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 53852 Rate this article: 4.0
BLSA warns of ‘reform drift’ as index points to loss of momentum SuperUser Account / Thursday, July 23, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has warned of “reform drift” after the latest BLSA Reform Tracker showed that quarter-on-quarter momentum had turned negative for the first time since it started tracking South Africa’s reform agenda. Developed and managed by research consultancy Krutham for BLSA, the index monitors 247 reform deliverables across economic, criminal justice and governance categories. Read more
Chery’s entry-level EV to make its local debut in September SuperUser Account / Thursday, July 23, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Chery South Africa (SA) says it will introduce the fully electric Chery Q at the beginning of September, with pricing starting at R350 000. “The Q has been developed to make electric driving a realistic option for more South Africans,” says Chery SA national marketing and communications manager Verene Petersen. Read more
Cape Town unpacks three-year, R6bn budget for electricity infrastructure SuperUser Account / Thursday, July 23, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Cape Town’s Energy Directorate says it will spend R6-billion on electricity infrastructure over the next three years. The goal, it says, is to secure the city’s energy needs, and to make electricity supply more reliable and affordable, by reducing the impact of rising Eskom tariffs and by adding cleaner energy sources to the mix. Read more
City of Johannesburg Council refers for investigation 13 alleged financial misconduct amounting ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, July 23, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Council has referred 13 alleged acts of financial misconduct, with a combined value of about R4.07-billion, to its independent Disciplinary Board for preliminary investigations. The matters relate to allegations of unauthorised, irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure arising from alleged non-compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), supply chain management legislation and other applicable legislative and regulatory requirements across various municipal departments and functions. Read more
Driver training, behaviour scrutinised as EV adoption accelerates SuperUser Account / Thursday, July 23, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating As South Africa's commercial electric vehicle (EV) market begins to gain momentum, fleet operators are being urged to look beyond charging infrastructure and vehicle procurement and also focus on driver behaviour, which is viewed as a less obvious factor that could determine the success of fleet electrification. Speaking during the WesBank EVolution 2.0 event, held at The Forum Conference Venue, in Johannesburg, on July 22, advanced driver training and fleet risk management company MasterDrive CEO Eugene Herbert encouraged businesses introducing EVs into their fleets to rethink traditional driver training, arguing that driving habits developed in internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles often worked against the efficient operation of EVs. Read more