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Search Engineering News Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range.To search for a term containing the ' ' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options. Please enter the email address that you used to subscribe on Engineering News. Your password will be sent to this address. BLSA implores Mboweni to prioritise revenue collection in MTBPS By: Marleny Arnoldi23rd October 2020 In an open letter from Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) addressed to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, the organisation asks that the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) "aggressively trim remaining fat" towards efficient revenue collection in the country. On behalf of business,... Airlines eye deals with South Africa's Airlink as SAA, Comair falter By: Reuters23rd October 2020 South Africa's Airlink is in talks with several foreign airlines seeking to increase their reach in southern Africa at a time when major regional carriers South African Airways and Comair remain grounded, its CE told Reuters. The talks come as Southern African airspace reopens following Covid-19... The CSIR unveils its new logo and branding By: Rebecca Campbell23rd October 2020 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Technology (CSIR), South Africa’s pre-eminent multidisciplinary research and development agency, revealed its new logo and branding on Friday. Its previous logo was the just the letters CSIR, but with the C, S and I linked together and the apparently... Photo by CSIR The new CSIR logo Redefine diversifies into Polish logistics market By: Simone Liedtke23rd October 2020 Despite sentiment towards global real estate having fallen sharply, the outlook for the Polish logistics sector has improved significantly as a result of Covid-19, says Redefine Europe CEO Pieter Prinsloo. Speaking during real estate investment trust (Reit) Redefine Properties’ Polish market... Umgeni Water CEO resigns with immediate effect By: News24Wire 23rd October 2020 Thamsanqa Hlongwa has resigned as the chief executive of Umgeni Water with immediate effect, the State-owned entity announced on Thursday. In a note to shareholders, South Africa's second largest water board said that Hlongwa's resignation had been accepted. Dept reaffirms commitment to implement water projects in KZN By: Tasneem Bulbulia23rd October 2020 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in KwaZulu-Natal has maintained that it will oversee the speedy implementation of water infrastructure projects across the province. This comes as the provincial water storage continued to decline week-on-week to 52.1% this week from 52.7% last week. Brazilian aerospace group delivered 28 civilian jets during the third quarter By: Rebecca Campbell23rd October 2020 Brazilian aerospace and defence group Embraer has announced that it delivered a total of 28 commercial and executive jets during the third quarter of this year. These were divided into seven airliners of its ‘E-Jet’ family and 21 executive jets. The company is the world’s number one manufacturer... Photo by Airlink An Embraer E190 of South African airline Airlink Air Seychelles announces flights between Johannesburg and the Maldives By: Rebecca Campbell23rd October 2020 Air Seychelles announced on Thursday that it was instituting summer season flights from Johannesburg to the Maldives. These would be operated via a short stop in the Seychelles themselves. The flights would run from December 2 this year to January 9 next year. The flights from Johannesburg to the... Photo by Air Seychelles One of Air Seychelles’ two A320neo airliners Maritime industry grappling with cyber-physical security as IT/OT converge By: Schalk Burger23rd October 2020 A panel of maritime and cybersecurity experts on October 21 discussed the changing demands on the maritime industry to ensure the physical security of vessels and shore side infrastructure and operations as information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) converge. The convergence is... AI-powered tool improves document analysis for legal use By: Schalk Burger23rd October 2020 South African artificial intelligence (AI) consulting company Deep Learning Café has launched an AI-powered tool that is able to sort through large volumes of data to find specific search phrases, improving the efficiency of document analysis for legal use. This is particularly useful for smaller... Earth observation market to support precision agriculture forecast to double in a decade By: Rebecca Campbell23rd October 2020 A recently published study has predicted that the global market for Earth observation (EO) for agricultural applications will be worth more than $815-million by 2029. The study, ‘EO4AG – Earth Observation for Agriculture’, was jointly compiled by TerraMetric (an American-domiciled global business... Oil demand may see lasting impact from pandemic, World Bank says By: Bloomberg23rd October 2020 Oil demand could see “lasting impacts” from the coronavirus while modest gains are projected in metals and agriculture prices as commodity markets recover from the shock of the pandemic, according to the World Bank. The World Bank boosted its projections from April for the average oil price in... Eskom's State of the System briefing 23rd October 2020 Eskom delivered its State of the System briefing this week. Engineering News editor Terence Creamer attended the session and unpacks the prognosis for electricity supply for the summer months. To play this media please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 media Winde appeals to Ramaphosa, Mboweni over SAA R10bn bailout By: News24Wire 23rd October 2020 Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has appealed to the national government to "think carefully" about a possible bailout for South African Airways (SAA). He said all the provinces desperately need everything they can get, to recover from the Covid-19 lockdown and job losses. Ramatlakane says it will be a challenge, but ’wrong things’ at PRASA must be fixed By: African News Agency 23rd October 2020 PRASA's woes must be