Project management with steel toes and hard hats may sound intimidating, but it’s a rewarding and challenging industry with plenty to offer.
Many South Africans struggle to balance the high cost of living with the urge to save for their futures.
Hydropower is a viable alternative to fossil fuels, but South Africa is not realising the benefits of using water to generate energy.
Medupi has failed on so many levels, but will the minister carry out his ‘heads will roll’ threat?
Teacher development forms an integral part in helping meet the education requirements of South Africa.
It’s not only dynamite that comes in small packages: gas-engine power plants do too.
The utility has been forced to put new projects on hold, casting doubt over SA’s energy future.
But private investors and the government face a number of hurdles before the project gets going.
Survey shows that the rise in the sub-Saharan emerging market may have caught some napping.
Growth in unsecured lending remains high.
Commentators suspect the executive does not want Eskom to lose its stranglehold on the grid.
But tariffs are also determined by medical inflation, including the cost of service providers.
Report suggests that UK can supply energy for 25 years.
Marc Rich dealt with whoever he liked, and apartheid South Africa was no exception.
Can he reinvent it? Who knows, but he says it will be fun trying.
The device with a tiny screen in front of your right eye may not be everyone’s dream.
But the mining industry’s troubles go way beyond trying to rebuild the peace.
Spending on infrastructure has more than doubled under the current administration and is expected to total R1-trillion by next year’s election.
The metal price has plummeted but a weaker local currency has taken some pressure off the mines.
Zimbabwe’s business sector is hoping for peaceful and credible elections and a clarification on policy in order to foster economic growth.
The Competition Commission’s orders against construction firms over graft has raised the ire of local governments, who are demanding their money back.
US stresses that pledge of 10 000MW is an investment, not a hand-out to the poor.
Critics say reform policy has done little to improve food security or the agricultural business sector.
The head of the institution’s budget office will be advising committees on how to settle their Bills.
Researchindicates that entrepreneurs generate disproportionately high levels of social and economic benefits compared with larger corporations.
Every year thousands of people around the world die on the road when their vehicles crash into a traffic light or lamp pole.
The family-run business OBC Chickens was founded in 1987 and franchised in 1998.
Even though Denel is going through challenging times, the private defence manufacturing sector seems to be thriving.
Andrew Stark, general manager of Flight Centre’s corporate traveller brand, outlines how SME clients can make the most of their travel budgets.
Indie journalism should be ripe for a kickstart, but microfunding might take more than it gives.
Gross domestic product is a powerful political tool — but it hides more than it reveals.
Nersa says that municipalities may buy surplus power generated by small energy suppliers without getting a licence for each one.