Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
AfDB approves $75m facility to enhance African trade financing
14th October 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an unfunded $75-million trade finance Risk Participation Agreement... →
Irregular SoE expenditure highlights need to improve public procurement – Kearney
6th October 2022 The increase in State-owned enterprises’ (SoEs’) irregular expenditure from R61-billion in 2017 to R167-billion in 2021 highlights the need to... →
Transnet tables new wage offer, applies to CCMA for conciliation
4th October 2022 State-owned Transnet has applied to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to convene conciliation discussions regarding... →
FATF greylisting provides impetus to get South Africa's commercial crime-fighting system up to scratch – BLSA
3rd October 2022 The work being done to reduce the chance that South Africa will be greylisted by global anti-money laundering and terrorist financing body the... →
EIUG, SAPVIA, Busa welcome appointment of new Eskom board with balanced skills
3rd October 2022 Industry nonprofit the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) welcomes the "overdue reconstitution of the Eskom board" and says "the new board seems... →
Sacci calls for independent commission to select, recruit SOE board members, CEOs
29th September 2022 Business organisation the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) says changes to power utility Eskom's board of directors should... →
Urgent actions needed to deal with energy crisis, says Busa
22nd September 2022 Business organisation Business Unity South Africa (Busa) is urging government to urgently implement identified priority interventions, as the... →
Eskom invites experts to join skills crowdsourcing platform
16th September 2022 State-owned power utility Eskom is developing a crowdsourcing digital platform to allow it to supplement its existing skills base to help address... →
Eskom says bulk supply restored to disaster-stricken Jagersfontein
14th September 2022 State-owned power utility Eskom says bulk electricity supply to Jagersfontein, in the Free State, was restored at 04:25 on September 14. Eskom... →
Increasing taxes the only viable option to fund a basic income grant, research shows
22nd July 2022 Of the three options available to fund a basic income grant (BIG) – cutting expenditure, issuing more debt or raising taxes – raising taxes is the... →
AfDB fund approves $11m grant for AfCFTA secretariat
18th July 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank's (AfDB's) African Development Fund approved an $11.02-million support package to the... →
Africa needs all hands on deck to meet 2030 energy goals
15th July 2022 To achieve universal energy access by 2030, Africa will need a range of technologies and policy changes that open national grids to private... →
Zimbabwe emergency power project nears completion
12th July 2022 An emergency power infrastructure rehabilitation project has reached the last leg of implementation with the delivery of a 175 MVA transformer,... →
Africa making progress in building tax transparency, tackling illicit financial flows
22nd June 2022 Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) says African countries’ requests for information for tax collection purposes... →
Lamola proposes whole of society approach to combat crime, inequality in South Africa
6th June 2022 Through the compact between business, labour, civil society and government, South Africa is able to, and must, respond with collective hands to... →
Agri SA proposes diesel rebate scheme increase to buffer food prices from fuel hike
31st May 2022 A targeted intervention to increase the diesel rebate to the agricultural sector would buffer the cost pressures that impact food prices, while... →
Mavuso says South Africa winning expenditure, investment-ratings battles
30th May 2022 A global recession poses immense risks to South Africa's economy and the country will need to be in strong fighting shape. The recession that... →
Study highlights potential export markets for South African, SADC products
27th May 2022 A study, undertaken as part of the European Union (EU) and Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on trade in... →
Developing countries have opportunity to call for greater access to nuclear energy, technology
17th May 2022 States that do not have nuclear weapons, which include most developing countries, have an opportunity to demand greater access to nuclear sciences... →
South Africa must acknowledge working class and poor are suffering – Ramaphosa
3rd May 2022 In his latest weekly newsletter, published on May 3, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the workers at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium, who heckled him off... →
G4S calls for national meeting as cash-in-transit guard is murdered
26th April 2022 Security services company G4S has called on Police Minister Bheki Cele to convene an urgent meeting with all stakeholders to address the continuing... →
UFS confers honorary doctorates on Moseneke, Davis, Sachs, Byanyima and Wingfield
19th April 2022 The University of the Free State (UFS) will confer honorary doctorates on former deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Professor Mike Wingfield,... →
Stage 2 load-shedding to resume at 17:00
12th April 2022 State-owned power utility Eskom said that Stage 2 load-shedding will resume at 17:00 on April 12 and will again be suspended at 05:00 on April 13... →
Mixed reactions to lifting of Covid-19 state of disaster, lingering regulations
5th April 2022 Business organisation Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has welcomed the repeal of the National State of Disaster regulations and calls for all... →
Anti-money laundering task force contributing to local, international arrests for poaching
25th March 2022 Public-private partnership the South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force's (Samlit's) platform has facilitated information sharing... →
World Bank issues $150m bond to help South Africa conserve endangered wildlife
24th March 2022 The World Bank, through its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has issued a five-year, $150-million Wildlife... →
IRR says Employment Equity Amendment Bill will push unemployment higher
18th March 2022 The Employment Equity Amendment Bill, if implemented, will damage any chances of the country attaining meaningful growth and unemployment will rise... →
Economic reform critical for sustainable growth path – Seifsa
9th March 2022 South Africa's lacklustre approach to implementing the economic reform programmes necessary to turn the economy around is one of the reasons the... →
Stellenbosch University's epidemic response centre receives MIT recognition
4th March 2022 The Stellenbosch University (SU) Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) received international acclaim when its work on identifying and... →
Mavuso praises govt's focus on enabling business to grow employment, do more business
28th February 2022 There has been a positive shift in the government’s view on what is necessary to solve South Africa's economic challenges and key issues often... →
Ramaphosa says Budget aimed at growth and employment
28th February 2022 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana presented a budget that supports and reinforces the programme of action announced in the State of the Nation... →
BLSA calls on business to support State capture prosecution processes
21st February 2022 Business and commerce require a clear, legal framework and have a strong interest in the rule of law. Business should support prosecution... →
South Africa must kickstart stalled infrastructure investment with few select projects – CDE
8th February 2022 South Africa's development has stalled and the country must decide on four or five projects to kickstart investment, as well as focus on... →
Eskom calls for community help to combat theft, vandalism of its assets
10th January 2022 State-owned power utility Eskom requests that community members play an active role in preventing criminal activities and minimise vandalism of its... →
South Africans say economic divisions greater than racial divisions
15th December 2021 Among the main obstacles to creating a unified, cohesive and reconciled nation in the wake of South Africa's long history of apartheid and... →
Private sector, SMEs crucial for AfCFTA development benefits, primary commodities export bias a problem
15th December 2021 A survey of more than 400 CEOs from 44 countries in Africa and two outside has reflected the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises... →
Medical schemes organisation welcomes lower Covid-19 PCR test costs
14th December 2021 Medical schemes industry organisation the Health Funders Association (HFA) on December 14 welcomed the announcement by Competition Commissioner... →
Non-provisional tax returns increase by 46% to 4.3m
13th December 2021 More than 4.3-million individual non-provisional taxpayers filed their income tax returns by the extended deadline of December 2, which is a 46%... →
Survey finds travel restrictions imposed on Southern Africa 'too strict'
10th December 2021 A 48-hour flash survey by the Southern African German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Southern Africa) shows that 75% of the respondents,... →
South Africans need to be willing to change their ways if country is to address climate change
8th November 2021 Addressing climate change will not be achieved without a massive willingness to change how South Africans currently do their jobs and live their... →
South African Investment Conference moved to March
8th November 2021 President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his weekly letter, said the fourth South African Investment Conference, which would have been held this month has... →
