Knowledge Pele, Bio2Watt Energy partner on renewables skills training for...
Industrial-scale biogas waste-to-energy independent power producer Bio2Watt Energy has entered into a partnership with research and development advisory firm Knowledge Pele to offer skills development...
View Article235 000 civil servants to strike in coming days as union rejects offer
The Public Servants Association said it was preparing for a strike as early as next week after rejecting the government's 3% wage increase offer in the public wage negotiations. The 235 000...
View ArticleALPLA starts production at new plant in Lanseria
Plastic packaging and recycling company the ALPLA Group on October 12 opened its new production site, in Lanseria, near Johannesburg. The internationally active plastic packaging specialist is...
View ArticleTransnet strike is 'rough', but the SOE must become sustainable, says CEO...
Transnet group CEO Portia Derby has hit back at critics who may feel Transnet should accede to union demands simply to end the "rough" strike, stressing that it is crucial to ensure the state-owned...
View ArticleImproved systems mitigate challenges
PFERD, manufacturer of tool solutions for work on surfaces and material cutting, has invested in improving its supply chain, warehousing and logistics systems to mitigate the raw material shortages and...
View ArticleLabour Court interdicts Numsa strike at Macsteel
The Labour Court has interdicted a strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa at Macsteel over withdrawn employee benefits. The union, whose planned strike was found by the court to...
View ArticleSustainathon competition launched in South Africa
Information technology company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched its TCS Sustainathon – a problem-solving competition aimed at getting youth to develop and execute innovative ideas to...
View ArticleEnergyDRIVE truck begins high school country tour
The custom-built EnergyDRIVE truck has kicked-off its 2022 tour of the country, starting its trek from Cape Town before heading across the three Cape provinces, where it will visit about 2 000 learners...
View ArticleCSIR engineer researches sustainable transport obstacles
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research graduate engineer Mashudu Rathogwa is conducting research into the future of transport from a system dynamics perspective that has, thus far, focussed on...
View ArticleCummins achieves Level 1 BBBEE status
Cummins South Africa has achieved a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) contributor status. Cummins Southern Africa MD Racheal Njoroge said on October 18 that it was a big jump”...
View ArticleWine industry launches e-learning platform for vineyard employees
Wine industry organisation Vinpro and industry body Winetech People Development have launched an e-learning platform through which South African wine industry vineyard workers can hone their skills....
View ArticleNxesi warns of militant labour, more unprotected strikes as SA hits over 4m...
A rise in SA union membership and the proliferation of several new splinter unions have had the unintended consequence of sparking more adversarial labour relations and a rise in unprotected strikes....
View ArticlePublic sector wage unrest: Unions picket ahead of PSA strike, as talks sour...
The government has entered a last-ditch conciliation process with unions in the public service. Meanwhile, unions are picketing amid ongoing talks, indicating an appetite to follow the Public Servants...
View ArticleArcelorMittal University South Africa focusing on building steel sector skills
Steel company ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has highlighted that the ArcelorMittal University South Africa is responsible for skills development at all AMSA operations and that, based on the skills...
View ArticleCompany successfully moves stock without interruptions
Outsourced solutions provider Programmed Process Outsourcing (PPO) moved more than 600 000 stock items to a new warehouse facility for a client in September while maintaining full sales capacity for...
View ArticleSoftware company uses tech to supply solutions
Software company SYSPRO Africa announced last month that it was completing the implementation a new software system – almost 100% remotely from South Africa – for a manufacturing and warehousing...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s economy may have turned a corner, but more jobs are needed
With South Africa’s unemployment rate having improved by 0.6 of a percentage point to 33.9% in the second quarter, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala has said the country’s economy may well have turned a...
View ArticleNRF opens global knowledge partnerships opportunities for 2023
Independent statutory body the National Research Foundation (NRF) has announced the start of its Global Knowledge Partnerships (GKP) programme for the 2023 academic year. The programme places...
View ArticleGlobal population hits eight-billion mark but growth slowing down – Stats SA
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on November 15 commemorated the global population having reached eight-billion, with the eight-billionth person born in the Philippines that morning. The global...
View ArticleEskom secures R180m for new training facility at Grootvlei power station -...
Eskom has secured a €10-million (R180-million) grant from German development bank KfW to set up a renewable energy training facility at Grootvlei coal power station in Mpumalanga. Eskom CEO André de...
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