Creamer Media Reporter
Creamer Media’s news team is based mainly in South Africa, but the team includes regular correspondents from other parts of Africa, such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Kenya and the rest of the world, including the United Kingdom, Australia and India. Email: newsdesk@engineeringnews.co.za
[EXCLUSIVE] Cosatu's position on SA politics
29th February 2016 Creamer Media’s Sane Dhlamini speaks to Congress of South African Trade Unions national spokesperson Sizwe Pamla about the federation’s position in... →
Deliberate Concealment
26th February 2016 Mtutuzeli Nyoka grew up loving and playing the game of cricket. In 2008, he was appointed as the president of Cricket South Africa (CSA), a... →
EXCLUSIVE: Vavi's new union federation
22nd February 2016 Former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about the formation of a new union federation. →
Leadership honour, integrity and trust
19th February 2016 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about leadership honour, integrity and trust. Click here to read... →
Suttner's View: Student protests and the burning of art
19th February 2016 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sashnee Moodley about the student protests. →
Are we in a post-apartheid society?
11th February 2016 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sashnee Moodley about whether we are in a post-apartheid society. Click here to... →
Suttner's View: Zuma’s future and our future
11th February 2016 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about Zuma’s future and our... →
Herman Mashaba on politics, mayorship candidacy
5th February 2016 Polity's Sane Dhlamini speaks to Black Like Me founder Herman Mashaba about politics and his candidacy for the City of Johannesburg mayorship. →
Creamer Media publishes Energy Roundup – December 2015 research report
18th January 2016 The December 2015 roundup includes details of State-owned utility Eskom’s application to claw back R22.8-billion; South Africa’s ranking as an... →
A Great Perhaps? Colombia: Conflict and Convergence
15th January 2016 No country has managed as rapid and positive a turnaround in governance and security conditions this century as Colombia. In 1999, FARC and ELN... →
Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill B11B-2015
27th December 2015 Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill B11B-2015 B. 11B - 2015 →
Daily podcast – December 4, 2015
4th December 2015 December 03, 2015. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Bruce Montiea. Making headlines: Student protests could pick up again in 2016 Liberia's... →
Piggy Boy's Blues
3rd December 2015 Known for his music, South African Music Award-winning musician Nakhane Touré is changing tune with the release of his debut novel, 'Piggy Boy’s... →
Supreme Court of Appeal confirms that #TextbooksMatter
2nd December 2015 Public interest law centre Section 27 and education rights lobby group Basic Education for All (Befa) welcome the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment... →
[EXCLUSIVE] Latest developments in Gauteng education
1st December 2015 Polity's Sane Dhlamini speaks to Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi about the latest developments in his department. →
Suttner's View: Where to in SA politics?
27th November 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sane Dhlamini about where to in SA politics? →
Crisis and leadership in South Africa
27th November 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sashnee Moodley about crisis and leadership in South Africa. Click here to read... →
DA: Toby Chance: Address by DA’s Shadow Minister of Small Business Development, in parliament (25/10)
26th November 2015 Honourable Members, this report is a curate’s egg – good in parts but in others it leaves a lot to be desired. The Committee was unanimous in... →
What if there were no whites in South Africa?
25th November 2015 Ferial Haffajee is highly respected as one of South Africa’s thought leaders and commentators. She effectively uses her media platform to raise and... →
Creamer Media publishes Water 2015: A review of South Africa's water sector research report
23rd November 2015 Creamer Media’s Water 2015 Report considers the aforementioned issues, not only in the South African context but also in the African and global... →
The romanticisation and delegitimisation of the ANC
20th November 2015 Researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Sashnee Moodley about the romanticisation and delegitimisation of the ANC.... →
Suttner's View: Did the #feesmustfall campaign turn into a chaotic mess?
20th November 2015 In this episode of Suttner's View, researcher and analyst Professor Raymond Suttner speaks about whether the #feesmustfall campaign turned into a... →
We Have Now Begun Our Descent
20th November 2015 The South African secret services block the cellphones of journalists covering Parliament. Opposition party members are violently thrown out of the... →
Research Internship contract position(s)
18th November 2015 CCRED undertakes economic research, teaching and advice on competition, regulation and industrial development in Africa. The economics of... →
#textbooksMatter – Zolani Mahola speaks out
13th November 2015 The Bloemfontein Supreme Court of Appeal will, on November 24, hear an important case which will define government’s obligations with regard to the... →
Blackout - The Eskom Crisis
5th November 2015 In 1998 the South African government was warned that the country was running out of electricity. Despite the warnings, the decision was taken not... →
I Ran For My Life
30th October 2015 Kabelo Mabalane, South Africa’s number one self-proclaimed ‘pantsula for life’ shares his journey and insights, from being a multi-platinum-selling... →
The Illusion
27th October 2015 In the second book in this widely discussed trilogy, main character Legia, staggers from her disastrous first marriage into hard times. She... →
Let’s Talk Frankly
26th October 2015 South Africa has been in the grip of a worrying culture of acquiesce and silence after 1994. Such silence is largely driven by patronage and a... →
A time traveller’s guide to our next ten years
21st October 2015 Frans Cronje, CEO of the South African Institute of Race Relations speak's to Polity's Sheila Barradas about his book ‘A time traveller’s guide to... →
Evander signs three-year wage deal with NUM, Uasa
13th October 2015 Evander Gold Mines, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Pan African Resources, has reached a three-year wage deal with the National Union of Mineworkers... →
A brief history of factionalism and new party formation and decline in SA: The case of Cope
1st October 2015 There is little analytical literature on the theory and empirical analysis of party factionalism that leads to splits and the formation of new... →
Waiting for the state: politics of public housing in South Africa
10th September 2015 The South African Bill of Rights states that citizens have a right “to adequate housing” and that housing is a basic need. The state is obligated... →
Underwhelming Womens' Month
9th September 2015 Editorial Note Sheila Camerer's article on Women's Day offers the opportunity of looking more generally at the position of women and their rights... →
138 MW Gouda wind farm enters commercial operations
8th September 2015 The 138 MW Gouda wind farm, in the Western Cape, has officially entered commercial operations. The project was selected by the Department of Energy... →
R2bn Kouga wind farm officially opened
4th September 2015 The R2-billion Kouga wind farm, located at Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape, was officially opened on Friday by Economic Development, Environmental... →
There is a short-term solution
3rd September 2015 A lot has been happening recently. The markets are in turmoil, the rand is in freefall and worst of all, it seems as if we are entering a... →
Climate change impeding SA farmers in fields and with financiers, insurers
1st September 2015 South Africa’s crop farmers are expected to struggle as they look to secure crop financing and insurance cover needed to successfully cultivate a... →
Struggle in a Time of Crisis
24th August 2015 Struggle in a Time of Crisis brings together essays by an array of distinguished global contributors who are devoted to working with labor... →
Sustainable farming critical to food security in South Africa
21st August 2015 The long-standing health of South Africa’s agricultural sector depends on the sustainability of farming methods, which need to take into account... →
Water dept OKs release of water from Lesotho to ease FS shortages
20th August 2015 To ease water shortages in the Free State, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has granted approval for the release of water from the... →