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Marleny Arnoldi

Marleny Arnoldi

Marleny Arnoldi is a Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Nersa appoints three new regulators

Nersa appoints three new regulators

12th December 2025 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has appointed Willibrod Majola and Nomfundo Maseti as full-time regulator members for five years... 

Standards have become key powerful tools for trade, development – World Bank

Standards have become key powerful tools for trade, development – World Bank

11th December 2025 In its first report analysing the landscape of global standards, the World Bank has found that a proliferating set of international standards that... 

African airlines suffer higher costs, lower profit margins despite booming air traffic growth

African airlines suffer higher costs, lower profit margins despite booming air traffic growth

11th December 2025 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects global air passenger traffic to grow by 4.9% from five-billion passengers this year to... 

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CSIR partners with life sciences specialist in US to advance contextualised medical research

CSIR partners with life sciences specialist in US to advance contextualised medical research

11th December 2025 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding and a licensing agreement with a... 

Policy Uncertainty Index eases significantly to 64.9 in the fourth quarter

Policy Uncertainty Index eases significantly to 64.9 in the fourth quarter

9th December 2025 The North-West University (NWU) Business School’s Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) has eased to a level of 64.9 in the fourth quarter, compared with... 

Experts welcome progress with renewed participatory approach to infrastructure development by govt

Experts welcome progress with renewed participatory approach to infrastructure development by govt

5th December 2025 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has confirmed that the Integrated Social Facilitation Framework (ISFF) that is being... 

Petrol price increases by 29c/ℓ on Wednesday

Petrol price increases by 29c/ℓ on Wednesday

2nd December 2025 Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced the latest fuel price adjustments based on current local and international... 

Even the best NDPP will still face structural constraints if reform is not enacted – Mavuso

Even the best NDPP will still face structural constraints if reform is not enacted – Mavuso

1st December 2025 With six candidates having been shortlisted for possible appointment as the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Business... 

Solidarity concerned about govt inaction as widescale retrenchments loom

Solidarity concerned about govt inaction as widescale retrenchments loom

27th November 2025 Trade union Solidarity has warned that hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk before Christmas and in the new year, followed “unfruitful”... 

Municipal empowerment and public-private partnerships emerge as key drivers of climate adaptations

Municipal empowerment and public-private partnerships emerge as key drivers of climate adaptations

25th November 2025 As South Africa transitions to a low-carbon economy, independent business movement the National Business Initiative (NBI) says multiple... 

Ramaphosa appoints Godongwana acting President amid back-to-back travels

Ramaphosa appoints Godongwana acting President amid back-to-back travels

21st October 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana as acting President, from October 21 to 27. Ramaphosa is undertaking... 

B Lab Africa Summit urges businesses to ‘act for good’

B Lab Africa Summit urges businesses to ‘act for good’

3rd October 2025 Africa’s ability to achieve inclusive economic development amid climate change, fragmented trade and a rapidly growing population will depend on... 

IMF recommends reforms as Botswana faces mining-induced fiscal pressure

IMF recommends reforms as Botswana faces mining-induced fiscal pressure

29th September 2025 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed an Article IV consultation in Botswana, which found that the diamond sector is dragging the... 

Policy Uncertainty Index reaches record high level of 81

Policy Uncertainty Index reaches record high level of 81

29th September 2025 The North West University’s (NWU’s) Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) has recorded a record high level of 81 in the third quarter, compared with 75.9... 

CoJ clamps down on residents not paying municipal accounts

CoJ clamps down on residents not paying municipal accounts

22nd September 2025 The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is accelerating action against its worst defaulters, which may see electricity meters being removed as part of the... 

Busa initiates legal action over ‘unworkable’ Employment Equity Sector Targets

Busa initiates legal action over ‘unworkable’ Employment Equity Sector Targets

22nd September 2025 Industry body Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has initiated legal proceedings over the recently published Employment Equity (EE) Sector Targets,... 

Select Committee chair calls for national crisis summit to curb job loss scourge

Select Committee chair calls for national crisis summit to curb job loss scourge

22nd September 2025 Amid a scourge of company closures and retrenchments having been announced in various industries across South Africa, Select Committee on Economic... 

Minister George expects delivery on more climate commitments in Africa during summit

Minister George expects delivery on more climate commitments in Africa during summit

8th September 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has confirmed he will attend the second Africa Climate Summit that will be hosted... 

Steenhuisen lauds Agbiz, Agri SA for strengthening rural road networks

Steenhuisen lauds Agbiz, Agri SA for strengthening rural road networks

27th August 2025 Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has lauded the efforts of industry bodies Agri SA and the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa... 

Creecy outlines vision of regionally integrated logistics network in Africa

Creecy outlines vision of regionally integrated logistics network in Africa

26th August 2025 In an opening address delivered by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy at the fourteenth SARA International Rail Conference, on August 26, she said... 

RFA welcomes opening of the freight rail network to private companies

RFA welcomes opening of the freight rail network to private companies

26th August 2025 The Road Freight Association (RFA) has welcomed the outcome of the Train Operating Company (TOC) slot allocation process, saying it marks a... 

