Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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... →
Youth employment initiative calls for funding proposals from NPOs
29th October 2021 The revitalised National Youth Service (NYS) programme, one of the components of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI), invites... →
R11bn Phase 2 of employment stimulus programme to focus on pathways to sustainable employment
14th October 2021 The second phase of the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) will include the establishment of a new Social Employment Fund, which... →
Sahpra launches microsite with information on vaccine safety, adverse events
20th August 2021 The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) on August 20 demonstrated a micro-website, detailing information about the safety... →
Covid-19 impacting informal, lower paying jobs the most – UCT analysis
18th August 2021 Using data from the National Income Dynamic Study’s Coronavirus rapid mobile surveys (NIDS-CRAM), the the University of Cape Town (UCT) Liberty... →
UIF opens applications for extended TERS payments
19th July 2021 Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has signed a direction for the Unemployment Insurance Fund to implement a third extension of the... →
Eskom to implement 1.5% basic wage increase, changes to employee benefits
25th June 2021 State-owned power utility Eskom will implement a 1.5% basic wage increase with effect from July 1. Eskom says the offer is dependent on the... →
AUDA-Nepad launches centre to accelerate impact of science on Africa's development
22nd June 2021 The African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-Nepad) on June 22 launched a centre of excellence (CoE) in... →
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... →
