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 5789 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 60160 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 56946 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
The SKA is coming to life as it passes early science tests SuperUser Account / Friday, January 23, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating This month saw the achievement of another milestone for the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope programme, which is being developed by the UK-based SKA Observatory (SKAO) and is composed of two instruments, based in South Africa and Australia. The milestone was reached by the SKA-Mid instrument, being developed in the Karoo region of South Africa’s Northern Cape province, and involved two of the SKA-Mid’s dishes working together as an interferometer for the first time. Read more
Presidency official says unbundling of Eskom should not be pursued ‘half-heartedly’ SuperUser Account / Thursday, January 22, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who is overseeing the economic reforms being implemented under Operation Vulindlela, says the unbundling of Eskom’s transmission business cannot be done “half-heartedly” if South Africa is to introduce the competition needed to help improve electricity affordability. Speaking during a panel discussion hosted by Bowmans on the financing of South Africa’s just energy transition, Dicks expressed his support for the full unbundling of the transmission business and assets from Eskom Holdings. Read more
Fund established to rebuild Kruger National Park – Aucamp SuperUser Account / Thursday, January 22, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Kruger National Park cannot rebuild without help and a well-coordinated, rapid response is needed, with national parks agency South African National Parks (SANParks) estimating the damage to infrastructure could run into hundreds of millions of rands, said Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp. The combined scale of infrastructure damage and operational disruption in the recent flooding has exceeded the park’s existing contingency and maintenance budgets. Substantial finances are required for recovery and restoration efforts, the Minister pointed out in a January 22 media briefing. Read more
Growing Chinese vehicle sales translating into used-market volumes, with Chery leading the pack SuperUser Account / Thursday, January 22, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating The popularity of imported new Chinese vehicles in the South African market is starting to translate into tangible volumes in the used-car market for many of these brands, as indicated by data released by AutoTrader. The vehicle-sales platform says the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro was the best-selling used Chinese car in South Africa last year, at 3 144 units. Read more
Cape Town set to take over signal management at 32 Sanral-run intersections as it seeks greater ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, January 22, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Urban Mobility Directorate says it is awaiting council approval to sign a three-year agreement with South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) Western Cape that will allow it to maintain and manage traffic signals at 32 intersections on national roads that are located within city limits. The national roads agency will remain responsible for all of the costs related to the construction, maintenance and operation of the traffic signals at these intersections Read more