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            <title>NTCSA setting up market surveillance unit as part of preparations for SAWEM launch in April</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) reports that it will establish an internal, yet ring-fenced, market surveillance unit as a safeguard against any abuse of dominance within the yet-to-be-launched South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM). SAWEM is scheduled to begin operating in April 2027, with Eskom Generation set to be by far the dominant market participant at its launch.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY</category>
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            <title>Tau launches upgraded, real-time beneficial ownership register in partnership with the CIPC</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has launched the upgraded beneficial ownership register, through which accredited users from law enforcement agencies can get beneficial ownership information in real-time. The new model will expose ownership links and make tracing easier for law enforcement officials.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>OWNERSHIP REGISTRY</category>
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            <title>Whether capital mobilisation improves will define the next decade for Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The next decade will not be defined by whether capital exists in Africa, but rather by whether that capital is put to work, said World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) Southern Africa regional director Cláudia Conceição on Wednesday. Speaking during an IFC and Jeune Afrique-hosted media engagement ahead of the Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS), taking place in Luanda, Angola, on November 3 to 4, 2026, she said that this would not only finance projects, but businesses, jobs, innovation and, by extension, Africa’s future.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
            <category>FINANCIAL SECTOR</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 16:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Kropz to increase Nanophos production capacity at Elandsfontein</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Aim-listed Kropz shifts its focus to Nanophos production, the company reports that it plans to increase Nanophos production capacity at its Elandsfontein site, in the Western Cape to 180 000 t/y. Kropz says Nanophos has the potential to significantly contribute to the phosphate market in South Africa, noting that the company's entrance into the market “promises to herald a new era for South Africa’s agricultural community”.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>PHOSPHATE</category>
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            <title>All sectors and companies need software skills as AI's impact grows – BCG</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[AI is having an impact across all sectors and companies are realising that they need software capabilities to manage AI deployments, as these are not available in every company or business function. This is according to management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group's (BCG’s) 'Applied AI Index 2026' report, which shows that 48.5% of respondents are now delivering some or significant value through the use of AI.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>AI IMPACT</category>
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            <title>Local contact centres shift towards digital integration</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the business process outsourcing (BPO), or global business services (GBS), sector in South Africa continues to grow, local contact centres are shifting their focus towards digitally enabled jobs and embracing technological advancements, such as AI. During a media event on September 29, outsourced services industry organisation Business Process Enabling South Africa (BPESA) CEO Reshni Singh described AI as a “positive disruption” in the BPO sector.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Sufficient capacity to accommodate EV growth, but low-voltage networks a looming problem – Eskom</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned power utility Eskom says it has sufficient capacity to accommodate the current growth in electric vehicle (EV) sales, buoyed by surging oil prices, but points out that low-voltage residential networks will, most likely, pose a future challenge. Speaking at the Africa E-Mobility Week 2026 held in Stellenbosch this week,]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Chinese imports will decimate local auto manufacturing industry – AA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The current rate of vehicle imports from China will decimate the local vehicle and parts manufacturing industry, warns Automobile Association (AA) of South Africa CEO Bobby Ramagwede. Addressing the Automechanika CEO Breakfast held in Cape Town on Tuesday, he said that the domestic automotive industry was “in big trouble” as the exports and local sales of South African-made vehicles were in sharp decline.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>AUTO INDUSTRY</category>
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            <title>South Africa’s Tshipi puts 828 000 t of manganese through Namibia’s Port of Lüderitz</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The plan-beating sale of manganese ore by Jupiter Mines in its financial year 2026 (FY26) included 828 000 t going through the Port of Lüderitz in Namibia, the ASX-listed company stated in its annual report on Wednesday, September 30. Jupiter owns 49.9% of Tshipi é Ntle Manganese, which operates the Tshipi manganese mine in South Africa’s large, low-cost Kalahari manganese field. South Africa’s JSE-listed Exxaro Resources owns 50.1% of Tshipi, which sold 3.5-million tonnes during this reporting period, exceeding full-year targets and its historical average of 3.4-million tonnes a year.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MANGANESE</category>
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            <title>Agri SA, Institute for Security Studies formalise commitment to combat rural crime</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry body Agri SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), which formalises a working relationship built over the past year. The two organisations have committed to collect, share and jointly report on rural crime data, bringing together the reach of organised agriculture and the independent research expertise of one of Africa’s leading institutes specialising in security, crime and justice.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ethiopian Airlines to sign agreement with Boeing for 10 freighters</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ethiopian Airlines will later on Wednesday sign a deal with Boeing for ten freighter aircraft, a banner at the venue of a signing ceremony showed. Earlier this month two industry sources told Reuters Ethiopia's state-owned airline was nearing a deal to buy up to ten long-haul Boeing freighters.