By Viren Sookhun, MD at Oxyon People Solutions South Africa’s energy situation is currently in a state of disaster, and the only long-term and sustainable solution is for the country to move away from the use of fossil fuels. Not only is this essential in addressing the electricity shortages and ever-increasing demand, it is also

By Viren Sookhun, MD at Oxyon People Solutions Ahead of the peak season that begins in November, enterprises in the manufacturing and logistics sectors need to ramp up to meet increased demand and compressed timelines. They need flexibility with an additional staff component and the ability to scale as necessary, as demand tends to taper

By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director at Oxyon The recently held DEVAC HYDROGEN-H Conference highlighted the opportunity for Africa to lead in the development of green hydrogen for energy transition. However, in the greater context and in the South African market in particular, green hydrogen is about more than just replacing fossil fuels. Building a hydrogen

By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director of Oxyon People Solutions Until recently, the agricultural sector of South Africa had a lower prescribed minimum wage than the National Minimum Wage (NMW), which was gradually increased to align with the National Minimum Wage. Now,  agricultural workers qualify for the national minimum wage rate of R25.42 per hour, which

3rd DEVAC Infrastructure Africa conference By Benita Stander, Business Development Executive of Oxyon People Solutions How can Africa increase investment in its Infrastructure across the whole continent and all sectors? This was the pertinent question raised in the opening keynote address of the third DEVAC Infrastructure Africa conference held in Sandton, Johannesburg, on 17 and

By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director at Oxyon People Solutions The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay, and East London have massive potential to be turned into energy ecosystems. Not only will this help to solve South Africa’s energy problems, but it will move us forward in reducing carbon emissions, and even possibly

By Benita Stander, Business Development Executive at Oxyon People Solutions The need for South Africa to urgently provision renewable energy power plants is clear, however, aside from the red tape that has held projects back in the past, labour provides another blocker. While we have the practical engineering skills from the older generations, and the

By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director at Oxyon People Solutions Globally, offshore wind is a technology that is seeing significant growth as the world strives toward more renewable energy solutions. In Europe, there are plans to create ‘energy islands’ of offshore generation with battery storage and undersea cables to feed the power back to shore. This

By Maureen Phiri, Sales Manager at Oxyon People Solutions Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have begun to transform many sectors, and the mining industry is no different. The inherently hazardous environment within a mine can be made far safer with AI-based solutions such as autonomous equipment. Not only do these solutions enable improved

By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director at Oxyon Vehicle manufacturing is the third-largest manufacturing industry in South Africa, and Europe represents 44% of the current vehicle export market. However, the European Union (EU) is set to put an end to the sales and purchasing of gasoline-powered vehicles as early as 2030, in favour of Electric Vehicles