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 53940 Rate this article: 4.0
VAE SA delivers new rail crossing for Crossmoor Station in KwaZulu-Natal SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 1 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 1 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
Industry bodies implore Premier to engage, honour existing contracts before closing Tulbagh cannery SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating With food producer Premier Group having announced plans to close its R1-billion Fruit Products Western Cape canning facility, in Tulbagh, and retrench the facility's employees, industry bodies Agri SA, Agri Western Cape and Canning Fruit Producers Association (CFPA) have called for urgent engagement with the company. The organisations are calling on Premier to honour existing commitments to producers ahead of the 2026/27 harvest and refrain from taking irreversible steps that could undermine the future of the facility and the broader fruit industry. Read more
The draft updated National Biodiversity Plan has been published for public comment SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating The draft National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2026-2035 has been published, for public comment. This has been announced by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister David Maynier. This publication was in compliance with sections 89 and 100 of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act no. 10 of 2004). “The NBSAP is the primary instrument for implementing the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at a national level, setting out a country’s vision, priorities, targets, and actions for conserving and sustainably using biodiversity,” explained the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE). “It determines a nation’s contribution toward global goals while reflecting its specific national circumstances, priorities and capabilities.” Read more
The SKA Observatory has released a book detailing what scientists want to do with the SKA SuperUser Account / Tuesday, August 11, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating With both elements of the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) under construction, the organisation responsible for creating and operating it, the SKA Observatory (SKAO), has released a book, “Advancing Astrophysics II’, that highlights the huge range of research that the SKA will allow. (A previous book had been published by the SKAO’s predecessor, the SKA Organisation, in 2015.) South Africa is hosting the SKA-Mid instrument, which will eventually have 197 dishes, incorporating the country’s own, existing, MeerKAT array, while Australia is hosting the SKA-Low instrument, which will eventually comprise 131 072 antennas. The SKA-Low released its first test image, captured using 1 024 antennas, in March last year. The SKA-Mid is expected to do the same later this year, using four dishes. The SKAO head office is hosted by the UK. Read more