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Infrastructure & Utilities

Gibb at 70: Seven decades of shaping South Africa’s infrastructure

25 Sep 2026

Manufacturing built repeatable production systems decades ago; the same discipline can help mines respond more consistently to operational and market pressures (Image source: © 123rf )

Mining

Manufacturing's production systems the answer to SA mining production?

Johan Coetzee 25 Sep 2026

GWM adds diesel engine to Tank 500 range in South Africa

Launches & Reviews

GWM adds diesel engine to Tank 500 range in South Africa

16 Sep 2026

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Infrastructure & Utilities

Inside Absa’s R5.1bn logistics bet reshaping SA’s freight network

14 Sep 2026

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Logistics & Transport

Transnet returns to profit as freight volumes recover

11 Sep 2026

Trim opens 20 rail sidings to private-sector investment

Logistics & Transport

Trim opens 20 rail sidings to private-sector investment

9 Sep 2026

Source: Supplied. Bill Blackie is the chief executive of business and commercial banking at Standard Bank Group.

Markets & Investment

Zero tariffs could rewrite Africa-China trade. Who stands to win?

Bill Blackie 3 Sep 2026

Fuel hike puts road freight under renewed cost pressure

Logistics & Transport

Fuel hike puts road freight under renewed cost pressure

Gavin Kelly 2 Sep 2026

27408_Exterior of Ninety One's Office at Growthpoint’s 36 Hans Strijdom Foreshore building in Cape Town

Markets & Investment

Growthpoint’s 36 Hans Strijdom symbolises the transition from coal-powered past to a net-zero future

Issued by Catchwords 1 Sep 2026

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Office Property

Huge win for Cape Town tenants as 36 Hans Strijdom goes net-zero

31 Aug 2026

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Logistics & Transport

Traxtion puts young women at centre of rail’s future

28 Aug 2026

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa (Sidssa) 2026.

Economy

#Sidssa2026: Infrastructure South Africa accelerates R600m project preparation drive

26 Aug 2026

Western Cape crowns the 2026 Kfm 94.5 Best of the Cape award winners

Radio & Audio

Western Cape crowns the 2026 Kfm 94.5 Best of the Cape award winners

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 24 Aug 2026

Government-business partnership shifts focus to growth

Logistics & Transport

Government-business partnership shifts focus to growth

21 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | Meet Esmie, the bargain-hunter behind The Fab Cheapskate

Fashion

#WomensMonth | Meet Esmie, the bargain-hunter behind The Fab Cheapskate

Chloe Posthumus 21 Aug 2026

#WomensMonth | Lebogang Moabelo breaks transport and logistics barriers

Logistics & Transport

#WomensMonth | Lebogang Moabelo breaks transport and logistics barriers

Robin Fredericks 18 Aug 2026

Shamy Naidoo, director, Transit Ads looks at why South Africa's transit environment demands its own creative rules, and what it means to lead it (Image supplied)

OOH

3 ways to build creative for the third space

Shamy Naidoo 17 Aug 2026

Prasa upgrades Crossmoor rail crossing in KwaZulu-Natal

Railway

Prasa upgrades Crossmoor rail crossing in KwaZulu-Natal

14 Aug 2026

Access to a real-time rail isn't the same as delivering one

Financial Services

Access to a real-time rail isn't the same as delivering one

Derick Truscott, Issued by Hyphen 12 Aug 2026

Years of PayShap - Is it time for your business to adopt it?

Financial Services

Years of PayShap - Is it time for your business to adopt it?

Derick Truscott, CFO, Hyphen, Issued by Hyphen 13 Apr 2026

Western Cape backs three-port strategy to drive exports and jobs

Logistics & Transport

Western Cape backs three-port strategy to drive exports and jobs

7 Aug 2026

Compliance at scale: managing the human capital logistics of remote mining projects

Talent Acquisition

Compliance at scale: managing the human capital logistics of remote mining projects

Issued by IntelliStaff 15 Jun 2026

First locomotives arrive for Traxtion's R3.4bn rail investment

Railway

First locomotives arrive for Traxtion's R3.4bn rail investment

4 Aug 2026

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Materials & Equipment

IZA Africa marks seven years of advancing zinc-use across Southern Africa

30 Jul 2026

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Affordable & Social Housing

South Africa’s housing backlog hits 3 million as court ruling bites

22 Jul 2026

Two loaders work outside the ore processing and recovery plant at De Beers' Snap Lake Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Image credit: , , via Wikimedia Commons

