Creamer Media Reporter
Creamer Media’s news team is based mainly in South Africa, but the team includes regular correspondents from other parts of Africa, such as Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, Kenya and the rest of the world, including the United Kingdom, Australia and India. Email: newsdesk@engineeringnews.co.za
Employment and labour sees slight improvement in safety compliance while compensation fund records increased claims and CCMA works hard to limit retrenchments
11th August 2020 There has been a slight improvement in compliance in the private sector while the government sector has recorded a slight decline, according to the... →
South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout
4th August 2020 Covid-19 has wrought havoc on poor households in countries across the world. In South Africa, more and more people are facing hunger resulting from... →
TIPS Tracker: The economy and the pandemic
13th July 2020 Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies' (TIPS's) 'Tracker: The economy and the pandemic' highlights important trends in the Covid-19 pandemic in... →
AI Procurement in a Box
12th June 2020 The promises of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies lie beyond our imaginations and the risks accompanying them remain impossible to... →
What Forex Strategy Should I Choose?
22nd May 2020 Consistent success requires a consistent strategy. Today, traders in South Africa can use educational sources from top brokerages. Over the years,... →
Mauritius Listed on EU High Risk List – Why not to Panic!
19th May 2020 News that Mauritius was added to the EU list of high-risk third countries on 7 May 2020 has understandably caused much consternation amongst fund... →
DWS appoints Advocate Terry Motau to lead fraud and corruption review
12th May 2020 Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has appointed Advocate Terry Motau to lead a team of lawyers to review all fraud,... →
Random thoughts
8th May 2020 As we all grapple with this strange and scary new world we now inhabit, it makes one think of what is truly important in one's life. The love and... →
Sureties, Co – Principal Debtors and Prescription
28th April 2020 In Liberty Group Limited v Illman (1334/2018) [2020] ZASCA 38 one of the issues the court had to determine was whether sureties who also bind... →
Wits researchers launch comprehensive Covid-19 dashboard for South Africa
24th March 2020 The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has launched a website that presents the latest statistics on the effect of the Coronavirus disease 2019... →
Former Johannesburg Mayor, Herman Mashaba discusses politics and The People's Dialogue
11th March 2020 Politician, Entrepreneur and former Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba discusses the state of SA politics. He sat down with Polity to unpack his... →
Employee rights proposed for persons in film and television industry
24th January 2020 On 11 December 2019, the Minister of Labour in South Africa issued a notice calling for interested parties to make submissions on his proposal to... →
Acsa ‘charting a fresh course’ with new CEO
19th December 2019 The Airports Company South Africa has announced the appointment of Nompumelelo Mpofu, currently the director-general in the Department of Planning,... →
SAHRC finds some Mpumalanga municipalities violating the Constitution
9th December 2019 The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in Mpumalanga on Monday said it had determined that some municipalities were violating Sections... →
Sobukwe: The Making Of A Pan Africanist Leader – Thami Ka Plaatjie
4th December 2019 “Prof” as Robert Sobukwe was fondly known, is an enigma to many people. Whilst his political views are widely known, the inner thoughts of the man... →
Sex education raises questions about the role of the state in South Africa
29th November 2019 Passions are running high in South Africa about a proposed new curriculum for education about sexuality in schools. Aimed at children in grades 4... →
National Assembly passes convention establishing SKA Observatory
13th November 2019 The National Assembly has approved the passing of the convention establishing the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory. The SKA is an... →
Wilful ignorance will not drive growth
6th November 2019 It is hardly surprising that, apart from one moment, Cyril Ramaphosa avoided the topic of Black Economic Empowerment at his Investment Summit this... →
Threats to Independent Media and Civil Society in Tanzania
28th October 2019 Since President John Magufuli came to power in 2015, Tanzania has seen a sharp backslide in respect for basic freedoms of association and... →
