# Eskom says the fast-moving renewable energy market requires unprecedented agility and specialised partnership models that sit outside traditional utility structures. The power utility has received approval to proceed with Eskom Green, which will serve as its renewable energy division. Eskom Green is targeting to deliver up to 32 gigawatts by 2040. Eskom group executive […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must position itself as a global leader in future vehicle manufacturing by expanding local production, developing battery value chains, and increasing the use of critical minerals. In his virtual keynote address at the launch of Toyota’s ninth-generation Hilux in KwaZulu-Natal, Ramaphosa said the government is strengthening incentives, supporting […]
# The Motor Industry Staff Association calls on the government to enforce a 60-percent local content requirement for vehicles built in South Africa. Backing the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers, MISA says stronger localisation is essential to grow manufacturing, create jobs and develop local skills. The union’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says carmakers receiving […]
# The DA in Mpumalanga is calling on the provincial government to urgently make the international food market fully operational. The party picketed outside the facility yesterday because the three-billion-rand project remains largely idle despite welcoming its first client last month. The DA’s Trudie Grovè-Morgan says the project has still not delivered the 100-thousand jobs […]
# AfriForum says it will continue its legal challenge against the energy regulator, Nersa, over Eskom’s additional 54-billion-rand electricity tariff increase. The urgent application was removed from the court roll and will now be heard in the High Court in Pretoria at a later date. AfriForum’s Dalena Beyers argues Nersa failed to provide reasons for […]
# South Africa’s leading home improvement and building materials retailer, Builders, has launched a major cost-relief initiative, locking in prices on selected merchandise until 31 December. The price lock campaign is designed to help homeowners, contractors and businesses manage rising renovation costs and budget with greater certainty. The decision comes as Absa’s homeowner sentiment index […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê Suid-Afrika moet homself vestig as ‘n wêreldleier in toekomstige voertuigvervaardiging deur plaaslike vervaardiging uit te brei, batterywaardekettings te ontwikkel en die gebruik van kritieke minerale te verhoog. Ramaphosa het die hooftoespraak aanlyn gelewer tydens die bekendstelling van Toyota se negende generasie Hilux in KwaZulu-Natal, en sê die regering versterk aansporings, […]
# Die Motorbedryf-personeelvereniging doen ‘n beroep op die regering om ‘n vereiste van 60-persent plaaslike inhoud af te dwing vir voertuie wat in Suid-Afrika gebou word. MISA steun die Nasionale Vereniging van Motoronderdele- en Geallieerde Vervaardigers en sê sterker plaaslike vervaardiging is noodsaaklik om vervaardiging te laat groei, werk te skep en plaaslike vaardighede te […]
# AfriForum sê hy sal sy regsgeding teen die energiereguleerder, Nersa, oor Eskom se bykomende elektrisiteitstariefverhoging van 54-miljard-rand voortsit. Die dringende aansoek is van die hofrol verwyder en sal nou later in die Hooggeregshof in Pretoria aangehoor word. Dalena Beyers van AfriForum voer aan Nersa het versuim om redes vir die goedkeuring van die verhoging […]
