Despite the manufacturing sector’s structural decline over the last 30 years there are various positives that bode well for industrial recovery and growth.
While technically resilient, the South African metal fabrication sector is structurally constrained, with its future contingent on its embracing modernisation, sustainability and skills development
Recycling associations call for intervention from the Competition Commission on scrap metal policy.
The global total of low-carbon hydrogen production capacity has grown significantly over the past few years, but the sector remains constrained.
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Accelerating infrastructure investment emerged as a central theme of the 2026 Budget, which Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana characterised as representing a “turning point” for both debt stabilisation and for government’s reform-led growth agenda.
Global coal demand is on course to rise by 0.5% in 2025, reaching a record 8.85-billion tonnes, the ‘Coal 2025’ report published by the IEA shows.
Africa’s automotive component manufacturing sector is entering a decisive period of transformation and industrial renewal.
By reprioritising fixed investment and crowding in private capital, the MTBPS marks an infrastructure focus reset that could revive construction activity.
S&P Global report unpacks Africa’s economic opportunities and challenges for the future.