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Deputy finance minister Ashor Sarupen visited the National Construction Summit to deliver a R63bn Construction Mafia warning. Source: x.com

Construction & Engineering

Treasury estimates economic cost of Construction Mafia at R63bn so far

Lindsey Schutters 2 days

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Logistics & Transport

SA's new Public Procurement Bill will reshape procurement practices and unlock economic growth

Mervyn Naidoo 16 Oct 2024

Indaba to spotlight procurement act, sustainability, and tenders

Logistics & Transport

Indaba to spotlight procurement act, sustainability, and tenders

23 Aug 2024

Engie's Aurora windfarm on Cape Town's West Coast is a major Sawea project

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Sawea calls out Nersa and Eskom on grid capacity issues

6 Aug 2024

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Legislation

New public procurement law to aid SA's fight against corruption

Verushca Pillay, Thato Mkhize and Frederick Pedro 29 Jul 2024

Ramaphosa signs Procurement Bill into law: A new era for SA supply chain

Supply Chain

Ramaphosa signs Procurement Bill into law: A new era for SA supply chain

25 Jul 2024

Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams vows to energise SMME sector, unveils R2.4bn budget plan

Entrepreneurship

Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams vows to energise SMME sector, unveils R2.4bn budget plan

15 Jul 2024

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Corporate & Commercial Law

Court dismisses order to interdict NSFAS

1 Jul 2024

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Legislation

Public Procurement Bill gets National Assembly nod

Rodney Africa, Adriano Esterhuizen, Daveraj Sauls, Gift Shezi, & Mpho Moki 5 Jun 2024

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

Issued by GreenCape 18 Apr 2024

NSFAS adopts recommendations of report into CEO

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

NSFAS adopts recommendations of report into CEO

19 Oct 2023

Source: David Ritchie/African News Agency (ANA) Archives.

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Minister Fernandez slams national government over social-grant payment delays

14 Sep 2023

Saica hosts a successful Inaugural Public Sector Summit to drive transformation and collaboration

Accounting & Auditing

Saica hosts a successful Inaugural Public Sector Summit to drive transformation and collaboration

Msizi Gwala, Issued by SAICA 24 Aug 2023

#WomensMonth: Renewables are key to closing gender gap in the energy sector

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#WomensMonth: Renewables are key to closing gender gap in the energy sector

Tamee Soudien-Witten 8 Aug 2023

Hyphen and Namibia agree next phase of $10bn green hydrogen project

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Hyphen and Namibia agree next phase of $10bn green hydrogen project

Wendell Roelf and Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Sawea advocates for grid optimisation to avoid another failed REIPPP bid window

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Sawea advocates for grid optimisation to avoid another failed REIPPP bid window

24 May 2023

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Competition Law

Tribunal to prosecute SAPS' PPE supplier for price gouging

22 May 2023

Source: Freepik.

Nuclear Power

#EnlitAfrica2023: Tackling the toughest questions around nuclear power in SA

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

Govt to open bid to procure additional renewable energy

Energy

Govt to open bid to procure additional renewable energy

16 May 2023

Reports highlight most promising green economy investment opportunities in South Africa

Agriculture

Reports highlight most promising green economy investment opportunities in South Africa

Issued by GreenCape 4 May 2023

Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Corporate & Commercial Law

Court challenge to SIU findings against Nelson Mandela Bay's Covid spending fails

Tania Broughton 15 Mar 2023

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Legislation

Govt to tighten legislations on procuring locally produced products

10 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Budget Speech

Budget Justice Coalition is concerned about rising inequality in a time of disaster

21 Feb 2023

SME wish list ahead of the 2023 National Budget Speech

SMEs

SME wish list ahead of the 2023 National Budget Speech

Issued by Business Partners Limited 21 Feb 2023

SME sector pins hopes on budget speech for energy security, opportunities - Property Point founder

Community

SME sector pins hopes on budget speech for energy security, opportunities - Property Point founder

17 Feb 2023

Procurement trends under the spotlight at the Women in Procurement Conference 2023

Logistics & Transport

Procurement trends under the spotlight at the Women in Procurement Conference 2023

7 Mar 2023

#BizTrends2023: New power supply model to transform SA's energy market

Trends

#BizTrends2023: New power supply model to transform SA's energy market

Niveshen Govender 9 Jan 2023

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Legislation

Unpacking the new 'placeholder' Preferential Procurement Regulations

Rodney Africa, Prelisha Singh, Lubumba Kamukwamba, Roxy Harrington, and Savannah Cozzi 15 Dec 2022

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Criminal Law

Malawi vice president arrested over corruption, says graft watchdog

Frank Phiri and Bhargav Acharya 25 Nov 2022

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Zondo Commission

Cabinet responds to State Capture Report recommendations

24 Oct 2022

Source: iStock.

Taxation & Regulation

We need much more strengthening protection for whistle-blowers

Kwazi Dlamini 23 Jun 2022

Leon Steyn, CEO of Dante Deo

Management & Leadership

Professional guide into the belly of procurement

Shan Radcliffe 12 Apr 2022

Smart materials coming to a building near you

Sustainable Development

Smart materials coming to a building near you

Bongani Dladla 31 Mar 2022

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Corporate & Commercial Law

ConCourt ruling creates further confusion regarding Preferential Procurement Regulations

Megan Adderley and Roxy Harrington 23 Mar 2022

Source: REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

Banking

World Bank approves $750m in budgetary support to Kenya

22 Mar 2022

Covid-19

The HJI launches litigation for disclosure of SA's Covid-19 vaccine contracts

10 Mar 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Zondo report recommends new anti-corruption agency

Zondo Commission

Zondo report recommends new anti-corruption agency

5 Jan 2022

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Economy

Cyclical revenue performance will be short-lived

2 Nov 2021

Women empowerment key to job creation and fight against GBV

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Women empowerment key to job creation and fight against GBV

7 Oct 2021

WC Government spends over 67% of Covid-19 budget on local SMMEs

SMEs

WC Government spends over 67% of Covid-19 budget on local SMMEs

2 Sep 2021

Zero tolerance for bad budgeting in public sector

Legislation

Zero tolerance for bad budgeting in public sector

Busisiwe Nhlapo, Candice Grieve and Alaika Alli 11 Mar 2021

There’s much that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has yet to explain to South Africans about the Covid-19 vaccine procurement. Getty Images

Covid-19

What South Africans should know, but don't, about government's Covid-19 vaccine procurement

Geo Quinot 3 Mar 2021

#BestofBiz 2020: Legal

Legal

#BestofBiz 2020: Legal

14 Dec 2020

Yogavelli Nambiar, CEO at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation advocates for equality of entrepreneurship in SA

Entrepreneurship

Yogavelli Nambiar, CEO at Allan Gray Orbis Foundation advocates for equality of entrepreneurship in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 1 Dec 2020

WCPDF to tackle procurement - impeder or enabler - in final 'In Conversation' webinar

Property Development

WCPDF to tackle procurement - impeder or enabler - in final 'In Conversation' webinar

16 Nov 2020

Digital

#SUSASummit: Paolo Santana - "Problem-solving for the 99%"

23 Oct 2020

Covid-19 has hit SMEs in SA's food sector hard. What can be done to help them

FMCG

Covid-19 has hit SMEs in SA's food sector hard. What can be done to help them

Andrew Bowman and Reena das Nair 1 Sep 2020