Tag: SOuth Africa
When rivers cry out: How asset management can help heal South Africa’s waterways
October 30, 2025
Author | Nelson Broden – Business Lead Pragma Managed Services The Hennops River, once part of Gauteng’s natural beauty, has become a warning bell. After heavy rainfall, stretches of the river have turned vivid green, fed by nutrients from failing wastewater works, leaking pipelines, and neglected infrastructure. Yet the Hennops is not alone — it’s […]
Digital Future Readiness in the South African Fuel Retail Sector
November 24, 2020
South African Fuel Retail companies need to remain competitive and future-ready, be able to tackle current low economic growth, Political / Regulatory and social challenges and make use of new growth opportunities and optimise the scope for digitalisation.
The relationship between the current economic infrastructure assets performance problems in Southern Africa and Proactive Enterprise Asset Management
October 19, 2020
An opinion piece by Kolosa Madikizela, Managing Director Pragma The economic landscape in Southern Africa has been on a downward spiral. Even South Africa has lost its status as Africa’s biggest economy, falling behind Nigeria at the end of 2019. This downward trend is severely impacting communities. As citizens, we have seen and been affected […]
Pragma | 30 Years in the making
July 15, 2020
2020 might forever be known as the year in which Covid 19 struck, but life goes on despite this and many other challenges that businesses face. It is with this mindset, that we take a look back at an engineering firm that was born on the first of June 1990. “Politically South Africa was in […]
A reflection on the 2020 SONA and budget speech
March 24, 2020
By: Kolosa Madikizela (PrCM, PrCPM, PMP) – Managing Director Pragma Africa The proper management of physical assets is essential to the wellbeing of our society. As I step into my role as Pragma’s MD for Africa, this realisation is confirmed daily. Similarly, our latest State of the Nation Address (SONA), by President Cyril Ramaphosa, and […]
