Rebecca Campbell
Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Western Cape can achieve breakout growth rates, assures its Economic Development head
27th October 2023 The Western Cape economy indeed had the potential to achieve “breakout growth” rates of 4%/y to 6%/y, and the provincial government was determined... →
South African food inflation continued its downward trend in August
2nd October 2023 Food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation (hereafter to be referred to simply as food inflation) in South Africa continued to decelerate in... →
Public Enterprises seeks to appeal court judgment regarding budget airline Mango
2nd October 2023 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) announced on Monday that it had applied for leave to appeal the Pretoria High Court judgment, and order,... →
Denel seeking to rebuild itself after severe collapse
13th September 2023 A briefing to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises by the top management of Denel on Wednesday brought home the scale of the... →
IFC makes record investments in Africa
28th August 2023 The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group, has reported that, over the 12 months from July 1, 2022, to... →
Nuclear regulator grants Eskom an extension regarding application for new nuclear site
4th August 2023 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has granted State-owned national electricity utility Eskom an extension of the date by which it must supply... →
Gordhan welcomes Competition Tribunal ruling on SAA Takatso deal
26th July 2023 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has warmly welcomed the decision of the Competition Tribunal to approve the takeover of State-owned... →
South African food inflation continued to decelerate in June
25th July 2023 South Africa’s food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) – hereafter, for short, to be referred to as just food – inflation continued to decelerate in... →
South African bank highlights importance of US-Africa business summit
10th July 2023 South Africa’s Standard Bank (not to be confused with the now-unrelated UK-based Standard Chartered Bank) has highlighted the importance of the... →
Parliamentary Committee concerned that Treasury spending curbs are weakening the SANDF
19th May 2023 The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans has concluded that the Cabinet decision to reduce government spending and... →
Government pursuing every megawatt of generation it can find, says Ramakgopa
19th May 2023 It was “inevitable” that South Africa would have to use powerships to help deal with the country’s power supply crisis, Electricity Minister... →
South African food inflation still running high in February
28th March 2023 South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (hereafter: food) inflation jumped 1% in month-on-month terms in February, the Bureau for Food and... →
Growing African interest in nuclear power signalled by conference this month in Uganda
2nd March 2023 Calculations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were that, in Africa, some 600-million people and 10-million small businesses lacked... →
The preliminaries for the relocation of the SA Navy’s KwaZulu-Natal base are going well
17th February 2023 South Africa’s national port infrastructure and marine services agency, Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), has given the assurance that the... →
Energy transition offers great opportunities to Africa, but constraints are significant
7th February 2023 The global transition to low- and zero-carbon energy sources was a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Africa, just as the original Industrial... →
Loadshedding is hitting South Africa’s agricultural sector and food inflation is ‘sticky’
30th January 2023 In its latest “Food Inflation Brief”, covering December, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has warned of the consequences of the... →
South Africa’s overall gross R&D spending not reduced because of Covid-19, reports HSRC
19th January 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic had no discernible impact on overall research and development (R&D) activity in South Africa, the Human Sciences Research... →
Western Cape, Cape Town authorities highlight growing tourism, trade links with the US
18th November 2022 The US was now the Western Cape province’s largest single source of tourists and the province’s biggest single export market, highlighted... →
Brazil, China, India & South Africa issue jointly call at COP27 climate summit
16th November 2022 The Ministers responsible for dealing with climate change in Brazil, China, India and South Africa (the countries which form the BASIC group)... →
Cape Town mayor outlines city’s plans to achieve energy autonomy from Eskom
14th November 2022 Cape Town Metropolitan Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on Monday highlighted the city’s programme to generate power locally and free the Metro from... →
Solar is cheapest energy option for Africa, but gas could be valuable
18th October 2022 The world was currently in the midst of an energy crisis. This affected countries differently, but it affected all countries. This was highlighted... →
Renewables will not provide South Africa with 100% of its power, for the foreseeable future
12th October 2022 Mineral Resources and Energy Department director-general Jacob Mbele has warned that supporters of renewable energy could actually undermine the... →
Spell checker tool for South Africa’s indigenous official languages released
6th October 2022 The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) announced on Thursday that a spell-checking and hyphenation-checking software tool for ten of the... →
Combat energy poverty as well as achieve decarbonisation - Mantashe
4th October 2022 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday warned that the need to transition to low-carbon energy sources sat “uncomfortably”... →
UK providing tens of millions of pounds in emergency aid to West African regions
23rd August 2022 The UK Government announced on Tuesday that it was going to provide £37.65-million in urgent humanitarian aid to agencies and programmes operating... →
Public Enterprises considering legal action over 'false and distorted' reports on SAA process
4th July 2022 The South African Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on Monday affirmed, in a press release, that it was “seeking legal advice on action to be... →
Parliamentary Committee calls for government to facilitate local defence industry exports
13th December 2021 South Africa’s Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Defence has affirmed that the government should give the country’s defence industry the... →
Denel releases radical restructuring plan to make the business sustainable
11th August 2021 Financially-beleaguered State-owned defence industrial group Denel announced on Wednesday a radical reorganisation, in an attempt to turn the... →
UK to host global conference on LGBT rights
17th May 2021 The UK government announced on Sunday that it had invited countries from across the world to attend its first global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and... →
DPE defends SAA vaccine flight to Brussels
26th February 2021 The Department of Public Enterprises has defended the recent flight by a South African Airways aircraft to Brussels, in Belgium, to collect... →
Denel finally publishes its annual report for 2019/20; reports R1.96bn loss
1st February 2021 South African State-owned defence industrial group Denel released its 2019/20 annual report on Monday. The period covered by the report does not... →
Public Enterprises Ministry welcomes further government funding for SAA
29th October 2020 The Minister of Public Enterprises has welcomed the decision by the government to back the business rescue plan for, and the restructuring of,... →
Rules of Origin a key issue for continuing African free trade area talks
28th October 2020 African Union Ministers of Trade held their 12th meeting, undertaken virtually, on Tuesday. This was the second such meeting to be chaired by South... →
Public Enterprises department reports unsolicited investor interest in SAA
24th August 2020 The Department of Public Enterprises reported on Monday that the South African government had, by the start of this month, received more than ten... →
CSIR makes breakthrough in developing local Covid-19 test
30th July 2020 The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a faster way of testing for the severe acute respiratory syndrome... →
SAA BRPs call short-notice meeting of airline’s creditors
24th July 2020 The business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for financially-beleaguered State-owned national flag carrier South African Airways (SAA) have had to call... →
Unions divided on approval of SAA business rescue plan
15th July 2020 There has been mixed reaction from unions representing employees of South African Airways to the approval of the business rescue plan for the... →
Public Enterprises welcomes yes vote for SAA rescue plan, announces interim CEO
14th July 2020 The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) welcomed the outcome of the creditors’ vote on the proposed business rescue plan for State-owned South... →
Public Enterprises urges yes vote for SAA business rescue plan
13th July 2020 The Department of Public Enterprises has called on the stakeholders in financially-embattled State-owned airline South African Airways to vote in... →
South African airline announces successful repatriation of South Africans from Middle East
9th July 2020 South African private-sector airline company CemAir has announced the successful conclusion of a repatriation flight which it had operated,... →
Public Enterprises calls on unions to agree among themselves on SAA’s future
7th July 2020 The Department of Public Enterprises has urged unions representing employees of financially-embattled State-owned airline South African Airways to... →
