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 5758 Article rating: 4.3 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 60108 Article rating: 3.5 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 56903 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
Nersa extends comment period for electricity trading rules consultation paper to Jan 31 SuperUser Account / Monday, January 5, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has announced that the notice and comment period for the consultation paper on electricity trading rules published on November 16, 2025, has been extended to January 31, 2026, following requests for extension received from stakeholders. Interested parties were previously given until January 16 to submit comments. Read more
Diamond legend Steve Haggerty has died SuperUser Account / Monday, January 5, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating Remarkable South African geoscientist Stephen Edward Haggerty, who served with distinction as a research professor at Florida International University in the US, has died aged 87. A legend in the field of diamond, kimberlite and mantle xenolith studies, Haggerty passed away on the January 2 in hospital in Miami, his hometown. Read more
European competition commission hands Metair’s Rombat steep fine SuperUser Account / Monday, January 5, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating Battery producer Rombat, a subsidiary of JSE-listed auto parts group Metair, has been handed a €20.2-million fine by the European competition authority. Metair’s Romanian subsidiary is one of several European battery manufacturers fined by the European Commission for contravening EU competition law. Read more
$753m financing package secured for the Lobito Atlantic Railway concession SuperUser Account / Monday, January 5, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The 1 300 km Lobito Atlantic Railway connecting the Port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border to strengthen regional integration and improve access to global markets has secured a $753-million financing package. The regional infrastructure project will rehabilitate, upgrade and operate the brownfield rail corridor. Read more
Airlink reports flight delays on Sunday due to issues at ATNS SuperUser Account / Monday, January 5, 2026 0 12 Article rating: No rating South African domestic and regional airline Airlink has expressed sincere regrets about flight delays that affected its operations to and from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday. The airline assured that it had worked to recover its schedule and to make certain that all the affected passengers reached their destinations as soon as possible. “The delays stem from Air Traffic Navigation Service’s (ATNS’s) failure to ensure it had sufficient staff to accommodate and manage the normal scheduled traffic to and from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport [Sunday],” explained the carrier, in its statement. (ATNS is the country’s air traffic management and control agency.) Read more