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 53588 Rate this article: 4.0
Dubai Chamber of Commerce holds trade meetings with South African counterparts SuperUser Account / Friday, June 5, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Dubai Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a series of bilateral business meetings between companies from Dubai and South Africa, in Johannesburg, noting that businesses in both markets see growing opportunities to strengthen ties. The delegation from Dubai featured representatives from 24 companies operating across diverse sectors, including construction and building materials; electronics; engineering; environmental solutions; fast-moving consumer goods; food and beverages; healthcare; information and communications technology and innovation; investments; manufacturing; and retail. Read more
Eskom signs agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal as it seeks to advance 3 GW Richards Bay ... SuperUser Account / Friday, June 5, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Eskom has signed heads of agreement with Zululand Energy Terminal (ZET) with the intention of becoming the ‘foundation customer’ for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that ZET intends building at Berth 207 in the South Dunes precinct of the Port of Richards Bay. ZET is a joint venture between Vopak Terminal Durban and Transnet Pipelines, and was selected in 2024 as the preferred bidder to develop, construct and operate a new LNG terminal at the KwaZulu-Natal deepwater port. Vopak Terminal Durban is owned by Royal Vopak, of the Netherlands and the Reatile Group. Read more
Opinion: Reimagining public health service design in the era of National Health Insurance and ... SuperUser Account / Friday, June 5, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating South Africa's health system carries the heavy imprint of history. The apartheid era bequeathed a fragmented, inequitable system in which race determined access to care, geographic distribution of resources favoured white minority areas, and public facilities serving the black majority were systematically under-resourced. Nearly three decades after the democratic transition, these inequities persist, writes Mark Burke in this latest opinion article. The country spends roughly 8.5% of GDP on health (comparable to many OECD nations), yet achieves outcomes more typical of lower-income countries. Life expectancy, which rose from 52 years in 2005 to 61 years by 2021, largely driven by the scale-up of antiretroviral therapy, remains below the global average for upper-middle-income countries. Read more
Shipping’s ‘biggest geek’ charts 65 000 km Africa road trip SuperUser Account / Friday, June 5, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating At nearly 40 years old, Lars Jensen’s Volkswagen camper van appeals to him mostly for its lack of modern features. The vehicle he calls “Sally” is just the right rig to drive around Africa over the next 18 months to explore the world’s most promising supply chain frontier. As Google AI or ChatGPT will attest, Jensen is the most widely cited analyst in container shipping, an industry that handles some 80% of global merchandise trade worth $26-trillion last year. A former analyst with AP Moller-Maersk, he’s a regular speaker on the maritime conference circuit in his role as a consultant. Read more
Armscor welcomes African scientists for advanced analytical chemistry programme SuperUser Account / Friday, June 5, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating The Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor) is hosting 21 scientists from 16 African countries at its Protechnik Laboratories, in Pretoria, Gauteng, from June 8 to 19 for the yearly Analytical Chemistry Course conducted under the auspices of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The specialised training programme forms part of ongoing international efforts to strengthen scientific and technical capabilities among African member States in support of the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Read more