Terence Creamer

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Ramaphosa insists relations with the US have been ‘reset’ despite tense Oval Office meeting

1 week ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted on Tuesday that South Africa’s deteriorating relationship with the US had been “reset” following recent meetings with President Donald Trump, notwithstanding an uncomfortable Oval Office exchange that was televised globally. During the meeting, Trump ambushed the South African delegation with a multimedia presentation purportedly supportive of his discredited claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa.
Malatsi insists transformation ‘sacrosanct’ as he comes under fire from lawmakers over equity equivalent policy direction

1 week ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi faced fierce push back from lawmakers on Tuesday to his proposed policy direction opening the way for multinational broadband service providers to secure the empowerment credit required for licensing by way of equity-equivalent investment programmes (EEIPs) rather than through the sale of 30% equity to black investors.
DBSA invests R100m into EV charging station company

1 week ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has made a R100-million equity investment into electric vehicle (EV) charging station company CHARGE, which aims to develop a network of ultra-fast charging stations along South Africa’s national roads. The company opened its first off-grid charging service station late last year in Wolmaransstad, in the North West province, and is aspiring to develop 120 solar-powered charging stations on the country’s major highways at 150-km intervals.
Ramaphosa says Trump agreed to US attending G20 Summit in Joburg

1 week ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

Writing in his weekly newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that President Donald Trump agreed that the US should continue playing a key role in the G20, including attending the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg later this year. Ramaphosa described his working visit to the US as a success, despite Trump having ambushed Ramaphosa in the Oval Office with discredited claims of ‘white genocide’.
Mantashe wants newly launched SANPC to lead oil refining revival

2 weeks ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has indicated that he wants the newly launched South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) to play a central role in reviving domestic refining activity, which has shrunk dramatically in recent years as refineries have ceased operating. The new State-owned enterprise has been formed through the merger of three Central Energy Fund (CEF) subsidiaries, namely iGas, the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF), and PetroSA.
Less haste, more speed?

2 weeks ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

Updating South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity has always been a perilous endeavour. Despite various attempts, it took nearly ten years for the 2010 edition to be updated, following a gestation period that left the new 2019 document in almost immediate need of an overhaul itself, owing to the inclusion of outdated assumptions. Updating the IRP2019 has faced similar hazards, with much of the pain being self-inflected by the policymaker.
Promises of major reforms to Budget process and spending as Godongwana tables Budget 3.0

2 weeks ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana indicated that major reforms are being considered to both State spending and the actual Budget process when tabling a third version of the contentious 2025 Budget in Parliament on Wednesday.
R285m Port of Richards Bay container facility to be operational in 2028

2 weeks ago | newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Terence Creamer

A R285-million container handling facility will be developed at the Port of Richards Bay’s Bayvue precinct, following the signing of an agreement between the Grindrod Eyamakhosi Joint Venture and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). The investment will increase the port’s yearly container handling capacity from 50 000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 200 000 TEUs and diversify its cargo profile, which is currently mainly associated with coal, as well as dry, break and liquid bulk.
R285m Port of Richards Bay container facility to be operational in 2028

2 weeks ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

A R285-million container handling facility will be developed at the Port of Richards Bay’s Bayvue precinct, following the signing of an agreement between the Grindrod Eyamakhosi Joint Venture and the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). The investment will increase the port’s yearly container handling capacity from 50 000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to 200 000 TEUs and diversify its cargo profile, which is currently mainly associated with coal, as well as dry, break and liquid bulk.
Sasol slashes emission-reduction capex but insists 30% target remains intact

2 weeks ago | engineeringnews.co.za | Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has announced a dramatic 70% cut to the capital expenditure (capex) budget associated with its greenhouse-gas emission reduction roadmap to 2030, while still insisting that its 30% reduction target remains intact.