Economics | Infrastructure news - Part 8

Economics

President Jacob Zuma davos

President Jacob Zuma lands in Davos

President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Switzerland, where he is leading a team of Ministers, Chairmen and CEOs of major companies who are ready to present the many positive attributes of the country at the World Economic Forum. President Zuma is...
New Minister of Finance David van Rooyen Photo Maryke Vermaak

Van Rooyen sworn in as Minister of Finance

David van Rooyen has been sworn in as Minister of Finance for South Africa at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Van Rooyen, was appointed after Nhlanhla Nene was removed from his position as Minister of Finance on Wednesday. As he was sworn in Van...
Kostas Rontiris CEO of SMEC South Africa

SMEC doubles revenue by adding value

A South African engineering firm has effectively doubled the proportion of its total revenue derived from African projects from 10% to 20% over the past year, and expects this figure to grow to 25%. The strategy of adding value to infrastructure...

Efficiency programme bridges troubled waters

The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) is an organisation funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and hosted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Since the NCPC-SA began operating 12...