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 2991 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 57048 Article rating: 4.0 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 54351 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
Cape Town Container Terminal expects bumper deciduous fruit export season SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The Cape Town Container Terminal (CTCT) says its ready for a bumper deciduous fruit export season. The facility says it has deployed a range of operational improvements, additional capacity and new industry-agreed business rules aimed at supporting efficient cargo movement. Read more
Chinese car sales overtake Japanese car sales in Europe SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The Japan Times reports that Chinese automakers have outsold Japanese car manufacturers in Europe for the first time over a full quarter. Registrations of Chinese-branded cars roughly doubled from a year earlier in September to make up 12.7% of total sales across the region, led by hybrids, says market researcher Dataforce. Read more
Agriculture boasts Q2 trade surplus of $2.14bn SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating South African agriculture recorded a trade surplus of $2.14-billion in the second quarter of the year, marking an 11.6% year-on-year improvement. Agriculture South Africa and Agricultural Business Chamber find in their latest quarterly agriculture trade report that total agriculture exports reached $4.12-billion, which was a 9.1% year-on-year increase, while imports increased by 6.4% year-on-year to $1.98-billion. Horticulture remained the backbone of the quarter’s export economy, accounting for 51.3% of agricultural exports as the citrus season opened and lemon exports increased substantially. Strong performances were also recorded in maize, raw cane sugar, sheep meat and tobacco, while livestock recorded the largest proportionate movement of any sector, expanding 27.9% quarter-on-quarter as the red meat industry navigates market access. Read more
IMF lauds South Africa’s fiscal gains, sees growth as next test SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating The International Monetary Fund said South Africa is restoring fiscal credibility despite geopolitical risks, but needs to deliver faster economic reforms to lift investment and growth. Africa’s largest economy has shown genuine resilience in the face of an energy shock caused by the Iran war, Tidiane Kinda, the IMF’s resident representative to South Africa, said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Johannesburg offices on Tuesday. What is missing is investment. “There is a bit of a wait-and-see sort of attitude,” toward infrastructure spending, he said. “Increasing public investment would help support growth.” Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana cheered investors last week with a midterm budget outlook that showed debt peaked in 2025-26 and would decline in the years ahead, supported by better-than-expected revenue collection and moderate spending growth. Read more
Study points way for South Africa to build neglected medical technology industry SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating South Africa is increasingly relying on imported medical technology and devices, while local manufacturers are relying on export markets for sales, with limited local procurement of locally produced healthcare devices, industry professionals revealed on October 27. Industrial development organisation the Localisation Support Fund’s (LSF’s) ‘Localising MedTech Manufacturing in South Africa’ study showed that four in five medical appliances were imported, while 47% of local companies operated at less than 50% utilisation rates. Read more