Chanel de Bruyn
Chanel de Bruyn is Creamer Media Online Managing Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Developed nations must show more flexibility in Doha talks, says SA’s Carim
21st October 2009 Developing countries have not seen the kind of flexibility from key players that would indicate that a deal in terms of the Doha trade negotiations... →
Nzimande calls on employers to provide training for FET students
20th October 2009 Further Education and Training (FET) colleges, with the support of government, the Department of Higher Education and Training and the provincial... →
Business and govt must work together on socioeconomic issues
16th October 2009 Business had to genuinely ask itself how it could work with government to deal with the socioeconomic challenges the country was facing, Banking... →
World needs to deal with sustainability crisis – King
16th October 2009 While the financial crisis would end in the medium term, the sustainability crisis the world was facing was also upon us and would continue long... →
SA’s short-term economic outlook positive – economist
12th October 2009 The local economy should start picking up a little, perhaps not as much as previously expected, but the outlook for South Africa's economy remained... →
SA wants African Growth and Opportunity Act extended – Davies
5th October 2009 South Africa has proposed that the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) between the US and African countries be extended for a longer period... →
Sacci urges ‘immediate’ action on crime to improve business environment
23rd September 2009 Government must exercise "immediate, bold and decisive" leadership in reducing crime levels for South Africa to be able to foster a stimulative... →
IFC to invest $500m a year on renewable projects by 2011
16th September 2009 The International Finance Corporation (IFC) would increase its lending to the renewable energy sector globally by three times the 2005 to 2007... →
R&D investment of at least $100bn needed to fight climate change – World Bank
16th September 2009 Research and development investment in the order of between $100-billion and $700-billion a year was needed to help solve the world's climate... →
SA extends timeframe for renewable energy policy review to February
11th September 2009 The Department of Energy has extended the timeframe for completion of a revision of the White Paper on the Renewable Energy Policy of 2003, by a... →
‘Global crisis could not have come at a worse time for Africa’ – World Bank
8th September 2009 Aid to Africa was currently one of the best investments other countries could make and the Group of 20 (G20) developing nations should be... →
National planning, performance monitoring green papers to go before Parliament
4th September 2009 A Green Paper on National Strategic Planning and a policy document on Performance Monitoring and Evaluation would be placed before Parliament on... →
WTO’s Lamy hopes Doha Round will be concluded in 2010
4th September 2009 The multilateral Doha Development Round remained the most efficient means to achieve goals, such as generating market access for goods and services... →
SA’s manufacturing sector ‘on track’ to join global rebound
1st September 2009 The seasonally adjusted Kagiso purchasing managers index (PMI) improved to 39,3 index points in August, up from the 37,3 points registered in July,... →
Italy plans to intensify trade, industrial participation in SA – Minister
31st August 2009 While Italy and South Africa already had a significant trade relationship, both countries felt there was potential to take this relationship... →
DTI unveils more details of support for distressed firms
28th August 2009 Development finance institution the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has approved loans worth R644-million to 11 companies in distressed... →
Transport dept unaware of BRT court interdict
27th August 2009 The Department of Transport was on Thursday morning not aware that a court interdict had been filed by taxi associations in an attempt to suspend... →
DBSA to boost lending capacity by R100bn over 5 years
26th August 2009 The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) was planning to increase its lending capacity to add another R100-billion in funds over the next... →
Joburg taxi industry supports BRT in principle
25th August 2009 The start of the operation of the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) system in the City of Johannesburg was "supported in principle" by the Joburg... →
SA remains in recession as Q2 GDP shrinks 3%
18th August 2009 Economists were hopeful on Tuesday that the third quarter of the year would produce an even smaller contraction in gross domestic product (GDP)... →
Crime and violent protests harm business confidence in SA
14th August 2009 The increased "belligerence on the part of labour", violent service delivery protests, as well as the increase in cash-in-transit heists in South... →
SA must ensure recession does not destroy productive capacity – Patel
13th August 2009 Government and business were in agreement that the country had to ensure that its productive capacity was not destroyed by the recession, Economic... →
Aquarius CEO sees more activity in PGMs market
12th August 2009 Midtier platinum-miner Aquarius Platinum was seeing more activity and interest in the platinum-group metals (PGMs) market, with prices showing some... →
Strikes dampen SA business confidence – Sacci
5th August 2009 South Africa's economy was at a "tipping point" and could be adversely affected if it was not appropriately managed and if restraint was not... →
Business could do more to fund research at tertiary institutions – Busa
24th July 2009 Government, business and all other stakeholders had to engage more with each other on how to ensure the development of academics and the investment... →
WTO’s Lamy warns against contingency measures, says global trade to drop
22nd July 2009 The pressure on policymakers to resort to contingency measures and other actions that could restrict trade were likely to increase going forward,... →
SADC countries lack cooperation on power projects – SA Minister
15th July 2009 The potential for new power projects in Southern Africa was "very rich", but the coordination between the Southern African Development Community... →
ECAs and DFIs to play bigger role in Africa project finance
8th July 2009 Development finance institutions (DFIs) and export credit agencies (ECAs) would play a bigger role in funding projects in Africa going forward, law... →
DFIs could play big role in closing SA's funding gap – DBSA
8th July 2009 Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has estimated the country's total funding gap for infrastructure projects at R150-billion over the year... →
Liquidations rose by 36% in first five months of ’09
30th June 2009 The number liquidations in May increased by 6,8% year-on-year to 283, while the total number of liquidations recorded between January and May had... →
Regulator grants Eskom 31,3% tariff increase
26th June 2009 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday granted electricity utility Eskom a 31,3% power tariff increase, which includes... →
Nersa to probe Eskom’s primary energy costs
26th June 2009 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) would conduct an investigation into Eskom's primary energy costs, and specifically the cost... →
Regulator grants Eskom 31,3% tariff increase
25th June 2009 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday granted electricity utility Eskom a 31,3% power tariff increase, which includes... →
SA must stick to free-market policies that work
19th June 2009 Prosperity was a choice and not a destiny and if countries made the right decisions, they would achieve economic growth, Free Market Foundation... →
US, Europe economies expected to start recovering – IHS economist
19th June 2009 The deepest and longest global recession in the world's postwar history was close to reaching the bottom, with the US expected to see a turnaround... →
SA economy at bottom of downturn, to grow by 2,1% in 2010
18th June 2009 Businesses had to know where in the business cycle they were positioned and what their sensitivity to the business cycle was, to enable them to... →
Economist expects SA economy to decline by 2% this year
15th June 2009 The business environment in South Africa would remain challenging in the months to come, with the country's gross domestic product (GDP) expected... →
Eskom’s late tariff submission creates legal problems for municipalities
9th June 2009 A “chaotic and incoherent” approach to tariff increase applications seemed to have become the norm for the electricity sector, the South African... →
Interim tariff hike to allow Eskom time to deal with funding shortfall – CEO
9th June 2009 The 34% interim electricity tariff increase submitted by Eskom would ensure that the power utility could guarantee the security of electricity... →
Economic conditions do not warrant 'huge' power tariff increase - Cosatu
9th June 2009 South African trade union confederation the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has rejected Eskom's 34% interim tariff increase... →
Interim tariff hike to allow Eskom time to deal with funding shortfall – CEO
9th June 2009 The 34% interim electricity tariff increase submitted by Eskom would ensure that the power utility could guarantee the security of electricity... →
