J2 CEO and cybersecurity expert John Mc Loughlin says AI has not stormed in but has crept up unnoticed, drafting emails faster than you can read them, generating code on the fly, automating workflows behind the scenes, and empowering support teams with tools that feel harmless – until they are not.
CEO of Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), Busisiwe Mavuso has flagged the country’s manufacturing crisis as missing – unmentioned in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address last week Thursday 12 February 2026.
South Africa’s solar PV industry is ready to play its part in driving a competitive, low-carbon economy. This was the response from SAPVIA (the organisation representing the solar PV industry in South Africa) on the State of the Nation Address.
Africa Energy Indaba will take place 3 to 5 March 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, bringing together African energy ministers, representatives of Africa’s power pools, utilities from across the continent, and leading investors, regulators and infrastructure developers.
Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy Samantha Graham-Maré reaffirmed government’s commitment to involving local players in South Africa’s Independent Transmission Project (ITP) Programme.
The Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) has welcomed a €2 million investment from the European Union (EU), awarded to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as the lead applicant and EWSETA as the co-applicant, alongside consortium partners MMC and Frontier Rare Earths, to advance demand driven skills development linked to South Africa’s critical minerals and battery economy. As the skills authority EWSETA is well positioned to drive quality assured skills development interventions aligned to industry needs.
