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Irma Venter

Irma Venter

Irma Venter is a Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Irma Venter

Metair grapples with hyperinflation, flood impact in ‘interesting six months’

30th September 2022

“It’s been an interesting six months,” says Metair CEO Riaz Haffejee as he reflects on his company’s financial results for the six months ended June 30. CFO Sjoerd Douwenga is perhaps a bit less... 


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Overseas teams shine in Sasol Solar Challenge

30th September 2022

The Brunel Solar Team from the Netherlands has won the 2022 Sasol Solar Challenge, followed by the Agoria team, from Belgium, with the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) team placed third.... 


Shoprite to acquire 240 Scania Euro V trucks in next 18 months 

16th September 2022

Retail giant Shoprite has acquired 100 Euro V trucks from Scania Southern Africa, with another 140 units be delivered by the end of next year. The Euro-scale refers to the level of tailpipe... 


New-vehicle sales stats show promise, but used-car allure waning

16th September 2022

The sales statistics for August indicate that “some form of stability” is returning to the new-vehicle market, says WesBank. August delivered the second-best performing sales month for the year... 


Vehicle production, exports hard-hit by KZN floods

16th September 2022

The KwaZulu-Natal floods, along with the associated disruption in the movement of automotive components and vehicles through the Durban port, as well as the ongoing global semiconductor shortage,... 


SA has only 18 months to make strong move to new-energy vehicles – Naamsa CEO

16th September 2022

If South Africa does not start “to shift and change” to support the increased local production of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) in the next 18 months, the future of the industry is “absolutely under... 


Association takes SATMC, Itac to court as tyre battle intensifies

16th September 2022

The Tyre Importers Association of South Africa (TIASA) has applied to court to compel the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) and the South African Tyre... 


Auto sales return to pre-Covid levels, but storm clouds are gathering – TransUnion

16th September 2022

South Africa’s automotive industry continued its recovery from Covid-19 in the second quarter of the year, with vehicle sales reaching levels last seen before the pandemic. A growing number of... 


Tower 1 at Cape Town’s R16bn Harbour Arch development reaches its highest point

9th September 2022

Tower 1 at Cape Town’s new Harbour Arch mixed-use precinct has topped out on the twenty-third floor, 95 m above ground – 30 months after breaking ground in January 2020.   “Reaching the highest... 


Building activity boosted by office conversions – economist

9th September 2022

The first five months of the year saw a “remarkable improvement” in the value of buildings completed in the metros and larger municipalities, with the category for additions and alterations coming... 


MellowVans revisits vehicle design, operating model to target European rollout

9th September 2022

Sometimes, a pandemic is not the worst thing that can happen to a company. When Covid-19 hit, the pandemic did interrupt MellowVans’ global rollout plans, but it also prompted the... 


Cape Town to add two new MyCiTi depots in R340m project

9th September 2022

The City of Cape Town has started construction of two new MyCiTi bus depots. The R340-million project forms part of the roll-out of the MyCiTi service to Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha, Claremont and... 


22 online car searches every second – AutoTrader

26th August 2022

At least 22 online car searches are conducted in South Africa every second, borne out by the more than 349-million online car searches made on South Africa’s largest motoring marketplace,... 


Intercape pleads for intervention as terror campaign intensifies

26th August 2022

Long-distance coach company Intercape earlier this month appeared before the Western Cape legislature’s Standing Committee on Transport and Public Works, as well as members of the senior provincial... 


Freight costs, not oil, to blame for global price acceleration – economist

26th August 2022

Ever since global inflation started heading north at an alarming rate, much of the conventional wisdom on the causes of this trend has pointed to energy prices, especially gas, oil and petroleum,... 


Volkswagen creates used-battery megapower bank for EV charging

26th August 2022

Volkswagen has commissioned a pilot fast-charging park at its Zwickau vehicle plant, in Germany, supplied with energy largely from a so-called power storage container (PSC).  The PSC is an enormous... 


New R235m wax flooding facility begins operations at VWSA’s plant in Kariega

26th August 2022

A new R235-million wax flooding facility has started operations at the Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape. The team responsible for implementing the project... 


New-vehicle sales, exports surge – but compared with a weak July 2021

19th August 2022

Domestic new-vehicle sales in July surged by 30.9%, to 43 593 units, compared with the same month last year. Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council warns, however, that last month’s  performance... 


Ford SA set to start Ranger mass production in October

19th August 2022

Ford is starting to wrap up its R15.8-billion investment in its South African facilities to assemble the new Ranger pick-up, with mass production for the local and export markets scheduled to start... 


Suzuki hits new record yet again

19th August 2022

Suzuki Auto South Africa (Suzuki SA) is moving ever closer to the magical 5 000-unit-a-month new-vehicle sales figure, with the Japanese compact vehicle specialist selling 4 734 vehicles in July.... 


Toyota’s Prospecton plant to return to full production at end of September

19th August 2022

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) says its Prospecton plant, in Durban, should be back to full production at the end of September. Assembly operations were suspended on April 12, owing to severe... 


