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 5647 Article rating: 4.0 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 59873 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 56721 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
A Square Forklift celebrates new partnership, facility SuperUser Account / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating Industrial equipment rental, sales and service company A Square Forklift on November 14 held an event to commemorate a new partnership with forklifts, platform trucks, tractors and intralogistics systems provider Still, and also used the occasion to celebrate the company’s move to a new facility in Germiston, Gauteng. Speaking to Engineering News at the event, A Square Forklift MD Craig Bradford explained that he and his father started A Square in 1998 as a forklift rental business. Read more
Telkom reports H1 growth, underpinned by data strategy SuperUser Account / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating JSE-listed Telkom on Tuesday reported growth in earnings for the six months ended September 30, underpinned by the company’s data-led strategy. The group’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased 7.4% to R6.02-billion for the first half of the 2026 financial year, owing to revenue growth and ongoing cost optimisation initiatives. Telkom’s Ebitda margin expanded to 27.2%. Read more
Itac rejects rebate on copper sulphate after confirming local supply capacity SuperUser Account / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has declined to create a rebate provision for copper sulphate used in the manufacture of animal feed, concluding that the domestic market is already served by a local producer with sufficient capacity. Itac initiated the investigation following a request from Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau, who raised concerns that the recent duty increase on copper sulphate from 0% to 10% could have unintended consequences for the animal feed industry, which relies on the chemical as an input. Read more
EPCs necessary to improve energy efficiency of South Africa’s buildings SuperUser Account / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The new regulations requiring buildings to display their energy performance certificates (EPCs), which rate their energy-use efficiency, at entrances come into force on December 7. While undertaking the process to obtain an EPC may seem difficult for building owners and tenants, the first step is to register their buildings and then to take progressive steps to gather the information needed, conduct audits and receive EPCs that display the energy efficiency of the building and its operations. Read more
SABS acting CEO questions whistleblower motives as he offers update on turnaround SuperUser Account / Tuesday, November 18, 2025 0 7 Article rating: No rating South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) acting CEO Blake Mosely-Lefatola has questioned the motives of whistleblowers that continue to raise serious allegations about developments at the organisation, hinting that there might be “elements of corporate sabotage” at play. Mosely-Lefatola levelled these accusations in a wide-ranging interview with Engineering News, that also included an update on the formal investigation under way at SABS, as well as progress being made to remedy systems compromised by a cyberattack and to appoint a new CEO. Read more