Expo creates new opportunities for young scientists
Earlier this month, three learners departed to participate in the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) in Houston, US. The three learners did...
View ArticleEskom Academy trains over 500 contractors
Over the last three years, State-owned power utility Eskom’s enterprise development programme, the Contractor Academy, trained 518 contractors from all nine provinces, with the youth accounting for...
View ArticleSolidarity approaches court to revoke Eskom’s employment equity plan
Trade union Solidarity will on Friday approach the Labour Court in Johannesburg to have State-owned power provider Eskom’s current employment equity plan declared invalid and revoked. Eskom’s...
View ArticleInflux of job seekers to Gauteng threatens economic momentum
Although it has made “remarkable progress” in creating jobs over the mid-term, between May 2014 and November 2016, the Gauteng provincial government (GPG) still faced a rapid increase in the...
View ArticleAdcorp posts significant loss owing to labour law changes
Management consultancy company Adcorp’s shares fell as much as 8% on Wednesday morning to R10.80 a share, from Tuesday’s close of R11.74 a share, after it posted a headline loss a share of 27.9c for...
View ArticleCompetition Commission approves Denel buy of local aero-engine company
South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that State-owned defence and aerospace group Denel be allowed to buy local aero-engine company Turbomeca Africa (TMA). The recommendation was given...
View ArticleNigerian wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Nigerian systems engineer Godwin Benson has won £25 000 as the winner of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. He developed an online digital platform called Tuteria, which links students to...
View ArticleBoeing business internship 2018 programme application period to open next week
Giant US aerospace and defence group Boeing on Thursday announced that the application period for its International Business Internship Programme (IBIP), which is now open to South African students,...
View ArticleOn track for Africa Rail
This month, business-to-business media company Terrapinn will host the twentieth annual Africa Rail exhibition and conference at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, Gauteng, from June 13 to...
View ArticleAwethu VI app seeks to broaden market for microentrepreneurs
To assist South African microentrepreneurs in tracking growth in their business, as well as provide basic business concept training and essential business tools, small business incubator and investor...
View ArticleSolidarity submits wage agreement to MEIBC
Trade union Solidarity on Wednesday said it was the only union, so far, to submit a new main wage agreement to the Metal and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) for industry level wage...
View ArticleSolidarity to approach Labour Court for assistance to save MEIBC
Trade union Solidarity will on Friday request the Labour Court to place the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) under administration in a bid to save the bargaining council from...
View ArticleSwitzerland to expand innovation partnerships in South Africa
Following the successful collaboration between Switzerland and South Africa in the innovation space, which spans nearly ten years, Switzerland aims to expand and intensify the Swiss-South Africa...
View ArticleLean technology approach helps mattress manufacturer remain competitive
Langlaagte-based sleep products manufacturer the Bravo Group’s Sleep Factory attributes its lions’ share of the domestic premium sleep products market to an adoption of low technology processes, low...
View ArticleInnovation, entrepreneurship key to tackling unemployment
South Africa needs to promote innovation and entrepreneurship if it wants to tackle mass unemployment, South African Youth Chamber of Commerce (SAYCC) president Thapelo Maleke has said. “In an era of...
View ArticleNumsa rejects 5.3% wage offer in engineering sector
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has rejected the 5.3 percent wage offer made by employers in the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) on Friday. This...
View ArticleSolidarity to hear outcome of MEIBC bankruptcy application
The Labour Court will on Tuesday deliver judgment regarding Solidarity’s application to have the Metal and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) placed under administration in what the union...
View ArticleDeterioration of local economic landscape pinching jobs outlook
While South African employers are reporting limited hiring prospects for the third quarter, opportunities for local job seekers are expected to be strongest in the electricity, gas and water supply and...
View ArticleCourt orders MEIBC to be placed under administration
Trade union Solidarity has succeeded in its application to have the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC) placed under administration. The first of its kind in the country,...
View ArticleSasol awards consultancy contract to Petroplan
Local chemicals and energy company Sasol has contracted oil and gas recruitment specialist Petroplan to provide consultancy and managed services in the UK, South Africa and Mozambique. Petroplan...
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