Executive Summary of the Premier’s Opening Address on the occasion of the first session of...
On Tuesday, 31 July 2024, Premier Alan Winde delivered his opening address to mark the first sitting of the 7th Western Cape Provincial Parliament.
Below is...
Opinion Piece: Temporary employment services help the poultry industry navigate staffing challenges
By Eleni Fourie, Corporate Sales Executive at Workforce Staffing
Poultry farming remains one of South Africa’s largest agricultural sectors despite multiple challenges, including load shedding, water...
Fund members urged to get financial advice on pension fund withdrawals
With the President signing into law the Pension Funds Amendment Act (31 of 2024), National Treasury has urged fund members to seek trustworthy financial...
Cape Town dam levels top 101%
More rain this past week has seen Cape Town’s dam levels increase to 101%. This is more than the same time last year.
Over the...
LHM manufactures seven traction transformers for PRASA project in record time
Transformer manufacturer, LH Marthinusen (LHM), a division of ACTOM, recently manufactured and supplied seven traction transformers for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s...
Tru-Cape is striving to make sustainability strides
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing is making significant progress towards its ambitious goal of reducing carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and reaching net zero by...
The Green Connection welcomes announcement: TotalEnergies to abandon blocks 11B/12B and 5/6/7 in SA
The Green Connection welcomes TotalEnergies’ recent announcement to abandon two of the four blocks it has exploration and production rights to, in South Africa....
Western Cape Government labels Public Procurement Act a “handbrake” on provincial service delivery
Premier Alan Winde and Western Cape Minister of Finance, Deidre Baartman, have written to President Cyril Ramaphosa raising serious concerns over the constitutionality of...
Specialist maintenance of conveyors pays dividends in uptime
When margins are squeezed by lower commodity prices, mines must secure the productivity and efficiency of key functions like conveyors – and Tru-Trac Rollers...
Minister Ramokgopa commits to finding ‘enduring, lasting solution’ to rising electricity costs
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has moved to assure South Africans that the department is committed, together with the South African...
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