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Schalk Burger

Schalk Burger

Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Necsa welcomes Vilakazi's appointment as Wits vice-chancellor

29th June 2020 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation has welcomed the appointment of Professor Zeblon Vilakazi as the next vice-chancellor of the... 

Stats SA survey shows 40% of businesses flag survival doubts

21st April 2020 The results of a rapid survey conducted by Statistics South Africa reveal that 42.2% of businesses that participated in the survey are not... 

Medical robots could contribute in South Africa's fight against Covid-19

Medical robots could contribute in South Africa's fight against Covid-19

15th April 2020 Robotics could prove useful as the world, and the healthcare sector in particular, seeks solutions to help in the fight against Covid-19. Medical... 

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Newly launched agency plans to drive agricultural development, ensure successful land reform

Newly launched agency plans to drive agricultural development, ensure successful land reform

18th February 2020 The nonprofit Agricultural Development Agency, launched on Tuesday, in Pretoria, is a cross-sector, government-supported and private-sector led... 

Next phase of taxi recapitalisation gets under way

Next phase of taxi recapitalisation gets under way

23rd August 2019 The revised taxi recapitalisation programme to remove the remaining 63 241 unroadworthy or noncompliant taxis from South Africa’s roads was... 

Machine learning, knowledge management tools changing legal industry

29th August 2018 The legal profession, as with most other knowledge professions, is changing through, besides others, the use of machine learning tools used to... 

DA proposes free trade, cost and regulatory reductions to stimulate manufacturing

7th August 2018 Political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), on Tuesday proposed increased free trade and reducing regulatory burdens and energy costs to... 

CSIR researching social media use for public safety

CSIR researching social media use for public safety

11th June 2018 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Monday detailed work researchers are doing to put social media to use in identifying... 

Oldest hominid fossil ‘Little Foot’ unveiled – Wits

Oldest hominid fossil ‘Little Foot’ unveiled – Wits

7th December 2017 The oldest and most complete fossil of an Australopithecus prometheus, named Little Foot owing to the 1994 discovery of four small foot bones in... 

TFTA negotiations to conclude by end 2017

TFTA negotiations to conclude by end 2017

15th September 2017 Facilitated by the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), market-access negotiations between the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and the East... 

Transport-focused Aerotropolis aims to catalyse economic growth in east Gauteng

Transport-focused Aerotropolis aims to catalyse economic growth in east Gauteng

22nd January 2016 The so-called Aerotropolis development taking shape in the east of Gauteng is seeking to more fully leverage the giant OR Tambo International... 

Daily Podcast – November 25, 2015

Daily Podcast – November 25, 2015

25th November 2015 Making headlines: Cosatu's biggest affiliate wants Cyril Ramaphosa for president IS militants claim hotel attack that killed 7 people in Egypt's... 

'Appropriate use' of ICT in classrooms seen as helping turn SA’s education tide

'Appropriate use' of ICT in classrooms seen as helping turn SA’s education tide

13th November 2015 The launch of the Operation Phakisa Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education initiative will see classrooms fitted with smart... 

Daily podcast – September 28, 2015

Daily podcast – September 28, 2015

28th September 2015 Making headlines: A new municipal workers union has been formed. A planned nationwide anticorruption march hangs in the balance. And, the US will... 

Sacci urges businesses to work together to overcome difficulties facing S African economy

Sacci urges businesses to work together to overcome difficulties facing S African economy

23rd September 2015 South Africa’s current account deficit, balance of trade deficit, increasingly complex and simultaneously increasingly ambiguous regulatory... 

Maluti-a-Phofung SEZ aims to bolster logistics efficiency along key trade routes

Maluti-a-Phofung SEZ aims to bolster logistics efficiency along key trade routes

14th August 2015 The R4.8-billion, 1 000 ha Maluti-a-Phofung special economic zone (SEZ) being built near Harrismith at the foothills of the northern Drakensberg... 

South Africa probing socially acceptable low- and no-water sanitation alternatives

South Africa probing socially acceptable low- and no-water sanitation alternatives

3rd July 2015 South Africa might face significant water stress and possible outright water scarcity in 10 to 15 years, unless its citizens adapt their behaviour... 

Icasa reserves judgement on publishers’ post office complaints

Icasa reserves judgement on publishers’ post office complaints

2nd July 2015 The Complaints and Compliance Committee (CCC) of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) reserved judgement on Thursday in... 

