The Western Cape is set become the green technology hub of South Africa with launch the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) this week. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says the 124.5-hectare area has been designated for the manufacturing...
Confidence in South Africa’s construction sector plummeted to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2000 according to the latest FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index. The index shed 13 points to register a level of 15 in the third quarter of 2017...
Despite political uncertainty, currency volatility and difficult trading conditions the ELB Group has managed to lift itself out of its 2016 financial slump with a return to profitability across all group segments. The engineering solutions...
The engineering sector narrowly escaped a strike by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) workers after the union agreed to sign the wage proposal offered by SEIFSA, a federation of employer associations. Numsa, which represents...
UPDATE: Heavy non-ferrous fractions of material left over after shredding and processing large automotive or e-waste scrap components still hold value. A tonne can contain up to 20 g of gold and up to 300 g of silver, as well as platinum group...
After reaching its highest level in more than a year of 43 points in 1Q2017, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index fell sharply to 32 in 2Q2017. All of the sub-subsectors measured registered a drop in confidence, which has only happened in five...
Consulting engineers were slightly more positive during the second half of 2016 as earnings reached an upper turning point with a softer growth outlook in the medium term. This is according to the latest Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA)...
By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’. Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has expressed its dismay with President Jacob Zuma’s recent cabinet reshuffle. The association, which represents over 500 companies which employ over 23000 people across the consulting engineering sector,...
