Natalie Greve
Natalie Greve is Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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Three Labour Act amendment Bills to be tabled this year
8th May 2015 The Department of Labour (DoL) continues to advance three Labour Relations Act amendment Bills aimed at protecting the rights of workers, with one... →
DHS to review tender system
7th May 2015 Informed by its mandate to efficiently manage over R30-billion a year and deliver 1.5-million housing opportunities by 2019, the Department of... →
Eskom has ‘no right’ to cut off defaulting municipalities – AfriForum
7th May 2015 Civil rights organisation AfriForum claims energy utility Eskom “has no right” to interrupt power to ten of the country’s top 20 defaulting... →
Ballooning demand moving water up business risk agenda
7th May 2015 At the current pace, global demand for water will increase by 55% by 2050, moving concerns around sustained water supply up the business risk... →
Eskom pushes for IPPs to 'self-build' grid substations
5th May 2015 Acknowledging the shortage of access points to connect renewable-energy projects developed under government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power... →
Forum bares bullish opinion of SA renewable-energy sector
5th May 2015 Comment emerging from the Renewable Energy Forum in South Africa, on Wednesday, has suggested a largely bullish view of the local renewable-energy... →
Coal IPP programme bid window likely to be extended – DoE
5th May 2015 The bidding window for government’s Coal Baseload Independent Power Producers (IPP) Programme is likely to be pushed back beyond its initially... →
PMI slumps to 45.4 as manufacturing activity falls to four-year low
4th May 2015 The seasonally adjusted Kagiso Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 45.4 index points in April from 47.9 points in March, dragged down by a... →
Eskom carries out weekend maintenance on 2 608 MW of plant capacity
4th May 2015 A week after a so-called ‘maintenance festival’ during which technicians carried out planned maintenance on 2 303 MW of generating plants and... →
BBBEE codes an opportunity, not a hindrance – Deloitte
29th April 2015 The amended codes of good practice for broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE), coming into effect on May 1, have the potential to stimulate... →
Foreign nationals returning to communities, says govt
28th April 2015 A number of foreign nationals that were displaced as a result of xenophobia-driven violence across Johannesburg and Durban’s inner city and... →
Numsa rejects Eskom claim that strikes delayed Medupi build
23rd April 2015 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has rejected a claim by energy utility Eskom that fractious labour relations and... →
R1bn Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital to admit first patient in 2016
22nd April 2015 A year after first breaking ground on the 238-bed, eight-theatre Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH), in Parktown, Johannesburg, the Nelson... →
Renewable-energy forum to unpack sector prospects, risks
22nd April 2015 On the heels of Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson’s recent announcement of the preferred bidders under the fourth bidding round of the... →
Coalition rallies support for Jhb march against xenophobia
20th April 2015 A coalition of nongovernmental organisations, trade unions, corporates and faith-based organisations are rallying support for a march through the... →
Zuma to meet with business over xenophobia, sets up inter-Ministerial team
20th April 2015 President Jacob Zuma is set to host a series of meetings with stakeholders to discuss the country’s migration policy and how various sectors can... →
CoM pledges safe working environment amid xenophobic upheaval
17th April 2015 The Chamber of Mines (CoM) has, on behalf of its members, expressed its condolences to the families of South Africans and foreign nationals that... →
Sasol pulls 340 S African workers from Moz operations as xenophobic tensions rise
17th April 2015 Petrochemicals group Sasol has confirmed that it has evacuated 340 South Africans from its operations in Mozambique, following fears of retaliation... →
Poor African trade policy could reverse industrialisation efforts
13th April 2015 The United Nation Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has cautioned that ill-designed trade policy in Africa could reverse the course of... →
Municipality outlines remedial action following dumping of sewage into Vaal river
10th April 2015 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has taken steps against the Matlosana municipality after three wastewater treatment works (WWTWs)... →
