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 5591 Article rating: 4.0 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 59775 Article rating: 3.5 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 56596 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
Eskom bolstering efforts to end load reduction SuperUser Account / Friday, October 24, 2025 0 19 Article rating: No rating State-owned utility Eskom says it is bolstering efforts to eliminate load reduction by 2027 as South Africa’s electricity system stabilises. The Load Reduction Elimination Strategy, launched by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on September 25, sets a roadmap to strengthen the country’s distribution network and address high-risk isolated areas. Read more
PCC report highlights need to drastically increase yearly climate finance flows SuperUser Account / Friday, October 24, 2025 0 19 Article rating: No rating The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) has launched the third edition of its ‘South African Climate Finance Landscape Report’, which maps financial flows that supported South Africa’s climate response for 2022 and 2023. Read more
South Africa boosts deportations amid jobs crisis, Schreiber says SuperUser Account / Friday, October 24, 2025 0 27 Article rating: No rating South Africa is pushing to deport more undocumented migrants who compete with citizens for jobs in an economy with one of the highest unemployment rates globally, the minister overseeing the programme said. The nation “is a neglected part of the global migration story,” with the contestation between foreigners and locals for positions becoming “a real tinderbox,” Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said in an interview on Bloomberg Television Friday. “We’ve deported 51 000 people in the last year — that’s more than France and Germany combined. If we had more resources, we’d be doing more of that.” Read more
Lower CPI goal may save S Africa R900-billion in debt costs SuperUser Account / Friday, October 24, 2025 0 22 Article rating: No rating Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago emphasised the benefits of a lower inflation goal, saying it could save the government as much as R900-billion over a decade in debt-service costs. “What we are showing by lowering the inflation target is that government will be able to save in debt servicing costs,” Kganyago told an audience at the release of the bank’s semi-annual Monetary Policy Review on Thursday in the capital, Pretoria. “Over a 10 year period, we estimate that to be about R900-billion. To take a straight line over 10 years, it’s about R90-billion a year.” South Africa currently spends 22 cents of every rand on debt-service costs, crowding out investment in health and education. Read more
New industrial technology, renewable-energy events announced for South Africa SuperUser Account / Friday, October 24, 2025 0 22 Article rating: No rating Montgomery Group Africa will stage two new exhibitions in South Africa – one in Johannesburg in 2026, and one in Cape Town in 2027. Montgomery Group Africa commercial director Joshua Low says RE+ South Africa will take place on June 2 to 4, next year, in Johannesburg, at the Gallagher Convention Centre. Read more