251 BMW Group South Africa CEO Peter van Binsbergen Car manufacturers in South Africa are finding it difficult to plan their production lines for future demand because government policy on new energy…
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Canal+ concedes Showmax ‘not a commercial success’
240 Groupe Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada on Thursday acknowledged that Showmax, the streaming platform owned by MultiChoice Group, has failed to achieve commercial success and has been a significant drag on the…
SA auto industry against 50% duty ‘hammer’ on imported vehicles
242 Says this is merely ‘what is possible’ and wants a fine-tuning of ‘all the levers’. South Africa’s vehicle manufacturers are not in favour of new-vehicle importers being “hammered” with an increase…
South Africa’s skills advantage is being overlooked at home
278 The author, Richard Firth South Africa is known all over the world for its natural beauty, its mineral resources and (sometimes) its sporting prowess. Now we are also becoming known as…
The control layers that make AI usable in real-world logistics
285 AI projects in logistics rarely fail because the technology “doesn’t work”. They fail because the organisation can’t explain, in operational terms, what an AI output is allowed to do. Is it…
Municipalities ‘must be heard’ before Nersa sorts its R76bn mistake
251 Salga and Ameu insist on a public hearing before Eskom tariff corrections. Municipalities countrywide are insisting they need more time to comment and that a public hearing must be held before…
BMW SA hits record output as CEO rejects calls for higher tariffs
263 BMW South Africa CEO Peter van Binsbergen South Africa’s motoring industry is not calling for steep hikes in vehicle import duties and instead wants targeted policy adjustments to support domestic manufacturing,…
Tesla abandons traditional EV growth for a high-stakes AI future
291 Patrick Pleul/Reuters Tesla plans to more than double capital spending to a record high of more than US$20-billion this year — but little of it will go to its traditional business…
Chinese car makers flood South Africa while factories lag
330 Naamsa CEO Mikel Mabasa As Chinese car manufacturers rapidly expand their presence in South Africa, scrutiny is growing over the nature of their investments – and whether they are delivering meaningful…
will the Reserve Bank cut? Or not?
298 The repo rate is not expected to decrease too often now that the Reserve Bank has decided to anchor inflation at 3%. Everything in the financial world is changing so often…