29/01/2010 (On-The-Air)

The Gautrain rapid-rail project is about to begin full system trials; South Africa has taken the alternative energy plunge and become a full member of the global Renewable Energy Agency; The first boiler column has been completed for the big new...

Company Announcement: Raubex’s Ap655d ‘Cuts Its Teeth’ On The R21

Attached please find a press release on: Forming the main link from the centre of Pretoria to Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport, National Route 21 (R21) is progressively being transformed into a four lane dual carriageway with the...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: the first phase of the Gautrain heads towards its 2010 completion date; we discuss the greatest base-metal discovery since the Copperbelt; and, Ernst & Young highlight the risks and...

Company Announcement: Gautrain Station Viaducts

Attached please find a press release on: Key to finalising the the Gautrain link from Sandton to OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) are the large viaducts which have to be completed first. Vela VKE Consulting Engineers, who won the tender...

Criminal charges against Metorex dismissed as ‘wild, vexatious'

Criminal charges have been laid against JSE-listed diversified mining company Metorex and Metorex CEO Charles Needham, but the company dismisses claims being made against it as "wild, vexatious, false and defamatory".

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: the Gautrain reaches a milestone with the first tunnel breakthrough, we speak to ABB in South Africa about improving the efficiency of the country's power grid and, we look at the role of...

Real Economy Report

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: we ride the first Gautrain, missile maker Denel Dynamics unveils some of its new technologies, and De Beers' Finsch mine unveils a new R630-million...

Gold Fields ready to pass on rose-growing baton as R50m expansion unfolds

Even before the mining charter and various pieces of legislation stipulated this as an obligation, gold company Gold Fields took a strategic decision to begin preparing the area around its Driefontein and Kloof gold mines for the day when it was...

Daily podcast – June 17, 2008

In today's podcast: Tito Mboweni says a s6% rise in electricity tariffs would be reasonable, it is expected that the contracts for the upgrading and widening of the R21 highway will be awarded in August, and, Rio Tinto will invest...

Real Economy Report

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: the South African Rail Commuter Corporation plans a Gautrain-like passenger rail link for Cape Town, we speak to the Department of Trade and...

Miscellaneous

Tenders arising from a range of sectors

Real Economy Report

Our top stories this week: An update on the construction of the Gautrain South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor nuclear power technology is lauded as revolutionary by a leading international environmentalist and scientist And, Sasol's...