Short- and long-term options for ailing supply
Although South Africa’s current dam infrastructure setup is reliable, sustainable consulting in the built and natural environment provider WSP Africa Structures senior engineer Peter Townshend says...
View ArticlePartnerships key to sustaining consulting engineering sector
Cultivating partnerships between larger, established firms and smaller organisations in the various sectors, is the best way to drive sustainability in South Africa’s consulting engineering industry,...
View ArticleConsulting engineering industry must become resilient
A key focus that arose out of discussions at this year’s International Federation of Consulting Engineers’ Group of African Member Associations (FIDIC GAMA) Conference, and which will be further...
View ArticleBusiness holds small-business funding line, despite serious postreshuffle...
It is now well documented how President Jacob Zuma’s March 31 Cabinet reshuffle, which saw South Africa’s highly-regarded Pravin Gordhan removed as Finance Minister, seriously undermined trust between...
View ArticleZuma awaits higher education report on fees
The deadline for the Presidential Commission report on the feasibility of free higher education and training coincided with the opening of African National Congress’ (ANC’s) fifth National Policy...
View ArticleSouth Africa, Canada partnership awards C$1m to new research initiatives
The South Africa–Canada Research Chairs Trilateral Partnership Initiative announced on Tuesday that it would award C$1-million to two new trilateral research chairs, including a South...
View ArticleStrike would threaten MEIBC's continued existence – Solidarity
With wage negotiations in the metals and engineering sector coming to a standstill, Solidarity fears that if a strike is the result it would jeopardise the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining...
View ArticleNigerian university expansion project receives AfDB loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) last month signed agreements for a corporate loan to finance the expansion of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. The expansion project consists...
View ArticleNew-generation Sentient hand-held unit for gas detection
The new generation Ingress Protection 68 rated Sentient handheld unit is widely regarded as the most cost effective, sophisticated and low maintenance gas detection device in the mining industry today.
View ArticleLocally produced engineering steel declining
It has become cheaper to import finished products manufactured overseas than to manufacture engineering steel in the country, which has resulted in more than half the country’s foundries closing...
View ArticleDriver report programme enhances total service offering
Fleet management company MiX Telematics (MiX) last month announced the relaunch of its MiX ReportMyDriving programme, previously offered by a division of MiX, Compass Fleet Management, after an...
View ArticleJSE’s cost savings drive to result in 60 job cuts
The JSE plans to reduce its technology operating expenditure by a minimum of R70-million over a two-year period, which will also result in the stock exchange reducing its staff complement by 60 people....
View ArticleNumsa warns of imminent metals, engineering industry strike
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) on Friday warned of an imminent strike in the local metals and engineering sector, after the latest round of negotiations reached a deadlock...
View ArticleAMSA unveils first phase of incubation hub to support emerging industrialists
Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) on Friday unveiled the completed first phase of its new 1 600 m2 steel industry incubation hub, in Vanderbijlpark, which has been set up to help develop...
View ArticleSeifsa and Neasa in war of words as metals sector strike looms
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has described suggestions that it is only representing the interests of large employers in the metals and engineering sector...
View ArticleSolidarity ready to pursue bilateral talks to avoid metals sector strike
Trade union Solidarity announced on Thursday that it would pursue bilateral talks with employer organisations in the metals and engineering sector in a bid to break a three-week deadlock in wage...
View ArticlePartnership formed to offer after-sales support for burgeoning drones industry
To meet the needs of the rapidly expanding drones market, a new retail and aftersales support, repair and training network has been established through a partnership between technology support company...
View Article‘Durban’s best kept secret’ honoured for technical excellence
Engineering and project management consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa was awarded the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Durban branch’s prestigious technical excellence...
View ArticleOtis relaunches training academy to build skills, expertise in industry
Elevator and escalator manufacturer Otis South Africa earlier this month relaunched its training academy in line with its skills development programme, which is designed to create technical and...
View ArticleMajority of new Barloworld technician apprentices are women
Women now represent more than 80% of apprentices enrolled for construction equipment manufacturer Barloworld Equipment’s rigorous apprentice training class of 2017.
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