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 2991 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 57052 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 54356 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
Motorcycle market heading for best year since 2008; e-bike sales outpacing the market SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 29, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating After a slow start to the year, third-quarter new-motorbike sales have continued the growth trend seen in the second quarter, with sales for the first nine months now up 13.5% compared with the same period last year, says Association of Motorcycle Industry Distributors (AMID) national director Arnold Olivier. He says the commercial segment has shown overall growth of 10.2%. Within this segment, conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) machines are up by 8%, while electric bike (e-bike) sales continue to grow strongly, recording 35% growth. Read more
Enpower Trading confirms delivery of renewable electricity to Sappi sites SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 29, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Licensed electricity trader Enpower Trading reports that it is delivering between 8 GWh and 16 GWh of wheeled renewable electricity monthly to three Sappi sites in line with a five-year corporate power purchase agreement and that it is aiming to extend supply to a fourth site. The renewable electricity is being supplied through Enpower Trading’s renewable-energy portfolio, including generation from SolarAfrica Energy’s SunCentral solar project in the Northern Cape. Read more
South Africa unveils Durban as bid city for 2036 or 2040 Olympics SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 29, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) unveiled the coastal city of Durban as its preferred host to bring the Olympics to Africa for the first time. South Africa will bid for either the 2036 or 2040 Games, SASCOC acting president Lwandile Simelane told reporters on Thursday. Read more
South Africa economy estimated to be 4.9% bigger after rebasing SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 29, 2026 0 9 Article rating: No rating South Africa's economy was estimated to be 4.9% larger than previously reported after a benchmarking and rebasing exercise, the statistics agency said on Thursday. Statistics South Africa said the exercise raised the size of the economy in 2022 to R6.99-trillion from a previously published estimate of R6.67-trillion. The agency said it changed the base year for its gross domestic product estimates to 2022 from 2015. It also took into account changes in the composition of formal and informal parts of the economy. All 10 sectors that it tracks were shown to have higher output, with mining, finance and trade registering the largest increases, partly due to factoring in illicit or illegal activity in those industries. Read more
Draft strategy seeks to embed energy efficiency as supply-side resource in IRP and IEP SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 29, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating A revised draft National Energy Efficiency Strategy (NEES), which is currently out for public comment, outlines a vision for incorporating energy efficiency as a supply-side resource into any updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and future Integrated Energy Plan (IEP), while setting a target of avoiding 132 PJ of demand by 2035. The revised document also seeks to close a prevailing policy gap that has arisen because Cabinet last adopted a formal energy-efficiency strategy in 2005, which has led to its role being deprioritised against other supply-side options. Read more