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            <description><![CDATA[More than 500 member companies of the public-private crime-fighting E2-Plus programme have committed significant resources to support the South African Police Service (SAPS) during the planned anti-foreigner protests expected on June 30, says business organisation Business Against Crime South Africa (Bacsa). The resources include ten helicopters; 20 piloted drones; more than 250 armed response and armoured vehicles; access to 7 000 CCTV cameras with live feeds made available to SAPS; more than 200 radios; 40 ambulances; three specialised medical search-and-rescue teams; two water cannons; two fire trucks; and eight K9 units with handlers for the operational period.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy and chemicals group Sasol and carbon-reduction technology company Topsoe say they will be refocusing the organisational structure of their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) partnership to prepare for an orderly wind-down of their joint venture (JV) Zaffra. The two companies will continue to enhance their long-standing technology-led licensing collaboration through the Single Point Licensor (SPL) framework established in 2019.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Gautrain experienced a technical fault on the North-South line at about 17:00 on June 25, leading to a train being evacuated as a precautionary safety measure and resulting in delays to passenger journeys. Full train services resumed according to schedule at about 19:20 on the same day.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Grassroots recycling programme aims to educate learners on importance of waste reduction – SST</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nonprofit science-based organisation the Sustainable Seas Trust (SST) is advancing a grassroots recycling programme aimed at changing how South African school pupils think about waste. Currently in its launch phase, the programme dubbed “Munch-on-the-Move” is being rolled out in 11 schools across Cape Town, Durban and Gqeberha, with a total of 22 expected to be onboarded by early 2027.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Spanish airline Air Europa has started direct flights between Madrid and Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. This event was highlighted by Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). The carrier will operate this service using its Boeing 787 Dreamliner widebody airliners. This is the airline’s first regular service to anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa. “The launch of Air Europa’s direct service between Madrid and Johannesburg reflects confidence in South Africa as a destination for business, tourism and investment,” highlighted ACSA Cluster 1 regional GM Jabulane Khambule. “Every new international route strengthens our country’s connectivity, stimulates economic activity and supports the continued growth of tourism and trade. We are proud to welcome Air Europa to OR Tambo International Airport and look forward to a long and successful partnership.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has called for public comment on revised draft rules for electricity trading as part of a second round of consultations after Eskom raised objections to an initial draft published in November 2025. In a statement, Nersa said the updated draft rules had been significantly expanded and revised to incorporate stakeholder comments that were made during the initial consultation process.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published the draft market inquiry report on the impact of fixed charges levied by electricity distributors and State-owned entity Eskom’s unbundled generation capacity charge, legacy charge and variable energy charge for stakeholder input and comment. The draft findings indicate that, although the movement towards more cost-reflective tariffs has an important regulatory rationale, the impacts of tariff restructuring differ across customer categories depending on consumption patterns, load factors, operational requirements and the ability to respond to tariff signals, Nersa says in a statement.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Construction begins on R6bn N3 upgrade at Mariannhill Toll Plaza – Sanral</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) R6-billion project to upgrade the N3 highway between Mariannhill Toll Plaza section 1 and Key Ridge section 2 has started. The State-owned roads company says the project will take 60 months to complete.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Agri SA welcomes Nersa's tariff structure recommendations</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body Agri SA has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa's) publication of the Draft Market Inquiry Report into fixed charges and Eskom's Retail Tariff Plan. The findings of the report confirm the concerns Agri SA has consistently raised regarding the disproportionate impact of recent tariff reforms on agriculture, the industry body says.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture has announced that the Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smelters will be restarted, following the conclusion of the detailed terms and conditions of negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Eskom. The NPAs, Glencore Marafe said, gave full effect to the 62c/kWh tariff, which had been approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for both the venture and for Samacor Chrome.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>BKB to help fund Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber’s hunt for viable strategic projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMB BC) has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with agricultural group BKB, aimed at strengthening the work of the chamber’s projects desk, which acts as the implementation arm of its Local Economic Reinvention Think Tank. BKB is one of South Africa’s largest and oldest agribusiness companies, operating across a range of agricultural value chains.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>BMI lower 2026 steel price forecast, owing to weaker demand</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Market research and analysis company BMI has lowered its 2026 forecast for the global steel price slightly to $620/t, down from $625/t in its previous forecast, owing to weaker expected steel demand outside Mainland China following the deterioration in the global macroeconomic backdrop since March. As a result of the US-Iran conflict, BMI's Macro team has lowered its 2026 global growth forecast to 2.4%, down from 2.8% before the conflict began.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Civil contractor sentiment held steady in the second quarter</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research Civil Confidence Index remained unchanged at 43% in the second quarter of this year. This index gauges the sentiment and economic health of South Africa’s civil engineering and construction sector.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>Sub-Saharan Africa's energy access lagging while almost universal elsewhere, report shows </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the yearly inter-agency publication ‘Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report’, featuring data from 2023 and 2024, shows that while most regions are nearing universal energy access, progress in sub-Saharan Africa has slowed significantly, and the pace of electrification must triple to achieve universal access by 2030. According to the report, 560-million people in the region are without electricity and 970-million lack access to clean cooking.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) chairperson Dr David Masondo on June 24 visited HyPlat, a Cape Town-based subsidiary of emerging South African hydrogen technology company Bambili Energy. The PIC is a shareholder in Bambili Energy and the visit formed part of an ongoing oversight programme showcasing how pension capital is being deployed to support South Africa’s long-term economic development.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Subregional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) has called on countries in the region to accelerate regional integration, strengthen economic resilience and implement coordinated policy responses to withstand external shocks. The Middle East crisis represents another major external shock, following the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which threatens to reverse the region's hard-won macroeconomic gains, said ECA SRO-SA director Eunice Kamwendo.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>PPC names new CFO; Marques to serve as acting CFO until October</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed cement producer PPC has announced that Veliswa Rozani will be appointed as its new CFO and exective director, with effect from October 1. This follows a previous announcement by PPC in March on the retirement of predecessor Brenda Berlin, with effect from June 30.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>ASP Isotopes proposes merger of Noble Africa with EBDRA Life Sciences</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE- and Nasdaq-listed ASP Isotopes has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Noble Africa, an intermediate holding company for Renergen, will merge with a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed ENDRA Life Sciences, with Noble Africa to continue as the surviving entity. Upon completion of the proposed merger, the combined company plans to operate under the name Noble Africa Inc and will apply to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol ‘NOBA’.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Gauteng e-Gov dept allocated R1.9bn to transform government and service delivery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Gauteng Department of e-Government has received R1.9-billion for the 2026/27 financial year to advance the province’s digital transformation agenda and support the priorities of the seventh Administration. The allocation will enable the department to strengthen modern information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, expand digital government services, enhance technology-enabled public safety, improve cybersecurity and digital resilience, accelerate ICT skills development, strengthen e-waste management and establish an AI Office to drive innovation across government.]]></description>
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            <category>DIGITAL ECONOMY</category>
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