SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 2372 Article rating: 5.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 56207 Article rating: 5.0 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 53247 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
Unemployment rate improves to 31.4% SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating South Africa's official unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 of a percentage point to 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with the unemployment rate of 31.9% in the third quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports. Stats SA's Quarterly Labour Force Survey showed an increase of 44 000 in the number of employed persons to 17.1-million and a decrease of 172 000 in the number of unemployed persons to 7.8-million in the fourth quarter. Read more
Blu Label subsidiary granted energy trading licence SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Renewable energy company BluEnergy Trading – a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited – has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa. BluEnergy will focus on aggressively building out its project pipeline, operationalising trading activities in line with its mandate to support South Africa’s transition to a more resilient, decentralised and sustainable power system. Read more
Afrimat reports stable performance, expects trading conditions to remain difficult in coming year SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating JSE-listed industrial minerals and construction materials producer Afrimat, in a pre-close operational update for its financial year ending on February 28, said trading conditions were expected to remain difficult until fair trade protections across critical industries in South Africa were adequately addressed. Afrimat is feeling the impact of pedestrian economic growth and customers who are contending with cheap imports. To counter this, Afrimat is assessing projects where international or local partners and technology can help advance timelines and unlock value for shareholders. Read more
Platinum’s innovative new scent detection role highlighted by World Platinum SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating An ‘artificial nose’ that can detect scent is closer to becoming a reality. This follows the development of a platinum-based molecule that works as a sensor to detect hard-to-differentiate volatile scent compounds, known as terpenes, the World Platinum Investment Council highlights in its latest 60 Seconds. Terpenes are responsible for, among other things, the scents of plants, resins or citrus fruits. Many terpenes exist in two mirror-image forms, called enantiomers. Read more
Trump's new ambassador Bozell arrives in South Africa amid strained ties SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating US President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to South Africa, conservative activist and writer Leo Brent Bozell III, has arrived in the country where he will seek to improve fraught ties between the two states. An embassy official told Reuters on Monday that Bozell had arrived. He is expected to present his credentials to President Cyril Ramaphosa before officially taking up his post. Read more