Eskom mulls cutting power to 20 defaulting municipalities as debt hits R4.6bn
10th April 2015 Energy utility Eskom has warned residents of the 20 municipalities across the country that are defaulting most severely that it may interrupt bulk... →
Zuma, Mugabe renew trade commitments
9th April 2015 President Jacob Zuma has deepened South Africa’s bilateral trade relationship with “sister republic” Zimbabwe, expounding on the countries’ strong... →
'We will use our political power to empower ourselves' – Zuma
9th April 2015 President Jacob Zuma says the ruling party should not be “shy” about leveraging its political power to economically advance the black majority and... →
Old battle foes continue to weigh on SA economy
8th April 2015 Banking group Barclays has trimmed its gross domestic product (GDP) growth outlook for South Africa to 2% for the year, outlining in its Quarterly... →
Megaproject strategy to permanently alter housing development landscape – Makhura
7th April 2015 The Gauteng provincial government (GPG) has fleshed out a radical Mega Projects human settlements strategy that will signify a “paradigm shift” in... →
Saippa welcomes govt’s renewal of power purchase contracts
2nd April 2015 The South African Independent Power Producers Association (Saippa) has welcomed the renewal of the short-term power purchase programme (STPPP)... →
AfDB approves $124m loan to Angola for water infrastructure
2nd April 2015 The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $123.77-million loan to Angola to finance the country’s Institutional and Sustainability... →
Daily podcast – April 2, 2015
2nd April 2015 Making headlines: Minister Lynne Brown insists Eskom is on ‘solid ground’, as 827 MW in short-term purchases are renewed. Sierra Leone will start... →
First Gauteng tender decided in public
1st April 2015 Throwing open a process often criticised for its lack of transparency and frequent irregularities, the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) for the... →
SA can return to precrisis growth levels – Sarb economist
31st March 2015 Delivering an uncommonly optimistic appraisal of South Africa’s economic prospects, South African Reserve Bank economic reviews and statistics... →
Govt campaign to drive recovery of R94bn in municipal debt – Gordhan
30th March 2015 While noting that the responsibility for recovering debt owed to municipalities falls on the municipalities themselves, Cooperative Governance and... →
Zuma appoints policyman as SARB deputy governor
27th March 2015 President Jacob Zuma has appointed South African Reserve Bank (SARB) adviser and Monetary Policy Committee member Kuben Naidoo as SARB deputy... →
Sale of ageing aircraft to African airlines a risk – Minister
24th March 2015 Despite some progress in the safety record of African airline carriers in recent years, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has lamented the... →
Employment, salaries up in Q4 – Stats SA
24th March 2015 The number of employees in the formal nonagricultural sector of the South African economy increased from an estimated 8.94-million in September to... →
Ninety-six mines operating without water licences, Minister reveals
24th March 2015 Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has revealed that 96 mines currently active in South Africa are operating without water use... →
Canada, Japan to pitch for SA nuclear deal
23rd March 2015 A third and final nuclear vendor parade workshop, scheduled for the last week of this month, will see vendor countries Canada and Japan presenting... →
Report reveals municipal spending, revenue underperformance in H1
19th March 2015 South African municipalities spent 42.3%, or R142.6-billion, of their total adopted budget of R336.8-billion in the six months ended December 31,... →
Govt commits R1.8bn to water infrastructure upgrades in 2015
18th March 2015 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) plans to spend R1.6-billion in the 2014/15 fiscal period on the upgrade of dilapidated water... →
North African cities offer greatest opportunity – PwC
17th March 2015 A report by professional services firm PwC investigating Africa’s most “dynamic” and “future-focused” cities has identified North African cities... →
Zuma appeals for energy efficiency during launch of energy campaign
13th March 2015 President Jacob Zuma on Friday officially launched the Presidency and Government Energy Saving Campaign, but, apart from reflecting on... →
Joburg begins roll-out of contracts worth R1bn to community-based enterprises
11th March 2015 The City of Johannesburg has started the process of awarding some R1-billion in municipal work contracts to community-based enterprises as part of... →
