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 2681 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 56664 Article rating: 5.0 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 53684 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
Ramaphosa taps former Treasury Budget Chief as economic adviser SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 24, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former National Treasury budget chief Michael Sachs as his economic adviser, bringing a respected fiscal policy technocrat back into the government as the country seeks to accelerate growth and deepen economic reforms. Sachs, who headed the Treasury’s budget office between 2015 and 2017, is expected to assume the role in the coming weeks, presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said by phone on Wednesday. Sachs confirmed his appointment when contacted by phone. The appointment fills a vacancy left by Trudi Makhaya, who served as Ramaphosa’s economic adviser from 2018 until 2023, and places a former senior Treasury official at the center of economic policy-making as the president seeks to lift growth in Africa’s most industrialised economy. Read more
Outa warns of entrenched S African municipal crisis, as no metro achieves clean audit SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 24, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Not a single metropolitan municipality in South Africa achieved a clean audit for the 2024/25 financial year, according to the latest Auditor-General reports, with the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse warning that this failure points to an entrenched crisis in local government. Metros represent 54% of total local government expenditure and serve millions of citizens, therefore, Outa says their financial regression directly threatens both community service delivery and the national economy. While 61% of municipalities achieved unqualified audits, severe underlying issues persist. Outa highlights a “toxic combination” of over-reliance on external consultants, poor budget execution, and a systemic lack of consequence management. Read more
dtic’s partnership with Afreximbank to provide access to trade, industrial finance SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 24, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has signed an agreement with multilateral financial institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for South African businesses, State-owned enterprises and financial institutions to access trade and industrial finance. The $14-billion Country Programme also provides funding to support transformation, risk coverage and project funding, as well as funding to expand into continental markets under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Read more
Multilateral development banks remain relevant, more progress on reforms needed SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 24, 2026 0 9 Article rating: No rating Multilateral development banks (MDBs) remain highly relevant to their clients, and their relevance has increased over the past five years, although there is a need for further progress on reform of some of their functions. This was among the findings of the 'Reforming multilateral development banks: perspectives from client countries' report produced by UK-based think tank ODI Global. Read more
SARS Commissioner welcomes Constitutional Court judgment on zero-rating of gold SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 24, 2026 0 13 Article rating: No rating The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Dr Johnstone Makhubu has welcomed the unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court in Lueven Metals v Commissioner for the SARS, which confirms SARS’ interpretation of Section 11(1)(f) of the Value-Added Tax Act. In a media release, SARS explains that the judgment clarifies that the zero-rating of gold supplied to the South African Reserve Bank, the South African Mint Company or a registered bank applies only where the gold is supplied in one of the prescribed forms and has not undergone any manufacturing process other than refining or the manufacture or production of those prescribed forms. Read more