Encouragingly, collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders in South Africa’s civil engineering industry is strengthening - underpinned by a firmer stance on accountability across the construction value chain. According to Lindie Fourie, Operations Manager at the Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI), recent remarks by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure that a number of contractors have already been blacklisted in 2026 for non-compliance and unethical practices send a clear signal that enforcement is gaining traction.

Effective January 2026, Deon de Kock has been appointed Chief Executive – Africa at Babcock. An accomplished global business leader with more than 30 years of executive experience across industries and continents, De Kock is tasked with providing strategic direction and operational focus to support the growth of the business across the region.

The 9^th annual PGMs Industry Day, held in Johannesburg last month was an opportunity for industry players – producers and users of platinum-group metals (PGMs) - investors and analysts to come together to tackle challenges currently faced by the PGMs sector at the same time as to look at opportunities.

The Wits Mining Institute (WMI) – a multidisciplinary research and training hub at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) – has appointed Dr Pontsho Twala as its new director.

By Hugh Hacking, CFA Executive: Structured Investments and Annuities at Momentum Corporate

Financial markets have weathered everything from global pandemics to systemic banking collapses in the last two decades. Today, as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East once again send ripples through global trade and energy prices, South African investors find themselves in a familiar position: facing a wall of market noise and the rising tide of economic uncertainty.