Reinvigorating our vocabulary for freedom and emancipation
8th October 2019 Professor Raymond Suttner unpacks his column 'Reinvigorating our vocabulary for freedom and emancipation'. Click here to read the column. →
Getting a head start on mental health
8th October 2019 Last month global coffee giant, Starbucks, announced significant investment into its employee mental health programs including initiatives such as... →
Pension fund disputes could be caught in ‘perfect circle’
8th October 2019 Pension funds involved in disputes could find themselves caught in a ‘perfect circle’ if, aggrieved with a decision of the Pension Funds... →
SAA pilots warn of strike if airline's leadership challenges go unaddressed
26th September 2019 The South African Airways Pilots Association (SAAPA) says its members are willing to embark on lawful industrial action to save the State-owned... →
Stats SA to conduct Census Mini Test in preparation for Census 2021
17th September 2019 Statistics South Africa will, from October 9 to November 6, conduct a Census 2021 Mini Test in selected areas around the country. The Census Mini... →
Claudia Jackson promoted to Director
16th September 2019 Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa is delighted to announce the promotion of Claudia Jackson to Director. Claudia is an aviation, insurance and... →
Denel appoints CFO to strengthen its management team
9th September 2019 State-owned defence group Denel has appointed Carmen le Grange CFO. The group on Monday said the appointment of a seasoned chartered accountant as... →
Have your say on the NHI
6th September 2019 Written submissions on the proposed National Health Insurance by South Africans and relevant stakeholders can be made to the Portfolio Committee on... →
the immigrant at home
4th September 2019 fatigued, pained. cast adrift, shunned aside. →
Webber Wentzel appoints five new partners and two consultants
4th September 2019 Webber Wentzel has appointed five new partners and two consultants, enhancing its leading, full-service offering to its clients: Maria... →
Building resilience for all: intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change: findings from Nepal
2nd September 2019 This note provides insights from the ODI report 'Building resilience for all: intersectional approaches for reducing vulnerability to natural... →
Amplats clinches valuable Mogalakwena rights consolidation
27th August 2019 Platinum miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) on Tuesday said its subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines (RPM) had completed the buyout of the... →
Ramaphosa should focus on inequality rather than squeezing poor people
26th July 2019 South Africans are still to see what the new dawn promised by its President Cyril Ramaphosa will bring, or if it will even break. Long jail... →
South Africa's soldiers won't end gang violence. A co-ordinated plan might
23rd July 2019 The South African government has taken a decision to deploy members of the South African National Defence Force to areas that have been ravaged by... →
Public Protector Report on President Cyril Ramaphosa/Bosasa
19th July 2019 Report No. 37 of 2019/20 on an investigation into allegations of a violation of the Executive Ethics Code through an improper relationship between... →
Politics By Insult
19th June 2019 Recent judgments and current court cases involving Julius Malema, the leader of the EFF, are helping to clarify the acceptable limits of political... →
Ramaphosa's critical choices to get South Africa back on track
14th June 2019 South Africa’s economy is in dire straits. Unemployment has reached a 15-year high of 27.6%. And in the first quarter of this year GDP growth... →
Investing in (and for) Our Future
13th June 2019 This paper identifies more focused reforms around defined contribution plans, which have grown increasingly around the world. It identifies... →
Does The Use Of Racist Comments Warrant Dismissal?
11th June 2019 ISSUE Is dismissal the appropriate sanction for an employee who utters racist comments in the workplace? →
Africa regulatory ENSight, issue 6 of 2019
6th June 2019 ENSafrica's Africa regulatory ENSight, issue 6 of 2019, covering recent legislative developments across Sub-Saharan Africa. →
Catch Up With Competition Law Now – May 2019
6th June 2019 The Commission has referred a settlement agreement it reached with a construction company, GVK-Siya Zama (Cape) (Pty) Ltd (GVK), to the Competition... →
Daily Podcast – April 30, 2019
30th April 2019 Making headlines: Ramaphosa says the ANC enabled State capture, Maimane urges black professionals to trust the DA to reduce black tax and, NPA team... →
