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Banele Ginindza

Numsa strike at South African Steel Mills turns violent

Banele Ginindza|Published 11 months ago

“Four of our members were shot at with rubber bullets at close range. Two sustained very serious injuries because one was shot in the head and another in the chest. ...

United Airlines eyes Airbus aircraft as plot thickens for Boeing

Banele Ginindza|Published 11 months ago

Lettnin said the African continent in its entirety and the southern part were rich with opportunities that United Airlines were keen to take on as they arose.

Labour taunts government on metalworkers housing as R2 billion deal sprouts

Banele Ginindza|Published 11 months ago

Seifsa President Elias Monage emphasised the need to review the industrial policy, particularly as it pertained to the steel sector as there were obvious challenges ...

DMRE extends deadline for submissions on Bid Window 3 battery energy storage

Banele Ginindza|Published 11 months ago

The IPP programme currently has 93 mixed renewable energy projects and two open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) all delivering a daily 7 335MW to the grid.

Eskom backs out of legal wrangle with political parties over election posters

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Eskom said that although following legal options would be available to it, the problem required much more than a legal process.

Nersa allays fears of Stage 16 cuts

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

The organisations said the document was an upgrade of the guide to avoid a national emergency in the unlikely event of Stage 8 load shedding happening.

Parliament kicks SAA/Takatso can down the road

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

The portfolio committee report said there was still outstanding information on the defunct transaction including determining the exact valuation of the SAA-Takatso ...

Katse, Mohale dams shutdown worries agricultural sector

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

The tunnel is part of the first phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, a bi-national initiative through which Gauteng receives more than 780 million litres ...

Magaxa calls for probe into Takatso/SAA deal to be fast-tracked as tense stand-off with Gordhan escalates

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Magaxa told ‘Business Report’, ‘Some of the allegations made by the Former Director General (Kgathatso Tlhakudi) have some merit. ’

Gordhan slams parliamentary committee chair’s call for probe into Takatso/SAA deal

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

He said the call for investigations misled the South African public by insinuating impropriety in the strategic equity partnership (SEP) deal that was proposed for ...

SAA/Takatso deal is still subject to regulatory and criminal scrutiny, say industry insiders

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

The termination of Takatso Consortium’s 51% takeover of the South African Airways (SAA) would not exonerate the transaction documents from regulatory, governance, ...

Load shedding needs more political will than resources – US Deputy Secretary of Treasury

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Adeyemo announced that US President Joe Biden had urged the Congress to renew the Africa Growth And Opportunity Act (Agoa), through which about $3 billion (R56bn) ...

Takatso deal goes begging after Gordhan bows out

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

The Takatso Consortium majority stake acquisition of SAA is effectively dead in the water as it can’t get guarantees from the government to keep the airline afloat, ...

Necsa seeks change in its mandate in order to tackle manufacturing of small modular reactors

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Necsa chairperson Dave Nicholls confirmed yesterday that the state entity was keen to take on the role with a joint venture partner with the rollout of the devices ...

Mantashe expected to address ‘gas cliff’ at Energy Indaba

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

This as the government has set up a round-table discussion for later on this month for all LPG stakeholders to address the issue.

Vodacom takes Makate fight to Constitutional Court again

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

The judgment, if upheld, would have a vast and wide-ranging impact on both Vodacom South Africa and the Vodacom Group, as well as the attractiveness of South Africa ...

Takatso deal: Gordhan, Parliament in tense stand-off as minister tries to muzzle it

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Correspondence between between Gordhan and Khayalethu Magaxa, the chairperson of the Parliamentary committee of public enterprises, through the Speaker of Parliament, ...

Sars picking up crumbs from the cannabis table instead of pie

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Hemp4life CEO Ben Sassman detailed the zero lack of funding for farming and processing of the industry to regulatory bottlenecks from the expensive water licence ...

Eskom pokes back at hard critics of its improving performance

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Eskom has countered that unplanned outages have also taken a positive turn from 34% of the generation capacity in January 2023 to 30% in January 2024.

Ithala enlists parliamentary support to get legal status as a commercial bank

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Ithala has won the sympathy of the Portfolio Committee on Finance, which has resolved to urgently engage the Minister for Finance on accelerating the entity's legal ...

Austerity budget bites at state’s property portfolio

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

In the reporting period, the DPWI received an R8. 1bn allocation, down from R8. 4bn in the previous year, and spent R7. 9bn with a variance of R242m.

Transnet’s backlog woes far from over

Banele Ginindza|Published 1 year ago

Transnet was suspending ship-booking services for coal loads brought by trucks at least until current bookings, which run up to February 2024, were cleared.

Net1 chief relieved to put Sassa debacle firmly behind

Banele Ginindza|Published 6 years ago

'The controversy around it overshadowed everything else we did. It?s unfortunate that there was so much focus on it and we were seen as the villains. '

Pepkor sees growth in revenue

Banele Ginindza|Published 6 years ago

Retail group Pepkor, previously Steinhoff Africa Retail Limited, posted 13. 8 percent growth in revenue.

Pleasing annual results boost KAP share price

Banele Ginindza|Published 6 years ago

Diversified industrial group shrugs off Steinhoff?s offloading of a 16 percent stake in KAP