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>AVIATION</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Policy uncertainty remains elevated, despite easing somewhat in the third quarter</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/policy-uncertainty-remains-elevated-despite-easing-somewhat-in-the-third-quarter-2026-09-30</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Although still in negative territory, the North-West University Business School's Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for the third quarter eased to 61.3 from 81.9 in the second quarter and, while still elevated, the PUI for the third quarter was less adverse than in the second quarter. This suggests that the economic uncertainty created by the initial global energy shock following the start of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, in the Middle East, to the domestic economy may have begun to dissipate for now and that business and consumer behaviour may be adapting to a ‘new normal’, the business school states.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>IATA reports strong demand for air cargo in August</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The global representative body for the airline industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has reported that there was strong demand for air cargo during August. All regions saw growth. “Air cargo demand rose 4.4% year-on-year in August with all regions reporting growth even as capacity was trimmed by 0.1%,” highlighted IATA senior VP sustainability and chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen. “Strong demand and higher load factors helped airlines recoup some of the exceptionally high fuel costs. Yields rose month-on-month for the first time since April, while global goods trade growth continues. Both are positive signs as the year-end peak season comes into view.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>AVIATION</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The mining industry is under growing pressure to improve productivity while reducing operating costs and its environmental footprint. At the launch of its new SRT100S off-highway mining truck, SANY is positioning hybrid technology as one way of addressing both challenges. Shannon De Ryhove has the story.]]></description>
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            <category>MINING VEHICLES</category>
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            <title>Nigeria's Dangote breaks ground on $16 billion East African oil refinery in Kenya</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Construction begins on Wednesday of a $16-billion Kenyan oil refinery aimed at lowering East Africa's fuel costs and saving the region hard currency used to import refined products. Aliko Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto will break ground on the site, where the billionaire wants to replicate his group's 700 000 bl/d Nigerian refinery as countries including Kenya and Uganda look to start producing crude oil.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Joburg's City Power needs capable people, control of its revenue and the private sector – CDE</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Johannesburg’s troubled electricity utility City Power’s infrastructure is deteriorating, its finances are precarious, much of the bulk electricity it buys never becomes revenue and it has been without permanent leadership for long periods. To turn City Power around, a new city government will need to put capable people in charge, give the utility control over its own revenue, collect what it is owed and bring in the private sector, says policy research and advocacy organisation Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) executive director Ann Bernstein.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>CITY RECOVERY</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cabinet says local DFI could take equity in stand-alone TNPA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cabinet has mandated Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to investigate the feasibility of one of the country’s development finance institutions (DFIs) becoming a minority equity partner, after endorsing its full separation from the Transnet group. Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that the option of including a DFI as a shareholder was discussed by Cabinet at its latest meeting, which included an update on the implementation of reforms aimed at improving the competitiveness of South Africa's freight and logistics system.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES</category>
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            <title>French companies look to bolster investment as South Africa progresses reforms </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is already implementing various reforms to improve the performance of State-owned enterprises like Eskom and Transnet and, thereby, drive higher growth rates. With progress evident in areas such as a reduction in loadshedding, there must now be a focus on ensuring that inclusive growth is pursued by government and business partners alike, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Minister Maropene Ramokgopa stated in a keynote address at the fifth France-South Africa Business Forum, in Sandton, on September 29.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[UK-based global power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce has highlighted that the latest version of Airbus’ A350 airliner family, the A350F dedicated freighter, which made its first flight on Tuesday, was powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines. This engine also powered the A350-1000 airliner model (the smaller A350-900 airliner used Trent XWB-84 engines). Orders for the A350F already stand at 115, from 14 customers. Although the Trent XWB-97 has been powering A350-1000 airliners ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that it will not meet the November 30 target deadline for the award of 241 routine road maintenance (RRM) tenders with an estimated combined value of R9.5-billion. The deadline was set after court rulings that found Sanral’s previous RRM procurement processes to be unlawful.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Renewable energy company SolarAfrica's 114 MW SunCentral 1 plant, in the Northern Cape, has reached commercial operation. This is an important step for the company's move to delivery and operation of utility-scale renewable energy projects, says SolarAfrica CEO David McDonald.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) is out on tender for another 40 to 60 electric buses to join the GABS fleet after April next year, says company engineer Gideon Neethling. Speaking on Monday at the Africa E-Mobility Week 2026 held in Stellenbosch, he said the new buses would add to the 120 BYD electric buses already in the Golden Arrow fleet.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Eskom’s fixed charges make an increasing share of electricity bills, the economics of partial solar installations are becoming more nuanced, says renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction company RenEnergy Africa business development head Juandré Pitout. 

