CEOs to be more cautious this year as uncertainty, pessimism prevail – PwC
There are consistent trends in the 2018 and 2019 results of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC’s) annual CEO survey, with global CEOs – including those based in South Africa – plagued by pessimism and...
View ArticleUCT researchers selected for research hubs to address global challenges
Funding agency United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) have selected University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers to establish research hubs at UK...
View ArticleModules finalisation nearing completion
The South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (Saretec) has taken on the custodian role as the national renewable-energy-sector educator and hopes to have finalised all five occupational...
View ArticleCompany focused on agriculture
The agricultural sector is set to become a significant focal point for leading bearings and power transmission product distributor Bearings International (BI) in 2019, as it expands its portfolio of...
View ArticleUNTU intends to launch protest action against PRASA, Transport Minister
The United National Transport Union (UNTU) is in the process of launching a Nedlac Section 77 process through its affiliated federation, the Federation of Trade Unions of South Africa (Fedusa), which...
View ArticleSA-Tied discusses measures to grow South Africa’s economy, combat inequality
Inequality is a massive inhibitor of inclusive economic growth in South Africa and, to lower income inequality, the country needs policies that are inclusive of those at the bottom of the income...
View ArticleSaice calls for infrastructure review following Hoërskool Driekhoek incident
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) has expressed its support for an immediate full review of school buildings by competent structural engineers, following the collapse, on...
View ArticleSocial, technological change on the way for built environment industry – CBE
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) has continued its efforts to promote and achieve transformation in the built environment sector, but has added technological change to its focus. CBE...
View ArticleEducation challenges remain an impediment to South Africa’s growth
With only moderate expectations for South Africa’s economic growth this year, especially amid political uncertainty ahead of the national elections, part-time lecturer at the Wits School of Governance...
View ArticleLatest technology improves clients’ on-boarding experience
Next month cloud-based platform company Passport 360 will release the latest version of its Passport 360 application (app), which incorporates the latest robotic process automation technology to...
View ArticleCollision solution complements operator activities
Since the launch of its fourth-generation MineAlert collision awareness system (CAS), the core focus of industry leader in fleet management technology in mining, Modular Mining Systems, Inc. (MMSI) is...
View ArticleAI and machine learning expected to boost productivity
An increase in the productivity and pace of business processes can be expected owing to the use of artificial intelligence (AII) and machine learning (ML), says cloud service firm Oracle South Africa...
View ArticleMarginal decrease in South Africa’s unemployment rate
South Africa’s official unemployment rate decreased marginally by 0.4 of a percentage point to 27.1% in the final three months of 2018, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleSouth Africa's biggest labour group embarks on nationwide strike
South Africa’s biggest labor federation will embark on a nationwide protest on Wednesday that will keep teachers, policemen, miners and workers at embattled power utility Eskom away from their posts...
View ArticleSanral, Nafbi sign MoU to develop small contractors, accelerate BEE...
State-owned South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) and nongovernmental organisation, the National African Federated Building Industry (Nafbi), on Thursday signed a memorandum of...
View ArticleCesa optimistic after president’s address
The 2019 presidential address of industry body Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) president Neresh Pather, which he delivered with cautious optimism, calling for a transparent drive for the...
View ArticleDon't trample on workers, Cosatu pleads in march to Parliament
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) marched to Parliament on Tuesday – the day before Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is set to deliver his maiden Budget – to call for job security and an...
View ArticleRetrenchments at South32’s Hillside smelter could affect up to 500 jobs –...
Trade union Solidarity on Tuesday said it had received a retrenchment notice from South32’s Hillside aluminium smelter, in Richards Bay. The trade union stated that the retrenchment process could...
View ArticleUnregistered HVAC practitioners still a threat to industry – Saracca
Despite improvement in the number of people who are obtaining training and qualifications to become registered refrigeration gas practitioners, the number of air conditioner installers without an...
View ArticlePromising growth in construction sector brings hope for 2019
Despite the contribution of the construction sector to local economic activity being inconsistent, and having decreased significantly over the years, Constructional Engineering Association (CEA)...
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