By Steven Lumley, technical manager, WearCheck Specialist condition monitoring company, WearCheck, continues the discussion around oil condition - the latest topic is additive depletion. 

By: Saïdou Kone - Regional Segment Director, Food & Beverage and Life Science, Francophone Africa & Islands, Schneider Electric Central Africa’s beverage industry has the potential to grow in leaps... 

By: Yvonne Rudolph - Branch Manager – Kathu, PRISMA Training Solutions The South African mining sector has made great progress in opening doors for women in operational roles. However, keeping... 

By: Jacques Farmer - Managing Director of Prisma Training Solutions The South African mining sector is racing towards a major regulatory transition. The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations... 

Written by Tanya Engels (Partner, KPMG) and Mary-Jane Mayer (Senior Manager, KPMG) Independent Power Producers (IPPs) participating in South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer... 

Mining companies know energy risk, having ploughed enormous capital into private generation, public-private partnerships (PPAs) and self-supply during a decade of loadshedding.  

By: Nishandra Bajinath - Digital Grid, Head of Sales in Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Mark Twain famously said: "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change.” The... 

By: Hendrik du Toit - Managing Director: Plant Services, Babcock When project costs are discussed, the focus typically falls on labour, materials, equipment and logistics. 

By: Rhys Evans - Managing Director at ALCO-Safe When looking at the statistics around alcohol and drug use in South African workplaces, it is easy to get lost in the percentages. But behind every... 

By: Payi - Director and Radebe international consultant at Inani Strategies It is undisputed that South African geology peers above many geographies in the world. The country sits on over fifty... 

By: Ifeanyi Odoh - Country President, Schneider Electric East Africa In a time when the global spotlight is firmly set on Africa, countries have the opportunity to truly accelerate their adoption... 

By President of Junior Mining Council Fred Arendse On 12 September 2023, a significant new chapter was written in South Africa’s mining industry at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). 

By: Tim Ward: MD - Equipment, Babcock The mining and construction industries have never had greater access to information. 

By: Nishandra Bajinath - Digital Grid, Head of Sales in Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric South Africa’s power grid is entering a new era, and it is remarkable. In just a few short years,... 

By: Rhys Evans - Managing Director at ALCO-Safe For many South African businesses, workplace alcohol policies are designed with the best intentions: to protect safety, maintain productivity, and... 

By: Mark Gavin - Sales Director: DAF Trucks at Babcock There is growing industry consensus that data is becoming every truck fleet’s most valuable asset, providing the insights operators need to... 

When the automatic intervention requirements of South Africa’s Mine Health and Safety Act Regulations came into force in December 2022, many expected a relatively rapid shift to full Level 9... 

By: Sydney Higgo - Industrial Automation Business Developer & Engineer at Schneider Electric Traditionally, automation partnerships centred on clear deliverables, identifying requirements,... 

By: Iretomiwa Odusote - Regional Segment Leader - Energies & Chemicals at Schneider Electric West Africa West Africa stands at an important moment in its energy journey. Across the region,... 

By: Lyndon de Meillon  South Africa’s Historical Role in the Diamond Industry 

By Steven Carlini is the Vice President of Innovation and Data Center for Schneider Electric The AI factory era has arrived 

By: Thabo Moloto - founder and CEO of Rootz Investments South Africa holds the richest chrome endowment on Earth, yet we cannot keep our own furnaces lit. Two decades of shipping raw ore overseas... 

By: Johan Potgieter - Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Historically, grid reliability focused on maintaining stable operations under expected conditions. Today, however,... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric In the largest year-over-year jump in AFCOM’s decade of research, the research group’s newest 2026 State of the... 

By Junior Mining Council President Fred Arendse South Africa cannot wish away the illegal mining crisis while leaving thousands of abandoned, derelict and ownerless mines without proper security or... 

By: Sian Thurtell - Commercial Director at KBC Health & Safety In high-risk industrial environments, a paper trail is often mistaken for a safe workforce. For decades, health and safety performance... 

By: Sydney Higgo - Industrial Automation Business Developer & Engineer at Schneider Electric Brownfield industrial sites have for decades relied on hardware‑centric automation architectures built... 

By: Steven Lumley - technical manager, WearCheck The fourth article in WearCheck’s “When Good Oils Go Bad” series takes an in-depth look at thermal breakdown. 

By: Mike Snell, Director Projects – WA & Africa, Ausenco In mining project delivery, few decisions can have a bigger impact on cost, schedule and risk than the execution strategies chosen early in... 

By: Meryl Eckersley - Secure Power Sales Manager, Global Services, Southern Africa at Schneider Electric Operational continuity has become a defining measure of organisational resilience, and... 

By; Nnadozie Ogbuehi - Vice President for Services, SSA at Schneider Electric As West Africa’s industrial and digital landscape expands at pace, organisations are facing a new reality:... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa, Schneider Electric Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and advanced analytics are accelerating demand for data centre... 

By: Symphrose Ochieng - Infrastructure Segment  & Power Systems Business Leader at Schneider Electric There is a lot to be said for a region that leads by example and East Africa’s renewable energy... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric Nearly 60% of operators are expected to adopt liquid cooling within five years as AI-driven economics reshape... 

By Junior Mining Council President Fred Arendse  The recent emergency safety briefing at Impala Platinum's Rustenburg operations should remind us that South Africa's journey towards zero harm in... 

By: Canninah Dladla - Cluster President for Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric AI infrastructure has arrived, and with it the reality: power-hungry chips like NVIDIA’s Blackwell have pushed... 

By: Steven Santini - Vice President for Secure Power, SSA at Schneider Electric In 1969, the world watched in awe as Neil Armstrong took “one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”, a... 

By: Ifeanyi Odoh - Country President, Schneider Electric East Africa When people talk about the future of engineering in Africa, the conversation often centres on potential, the promise of a young...