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Operating without grid power becomes a burning question

HOW long should a business be able to operate without electricity? This is one of the most important questions businesses in South Africa should...

Loadshedding 2022: The CSIR crunches the numbers

THE Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for 2022 (1 January 2022...

Disaster managed: how car plant rapidly recovered after KZN floods left facility covered in mud

IN the early hours of April 12, 2022, with the heavy rain subsiding, it appeared as though Toyota South Africa Motors’ production plant in...

Recovering data is not enough, ransomware threats must be stopped in their tracks

By Kate Mollett, regional director and Bar Hori, regional sales executive at Commvault RANSOMWARE attacks have not only become more prevalent in the past few...

Specialised butterfly valves approved for oxygen

A special version of the Gemü R480 Victoria butterfly valve series from Ingelfingen-based valve specialist Gemü is approved with immediate effect for the medium...

Incorporating fire safety in the design phase pays off

IT is critical to incorporate fire-safety planning during the inception phase of an infrastructure project so that important design aspects such as escape paths...

The Jagersfontein tailings dam failure – a SAICE Perspective

THE South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) is saddened by the collapse of an embankment at the Jagersfontein mine’s Tailing Storage Facility (TSF),...

Smart, efficient and cost-effective fire-suppression solutions

FOGMAKER South Africa used Electra Mining Africa 2022 as a platform to showcase its renowned fire suppression systems as well as to introduce new...

Cleaning up in the wake of a disaster

IN the wake of the flooding and landslides that happened in KwaZulu-Natal in April and May 2022, 448 people were left dead and more...

West Street store reopens after looting

Retailer Game’s West Street store in Durban, which has been serving customers for over 50 years, is finally open for trade after being affected...

Springfield Retail Centre relaunches a year after looting and burning

EMIRA Property Fund has relaunched its Springfield Retail Centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, a year after the centre was damaged by arson in the widespread...

Looted Samsung Service Centre relaunched

In July 2021 the Samsung Customer Service Centre in Riverhorse Valley was one of many businesses impacted by the looting in KZN. Since then...

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Third time lucky: Transnet re-issues RFP for DCT’s North Quay upgrade

TRANSNET National Ports Authority has issued a Request for Proposals for a contractor to reconstruct, deepen and lengthen berths at Durban Container Terminal’s (DCT)...

‘Smart’ all-season tyres to launch next year

SUMITOMO Rubber Industries (SRI), the Japan-based parent company of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa, which manufactures Dunlop tyres, will release next-generation all-season tyres in late...

Gas specialist announces new GM

The Board of Air Products South Africa is pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2024, Charles Dos Santos will succeed Rob Richardson as...

SEIFSA questions support for the Steel Master Plan as the industry faces disintegration and collapse

OPINION | THE steel industry is the backbone of any economy, it forms the foundation of any modern economy and is essential to every...