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John Steenhuisen's Straight Talk: For real hope, look to the real stuff
2nd June 2023 There is a growing sense of despair in South. Faced with stage-6 loadshedding, a cholera outbreak that points to failing water and health systems,... →
Vital overhaul
By: Terence Creamer 2nd June 2023 One of the ironies about South Africa’s use of competitive bidding for just about all public procurement, from the purchase of office stationery to... →
COSATU welcomes government's proposal to extend the temporary ban on the export of various scrap metals and related measures to help stem the tide of cable theft
30th May 2023 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes government’s proposal to extend the temporary ban on the export of various scrap... →
Has Transnet’s plan to open its freight network to the private sector derailed?
29th May 2023 In April 2022, Transnet Freight Rail invited bids from interested parties to operate sections of its freight network as it sought to improve... →
Construction phase of Menar’s new R600m colliery project is in full swing 
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2023 The construction phase of the new Gugulethu Colliery is in full swing. “We’ve started working on the box cut with the anticipation that first coal... →
SA: Pravin Gordhan, Address by Minister of State Owned Enterprises, during his Public Enterprises Dept Budget Vote 2023/24 speech, Parliament (23/05/23)
24th May 2023 I have the honour to present the Budget Vote for the Department of Public Enterprises for the 2023/24 financial year. →
Theft disrupts rail line serving Durban port
By: Bloomberg 24th May 2023 The rail line running from Africa’s biggest container port to South Africa’s richest province ran at 25% of its capacity over the past week because... →
Eskom latest: Fuel costs for Netcare; Astral Foods skips payout
By: Bloomberg 22nd May 2023 South Africa’s largest private health-care network expects diesel costs to more than quadruple to R165-million this year as it runs generators to... →