resolved so that it can deliver cheaper, safe and reliable public transport to South Africa's working class, former ANC MP Leonard Ramatlakane said shortly after he was named as the new chairman of the embattled entity. "All the wrong things must be dealt with and we must... Unilever ring-fences €1bn for Clean Future initiative By: Tasneem Bulbulia22nd October 2020 Consumer goods company Unilever has launched its Clean Future initiative, which is aimed at engendering sustainability in the way it produces products and renders services. During a virtual launch of the initiatives on October 22, the company explained that it was seeking to transform its... Afreximbank ready to raise up to $5bn for Covid-19 vaccines for Africa - CDC head By: Reuters22nd October 2020 The African Export Import Bank is ready to raise up to $5-billion to purchase COVID-19 vaccines for African countries, the head of the continent’s disease control body told Reuters on Thursday. John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Africa needs... Cabinet confirms PRASA board appointments By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd October 2020 Cabinet on October 22 confirmed the names of the new board of control of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Leonard Ramatlakane is chairperson of the PRASA board. Fronting still a major issue in delivering on economic transformation, says commission By: Simone Liedtke22nd October 2020 “Fronting”, where a person of color or entity is given a stake but does not get the powers associated with it, remains the biggest challenge to the power of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Act to deliver on economic transformation, the BBBEE Commission warns. Speaking at the... University of Pretoria team come second in Brics youth energy event By: Rebecca Campbell22nd October 2020 A South African team took second place in the recent 2020 Brics Youth Energy Outlook event, hosted in Moscow. Brics is the acronym for the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa alignment and the Youth Energy Outlook involves teams of young researchers submitting papers on energy and the... Resgen requests trading halt ahead of announcement By: Simone Liedtke22nd October 2020 Trading of energy resources company Resource Generation's (Resgen's) securities on the ASX and the JSE will temporarily be halted, at the company’s request, until October 26. The company’s decision to halt security trading follows its reliance on formalising an extension to the first repayment... Solidarity union blasts government over Denel By: Rebecca Campbell22nd October 2020 The Solidarity trade union has accused government Ministers of failing to support each other, as well as defence industrial group Denel, regarding the future of the financially-beleaguered State-owned entity. In a letter to the Denel board of directors and a number of Ministers, notably Finance... Solidarity Fund marks progress By: Tasneem Bulbulia22nd October 2020 The Solidarity Fund says that, while there will be a time when its work will no longer be needed, that time has not come yet and, until it does, the fund will continue to work with partners and stakeholders to support the country. As of October 15, the fund had received more than R3.12-billion of... Furniture Industry Masterplan to be finalised in coming months – DTIC By: Simone Liedtke22nd October 2020 The Furniture Industry Masterplan (FIMP) has been submitted to all relevant stakeholders and will be finalised and implemented in the coming months, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) agroprocessing and forestry-based industries chief director Ncumisa Mcata-Mhlauli confirms. The... Fund establishes collective investment scheme with an infrastructure focus By: Simone Liedtke22nd October 2020 South Africa’s first preference shares with an infrastructure focus were listed on October 22 on 4 Africa Exchange (4AX), Gaia Fund Managers and Kruger International Asset and Wealth Management confirmed. Gaia, together with Kruger, is listing Gaia Fund 1 (the Fund), which complies with... Covid has highlighted the value of operating remotely – mining editor By: Martin Creamer22nd October 2020 The extraction of data from machinery to improve decision-making is a key benefit of the digital mine and has changed the way that mines manage their assets and perform machine maintenance, Australia Mining managing editor Ben Creagh said on Wednesday. Creagh was speaking during a virtual... ifm Australia’s Freddie Coertze and Aditya Kunder. Altron delivers growth during lockdown By: Natasha Odendaal22nd October 2020 JSE-listed technology company Allied Electronics (Altron) has achieved double-digit growth in revenue and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) from continuing operatons during the six months to August 31, 2020. The group’s Ebitda increased 17% to R883-million for... Numsa to picket at RMI, Mibco offices By: Marleny Arnoldi22nd October 2020 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will hold a march to all the offices of the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) on October 27 to hand over memorandums of demands at each venue. The RMI is an employer body representing many component manufacturers in the automotive industry. Mantashe reiterates energy sector efforts to complement economic recovery plan By: Marleny Arnoldi22nd October 2020 During a sitting of Parliament on the debate of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has reiterated government’s targets to deliver 16 313 MW of additional electricity generation capacity from a mix of energy sources. Mantashe... Photo by Creamer Media's Donna Slater Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe South African Cabinet approves export tax on chrome ore By: Reuters22nd October 2020 South Africa, the world's biggest chrome producer, has approved measures to support the domestic ferrochrome industry including through an export tax on chrome ore, according to a Cabinet statement on Thursday."The interventions include the proposed introduction of the export tax on chrome... 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