Airlink goes long-haul through expanded codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink and major global carrier Qatar Airways have announced an expansion of their codesharing agreement. From August 31, Airlink will put its flight... 

CSIR has taken responsibility for the country’s pharmaceutical innovation cluster

Responsibility for the second phase of the national Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Innovation Cluster has been officially given to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).... 

UK development finance agency signs MoU with African infrastructure project investor

UK development finance institution and impact investor British International Investment (BII) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with specialist African infrastructure project... 

South African learners graduate from the 2026 Pathways to Space STEM education initiative

US-based global major aerospace group Boeing and the Future African Space Explorers STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Academy (FASESA) have announced that 1 313 South African... 

The draft updated National Biodiversity Plan has been published for public comment

The draft National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2026-2035 has been published, for public comment. This has been announced by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister David... 

The SKA Observatory has released a book detailing what scientists want to do with the SKA

With both elements of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) under construction, the organisation responsible for creating and operating it, the SKA Observatory (SKAO), has released a book,... 

South Africa’s defence industry is financially constrained, but resilient

The role of the South African defence industry (SADI) in the national economy was recently unerscored by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau in a keynote address he delivered at the... 

South Africa’s defence industry is financially constrained, but resilient

The role of the South African defence industry (SADI) in the national economy was recently unerscored by Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau in a keynote address he delivered at the... 

SAA enters new reciprocal codesharing agreement with Emirates

South African Airways (SAA) and global major airline Emirates have expanded their codeshare partnership. This new agreement brings in reciprocal codesharing by the two carriers, in place of the... 

SALT part of urgent global observation campaign for a new supernova

The Karoo-based Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) has played a significant role in an urgent international collaboration to monitor a rarely observed phenomenon: the actual start and... 

Denel’s turnaround plan is making progress, but not as fast as hoped

Denel, the State-owned defence industrial group, on Wednesday briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations about, among other issues, progress with its turnaround plan. This was... 

Denel tells Parliament about net profits, rising revenues, but financial constraints

State-owned defence industrial group Denel told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA) on Wednesday that its revenues during the 2025/26 financial year (FY) had increased to... 

Two South Africans on the shortlist for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Two South African innovators have been shortlisted for the UK Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2026. This is the continent’s richest award aimed at promoting... 

Is gold still the safe haven it was? Research suggests it has lost its lustre

Gold is no longer the certain safe haven it once was, researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Department of Finance and Tax have discovered. The yellow metal lost this status as a... 

SADC’s ninth Industrialisation Week sought to stimulate regional development

South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has described the ninth Southern African Development Community (SADC) Industrialisation Week, held at the Durban International... 

Airlink announces new route to Harare

South African leading regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it will launch a new service between Gauteng and Harare, in Zimbabwe, in November. It will be operated from the... 

South African food inflation continued to decline in June 

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation continued to decelerate in June, in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy has highlighted. Statistics... 

Worldwide air passenger traffic decline in June, reports IATA

Global total air passenger demand fell by -1.7%, year-on-year (y-o-y), in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the... 

Airline industry bodies call on African States to implement passenger data systems

African and global aviation industry groups have jointly called on African countries to implement Advanced Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) systems, to reinforce border... 

Global air cargo demand increased in all regions of the globe in June, reports IATA

Global air cargo demand increased strongly, year-on-year (y-on-y), in June, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the representative body for the global airline... 

Milkor promotes its 380 large drone for South African border surveillance

South African aerospace and defence company Milkor has highlighted that its locally developed Milkor 380 medium-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV – popularly called a drone) can... 

Construction of South Africa’s new deep space ground station on schedule

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has confirmed that construction of its new Deep Space Ground Station, at Matjiesfontein in the Karoo region of the Western Cape province, is on... 

Construction of the Waterfall City Conference Centre and Hotel has now started

The Waterfall City Conference Centre and Hotel (WCCCH) had now formally started its construction phase, following a sod-turning ceremony. Located in the much larger Waterfall City development in... 

Itac recommends increased customs duty on imported peanut butter

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has recommended an increase in the customs duty on imported peanut butter. This followed an investigation triggered by an... 

IATA announces the appointment of its next director-general

The board of directors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has announced the appointment of the organisation’s... 

Uganda Airlines orders Boeing aircraft

US-based global major aerospace group Boeing has announced that Uganda Airlines, the flag-carrier for the East African country, had placed an order for eight of the airframer’s airliners. This was... 

Tau stresses importance of the defence industry

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has lauded the South African defence industry’s (SADI’s) contribution to the national economy. He was delivering the keynote address at the... 

Embraer forecasts demand for 8 500 smaller jetliners by 2045, 370 for Africa

Brazil-based major global aerospace group Embraer has released its market forecast for jet airliners with fewer than 150 seats, covering the next 20 years. Globally, the company expects 8 500... 

Rooibos seeds to be sent into space

In an initiative developed by the South African Rooibos Council (SARC), which is the representative and promotion body for rooibos processors, packers and brand owners, seeds from the rooibos plant... 

Cape Town-Johannesburg is Africa’s busiest air passenger route

The route between Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) was the busiest airport pair connection in Africa last year. This is one of the... 

Sappi joins a global programme to eliminate harmful chemicals in the fashion supply chain

South Africa-based global woodfibre-based renewable resources group Sappi has announced that it has joined the ZDHC Foundation Roadmap to Zero programme. This programme seeks to eliminate harmful... 

Energy trader EXSA appoints a specialist in regulation as one of its top executives

Energy trading company Energy Exchange of South Africa (EXSA) has announced the appointment of Dr Roelof van Huyssteen as its head of regulatory. This was the latest of the company’s top-level... 

Outa takes government to High Court over Aarto Phase 2 implementation

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has announced that it has initiated an urgent application to the High Court to put the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic... 

Stellenbosch University lab playing a key role in unprecedented Africa2Moon space mission

Stellenbosch University (SU) has highlighted the role of its Electronics Systems Laboratory (ESL) in the groundbreaking Africa2Moon space mission, which will form part of China’s Chang’e-8 robotic... 

Commission recommends to Tribunal that it approve Harith's buyout of FlySafair, but with conditions

The Competition Commission of South Africa has announced that it has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that the latter approve the acquisition of Safair Holdings by Harith Aviation, with... 

Three major agencies commit to jointly support African prosperity and resilience

The African Development Bank (AfDB), UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have jointly committed themselves to helping build a resilient... 

South African scientist formally inducted into the world’s oldest academy of sciences

National Research Foundation (NRF) board member Professor Glenda Gray has been inducted as a Fellow of the world’s oldest and one of its most prestigious academies of sciences – the UK’s Royal... 

Major new commitments of funding announced for clean cooking in Africa

The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced on Thursday that $900-million of new commitments had been made to the international Clean Cooking in Africa (CCA) initiative. Further, of the... 

Airbus expects a total global demand for 42 000 new airliners over the next 20 years

Global major aerospace group Airbus expects total air passenger traffic to grow at an annual rate of 3.9% over the next 20 years, driven by a global gross domestic product that would increase by... 

Airbus, MTU Aero Engines create JV to develop hydrogen fuel cell aircraft engine

Global major aerospace group Airbus and German engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines have announced the creation of a joint venture (JV) focused on the development and commercialisation of a fully...