SCA judgment sets precedent for public access to enviro information

SCA judgment sets precedent for public access to enviro information

22nd June 2015 The Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA’s) November 2014 judgment, ordering steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to hand over the 2003... 

Daily Podcast – April 22, 2015

Daily Podcast – April 22, 2015

22nd April 2015 Making headlines: Business Against Crime South Africa expresses concern about the ongoing xenophobic attacks. Niger shuts schools and vaccinates... 

SKA drives human capital development in S Africa, Africa – Ramaphosa

SKA drives human capital development in S Africa, Africa – Ramaphosa

2nd March 2015 The development of the 64-dish MeerKAT array radio telescope is a strategic infrastructure project and forms part of efforts to transform the South... 

Pandor emphasises need for resource-rich countries to diversify economies

Pandor emphasises need for resource-rich countries to diversify economies

16th January 2015 The exploitation of minerals must form the basis of diversified economies in the developing world, said Science and Technology Minister Naledi... 

Sasol moving to commercial scale with industrial sludge bioremediation

Sasol moving to commercial scale with industrial sludge bioremediation

27th November 2014 Petrochemicals giant Sasol’s industrial sludge bioremediation project will move into full commercial scale over the next two years to treat its 200... 

Daily podcast – October 23, 2014

Daily podcast – October 23, 2014

23rd October 2014 Making headlines: Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene confirmed a further directallocation to power utility Eskom of at least R20-billion. At least 4... 

Daily podcast – October 1, 2014

Daily podcast – October 1, 2014

1st October 2014 Making headlines: Three state-owned enterprises miss their reports deadline. The West Africa Ebola crisis hits tourism and compounds hunger in... 

Daily podcast – September 26, 2014

Daily podcast – September 26, 2014

26th September 2014 September 26, 2014. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I'm Schalk Burger. Making headlines: Parliament's portfolio committee on water and... 

Daily podcast – September 25, 2014

Daily podcast – September 25, 2014

25th September 2014 Making headlines: President Jacob Zuma tells the United Nations general assembly that Africa continues to lag behind in the MDGs. The death toll... 

DCCI highlights minimum wage inflation risks

DCCI highlights minimum wage inflation risks

18th September 2014 A minimum wage discussion paper released by the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) outlined that minimum wage laws posed a significant... 

R200m Gauteng SME supplier development fund launched

R200m Gauteng SME supplier development fund launched

17th September 2014 Financial services firm FNB and supplier development company Edge Growth on Wednesday launched the R200-million Vumela 2.0 enterprise and supplier... 

Daily podcast – August 11, 2014

Daily podcast – August 11, 2014

11th August 2014 Making headlines: Sanral announces that there won’t be e-tolled freeways in Cape Town. The World Health Organisation declares Ebola an... 

Addressable market, balanced scaling key to SME survival

Addressable market, balanced scaling key to SME survival

7th August 2014 A worldwide study of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) – the Start-up Genome Project – found that SMEs most often failed as a result of... 

SA private equity investment has room to grow

SA private equity investment has room to grow

6th August 2014 The amount of funds allocated to private equity investments in South Africa is significantly below the international average, presenting a... 

Security objectives behind move to accelerate SA’s identity smartcard roll-out

Security objectives behind move to accelerate SA’s identity smartcard roll-out

18th July 2014 Government is accelerating the processing and issuing of identity smartcards to replace the green identity document booklets and believes it can... 

Daily podcast – June 13, 2014

Daily podcast – June 13, 2014

13th June 2014 Making headlines: The leader of South Africa's AMCU union said a wage deal with the three platinum producers was imminent. Africa and the West... 

Daily podcast – March 31, 2014

Daily podcast – March 31, 2014

31st March 2014 Making headlines: President Jacob Zuma denies any wrongdoing over his R206-million home upgrade. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says South... 

Daily podcast - January 24, 2014

Daily podcast - January 24, 2014

24th January 2014 Making headlines: The South Sudan government and rebels sign a ceasefire deal. Eskom reiterates its warning of a‘tight’ electricity system. And,... 

Daily podcast – July 10, 2013

Daily podcast – July 10, 2013

10th July 2013 South African President Jacob Zuma replaced Tokyo Sexwale as housing minister in a cabinet shake-up on Tuesday, removing the anti-apartheid... 

Draft climate change monitoring, evaluation system to be completed by year-end

Draft climate change monitoring, evaluation system to be completed by year-end

20th June 2013 A draft monitoring and evaluation system, which forms part of South Africa's climate change response policy, is expected to be finalised by the end... 

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