SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 / Categories: AfriCoast Energy AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY 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. Next Article AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED Print 53941 Rate this article: 4.0
June manufacturing production down by 1.7% y/y – StatsSA SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Manufacturing production decreased by 1.7% in June compared with June 2025, but increased by 0.9% compared with May, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports. May saw a 1% month-on-month improvement following a 2.6% month-on-month decline in April. Read more
AECI gearing up to invest up to R900m in Modderfontein optimisation SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating Mining explosives and chemicals group AECI is preparing to invest between R700-million and R900-million to modernise its historic Modderfontein facility, in Gauteng, which the group views as key to its ongoing competitiveness in southern and central Africa. CEO Alan Dickson, who took up the position on July 1, tells Engineering News & Mining Weekly that the company has already made some initial investments at the facility in a bid to improve efficiencies and raise utilisation levels. Read more
Presidency rebukes Eskom chair over criticism SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating South Africa’s presidency rebuked the chairperson of Eskom for publicly questioning the plan to restructure the State power utility. The authorities are committed to ensuring that Eskom doesn’t end up in a worse financial position than its current one, with a broad range of interested parties involved in the discussions about the unbundling of the utility, presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Tuesday. Magwenya’s comments came in response to Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati, who warned last week that plans to transferring the power company’s transmission assets to an independent operator may trigger change-of-control provisions in lending agreements, create accounting complications and unsettle bondholders. Chief Executive Officer Dan Marokane in June said the unbundling needs to be handled in a way that’s sustainable for the company. Read more
VAE SA delivers new rail crossing for Crossmoor Station in KwaZulu-Natal SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating A new diamond crossing has been installed at Crossmoor Station to improve reliability, safety and travel times for daily commuter passengers on State-owned the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) KwaZulu‑Natal rail network. The crossing was designed and manufactured by steel and rail company voestalpine Railway Systems subsidiary voestalpine South Africa (VAE SA) at its Isando facility, in Gauteng, and built by construction company Maziya General Services. Read more
Granger Bay reclamation project on track to seek Parliament approval in 2027 SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating Parliament is expected to deliver its verdict on the proposed project to reclaim just more than 3 ha of land from the sea at the V&A Waterfront, in the third quarter of next year, says V&A Waterfront development executive manager Allan Ngeku. The reclamation project, which forms part of a broader R24-billion expansion programme at Cape Town’s waterfront development, is currently the simultaneous subject of an environmental-impact assessment, as well as an Integrated Coastal Management Act process. Read more