OpenSpace launches ‘Google Street View’ for construction projects

12th August 2022

Stellenbosch-based Agile Business Technology (ABT) has partnered with US group OpenSpace to launch its 360° capture and artificial intelligence (AI) platform for construction projects in South... 


Entry-level vehicles in SA gaining in safety, says AA

12th August 2022

The presence of vehicle safety features on entry-level vehicles in South Africa is improving, with the majority of vehicles in this category offering moderate to acceptable safety features. This is... 


BMW SA adds 16 African countries to its export list

12th August 2022

BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) has added 16 African countries to its existing portfolio of 30 export countries, including Senegal, Nigeria, Angola, Kenya and Ethiopia. BMW SA produces the BMW X3... 


BMW adds i4 and iX3 to local EV portfolio, mulling electrified vehicle production at Rosslyn

5th August 2022

BMW Group South Africa (BMW SA) has expanded its electric vehicle (EV) range with the addition of the i4 and iX3. The BMW i4 is a four-door gran coupé and the German carmaker’s first purely... 


Developed countries’ EV uptake strategies may be unsuitable for SA, owing to ‘significant’ wealth disparity, warns Frost & Sullivan

5th August 2022

It is impossible to draw a direct comparison between South Africa and other countries that have adopted strategies to push the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs), warns Frost & Sullivan research... 


Grindrod appoints Xolani Mbambo as new CEO

5th August 2022

Grindrod has announced that Xolani Mbambo is to succeed Andrew Waller as CEO from January 1 next year.  Waller is set to retire. 


Cape Town rolls out pilot project to give QR codes, residence certificates to informal homes

5th August 2022

The City of Cape Town’s Informal Settlements Department have marked a thousand structures in the Bosasa Phase 2 development in Mfuleni with a Quick Response (QR) code and city-specific paint. Field... 


ITSSA to disband as project has realised its mandate

5th August 2022

The Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa (ITSSA) has disbanded, as it has fulfilled its mandate, says CEO Dr Paul Vorster. An ITSSA annual general meeting in July confirmed a decision... 


Auto centre lauds R9.1bn injection into Eastern Cape ports

29th July 2022

The Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC EC) says it applauds Transnet National Port Authority’s (TNPA’s) announcement that it will inject R9.1-billion into its three Eastern... 


Afrimat, Hemporium building world’s tallest hemp-product building 

29th July 2022

In a global first, 84 Harrington Street is the world’s tallest building being constructed using hempcrete blocks and hemp building materials, says the partnership between two Cape Town-based... 


Motus says e-mobility ‘something to watch in medium term’ as Kia aims to launch first EV locally by year-end 

29th July 2022

Fast-growing global electric vehicle (EV) availability will not impact Motus in the short term but is rather “something to watch in the medium term”, says Motus Retail South Africa CEO Corne... 


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Retailer’s last-mile deliveries to be made by solar-charged electric panel vans

29th July 2022

Retailer Woolworths in June announced that it will start rolling out electric panel vans (EPVs) in partnership with logistics group DSV and mobility specialist Everlectric to deliver its customers’... 


Cape Town pursues reinstatement of joint rail enforcement unit

29th July 2022

The City of Cape Town says it is keen to help revive the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) rail enforcement unit (REU), which operated as a three-way government partnership between... 


Mercedes-Benz South Africa aims for EVs to comprise 50% of sales by 2026

29th July 2022

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) aims for electric vehicles (EVs) to comprise 50% of its sales in the domestic market by 2026, says Mercedes-Benz Cars co-CEO and MBSA executive director Mark... 


MBSA’s pilot solar project ‘a success’, expansion planned

22nd July 2022

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has declared its pilot solar energy project a success. MBSA piloted the project in order to evaluate the solar yield for the East London manufacturing plant, in... 


Stamping for next-gen Ranger to be undertaken in-house as new plant at Silverton comes on line

22nd July 2022

Ford Motor Company has kicked off production at its new stamping plant at the Ranger assembly complex in Silverton, Pretoria. The new facility has 10 320 m2 of floorspace, equivalent to almost... 


Transnet to invest R16.1bn in Cape Town, Mossel Bay and Saldanha ports 

22nd July 2022

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) will invest R16.1-billion at the Mossel Bay, Saldanha and Cape Town ports in a seven-year capital investment programme. The capital investment programme... 


Volkswagen unveils new made-in-SA Amarok bakkie

22nd July 2022

Volkswagen has lifted the veil on its new Amarok bakkie, set to replace the current Amarok after 12 years in the marketplace, early next year. The current Amarok was launched in South Africa in... 


Afrimat Construction Index shows consolidation of recovery trend in first quarter

15th July 2022

JSE-listed industrial minerals, commodities and construction material openpit mining company Afrimat has released the findings of the Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) for the first quarter of the... 


Driver assistance system wins accolade

15th July 2022

SynapCAM has clinched the top spot in the Automechanika Johannesburg 2022 Innovation Awards. The product was designed and developed in the US and South Africa by Synap, and launched on the local... 


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