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Sabrina Jardim

Sabrina Jardim

Sabrina Jardim is a Creamer Media Online Writer for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

Creecy appoints new boards at the RAF, SAA

Creecy appoints new boards at the RAF, SAA

8th August 2025 Following the dissolution of the previous board of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) on July 15, Cabinet has approved the appointment of an interim... 

BLSA, Busa urge Eskom to cease legal action against awarded electricity trading licences

BLSA, Busa urge Eskom to cease legal action against awarded electricity trading licences

7th August 2025 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) have called on the South African government to urgently intervene to... 

DFFE publishes draft regulations to ban microbeads

DFFE publishes draft regulations to ban microbeads

7th August 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has, on August 7, published draft regulations aimed at prohibiting the production,... 

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Commission calls for inclusive dialogue on the NDC to enhance climate action

Commission calls for inclusive dialogue on the NDC to enhance climate action

6th August 2025 The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) held a Special Commission Working Session with Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dion... 

Godongwana says no decision made yet to move the inflation target to 3%

Godongwana says no decision made yet to move the inflation target to 3%

1st August 2025 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has clarified that, despite speculation, he does not intend to confirm a move to a 3% inflation target during the... 

Solidarity calls for task team to be sent to US amid pending tariffs

Solidarity calls for task team to be sent to US amid pending tariffs

14th July 2025 Trade union Solidarity, in a media release, says it is prepared to be part of a South African task team that would be able to urgently intervene to... 

Manufacturing production increased by 0.5% y/y in May – Stats SA

Manufacturing production increased by 0.5% y/y in May – Stats SA

10th July 2025 After six consecutive months of year-on-year declines, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that manufacturing output turned positive in... 

Trade conditions steady, but uneasy – Sacci

Trade conditions steady, but uneasy – Sacci

9th July 2025 As the trade environment experiences tensions caused by global trade uncertainty and local subdued economic performance and high levels of... 

Sakeliga, Neasa lodge legal challenge against Employment Equity quotas

Sakeliga, Neasa lodge legal challenge against Employment Equity quotas

9th July 2025 Business organisation Sakeliga and the National Employers' Association of South Africa (Neasa) have jointly filed an urgent application for an... 

Ramokgopa to attend SADC meeting on energy and water

Ramokgopa to attend SADC meeting on energy and water

3rd July 2025 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is set to attend the upcoming Joint Meeting of Ministers responsible for energy and water... 

NWU Policy Uncertainty Index improves but remains in negative territory

30th June 2025 The North West University (NWU) Business School has revealed that its Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for the second quarter of this year has eased... 

Macpherson encourages public to comment on Integrated Social Facilitation Framework

Macpherson encourages public to comment on Integrated Social Facilitation Framework

13th June 2025 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson is encouraging all South Africans to submit their comments on the Department of Public... 

Macpherson signs pilot project MoUs to improve municipal infrastructure delivery

Macpherson signs pilot project MoUs to improve municipal infrastructure delivery

9th May 2025 Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson, on May 9, signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with the Metsimaholo local... 

Fuel prices to decrease in May, but LPG price to increase

Fuel prices to decrease in May, but LPG price to increase

5th May 2025 The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has announced an adjustment of fuel prices based on current local and international factors with... 

Masondo to run Comrades in support of early childhood development cause

Masondo to run Comrades in support of early childhood development cause

17th April 2025 Deputy Finance Minister Dr David Masondo will, on June 8, participate in his seventh Comrades Marathon in support of early childhood development... 

Theft, vandalism of electricity infrastructure remains a threat – Eskom

Theft, vandalism of electricity infrastructure remains a threat – Eskom

9th April 2025 While State-owned utility Eskom has noted a decline in criminal activities targeting its electrical infrastructure – including mini-substations,... 

South African citrus exporters worried about US tariff impact on jobs, industry growth

South African citrus exporters worried about US tariff impact on jobs, industry growth

8th April 2025 South African citrus producers and other participants in the citrus export value chain may need to absorb a portion of the 30% reciprocal tariffs... 

George calls on Eskom to permanently waive solar panel registration fee

George calls on Eskom to permanently waive solar panel registration fee

2nd April 2025 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has welcomed State-owned utility Eskom’s ongoing commitment, reaffirmed on April 1,... 

SA Tourism launches new global brand campaign

SA Tourism launches new global brand campaign

1st April 2025 Tourism promotion agency South African Tourism (SA Tourism), on March 31, launched its latest global brand campaign titled ‘South Africa Awaits –... 

Committee worried about ‘insufficient’ strategic fuel reserves

27th March 2025 Following its oversight visit to the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) this week, the Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has raised... 

