SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 3039 Article rating: 5.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 57110 Article rating: 4.0 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 54450 Article rating: 4.0 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. Read more
South Africa's citrus exports hit hard by shipping constraints, demand factors SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 12, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Spain has overtaken South Africa as the world's biggest citrus exporter as local growers experienced a tough season owing to limited access to shipping capacity into the Middle East, much higher shipping and farm-level input costs, flooding in certain regions, a downturn in middle-class consumer spending power globally and a narrowed supply window into Europe. South Africa's citrus shipments decreased by 1.5% year-on-year to 201-million 15 kg cartons in the 2026 season, compared with 204-million cartons exported in 2025. The exports were 4% below the original estimate made by industry body Citrus Growers' Association of Southern Africa (CGA) at the outset of the season. Read more
Opinion: Making sense of SAWEM without the noise SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 12, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating In this opinion article, Robert Futter, co-Founder of Florion and Murendeni Matshinyatshimbi, of Sibanye-Stillwater and the founder of GENCO, outline why the launch day for the South African Wholesale Electricity Market won’t be the finish line, as the market is designed to arrive in phases. Read more
Solidarity calls for govt intervention as Ferroglobe temporarily closes Witbank furnace SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 12, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating Trade union Solidarity says the decision to place silicon metal and ferroalloys producer Ferroglobe’s smelting furnaces, in Witbank, Mpumalanga, under temporary closure by the end of November affects about 200 jobs and places further unsustainable pressure on industrial workers in the province. The plant began production in 1926. Solidarity says there are now too few orders to restart the furnaces. Read more
27 MW Phase 2 expansion of Mainstream’s Ilikwa Solar reaches financial close SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 12, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Independent power producer Mainstream Renewable Power has reached financial close on the 27 MW Phase 2 extension of its Ilikwa Solar project, near Parys, in the Free State. Once complete, Phase 2 will take Ilikwa’s total capacity to 77 MW, up from the 50 MW delivered by Ilikwa Phase 1. Phase 1 reached commercial operation in July. Read more
Lawmakers demand urgent SABS oversight visit after no-show by senior executives SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 12, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition chairperson Mzwandile Masina has supported a call from members of the committee, initiated by the DA’s Toby Chance, for an urgent oversight visit to the troubled South African Bureau of Standards (SABS). The call was made during a meeting on November 11 at which senior SABS executives, including acting CEO Blake Mosley-Lefatola, and board members, were absent, and at which outdated and incomplete financials were provided by the SABS staff members present. Read more