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Downgrades, US-China impasse hammer SA’s Rand

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH Africa’s volatile Rand currency is bearing the brunt of escalating trade tensions between China and the United States as well as possibilit ...
MTN worst hit by rising battery theft

by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - MTN has lost 125 batteries last week amid a surge in theft and vandalism at cell phone towers across the country. This is an increase from 74 batteri ...
Digital skills scarcity deters SA smart grids uptake

by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH Africa is missing out on the benefits of smart grid investments amid lack of digital skills. This is the view of an energy industry execut ...
South Africa to spend over R300 billion on IT

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – SPENDING on information technology (IT) is set to total more than R303 billion ($21,78 billion) in South Africa in 2019, a 3,9 percent increase t ...

One Planet Summit showcases Africa’s role against climate change

March 08, 2019(0) Comments

from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI - WHILE Africa is responsible for merely 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, 65 percent of the continent’s estimated popula ...

SA Budget 2019: Spending to exceed revenue

February 20, 2019(0) Comments

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA CAPE TOWN - SOUTH Africa will be spending more money than it will generate in the coming year. Presenting his Budget Speech in Cape Town on Wednesday afternoon ...

Gas findings a game changer for South African economy

February 18, 2019(0) Comments

by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - THE recent discovery of gas off the southern coast of South Africa is seen as a great step for the country which still relies on imports of oil and ...

Labour body resists splitting of Eskom

February 09, 2019(0) Comments

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - THERE are differences within South Africa’s tripartite alliance following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of plans to privatise s ...

Digitalisation boosts productivity in mining sector

February 06, 2019(0) Comments

JOHANNESBURG – EXPERTS have forecast innovation and technology to play increasingly valuable roles in boosting performance and sustainable efficiency in mines throughout Africa. ...

Maize soap and mixed views at climate summit

December 06, 2018(0) Comments

from ANDRZEJ KOWALCYK in Katowice, Poland KATOWICE - It was never going to be easy holding a United Nations climate-change meeting in a country that gets 80 per cent of its energ ...

AMG throws Zimbabwe economic lifeline

November 03, 2018(0) Comments

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - ZIMBABWE has received some reprieve after a gold medallion company based in neighbouring South Africa pledged to finance the procurement of sca ...

Industry 4.0 a chance to plug the gender gap

October 29, 2018(0) Comments

by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - THE fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) has emerged as an opportunity to bridge the gender gap. This revolution is anticipated to have an im ...

SADC rail revival spurs intra-Africa trade

September 24, 2018(0) Comments

by GIFT NDOLWANE JOHANNESBURG - AFTER years lying derelict owing to a snub by some governments in the region, the railway sector has bounced back as a key component of promoting ...

World at risk of a blackout

August 24, 2018(0) Comments

by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG - IT could bring devastation on a scale greater than war and close to a nuclear attack. And Africa, India and developed countries like the United S ...

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