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 5410 Article rating: 3.5 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 59425 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 56345 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
South Africa nears decision on steel tariffs amid import influx SuperUser Account / Friday, August 15, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating South Africa's government will release the preliminary findings of its review of steel tariffs next week, moving a step closer to protecting the local industry from increased imports. The review was initiated by the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) in March, following a ministerial directive. Read more
Vodacom/Maziv deal gets thumbs up SuperUser Account / Friday, August 15, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating South Africa’s Competition Appeal Court has green lighted Vodacom Group’s proposed acquisition of a 30% stake in Maziv. Maziv houses all Community Investments Ventures Holding’s (CIVH’s) fibre assets, including Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa. Read more
Step-change in grid construction seen as key to unlocking big renewables pipeline SuperUser Account / Friday, August 15, 2025 0 11 Article rating: No rating South Africa can unlock an additional 53 GW of electricity generation capacity by constructing 14 000 km of transmission infrastructure – a critical step in enabling the electricity sector to transition to more sustainable energy generation. Read more
Western Cape govt downgrades its economic growth ambitions following South Africa’s ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, August 14, 2025 0 9 Article rating: No rating Following the diplomatic failures that have transpired between South Africa and the US over the past six months, along with the 30% tariffs imposed on South African exports to the US as of August 7, Western Cape Provincial Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism Minister Ivan Meyer has downscaled the province’s economic growth ambitions from 5% to 3% a year by 2035. The province’s Growth for Jobs (G4J) strategy envisioned building a R1-trillion economy in the Western Cape by 2035, which has also been tempered on the back of economic pressure from the US. Read more
New online tracker provides updated dashboard of South Africa’s reform progress SuperUser Account / Thursday, August 14, 2025 0 14 Article rating: No rating Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has officially launched a free online platform that provides a regularly updated view of the progress, or otherwise, government is making in implementing priority economic, governance and criminal justice reforms. Dubbed the ‘BLSA Reform Tracker’, the platform provides a dashboard view of the reforms being implemented across the three areas, including the priority economic reforms being pursued under Operation Vulindlela, the joint project of the Presidency and the National Treasury set up in 2020 to address constraints to growth and investment. Read more