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Engineering News Online provides real time news reportage through originated written, video & audio material. Now you can listen to the top three articles on Engineering News at the end of each day.

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08:44

SA's largest boat builder eyes growing share of...

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2024/05/03

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.It's easy to overlook the sheer magnitude of Robertson and Caine's (R&C's) operations in Cape Town. The company's ten boat-building factories and assembly lines are dotted across the city - from Woodstock to Paarden Island to Montagu Gardens, with the latter also housing a substantial warehouse. Other numbers, however, make it easier

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12:56

Terence Creamer talks about reigniting growth in...

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2024/05/03

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer talks about the highs and lows of South Africa's real economy in the 30 years of democracy, as well as what could be done to reignite the manufacturing sector in particular.

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03:33

Lower income consumers are being priced out of the...

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2024/05/02

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. TransUnion Africa CEO Lee Naik says a tough economic environment characterised by cost-of-living challenges, high fuel costs and currency depreciations have resulted in a notable decline in vehicle sales and financing in South Africa. However, while this contraction is expected to persist, manufacturers and dealerships are stepping up

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05:01

City Power seeks funding, manufacturing partners for...

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2024/04/30

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Johannesburg's City Power is seeking manufacturing and venture capital partners to further develop and pilot a rugged 'energy box' concept in one of the city's 312 informal settlements as a possible greener and safer alternative to the illegal connections that currently predominate. Chief engineer for renewable energy Paul Vermeulen

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03:21

Two BW6 solar projects with a combined capacity of...

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2024/04/30

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects selected as preferred bids under Bid Window 6 (BW6) of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE's) renewable energy procurement programme reached commercial close on April 30. The projects, which were part of a group of six PV projects to advance to preferred-bidder status for a 1 000

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03:38

Cape Town targeting this year as starting date for...

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2024/04/30

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it is moving closer to turning landfill waste into energy, with two projects that are designed to produce electricity from the combustion of landfill gas moving towards implementation. Landfill gas, primarily made up of methane, is produced when organic matter, such as food scraps, break down at

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02:51

Draft Gas Master Plan released amid supply 'cliff'...

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2024/04/29

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. South Africa's much-delayed draft Gas Master Plan (GMP2024) has been released for public comment by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, amid indications that the gap between demand and supply will grow steeply from 2026 onwards when Sasol ceases to supply Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal industrial customers with gas

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15:25

Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy...

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2024/04/26

In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa's real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and agriculture over the past 30 years and considers ways to end the economy's persistent underperformance. In a speech that disrupted the 'Rainbow Nation' narrative, which played an important unifying role at the highly uncertain start of South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, but which also failed to reflect the realities of entrenched

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01:42

Eskom anticipates limited winter loadshedding amid...

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2024/04/26

Newly appointed Eskom group CEO Dan Marokane has provided assurances that loadshedding during the upcoming winter months will likely be contained at Stage 2, thanks to improvements in generation performance across the coal-fired power station fleet. As of April 26, Eskom has marked 30 consecutive days without loadshedding, which Marokane said on Friday was a "good moment" to reflect on. He attributed the achievement to the success of the generation recovery plan (GRP) implemented by the

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03:41

Cape Town budgets R5.3bn for water and sanitation...

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2024/04/26

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says its total proposed budget for water and sanitation for the upcoming 2024/25 financial year is R18.5-billion. Of this, R5.3-billion will be spent on capital projects, while R13.2-billion is allocated to operations. "Residents are assured that these remain key priorities for the city: building a water secure future, delivering clean, reliable drinking water and dignified sanitation services to residents in Cape Town, as well as reducing sewer overflows and

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08:02

Terence Creamer dissuses: Work starts on market code...

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2024/04/26

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the work that has started on a market code for a competitive electricity industry in South Africa; what still needs to be done to transition to a multimarket framework; and where South Africa is in its reform journey.

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15:33

Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy...

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2024/04/25

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa's real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and agriculture over the past 30 years and considers ways to end the economy's persistent underperformance. In a speech that disrupted the 'Rainbow Nation' narrative, which played an important unifying

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02:04

'No operational issues' as Golden Arrow tests...

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2024/04/25

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) says it will probably make a final decision in the third or fourth quarter of this year on whether it will acquire any Lion's Explorer E electric buses from MAN Truck & Bus South Africa (MAN SA). MAN SA in September provided GABS with its first Lion's Explorer E electric bus for test purposes. GABS

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03:19

Solar rental firm begins testing roll-out model for...

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2024/04/25

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Local solar-as-a-subscription service provider Wetility is deploying a rooftop solar solution in a lower-income community as part of a proof-of-concept study to firm up the feasibility of extending the offering to other underserved areas. COO Franta Pour tells Engineering News that the company's current focus is on the provision of

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03:54

South Africa aims to set up three JET-aligned skills...

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2024/04/24

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Three Just Energy Transition (JET) skills development zones focusing on renewables and grids, electric vehicles and green hydrogen value chains are proposed for implementation under the larger JET Investment Plan (JET-IP), for which pledges of $11.5-billion have been made by several developed countries. The zones will be anchored to

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04:39

Ramokgopa describes IPP surpluses as low-hanging...

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2024/04/22

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa describes surplus electricity arising from existing renewable energy facilities as "low hanging fruit" in improving the supply-demand balance and reports that discussions are under way to assess ways to make this energy available to the grid. Speaking during a regular update on the Energy

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04:57

NTCSA begins consultations on market code to govern...

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2024/04/19

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.With the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) currently scheduled to be operationalised in July and efforts under way to ensure that the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) Amendment Bill is passed by the current Parliament, work is now advancing on the market code for the future multimarket architecture that will

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10:47

Terence Creamer talks about efforts to boost local...

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2024/04/19

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses South Africa's plans to stimulate local manufacturing around solar, wind and batteries.

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04:24

Private renewables procurement may mitigate boom-bust...

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2024/04/18

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The combination of public and private procurement of large-scale renewables in South Africa signals increased stability for manufacturers of key components, a new GreenCape report argues. Published ahead of the release of the much-anticipated South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), which will outline the country's official

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03:08

Eskom says modest R9m RCA request not a signal of...

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2024/04/17

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a leading supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation.The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has initiated consultations on Eskom's latest Regulatory Clearing Account (RCA) application for the 2022/23 financial year, where Eskom is requesting R9-million, its lowest RCA application since the utility began making yearly submissions under the claw-back mechanism. Given that

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