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SA: Certificate ceremony for emerging building contractors in the Western Cape
25th May 2016 Fifteen owners of emerging construction businesses have successfully completed accredited training on how to run their businesses more effectively.... →
SA: Lynne Brown: Address by Minister of Public Enterprises, during the budget vote speech, Parliament (14/05/2015)
15th May 2015 The Department of Public Enterprises is somewhat unusual. It does not deliver services directly to citizens or private companies. However, its... →
Power problems offering platinum huge demand opportunity 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd April 2015 The electricity crisis is offering South Africa’s demand-hungry platinum mining companies a major opportunity to stimulate the offtake of platinum.... →
Sibanye eyes R3bn, 150 MW solar power station
By: Natasha Odendaal 19th February 2015 Gold miner Sibanye Gold plans to build a R3-billion, 150 MW solar power plant to ease its reliance on the costly and unreliable electricity supply... →
COSATU: Patrick Craven on COSATU’S expectations from the MTBP statement
22nd October 2014 The Congress of South African Trade Unions congratulates the new Minister of Finance, Comrade Nhlanhla Nene, on his appointment and looks forward... →
The future of central grids
By: Saliem Fakir 4th October 2013 Is it possible that we can have a new world in which the central grid is outdated and a more diffused and dispersed system takes its place? Is this... →
Coal 3: The Choke Point in South Africa's Energy System
By: Saliem Fakir 3rd October 2013 You would think we would’ve learnt a lesson or two from total dependence on coal. Ninety percent of South Africa’s electricity comes from coal in... →
SA should shift focus from imports to local manufacturing – First Tech
By: Natalie Greve 25th January 2013 Local companies should shift their focus away from the short-term profits realised through imports and embrace performance-oriented local... →
