Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Business sector mourns loss of Jabu Mabuza to Covid-19 complications
17th June 2021 The business sector, State-owned power utility Eskom and family members have paid tribute to Dr Jabu Mabuza, describing him as a man of integrity,... →
Documents show Cubans engineers will be employed by the water dept, states Solidarity
1st June 2021 The public statements made by Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu about whether Cuban water engineers will be employed... →
Professional civil servants core to establishing effective, capable State
14th May 2021 A host of civil engineering and public service experts have noted that developing professional civil servants was necessary to ensure the... →
UK sanctions 22 individuals under new Global Anti-Corruption regime
28th April 2021 The British High Commission in South Africa has announced that the UK has imposed sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, against 22... →
African growth expected to reach 3.4% in 2021, but debt-to-GDP expected to worsen
15th March 2021 Africa is expected to recover from its worst recession in half a century and reach 3.4% growth this year, development finance institution the... →
SAHRC recommends Emfuleni municipality be placed under administration amid ongoing Vaal river pollution
17th February 2021 The South African Human Rights Commission warns that the Vaal river, "Gauteng's most vital water resource", may have been irreparably damaged and... →
Standard operating procedure can safeguard against vaccine corruption
1st February 2021 Corruption in the procurement, distribution and administration of vaccines can not only be avoided, but stamped out entirely using a standard... →
Mismanagement and corruption bedevils TERS benefits – Corruption Watch
1st February 2021 Using information from 126 whistleblower reports, anti-corruption nonprofit organisation Corruption Watch's 'Covid-19 TERS Corruption at Work'... →
Water sector technology and innovation forum launched
29th September 2020 The Water Research Commission (WRC), the South African Local Government Association (Salga) and the departments of Water and Sanitation and... →
EOH, Risk Insights bringing digital education solution to South Africa
23rd July 2020 Information technology services multinational EOH, in collaboration with risk management advisory and consultancy company Risk Insights, is making... →
World economy post Covid-19 to see greater focus on resilience, sustainability
14th July 2020 The world economy will post the Covid-19 pandemic see significant changes to its structure in order to improve its resilience and sustainability,... →
New science, tech policy book focuses on transformative policy making
7th July 2020 A new book authored by a host of international scientists and policy advisors sets out the theories, approaches and lessons for how science,... →
Gauteng Covid-19 visualisation platform enables monitoring, prediction
7th July 2020 A visual analytics tool allows Gauteng Government users to visualise prediction models provided by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) to... →
Necsa welcomes Vilakazi's appointment as Wits vice-chancellor
29th June 2020 The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation has welcomed the appointment of Professor Zeblon Vilakazi as the next vice-chancellor of the... →
Stats SA survey shows 40% of businesses flag survival doubts
21st April 2020 The results of a rapid survey conducted by Statistics South Africa reveal that 42.2% of businesses that participated in the survey are not... →
Medical robots could contribute in South Africa's fight against Covid-19
15th April 2020 Robotics could prove useful as the world, and the healthcare sector in particular, seeks solutions to help in the fight against Covid-19. Medical... →
Newly launched agency plans to drive agricultural development, ensure successful land reform
18th February 2020 The nonprofit Agricultural Development Agency, launched on Tuesday, in Pretoria, is a cross-sector, government-supported and private-sector led... →
Next phase of taxi recapitalisation gets under way
23rd August 2019 The revised taxi recapitalisation programme to remove the remaining 63 241 unroadworthy or noncompliant taxis from South Africa’s roads was... →
Machine learning, knowledge management tools changing legal industry
29th August 2018 The legal profession, as with most other knowledge professions, is changing through, besides others, the use of machine learning tools used to... →
DA proposes free trade, cost and regulatory reductions to stimulate manufacturing
7th August 2018 Political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), on Tuesday proposed increased free trade and reducing regulatory burdens and energy costs to... →
