Schalk Burger
Schalk Burger is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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... →
R200m Gauteng SME supplier development fund launched
17th September 2014 Financial services firm FNB and supplier development company Edge Growth on Wednesday launched the R200-million Vumela 2.0 enterprise and supplier... →
Daily podcast – August 11, 2014
11th August 2014 Making headlines: Sanral announces that there won’t be e-tolled freeways in Cape Town. The World Health Organisation declares Ebola an... →
Addressable market, balanced scaling key to SME survival
7th August 2014 A worldwide study of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) – the Start-up Genome Project – found that SMEs most often failed as a result of... →
SA private equity investment has room to grow
6th August 2014 The amount of funds allocated to private equity investments in South Africa is significantly below the international average, presenting a... →
Security objectives behind move to accelerate SA’s identity smartcard roll-out
18th July 2014 Government is accelerating the processing and issuing of identity smartcards to replace the green identity document booklets and believes it can... →
Daily podcast – June 13, 2014
13th June 2014 Making headlines: The leader of South Africa's AMCU union said a wage deal with the three platinum producers was imminent. Africa and the West... →
Daily podcast – March 31, 2014
31st March 2014 Making headlines: President Jacob Zuma denies any wrongdoing over his R206-million home upgrade. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says South... →
Daily podcast - January 24, 2014
24th January 2014 Making headlines: The South Sudan government and rebels sign a ceasefire deal. Eskom reiterates its warning of a‘tight’ electricity system. And,... →
Daily podcast – July 10, 2013
10th July 2013 South African President Jacob Zuma replaced Tokyo Sexwale as housing minister in a cabinet shake-up on Tuesday, removing the anti-apartheid... →
Draft climate change monitoring, evaluation system to be completed by year-end
20th June 2013 A draft monitoring and evaluation system, which forms part of South Africa's climate change response policy, is expected to be finalised by the end... →