Mobilising public, private resources must result in sustainable outcomes – Mavuso

Mobilising public, private resources must result in sustainable outcomes – Mavuso

24th March 2025 When public and private resources are mobilised, they must be directed to projects that result in sustainable change, says Business Leadership... 

Translating intentions in Budget into infrastructure development reliant on a concrete plan - Cesa

Translating intentions in Budget into infrastructure development reliant on a concrete plan - Cesa

13th March 2025 Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) has highlighted the need for a concrete plan of action to translate the intentions set out in the Budget... 

South Africa launches Africa Expert Panel as part of its G20 presidency

South Africa launches Africa Expert Panel as part of its G20 presidency

12th March 2025 Consistent with the South African Presidency’s intent to draw attention and Group of 20 (G20) consideration to African policy challenges in 2025,... 

dtic to host South Africa’s first G20 trade and investment meeting

dtic to host South Africa’s first G20 trade and investment meeting

12th March 2025 The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) will host South Africa’s first Group of 20 (G20) Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG)... 

Regulatory bodies commemorate World Consumer Rights Day in Mpumalanga

Regulatory bodies commemorate World Consumer Rights Day in Mpumalanga

10th March 2025 The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has again partnered with the Competition Commission, the Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development and... 

Implementation of full package of HMI recommendations necessary to improve private healthcare system – UHAC

Implementation of full package of HMI recommendations necessary to improve private healthcare system – UHAC

6th March 2025 The government’s proposal to implement only some recommendations of the five-year-old Health Market Inquiry (HMI) to address the high costs of... 

PwC to pay Eskom R43m in legal settlement

30th January 2025 State-owned utility Eskom and consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have reached a settlement in a High Court case initiated by the utility in... 

JRA confronts vandalised traffic signals, frequent power outages

22nd January 2025 The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) says it continues to address road safety concerns and respond to emergencies affecting traffic signals across... 

Families of detained engineers welcome Lamola's visit to Equatorial Guinea, urge resolution

Families of detained engineers welcome Lamola's visit to Equatorial Guinea, urge resolution

21st January 2025 The families of Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxham have expressed their appreciation for International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald... 

Mavuso highlights positive economic reforms, G20's role in demonstrating progress

Mavuso highlights positive economic reforms, G20's role in demonstrating progress

13th January 2025 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso expects this year to be positive for the country, as it has an opportunity to... 

World Bank unveils five-year plan to drive jobs, access to services in Namibia

9th January 2025 The World Bank has launched a new country partnership framework (CPF) for Namibia, targeting economic growth promotion, job creation and access to... 

Busa expresses frustration over UIF’s ongoing failures

6th December 2024 The operational inefficiencies and governance failures of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) are letting down hundreds of thousands of workers,... 

Associations submit proposal for VAT-free chicken

29th November 2024 Nonprofit organisation the FairPlay Movement has noted that the proposal for the removal of value-added tax (VAT) from specified chicken products... 

NTCSA appoints EPC suppliers for transmission substations

NTCSA appoints EPC suppliers for transmission substations

25th November 2024 Following a strategic review of the National Transmission Company South Africa’s (NTCSA’s) corporate plan, which includes focusing on accelerating... 

Eskom finalises technical breakthrough enabling it to extend deadline for meter conversions

Eskom finalises technical breakthrough enabling it to extend deadline for meter conversions

25th November 2024 State-owned utility Eskom has noted that it, at the weekend, succeeded in a technological breakthrough enabling it to pre-create Key Change Tokens... 

PPPs, GNU can help foster development – Nyati

15th November 2024 Amid the fiscal constraints facing South Africa, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are key in driving development, said  State-owned utility Eskom... 

Johannesburg Planetarium relaunches as Wits Anglo American Digital Dome

Johannesburg Planetarium relaunches as Wits Anglo American Digital Dome

13th November 2024 The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in partnership with diversified mining company Anglo American, have relaunched the old Johannesburg... 

NRF achieves Level 1 BBBEE status

8th November 2024 The National Research Foundation (NRF) has achieved a broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) Level 1 rating – a year earlier than the NRF... 

Treasury invites public participation in UDZ tax incentive review survey

6th November 2024 In the 2023 Budget Review, the National Treasury announced an extension of the urban development zone (UDZ) tax incentive sunset date to March 31,... 

S African government investigates spate of food-borne illnesses, encourages food safety practices

5th November 2024 South Africa has recently experienced outbreaks of food-borne illnesses that have led to the tragic death of a number of children and numerous... 

Eskom commends Saps as three people are arrested for theft of cable drums

31st October 2024 State-owned utility Eskom says three suspects have been arrested by members of the South African Police Service (Saps), in Pretoria, in connection... 

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