# PwC South Africa study shows that artificial intelligence and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies could help revive the country’s struggling mining industry by identifying new mineral deposits and improving productivity. Speaking at the Mine Modernisation Showcase, Smart Mining Associate Director Ian Mackay said the sector faces declining investment, mine closures, illegal mining and ageing infrastructure. […]
# The Water Research Commission says South Africa’s National Water Action Plan can help resolve the country’s water crisis if it is properly implemented. Researcher Professor Stanley Liphadzi says success depends on investment in municipal infrastructure, stronger governance, and improved technical capacity. He says ring-fencing water revenue for maintenance and upgrades could improve service delivery […]
# The National Transmission Company South Africa expects to clear all outstanding curtailment claims owed to independent power producers by the end of August. The backlog has fallen to 1.5-billion-rand, down from two-billion-rand in June. CEO Monde Bala says additional resources have been deployed to speed up payments and improve settlement processes. The claims arose […]
# Die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap is daartoe verbind om oorgrens-transaksies goedkoper en vinniger te maak. Die Angolese kwanza het die tweede betalingseenheid geword om by die elektroniese streeksbetaalstelsel aan te sluit. Hy het 13 jaar lank uitsluitlik die rand gebruik, hoofsaaklik om Suid-Afrika se gevorderde finansiële infrastruktuur te benut. Botswana en Mosambiek sal volgende aansluit. Die […]
# Die MK-party se leier, Jacob Zuma, het die party se presidensiële taakspan ontbind en vervang met ‘n nuwe strategiese presidensiële span wat die organisasie se hoogste besluitnemende gesag sal wees. Dit volg nadat hy verlede week die party se finansies onder sy persoonlike beheer geplaas het te midde van bewerings oor die wanbesteding van […]
# The International Trade Administration Commission has recommended increasing customs duties on imported peanut butter from 99-cents-per-kilogram to 25-percent according to value. The move follows an investigation that found rising imports, mainly from India, were hurting local manufacturers. ITAC says domestic production, sales and factory capacity have declined amid rising production costs. The commission has […]
# SASSA-begunstigdes wat steeds die ou gouekaarte gebruik, het tot einde Augustus om oor te skakel na die nuwe Posbank-swartkaarte. Diegene wat nie voor die sperdatum oorskakel nie, sal moontlik vanaf September nie toegang tot hul maatskaplike toelaagbetalings hê nie. SASSA vra begunstigdes om so gou moontlik vervangingspunte te besoek om onderbrekings in uitbetalings te […]
# Union federation Cosatu says the landmark wage agreement between the National Union of Mineworkers and Gold Fields’ South Deep Mine will cushion employees over the next five years. The multi-year agreement includes adjustments made to the housing allowance, medical incapacity benefit, and funeral benefit. Gold Fields has also approved a discretionary, one-off cash incentive […]
# MK Party leader Jacob Zuma has dissolved the party’s presidential task team and replaced it with a new strategic presidential team, which will be the organisation’s highest decision-making body. This comes after he placed the party’s finances under his personal control last week amid allegations of misappropriation of funds. Zuma says the dissolution of […]