CSIR researching social media use for public safety
11th June 2018 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Monday detailed work researchers are doing to put social media to use in identifying... →
Oldest hominid fossil ‘Little Foot’ unveiled – Wits
7th December 2017 The oldest and most complete fossil of an Australopithecus prometheus, named Little Foot owing to the 1994 discovery of four small foot bones in... →
TFTA negotiations to conclude by end 2017
15th September 2017 Facilitated by the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), market-access negotiations between the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and the East... →
Transport-focused Aerotropolis aims to catalyse economic growth in east Gauteng
22nd January 2016 The so-called Aerotropolis development taking shape in the east of Gauteng is seeking to more fully leverage the giant OR Tambo International... →
Daily Podcast – November 25, 2015
25th November 2015 Making headlines: Cosatu's biggest affiliate wants Cyril Ramaphosa for president IS militants claim hotel attack that killed 7 people in Egypt's... →
'Appropriate use' of ICT in classrooms seen as helping turn SA’s education tide
13th November 2015 The launch of the Operation Phakisa Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education initiative will see classrooms fitted with smart... →
Daily podcast – September 28, 2015
28th September 2015 Making headlines: A new municipal workers union has been formed. A planned nationwide anticorruption march hangs in the balance. And, the US will... →
Sacci urges businesses to work together to overcome difficulties facing S African economy
23rd September 2015 South Africa’s current account deficit, balance of trade deficit, increasingly complex and simultaneously increasingly ambiguous regulatory... →
Maluti-a-Phofung SEZ aims to bolster logistics efficiency along key trade routes
14th August 2015 The R4.8-billion, 1 000 ha Maluti-a-Phofung special economic zone (SEZ) being built near Harrismith at the foothills of the northern Drakensberg... →
South Africa probing socially acceptable low- and no-water sanitation alternatives
3rd July 2015 South Africa might face significant water stress and possible outright water scarcity in 10 to 15 years, unless its citizens adapt their behaviour... →
Icasa reserves judgement on publishers’ post office complaints
2nd July 2015 The Complaints and Compliance Committee (CCC) of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) reserved judgement on Thursday in... →
SCA judgment sets precedent for public access to enviro information
22nd June 2015 The Supreme Court of Appeal’s (SCA’s) November 2014 judgment, ordering steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to hand over the 2003... →
Daily Podcast – April 22, 2015
22nd April 2015 Making headlines: Business Against Crime South Africa expresses concern about the ongoing xenophobic attacks. Niger shuts schools and vaccinates... →
SKA drives human capital development in S Africa, Africa – Ramaphosa
2nd March 2015 The development of the 64-dish MeerKAT array radio telescope is a strategic infrastructure project and forms part of efforts to transform the South... →
Pandor emphasises need for resource-rich countries to diversify economies
16th January 2015 The exploitation of minerals must form the basis of diversified economies in the developing world, said Science and Technology Minister Naledi... →
Sasol moving to commercial scale with industrial sludge bioremediation
27th November 2014 Petrochemicals giant Sasol’s industrial sludge bioremediation project will move into full commercial scale over the next two years to treat its 200... →
Daily podcast – October 23, 2014
23rd October 2014 Making headlines: Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene confirmed a further directallocation to power utility Eskom of at least R20-billion. At least 4... →
Daily podcast – October 1, 2014
1st October 2014 Making headlines: Three state-owned enterprises miss their reports deadline. The West Africa Ebola crisis hits tourism and compounds hunger in... →
Daily podcast – September 26, 2014
26th September 2014 September 26, 2014. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I'm Schalk Burger. Making headlines: Parliament's portfolio committee on water and... →
Daily podcast – September 25, 2014
25th September 2014 Making headlines: President Jacob Zuma tells the United Nations general assembly that Africa continues to lag behind in the MDGs. The death toll... →
DCCI highlights minimum wage inflation risks
18th September 2014 A minimum wage discussion paper released by the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) outlined that minimum wage laws posed a significant... →
