Marleny Arnoldi
Marleny Arnoldi is a Creamer Media Deputy Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Some uncertainties remain around incoming visa regime changes
25th April 2024 Government is changing the way the South African visa system works and immigration law experts have lauded this positive step to enable more... →
African Risk Capacity to pay out insurance to drought-affected Southern African farmers
17th April 2024 Farmers in Mozambique and Zambia are being impacted by one of the worst droughts in decades, United Nations (UN) assistant secretary-general Reena... →
Mavuso says visa reform is good and well, but govt capacity may negate the positives
8th April 2024 While it is positive that regulations for digital nomad visas are in place, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso says it will take... →
Experts propose private solutions to better capacitate municipalities for effective water management
28th March 2024 As South Africa starts to experience more extreme weather events, such as floods, droughts and high-energy storms, the sustainability of public... →
Draft IRP 2023 falls short in every aspect, says Just Share
25th March 2024 As government considers the public comments made on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2023 up to March 23, shareholder activism organisation... →
Skills development central to fixing water quality issues, says Mavuso
18th March 2024 In her latest weekly newsletter, published on March 18, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso addresses the major challenge of... →
Crisis of confidence has exacerbated sub-Saharan Africa’s funding squeeze
13th March 2024 Various shocks have resulted in commodity price pressure and fiscal constraints globally, but sub-Saharan African countries, in particular, have... →
Mavuso urges public-private collaboration to mitigate looming natural gas cliff
4th March 2024 Once again policy inaction and government’s inability to commit to large-scale investment will lead to a new blow to energy availability in the... →
US grants $11m to environmental insurance efforts in Africa
13th February 2024 African Risk Capacity (ARC) has entered into a landmark $11.7-million partnership with the US government to increase access to parametric insurance... →
Mavuso lauds business for pragmatic assistance despite govt failures
12th February 2024 Despite the great difficulty that is involved with running a business in South Africa, the private sector has taken a very pragmatic approach to... →
Business stakeholders find ‘election-oriented’ SoNA wanting
9th February 2024 Business stakeholders agree that President Cyril Ramphosa was right to emphasise economic reforms in his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on... →
Mavuso warns populist politicking ahead of elections can harm reform efforts
15th January 2024 Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso foresees a challenging year ahead for business, given the record number of elections that lie... →
World Bank makes $100m in financing available for African climate research
11th December 2023 The World Bank will make $100-million available to the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR) through the bank’s... →
Unemployment rate decreases to 31.9%
14th November 2023 The official unemployment rate has decreased by 0.7 of a percentage point to 31.9% in the third quarter of the year. This compares with the... →
South Africa expected to be worst affected by security-impacting energy supply disruption in 2024
9th November 2023 London-based global security company G4S finds in its inaugural ‘World Security Report’ that South Africa will be the worst-affected country... →
Meeting with President, Ministers reinvigorates BLSA’s confidence in joint problem-solving efforts
2nd October 2023 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has gained confidence in government’s willingness to work in partnership with the private sector to deal... →
Krutham calls for rethink of how JET activities are included in municipal budgets
27th September 2023 Financial and policy advisory company Krutham, formerly Intellidex, has recommended that the Presidential Climate Commission, with the support of... →
Ramaphosa calls on wealthy nations to fulfil promises of helping Africa adapt to climate change
26th September 2023 Amid the Western Cape’s battle against severe storms and flooding, along with a tropical storm in Libya causing deadly flooding earlier this month,... →
Too early to say if proposed SOE holding company will succeed – Mavuso
18th September 2023 With Cabinet having recently approved the publication of the draft National State Enterprises Bill for public comment, Business Leadership South... →
Agri SA warns govt’s interference amid food price dilemma could have detrimental long-term effects
18th September 2023 Industry body Agri SA has warned that government interference in the food market could lead to empty supermarket shelves. The organisation intends... →
Commission unpacks why food inflation remains high despite overall inflation easing
13th September 2023 While overall inflation has come down in recent months to its lowest level since October 2021, food inflation remains at nearly twice the inflation... →
Inflation expectations ease
11th September 2023 The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) cites in its latest Inflation Expectations Survey that respondents including analysts, business people and... →
GDP records 0.6% growth in Q2, but loadshedding threatens gains
5th September 2023 South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6% in the second quarter, which North West University Business School Professor Raymond... →
Universities to progress human trials of what could be groundbreaking TB vaccine
25th August 2023 The universities of Walter Sisulu and North-West have announced some astounding results from preclinical trials for a combination vaccine against... →
Legislation bungle reveals much of govt is not serious about delivering change, says BLSA
21st August 2023 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has expressed her dismay over the delays to the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) Amendment... →
BLSA clarifies role of business amid increasing public-private endeavours
7th August 2023 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has taken the opportunity to address the criticism the business sector often receives for... →
Agri SA warns of unconstitutionality of proposed water-use licence regulation
31st July 2023 Industry body Agri SA remains concerned about the draft Water Use Licence Applications, Amendment and Appeals Regulations published by the... →
Eskom hands control of Ekurhuleni loadshedding back to the municipality
28th July 2023 State-owned power utility Eskom has handed loadshedding operations in Ekurhuleni back to the municipality, after having revoked its authority to... →
Zikalala, panelists warn construction mafia poses an existential threat
20th July 2023 Organised crime, particularly in the construction sector, has become more prevalent, more violent and more organised in recent years, with “mafia”... →
Mavuso says govt is chasing vote-earning fantasy of NHI without considering practicalities
10th July 2023 In her latest weekly newsletter, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso has spoken out about the National Health Insurance (NHI) “charade... →
South African trade to suffer heavily if Russian arms aid allegations persist – Nedbank
7th July 2023 Nedbank commercial banking agriculture head John Hudson has shared his unease over the potential fallout following South Africa’s alleged supply of... →
Mavuso stresses centrality of efficient visa regime, lauds recent progress made
29th May 2023 Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso bemoans, in her latest weekly newsletter, the months of waiting for visa decisions and how it is... →
Johannesburg makes loadshedding changes, to exempt key businesses
26th May 2023 In an effort to ensure businesses remain invested in South Africa’s biggest city, the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) has announced that it will offer... →
Loadshedding starts to weigh on private sector debt servicing ability
8th May 2023 The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) declined sharply to 0.996 in the fourth quarter of last year, following a reading of 1.591 in the third... →
WEF urges reskilling, as job losses are set to outpace growth in the short term
2nd May 2023 The World Economic Forum’s latest ‘Future of Jobs’ report states that 23% of all jobs globally will change by 2027, through growth of 10.2% and a... →
Govt communication must improve if more investment is to be garnered – BLSA
11th April 2023 Of all the factors impacting on investor confidence in the country, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso says government’s... →
Eskom hands hydropower plants back to Uganda as concession ends
3rd April 2023 Following the end of the Eskom Uganda Limited (EUL) concession on March 31, Eskom has assured that a smooth transfer of assets and interests to... →
Policy Uncertainty Index worsens to 71.1 in the first quarter
29th March 2023 The North-West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) rose to a record level of 71.7 in the first quarter of the year,... →
B4SA launches independent fund for corporates to support Energy Action Plan
10th March 2023 Business body Business for South Africa (B4SA), together with the Presidency, on March 9 announced the establishment of a Resource Mobilisation... →
Water projects take centre stage in govt’s planned infrastructure spend
22nd February 2023 The National Budget facility for infrastructure has approved municipal water infrastructure projects to the value of R3.7-billion. These projects... →
No increase in sugar tax for now
22nd February 2023 Following heavy lobbying from industry bodies the Sugar Association of South Africa and South African Cane Crowers’ Association, government has... →
