South African cement producer PPC has expanded its operations, and recently launched Habesha Cement Share Company in Ethiopia. The company said the opening of this new branch marked the first of its kind in Ethiopia and consists of more than 16 500...
As two of the biggest economies in Africa, South Africa and Nigeria’s recent credit rating downgrades will impact Africa’s overall economic growth. This is according to TC Chetty, manager at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) South...
Investing in research, especially in the renewable space, is a core focus that Eskom prides itself on. The power utility has funded research done by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Stellenbosch University. This...
President Jacob Zuma attended the official launch of the Maluti-A-Phofung Special Economic Zone(MAPSEZ), in Harrismith Free State today. The zone will provide road and rail logistics and handling facilities for the Gauteng–Durban port corridor and...
Human negligence still remains a causal factor for most of the road accidents during the holiday season according to the Minister of Transport, Joe Maswanganyi, who presented the 2017 preliminary Easter road safety figures earlier this month....
Fleet operators are faced with hidden, expensive and sometimes needless costs on a daily basis. Fleetmatics has compiled nine tips to help deal with this. 1. Stop paying for hours not worked You only bill your customers for hours that are true –...
Airports Company South Africa is ramping up its efforts to support growth of air cargo traffic with initiatives that will ease congestion and expand warehouse space in the short term and infrastructure developments that will develop capacity in the...
Water scarcity in Africa and parts of the Middle East is now being tracked through the use of satellite data. Information on the amount of water being used to irrigate crops is being tracked on an online database which makes use of satellite...
Waste dug up more than a century ago from one of the world’s largest gold deposits in South Africa is leaking a toxic cocktail of chemicals into the ground. It has left communities exposed to radiation, contaminated dust and polluted water,...
Water scientists and researchers are reaching new heights in the search for new water resources. Scientists in the United States have created a new device that harvests water directly from the air in arid regions. It is said to be powered entirely...
