trade framework the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for... →
US-South Africa hold trade, investment dialogue to deepen bilateral business ties
19th September 2023 The US-South Africa Trade and Investment Executive Dialogue on September 18 built on partnership efforts and saw the launch of a yearly US-South... →
Business, household energy bounce back scheme to add 1 GW of capacity a year
10th August 2023 The National Treasury has launched the Energy Bounce Back (EBB) loan guarantee scheme to facilitate 1 GW a year in additional generation capacity... →
Brics opportunities must not be at expense of other trade relations - Mavuso
24th July 2023 South Africa's representatives do not seem to realise that the opportunities presented by the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics)... →
Minister welcomes ruling to place Post Office in business rescue
11th July 2023 Acting Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Enoch Godongwana, who also serves as Finance Minister, has welcomed the July 10 decision by... →
African countries generated €1.7bn in additional revenues from tackling tax evasion, illicit financial flows
10th July 2023 African countries have realised additional revenues totalling €1.69-billion owing to voluntary disclosures, the implementation of information... →
South Africa must clarify Russia stance, set out clear policy on supply of weapons – BLSA
3rd July 2023 South Africa's ambiguous stance on Russia has led to the US Congress and Senate noting that the docking of the Lady R vessel, in Simon’s Town naval... →
Rand Water to pursue legal recourse in deadlock with nonpaying municipalities
28th June 2023 Water utility Rand Water is facing a significant challenge in relation to outstanding debts owed by various municipalities and has reached a... →
NHI will collapse, as it is unworkable, says BLSA's Mavuso
19th June 2023 The passing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill by the National Assembly is "yet another act in a pantomime that government seems intent on... →
Numsa warns of possible Gautrain strike as wage talks deadlock
19th June 2023 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has reached a deadlock with the Gautrain management in discussions about a new... →
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... →
