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
Eskom inquiry reference book published
13th September 2017 Professor Anton Eberhard and Catrina Godinho have published ‘The Eskom Inquiry Reference Book' as an aid to the upcoming Parliamentary inquiry into... →
SA’s secret-ballot debate: 6 ANC achievements scrutinised
18th August 2017 South Africa’s much-anticipated debate on a motion of no confidence in the president was heavy on rhetoric, but light on claims about President... →
Saudi Arabia-Qatar rift rattles the region
11th August 2017 Since King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 81, came to power in 2015, Saudi Arabia has pursued a foreign policy described by many analysts and... →
Is Trump militarising US-Africa policy?
11th August 2017 ‘The US is waging a massive shadow war in Africa … The war you’ve never heard of,’ the online journal VICE News recently announced. ‘Today,... →
BLSA appoints Maseko as new communications director
7th August 2017 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) on Monday announced the appointment of Themba Maseko as communications director with immediate effect.... →
Of emptied sacks and white monopoly capital
7th August 2017 During the exile years, umgwenya (members of the MK Luthuli Detachment) used to regale us the young recruits with all manner of stories about... →
Kubayi refutes CEF board suspension report
1st August 2017 Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Tuesday refuted a media report stating that she had suspended the Central Energy Fund (CEF) board. The Minister... →
Smart investments key to improving miners’ health
26th July 2017 A meeting between representatives from the private sector, government, civil society and associations of miners and ex-miners took place in South... →
Wits appoints Nhlanhla Nene as business school interim director
30th June 2017 Former Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene will join the University of the Witwatersrand’s (Wits’) business school as interim director from July 3. He... →
Relaunched Polity site offers new marketing options
19th June 2017 The re-launched Polity website continues to offer readers free access to South African legislation, policy documents and daily political and policy... →
Revamped Polity website gives prominence to exclusive content
13th June 2017 One of South Africa’s pioneering websites, Creamer Media’s Polity.org.za, is being re-launched in June 2017 to give its readers easier access to... →
No word yet on interim Eskom CEO as Ngubane resigns as chair
13th June 2017 Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has announced that Dr Ben Ngubane has resigned as nonexecutive director and chairperson of the Eskom board... →
We need to talk about Zambia as it falls from grace under President Lungu
15th May 2017 Zambia has often been ignored by the international media. One reason for this neglect is that it’s been comparatively unexceptional, on a continent... →
Is our political climate conducive to freedom?
28th April 2017 In this episode of Suttner's View Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Tracy Hancock about whether our political climate is conducive to... →
The principle of non-violence
28th April 2017 Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Polity's Tracy Hancock about 'The principle of non-violence'. →
A climate in crisis: How climate change is making drought and humanitarian disaster worse in East Africa
28th April 2017 Nearly eleven million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are dangerously hungry and in need of humanitarian assistance. The worst... →
World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law
28th April 2017 Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development... →
Fuzile confirms his 'imminent departure' from Treasury
5th April 2017 Highly respected National Treasury director-general Lungisa Fuzile has confirmed his imminent departure from the department. Fuzile’s contract was... →
S&P downgrades South Africa to junk after Zuma’s Cabinet shuffle
3rd April 2017 S&P Global Ratings lowered South Africa sovereign credit rating on Monday to a subinvestent grade of BB+, from BBB-, on political and institutional... →
Ramaphosa speaks out against corruption
3rd April 2017 Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the removal of “greedy and corrupt people” in an audio clip taken from a speech he delivered in... →
Annual Labour Law Conference Looks at Past Lessons and Future Challenges 30 Years On
3rd April 2017 “Past Lessons, Future Challenges: 30 years on” is the theme of the 30th Annual Labour Law Conference (ALLC), first held in 1987 after the Wiehahn... →
Gerrie Nel appointed head of AfriForum’s private prosecuting unit
31st January 2017 Advocate Gerrie Nel will head civil rights group AfriForum’s private prosecuting unit from February 1 following his resignation from the National... →
AU chair candidate unveils Agenda 2063 programme
23rd January 2017 Senegal’s Abdoulaye Bathily, who hopes to take over from African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma when she steps down later... →
The Practical Implications Of “Reinstating” A Credit Agreement
10th January 2017 This case – Nkata v Firstrand Bank Limited and others [2016] ZACC 12 – deals with the “reinstatement” of a credit agreement under the National... →
Disciplinary Hearings – Biased Chairpersons Not On
9th January 2017 Under labour law employees have the right to a fair hearing before being dismissed and this includes the right to an impartial hearing chairperson.... →
Division of Revenue Bill B2-2016
27th November 2016 To provide for the equitable division of revenue raised nationally among the national, provincial and local spheres of government for the 2016/17... →
Top 1% globally for Wits researchers
25th November 2016 Three researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have ranked in the top 1% in their fields globally, according to media and... →
SA: Mbeki letter to Zuma
4th November 2016 Former President Thabo Mbeki recently wrote to President Jacob Zuma asking him to agree to talks with 101 African National Congress veterans to... →
State Capture report
2nd November 2016 The highly contentious "State Capture" Report was released on Wednesday following the court order from a bench of three High Court judges. The... →
ASSAf elects new president, office bearers
25th October 2016 The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) on Tuesday announced its newly-elected leaders, with Professor Jonathan Jansen appointed president... →
BLSA appoints Mabuza as chair as it unveils new leaders
21st October 2016 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has announced the appointment of Telkom’s Jabu Mabuza as its new chairperson and Shell South Africa’s... →
Meeting between Brown, Old Mutual and Futuregrowth postponed to Sept 13
8th September 2016 The Department of Public Enterprises reported on Thursday that a meeting between Minister Lynne Brown and the CEOs of Old Mutual and Futuregrowth... →
Executive share incentives at the crossroads
29th August 2016 Share schemes are traditionally designed as a long-term incentive intended to bolster employee retention and reward. Such incentives, however,... →
Eskom, Outa at odds over nuclear-site licensing notices
24th August 2016 Eskom insists it has complied with the National Nuclear Regulator’s (NNR’s) prescribed processes in its application for Nuclear Installation Site... →
Daily Podcast August 12, 2016
12th August 2016 August 12, 2016. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Samantha Herbst. Making headlines: Candidates grilled as Public Protector interviews run... →
Municipal election results won’t derail fiscal consolidation – Treasury
8th August 2016 South Africa’s National Treasury has reaffirmed government’s commitment to fiscal consolidation and “returning public finances to a sustainable... →
Suttner's View: Remembering Chief Luthuli today
5th August 2016 In this episode of Suttner's View Professor Raymond Suttner speaks to Creamer Media's Sane Dhlamini about "Remembering Chief Luthuli today". →
SAA steps back from BnP Capital agreement
21st July 2016 National carrier South African Airways (SAA) has announced it is terminating the services of BnP Capital as a financial services provider, both as... →
Gordhan requests extension for SAA’s financial statement
14th July 2016 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has requested Parliament grant an extension until September 15 to table South African Airways’ (SAA’s) annual... →
Thoko Didiza on her mayoral candidacy
5th July 2016 Tshwane witnessed violent protests after the African National Congress nominated former cabinet minister Thoko Didiza to take over the reins of... →
Paving a road to higher growth with EPWP (June 2016)
15th June 2016 As a response to high and persistent levels of unemployment, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) was launched in South Africa in 2004... →
