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 53912 Rate this article: 4.0
NTCSA looks to Chinese investment to bolster TDP rollout SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 4, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating South Africa's electricity sector is facing an "interesting challenge", with the grid not designed for dispatched generation of intermittent energy sources, National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) CEO Monde Bala told delegates at the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investment Conference, being held in Beijing, China, this week. To accommodate the changes in the energy mix and the change in geographical location of those energy sources, the NTCSA, a subsidiary of State-owned power utility Eskom, is undertaking the Transmission Development Plan (TDP). However, it does not have the requisite capacity to undertake the necessary expansion of the grid on its own and is calling on international partners to assist. Read more
South African court orders reinstatement of PIC CEO SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 4, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating A South African court on Tuesday declared invalid the suspension of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CE Patrick Dlamini by the board, ordering his reinstatement at the helm of the embattled state asset manager. The PIC manages more than R3-trillion ($183-billion) in assets and is the biggest investor on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Read more
Procurement must create resilience and enable growth – Makhubu SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 4, 2026 0 11 Article rating: No rating Procurement should not be measured by whether it secured the lowest price, but whether it creates resilience, enables growth and protects national competitiveness, South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Dr Johnstone Makhubu said. Procurement and supply chain professionals must become architects of economic growth, infrastructure delivery, investment confidence and national competitiveness, if Africa is to realise its enormous economic potential, he said at the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Southern Africa conference, on August 4. Read more
50 MW Ilikwa solar PV facility in Free State achieves commercial operation SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 4, 2026 0 11 Article rating: No rating Renewable energy company Mainstream South Africa's 50 MW Ilikwa solar PV facility has achieved commercial operation and marks the start of supplying commercial electricity to multiple private commercial and industrial customers. Located near Parys, in the Free State, the project is part of South Africa's rapidly expanding private electricity market and reflects the accelerating liberalisation of South Africa's electricity market. Read more
Treasury says infrastructure bonds to become permanent part of funding activity SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 4, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating National Treasury director-general Dr Duncan Pieterse says there is strong interest from institutional investors to support government’s public investment ambitions, citing recent developments in relation to government’s issuance of infrastructure bonds. “Following the R11.8-billion raised in the debut issuance of the new infrastructure bond on 8 December 2025, we conducted our first auction tapping these instruments on the 8th of July. R5-billion was on offer, but total bids of R17.8-billion were received and we decided to allocate R4.4-billion,” Pieterse said at an Absa conference. Read more