Natalie Greve
Natalie Greve is Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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JDA kicks off next phase of BRT construction, warns of road closures
21st August 2015 Advancing development of what it describes as a sophisticated public transport network, the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has started the... →
Regional approach to export strategy vital, says logistics council
20th August 2015 Rather than adopting piecemeal export strategies that are not aligned with their neighbours, Southern African countries should collaborate and... →
Defence sector supportive of SMMEs, localisation underestimated, argues industry body
19th August 2015 As government continues to promote localisation and support for small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) through various incentive schemes... →
Labour Minister reinstates expired auto sector labour deals
18th August 2015 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has renewed several expired employment agreements struck under the auspices of the Motor Industry Bargaining... →
Uasa threatens strike at Rand Water
14th August 2015 Trade union Uasa says strike action by its members employed at Rand Water may be “unavoidable”, after the parties failed to reach an agreement... →
Daily podcast – August 14, 2015
14th August 2015 Making headlines: President Jacob Zuma says legislative changes will be supportive of offshore oil and gas drilling. Cosatu plans to organise the... →
Social impact of business rescue proceedings should be prioritised, academic argues
13th August 2015 The social impact of business rescue proceedings, which referred chiefly to the impact on employment, should be prioritised above the interests of... →
Judge cautious over conflict of interest provisions in Companies Act
13th August 2015 Western Cape High Court judge Owen Rogers has pointed to the potentially limited application of provisions contained within the Companies Act of... →
PRASA initiates skills, qualifications audit across agency
12th August 2015 Following the recent receipt of a condemnatory report by the Auditor-General in which irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure was detailed at... →
Zuma launches investigation into impact of new visa rules
11th August 2015 Noting “with concern” complaints that the newly introduced visa regulations for those wishing to travel to South Africa had over-bureaucratised the... →
Radebe cautious on higher tariffs on Chinese steel
11th August 2015 Amid calls by the South African steel industry for improved tariff protection against the import of inexpensive Chinese steel, Minister in the... →
DTI unpacks amended BEE codes to soften blow for business
6th August 2015 In an effort to allay fears by business that newly reworked black economic-empowerment (BEE) legislation would stifle growth and introduce further... →
Scaw may retrench workers as it considers restructuring
5th August 2015 Steel product manufacturer Scaw Metals Group announced on Wednesday that the company was contemplating restructuring and had issued a notice in... →
Sanral claims increase in revenues from e-tolling
5th August 2015 The payment of e-tolls by Gauteng commuters was on the rise, despite accusations by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance to the latter, the... →
Nzimande admits failure of leadership, corruption at govt’s student aid scheme
5th August 2015 In a rare concession, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimade has admitted to failures within the National Student Financial Aid... →
African asset market offering key opportunities for intl investors – PwC
30th July 2015 As African economies advance their “aggressive” expansion, boosting demand for financial services products such as pensions, life insurance... →
Sacci names Mukoki CEO
29th July 2015 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) has appointed former Land and Agricultural Bank head Alan Mukoki as its new CEO,... →
Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill tabled in Parliament
29th July 2015 Following what the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) describes as “an extensive public consultation process”, the draft Promotion and... →
Daily Podcast – July 29, 2015
29th July 2015 Making headlines: Members of Parliament move with haste to stop parliamentary disruptions. US President Barack Obama tells Africans to build... →
Bitumen shortage stalls Joburg road projects
24th July 2015 The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has announced delays to several of its roadworks programmes across Johannesburg owing to a shortage of bitumen... →
Brown rotates Denel board
24th July 2015 Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has, following Cabinet approval, rotated the board of State-owned aerospace and defence technology... →
Marine transport, manufacturing at centre of Operation Phakisa
22nd July 2015 Aimed at leveraging South Africa’s strategic location and extensive coastline, Operation Phakisa will place at its centre the accelerated growth of... →
DoT says hands tied over Uber debacle
22nd July 2015 Responding to calls by the local metered taxi industry to halt the operation of taxis registered with international public transport group Uber,... →
S African economy depressed amid energy constraints – Grant Thornton
21st July 2015 Rising costs, poor government service delivery and crime continue to weigh on the minds of South African business leaders in privately held... →
Public–private cooperation catalysed at inaugural infrastructure event –Makhura
17th July 2015 The Gauteng provincial government (GPG) has declared its inaugural Gauteng Infrastructure Investment Conference a success, telling delegates during... →
Cities should be ‘labs for innovation’ – Tshwane mayor
17th July 2015 Tshwane executive mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa has pointed to the need for South African cities to become “laboratories for innovation” if their... →
Gauteng pitches water, sanitation, energy projects to private investors
17th July 2015 In a hard sell to the private investment community, Gauteng Infrastructure Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza on Friday reiterated her... →
IDC calls for ‘creative’ financing models to fund public infrastructure
17th July 2015 Governments can no longer solely rely on conventional investment mechanisms to fund their public infrastructure development, cautions Industrial... →
Private sector the ‘mainstay’ of investment in Gauteng, says Makhura
16th July 2015 Placing private equity providers firmly in its strategic crosshairs, Gauteng Premier David Makhura continued to reiterate his province’s intention... →
Eskom extends Molefe’s contract by 3 months
15th July 2015 Embattled energy utility Eskom has extended the employment contract of acting CEO Brian Molefe for a further three months, clarifying in a... →
R900m upgrade of N2 highway in E Cape begins
15th July 2015 Kicking off the initial leg of the three-phase, R900-million Southern Region construction project, the South African National Roads Agency Limited... →
Brics grouping leading global economic recovery – Zuma
9th July 2015 In the midst of a “sluggish” global economy, the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, or Brics, member States are leading the charge... →
Rosatom, S Africa fortify nuclear partnership through signing of MoUs
9th July 2015 South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) and Russian nuclear energy firm Rosatom have further strengthened their nuclear energy alliance, this... →
Delays along key SADC trade corridors costing ‘billions’ in trade – study
8th July 2015 A reduction in delays along Southern Africa’s three busiest trade corridors – the Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC), between Namibia, Botswana and... →
Rural roads critical to meeting developmental goals
6th July 2015 The development of rural road infrastructure and public transport services remains critical to the delivery of South Africa’s – and other African... →
Gauteng aims for 60% of tenders to be awarded using public system by end-2016
3rd July 2015 After becoming the first provincial government to adjudicate its central banking services tender selection process in public on Friday, the Gauteng... →
Davies approves draft empowerment codes for tourism sector
2nd July 2015 Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies has approved the draft Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Codes, allowing members of... →
Oliphant lobbies business to embrace centralised wage bargaining
2nd July 2015 Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant continues to back the centralised wage bargaining model as the most suitable mechanism through which the country’s... →
Competition, collaboration ‘sweet spot’ critical in public procurement policy
1st July 2015 Some four years after the signing of the Local Procurement Accord, which sketches government’s intention to achieve a 75% localisation spend in the... →
Advanced manufacturing can reindustrialise S Africa, says DST
29th June 2015 Advanced manufacturing was internationally regarded as critical to reversing the economically-stifling effects of increasing deindustrialisation... →
S African manufacturers primed to exploit Africa’s consumer boom
29th June 2015 With growth rates exceeding those of the developed world – averaging between 4% and 5% from 2002 to 2014 – African States remain key targets for... →