For South African farmers considering solar power, the question is no longer simply whether solar can reduce the amount of electricity bought from the grid but the added value of security of supply, clean energy and securing the levelised cost of energy (LCOE) for the farm over the next 20 years. 
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            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Southern Ocean-focused Constraining Carbon with Optimised Observing (COCO2) research project, which unites researchers in South Africa, Australia and the US, is now under way and will soon be delivering data to the South Africa-based Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observatory (SOCCO). The institutions involved in the project are the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which hosts SOCCO, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the US ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Schneider Electric celebrates 55 years in South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricity technology and automation company Schneider Electric celebrates 55 years of operation in South Africa and commits to supporting the country as it expands and modernises its energy and industrial infrastructure. Since 1971, Schneider Electric South Africa has evolved alongside the nation's industrial and economic growth by helping businesses improve efficiency, resilience and sustainability through technology, expertise and local partnerships.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Volkswagen and Gotion High-Tech Co plan to invest €3.22-billion ($3.7-billion) in battery facilities in Europe and North Africa as they push to set up an electric vehicle supply chain outside China. The German automaker and Gotion are eyeing to build battery plants in Spain and Slovakia and a facility in Morocco to make cathode materials, the Chinese manufacturer said in a statement. The factories will be run by joint ventures, with the monetary investment split almost equally by the partners.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>ELECTRIC VEHICLES</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa’s complementary A2X exchange attracts another mining listing</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The ordinary shares of precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater have been approved for inclusion in the list of qualifying equity securities to be traded on South Africa’s complementary A2X stock exchange. With effect from October 6, the secondary A2X listing is poised to support liquidity and provide investors with greater access to the ordinary shares of Sibanye-Stillwater, which at the time of going to press had a market capitalisation of R117-billion.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa defers Paris Club bid, turns to borrowers’ platform</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa told the Paris Club that it won’t seek full membership of the group of mostly rich-nation creditors, as it focuses on its involvement in a UN-backed coalition of borrower countries instead. The government of Africa’s biggest economy has moved to align itself with the Global Borrowers’ Platform, which describes itself as a “a borrower-led space to share knowledge and amplify their collective voice”, that officially began operating in April.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote said on Tuesday he hopes to list his group's fertiliser company Dangote Fertiliser sometime next year. "Sometime next year we hope to list it. Let it be owned by the people," Dangote told an investors meeting at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Civil Confidence Index decreased to 40 in the third quarter, from 43 in the second quarter, with 60% of respondents dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions. The index measuring activity growth declined to its worst level since 2022, underpinning the softer sentiment reading, FNB and the BER state.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Vodacom South Africa has successfully tested what it said is the world’s first integrated passive-active Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) solution, unlocking greater flexibility for the company to add capacity and respond to growing demand for mobile data. The technology, tested in partnership with Nokia through a pilot in the Western Cape, combines multiple antenna capabilities into a more compact configuration to enable Vodacom to make more efficient use of existing network sites.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa recorded foreign direct investment inflows of R49.8-billion in the second quarter, up from R20.3-billion in the previous quarter, the central bank said on Tuesday. The South African Reserve Bank said in its Quarterly Bulletin that the higher inflows were due to a local telecommunications company receiving debt funding from a non-resident parent company. It did not disclose which company because the transaction was not public.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[After almost two decades, South Africans are entitled to a complete accounting of the Medupi and Kusile power station projects, but some questions remain unanswered, writes EE Business Intelligence MD Chris Yelland.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The world needs to contend with a new, “fragile”, reality – while the world economy and trade continue to grow, debt levels and geopolitical stresses are undeniable and risks are increasing, which could lead to a crisis.   For South Africa, this requires a situational awareness to understand these new circumstances and a pragmatic energy to identify potential growth opportunities and capitalise on them.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has committed $65-million to support financing initiatives in Zambia and Zimbabwe. In Zambia, BII is anchoring the Zambia National Commercial Bank's (Zanaco’s) $100-million Sustainability Bond Programme with a $15-million commitment to help to deliver Zambia’s first bank-issued sustainability bond and demonstrate how domestic capital markets can mobilise investment into projects with environmental and social impact.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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