Mining

Pressure makes (no) diamonds: SA mining production takes a dip

22 Jul 2026

Transnet to invest R129bn in five-year turnaround

Logistics & Transport

Transnet to invest R129bn in five-year turnaround

20 Jul 2026

Wouter Jordaan, partner and principal environmental scientist at SRK Consulting – and also a director of SRK Consulting Congo

Mining

Decarbonisation is key to DRC mining as carbon tax looms

Issued by SRK Consulting 17 Jul 2026

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Taxation & Regulation

Massive payment change: Sarb’s QR+ could simplify checkout nationwide

13 Jul 2026

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Finance

The real cost of failed debit orders is bigger than most businesses think

Pieter Brand 7 Jul 2026

Exporters urged to prepare for logistics and customs changes

Logistics & Transport

Exporters urged to prepare for logistics and customs changes

2 Jul 2026

Online traveller declarations now required by Sars

Travel

Online traveller declarations now required by Sars

2 Jul 2026

Source: Pexels/Illustrative image. Chief executive officer of SOEW, Andre Smith has raised concerns over the suspension of measures aimed at restricting substandard electrical cable imports.

Construction & Engineering

SOEW: Huge blow to local industry as cable import controls are suspended

2 Jul 2026

Transnet issues tender for rolling stock leasing company

Railway

Transnet issues tender for rolling stock leasing company

23 Jun 2026

Markets & Investment

Trade finance is not the constraint. Coordination is.

Lloyd Caughey, Issued by The Publicity Workshop 17 Jun 2026

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Economy

Why Gauteng’s slowdown exposes South Africa’s one-engine growth risk

John Loos 15 Jun 2026

Source: Supplied. Kristof Kruger, Head: Fixed Income Trading at Prescient Securities.

Markets & Investment

This month’s test for SA bonds: Softer US CPI brings relief, not resolution

Kristof Kruger 12 Jun 2026

Supplied image: James Holley, CEO of Traxtion

Railway

Private capital steps up: Traxtion secures $86m for SA rail reform

12 Jun 2026

Road freight sector calls for reforms to boost logistics performance

Logistics & Transport

Road freight sector calls for reforms to boost logistics performance

11 Jun 2026

WPP has launched Hex, the company’s frontier studio built for the era of AI. The talent for Hex is sourced from WPP’s Creative Tech Apprenticeship programme (Source@ WPP

Artificial Intelligence

WPP launches Hex, the frontier studio built for the era of AI

11 Jun 2026

The gravel bed on the right is where part of the Transnet line was uplifted at Sterkstroom in late 2012. Photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Criminal Law

Prasa rail theft case: Virtual testimony accepted

Steve Kretzmann 9 Jun 2026

Why more South African businesses are travelling to Southeast Asia

Tourism

Why more South African businesses are travelling to Southeast Asia

Issued by Sure Mithas Travel 5 Jun 2026

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Economy

Debt turning point reached as South Africa maintains fiscal discipline

4 Jun 2026

SA freight rail network to open to private operators in 2027

Logistics & Transport

SA freight rail network to open to private operators in 2027

4 Jun 2026

Interview travel costs leave many young jobseekers stranded

Youth Employment

Interview travel costs leave many young jobseekers stranded

Issued by Pnet 4 Jun 2026

Economy

Ramaphosa: R1tn build starts now—but oil shock threatens costs

3 Jun 2026

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

EU starts first investment roadshow in South Africa targeting minerals

Colleen Goko and Tim Cocks 2 Jun 2026

SA wine pivots to value as demand slows and costs rise

Viticulture & Oenology

SA wine pivots to value as demand slows and costs rise

1 Jun 2026

#AfricaMonth: Expertise to unlock mining’s catalytic impact on Africa’s infrastructure

Mining

#AfricaMonth: Expertise to unlock mining’s catalytic impact on Africa’s infrastructure

Issued by SRK Consulting 26 May 2026

Fuel pump nozzles for gasoline at a TotalEnergies gas station in Paris, France. Image credit: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Coal, Oil & Gas

Iran war is exposing South Africa’s dependency on diesel: what went wrong

Lisette IJssel de Schepper 25 May 2026