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 2778 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 56813 Article rating: 5.0 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 53913 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
Denel’s turnaround plan is making progress, but not as fast as hoped SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 5, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Denel, the State-owned defence industrial group, on Wednesday briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations about, among other issues, progress with its turnaround plan. This was initiated in 2022 and has three pillars, namely Stabilise, Sustain and Grow. Stabilise encompasses the securing of shareholder (government) funding, the finalisation and formal implementation of the Section 189 staff retrenchment process, and the right-sizing of the group’s resources and facilities (relative to orders) and the securing of critical skills for high probability opportunities. Read more
Saffron a potentially lucrative crop for South African farmers, says country’s first mover SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 5, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice, priced at between $5 000 and $10 000 a kilogramme. Iran is the world’s biggest producer, pushing out between 85% to 90% of yearly global production, followed by Afghanistan and India in a distant second and third spot. Read more
All three components of R16bn Koruson 2 renewables cluster now operational SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 5, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating All three projects that make up Envusa Energy’s giant 520 MW Koruson 2 renewable-energy cluster are now officially operational, after 130 MW of the 140 MW Hartebeesthoek Wind Farm entered into commercial operation. The residual 10 MW is scheduled to come online in September. Read more
Sasol’s wartime windfall revives debate over coal’s future SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 5, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Sasol, the world’s largest producer of fuel from coal, is reaping the benefits of a surge in fuel prices due to the Iran war, while helping shield its home market of South Africa from the resulting supply shock. CEO Simon Baloyi has increased his focus on coal-to-liquids fuel output, along with production from its crude refinery, at an opportune time. Read more
Denel tells Parliament about net profits, rising revenues, but financial constraints SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 5, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating State-owned defence industrial group Denel told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA) on Wednesday that its revenues during the 2025/26 financial year (FY) had increased to R1.4-billion, from the R1.2-billion accrued in FY 2024/25. The group did so in a presentation to the committee. These improved revenues come in the main from maintenance contracts at its Aeronautics, Landward and Pretoria Metal Pressings (better known as PMP) businesses. However, Denel’s net profit in FY 2025/26, at R156-million, was down on the R193-million achieved in 2024/25. The 2024/25 figure was the first net profit recorded by the group in about a decade. (In FY 2023/24, it had had a net loss of R532-million.) Its total borrowing in FY 2025/26 was R58-million, a significant decrease on the R183-million borrowed in FY 2024/25. Read more