Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
South Africa to motivate for Agoa renewal for Africa's development
27th September 2023 South Africa will motivate for the extension and renewal of the US preferential trade framework the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) for... →
US-South Africa hold trade, investment dialogue to deepen bilateral business ties
19th September 2023 The US-South Africa Trade and Investment Executive Dialogue on September 18 built on partnership efforts and saw the launch of a yearly US-South... →
Business, household energy bounce back scheme to add 1 GW of capacity a year
10th August 2023 The National Treasury has launched the Energy Bounce Back (EBB) loan guarantee scheme to facilitate 1 GW a year in additional generation capacity... →
Brics opportunities must not be at expense of other trade relations - Mavuso
24th July 2023 South Africa's representatives do not seem to realise that the opportunities presented by the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics)... →
Minister welcomes ruling to place Post Office in business rescue
11th July 2023 Acting Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Enoch Godongwana, who also serves as Finance Minister, has welcomed the July 10 decision by... →
African countries generated €1.7bn in additional revenues from tackling tax evasion, illicit financial flows
10th July 2023 African countries have realised additional revenues totalling €1.69-billion owing to voluntary disclosures, the implementation of information... →
South Africa must clarify Russia stance, set out clear policy on supply of weapons – BLSA
3rd July 2023 South Africa's ambiguous stance on Russia has led to the US Congress and Senate noting that the docking of the Lady R vessel, in Simon’s Town naval... →
Rand Water to pursue legal recourse in deadlock with nonpaying municipalities
28th June 2023 Water utility Rand Water is facing a significant challenge in relation to outstanding debts owed by various municipalities and has reached a... →
NHI will collapse, as it is unworkable, says BLSA's Mavuso
19th June 2023 The passing of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill by the National Assembly is "yet another act in a pantomime that government seems intent on... →
Numsa warns of possible Gautrain strike as wage talks deadlock
19th June 2023 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has reached a deadlock with the Gautrain management in discussions about a new... →
Wits mourns the passing of digital innovator Barry Dwolatzky
17th May 2023 The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has announced the passing of Wits Director of Innovation Strategy Professor Barry Dwolatzky, who was the... →
Liveness, real-time identification verification could improve voting processes
17th May 2023 The use of modern, secure liveness and real-time biometric identification verification technologies can improve voting processes, speed up voting... →
African private capital activity remains resilient despite global uncertainty, volatility
2nd May 2023 African private capital markets experienced a record-high volume of deals in 2022. As a result, deal volumes in the region recorded a remarkable... →
South Africa must stick to plans to deal with electricity crisis – BLSA
24th April 2023 The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM), set up under the Presidency, has brought together the best people and put together a plan that has... →
Bheki Nxumalo appointed Eskom generation head
14th April 2023 State-owned power utility Eskom has appointed Bheki Nxumalo group executive for generation, with immediate effect. He will report directly to the... →
Shutdown response should lead to some recovery in confidence – BLSA
27th March 2023 The police, backed up by the army, largely maintained law and order, protecting people and property during the attempted national shutdown on March... →
Proposed shutdown will not achieve any positive objective – Sacci
16th March 2023 A national shutdown does not achieve any positive objectives and political campaigning and differences, such as disputes relating to who should or... →
PayShap payment system aimed at reducing the need for using cash
13th March 2023 South Africans can now make free real-time payments of up to R3 000 between bank accounts using the PayShap free payment system introduced by... →
Allianz expects rise in strikes, riots and protests to test business resilience
28th February 2023 Anger over growing social inequality and the cost of living, floundering faith in governments and institutions and increasingly polarised politics,... →
South Africa has fast-tracked reforms to avoid greylisting, but must continue efforts – PwC
20th February 2023 Assurance, advisory and tax services multinational PwC South Africa says South Africa has made a lot of progress to address technical compliance... →
Targeted policies to reverse losses in foundational learning, skills development critical, says World Bank
16th February 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic caused a disruption in human capital at critical moments in the life cycle, derailing the development of millions of children... →
Mminele to succeed Makwana as Nedbank chairperson
15th February 2023 Financial services firm Nedbank has appointed Daniel Mminele as an independent nonexecutive director and chairperson-designate for the Nedbank... →
Neither a new Minister, nor a state of disaster helpful for solving energy crisis
13th February 2023 Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) says neither the creation of a new post for an Electricity Minister, nor the... →
More people influencing global development discourse
8th February 2023 Through greater access to information, owing to the ubiquity of digital devices, more parts of society, globally, are being empowered to contribute... →
Joburg mayor Amad appoints new MMCs
3rd February 2023 City of Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad has appointed eight members to the mayoral committee after extensive consultations with other political... →
TVET registrations decrease, female applicants dominate
25th January 2023 There were fewer registrations for Ministerial-approved programmes at technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges for the 2023... →
City of Cape Town to pay businesses, residents cash for electricity
24th January 2023 The National Treasury has granted the City of Cape Town an exemption from competitive bidding or tendering processes for the buying of electricity... →
Solidarity starts legal action against Nersa to remove private generation bottlenecks
19th January 2023 Trade union Solidarity has served legal papers on the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to remove all bottlenecks standing in the... →
Public service professionalisation framework aimed at resolving various challenges
18th January 2023 The National Framework towards Professionalisation of the Public Sector, adopted by Cabinet in October, is aimed at resolving the many challenges... →
South Africa should ensure WEF discussions reinforce COP27 energy transition plan – BLSA
16th January 2023 South Africa should ensure the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting conversation in Davos, Switzerland, this week reinforces the country’s... →
Loadshedding the biggest local headwind, job creation becomes elusive – Seifsa
12th January 2023 Loadshedding remains the biggest local headwind facing the metals and engineering industries, and persistent loadshedding, the worst in more than... →
South Africa needs govt to play its role in getting the country working – BLSA
5th December 2022 Government plays an enormous role in delivering supportive policy, institutions that operate efficiently and with integrity and, above all, a... →
Wits planetarium to be transformed into a multidisciplinary digital hub
22nd November 2022 The planetarium at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), which is 62 years old this year, is being modernised into a fully fledged... →
Transnet lifts force majeure for some terminals, but not its container terminals
21st October 2022 State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has lifted the force majeure declared in the automotive, bulk and multi-purpose terminals with immediate... →
AfDB approves $75m facility to enhance African trade financing
14th October 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an unfunded $75-million trade finance Risk Participation Agreement... →
Irregular SoE expenditure highlights need to improve public procurement – Kearney
6th October 2022 The increase in State-owned enterprises’ (SoEs’) irregular expenditure from R61-billion in 2017 to R167-billion in 2021 highlights the need to... →
Transnet tables new wage offer, applies to CCMA for conciliation
4th October 2022 State-owned Transnet has applied to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to convene conciliation discussions regarding... →
FATF greylisting provides impetus to get South Africa's commercial crime-fighting system up to scratch – BLSA
3rd October 2022 The work being done to reduce the chance that South Africa will be greylisted by global anti-money laundering and terrorist financing body the... →
EIUG, SAPVIA, Busa welcome appointment of new Eskom board with balanced skills
3rd October 2022 Industry nonprofit the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) welcomes the "overdue reconstitution of the Eskom board" and says "the new board seems... →
Sacci calls for independent commission to select, recruit SOE board members, CEOs
29th September 2022 Business organisation the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says changes to power utility Eskom's board of directors should... →
Urgent actions needed to deal with energy crisis, says Busa
22nd September 2022 Business organisation Business Unity South Africa (Busa) is urging government to urgently implement identified priority interventions, as the... →
