Engineering News — December 08, 2017

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18 Blockchain set to change transactions,

information flow and business processes

News & Insight

8 Growing domestic demand at heart of plan

to create one-million manufacturing jobs

9 Eskom’s ‘death spiral’ under the microscope

10 Speciality chemicals now core as Sasol transitions

out of capex-heavy phase

11 Popular small cars to undergo independent crash

test assessments

11 Kariba dam works on track

12 First vanadium redox flow battery to be tested

in SA

12 Cesa members’ optimism for 2018 waning

13 Metair and partners to produce lithium-ion

batteries

13 Number of auto aftermarket franchises rising

15 Volvo Financial Services makes Southern African

debut

15 Poor fuel consumption raises hackles of vehicle

buyers

16 CSIR nanotechnology centre: foundations laid,

future challenging

16 CSIR national nanomaterials centre celebrates

decade of achievement

17 Two South Africans shortlisted for engineering

innovation prize

23 SA stainless steel industry worth $3bn, provides

100 000 jobs

36 Local presence key to capitalising on African

infrastructure opportunity

40 Rail operator incidents decrease, safety incidents

increase

41 Diepsloot mall targets community-specific retail

requirements

42 Small business agency in venture to incubate tech

hardware startups

43 Phase 1 of Nelson Mandela Bay housing project

under way

43 African operations shine for PPC during interim

period

44 IoT and data set to be at the heart of African smart

cities

45 Biggest African phone-tower firms said to be

mulling 2018 listings

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