AfDB partners with drone maker Aerosense to advance deployment in Africa

AfDB partners with drone maker Aerosense to advance deployment in Africa

25th August 2025 The African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with Japanese drone manufacturer Aerosense to advance sustainable infrastructure solutions in... 

Sustained lower inflation will drive growth, says EY

Sustained lower inflation will drive growth, says EY

18th August 2025 Headline consumer inflation is expected to rise slightly in coming months, but core inflation is anticipated to remain subdued, says consultancy... 

Mashatile confident auto sector can leverage new opportunities amid ongoing negotiations with the US

Mashatile confident auto sector can leverage new opportunities amid ongoing negotiations with the US

14th August 2025 Addressing delegates at the National Association of Automotive Components and Allied Manufacturers’ (NAACAM’s) 2025 Show, in Gqeberha, on August... 

Petrol price to decrease by 28c, but diesel prices to increase by more than 60c

Petrol price to decrease by 28c, but diesel prices to increase by more than 60c

5th August 2025 Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has announced that the price of Petrol 93 and 95 will decrease by 28c/ℓ, while the prices... 

Agri SA wants skilled technical experts to lead new trade negotiations

Agri SA wants skilled technical experts to lead new trade negotiations

4th August 2025 Industry body Agri SA has reiterated its urgent call on various government departments to intensify efforts to negotiate an exemption for South... 

South Africa secures €500m KFW loan to advance the just energy transition

South Africa secures €500m KFW loan to advance the just energy transition

29th July 2025 The German Society for Cooperation, or GIZ, has, through KFW Development Bank, concluded a €500-million loan for the implementation of South... 

Unctad says commodity-dependent countries are missing out on fiscal benefits of value addition

Unctad says commodity-dependent countries are missing out on fiscal benefits of value addition

22nd July 2025 While commodities are a vital engine for global trade, it is value addition that holds the key to more diverse and resilient economies, says United... 

OECD outlines progress made by South Africa on anti-bribery measures

OECD outlines progress made by South Africa on anti-bribery measures

10th July 2025 Ahead of South Africa reporting to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in June 2027 on its implementation of... 

Agri SA calls for greater pragmatism in trade strategy as 30% US tariff looms

Agri SA calls for greater pragmatism in trade strategy as 30% US tariff looms

8th July 2025 With the US’s imposition of a 30% import tariff on South African goods to take effect on August 1, industry body Agri SA says the country must... 

Masondo addresses debt sustainability in developing countries

Masondo addresses debt sustainability in developing countries

2nd July 2025 Many developing countries are experiencing rising debt vulnerabilities that divert scarce resources away from essential development priorities such... 

DFFE obligated to ‘do more with less’ under latest budget

DFFE obligated to ‘do more with less’ under latest budget

27th June 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has outlined how his department plans to spend its R9-billion allocation over the... 

SA’s ongoing agri growth now hinges on market diversification

SA’s ongoing agri growth now hinges on market diversification

20th June 2025 South Africa’s agriculture sector has come under increasing pressure to diversify into new markets amid turbulent world market dynamics driven by... 

South Africa’s agriculture sector geared to respond to global risks

South Africa’s agriculture sector geared to respond to global risks

29th May 2025 South Africa’s agriculture sector is no novice when it comes to global risk mitigation and adapting export procedures according to market... 

G20 fora should discuss closing household food insecurity gap – FNB

G20 fora should discuss closing household food insecurity gap – FNB

26th May 2025 Despite South Africa being food secure on a national level and the country being the largest agricultural exporter on the continent, access to food... 

Mavuso says third Budget’s expenditure reviews, grant reform bodes well

Mavuso says third Budget’s expenditure reviews, grant reform bodes well

26th May 2025 While it did take three months and three revisions for South Africa’s national Budget to be passed, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi... 

Standard Bank agriculture expert says now is the time for tangible AfCFTA progress

Standard Bank agriculture expert says now is the time for tangible AfCFTA progress

19th May 2025 The increasing trade turmoil globally has emphasised the need and urgency to capture the intra-Africa trade opportunity that is the African... 

BLSA to launch policy reform tracker tool

BLSA to launch policy reform tracker tool

12th May 2025 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) will, in the third quarter, launch a new online tool to track progress on all Operation Vulindlela policy... 

Listeriosis class action firms laud Tiger Brands’ early settlements of some claims

Listeriosis class action firms laud Tiger Brands’ early settlements of some claims

12th May 2025 The representative law firms of the listeriosis class action of 2017/18, Richard Spoor Incorporated (RSI) and LHL Attorneys, have welcomed... 

Only way forward for Budget is to cut spending – BLSA

Only way forward for Budget is to cut spending – BLSA

5th May 2025 With Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana set to table South Africa’s third iteration of the 2025 national Budget to Parliament on May 21, Business... 

Mavuso calls for overhaul of auto masterplan as world dynamics change

Mavuso calls for overhaul of auto masterplan as world dynamics change

22nd April 2025 Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso has expressed concern in her latest newsletter about South Africa’s automotive exports to the US,... 

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