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 5600 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 59795 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 56610 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
NEF commits R51m to drive transformation in the legal sector SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 29, 2025 0 13 Article rating: No rating The National Empowerment Fund (NEF), an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), has announced a combined funding commitment of R51-million to advance transformation in South Africa’s legal and professional services sectors. The announcement was made by NEF CEO Mziwabantu Dayimani at the Legal Sector Codes Summit, in Sandton, on October 23. Read more
Department says electrification scheme to be ‘repurposed’ to tackle R75bn backlog by 2030 SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 29, 2025 0 12 Article rating: No rating The Department of Electricity and Energy has provided additional information about its proposal to repurpose the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) to meet the country’s 2030 universal access commitment – one that would involve electrifying some 1.6-million households at an estimated cost of R75-billion. The grant-based INEP scheme was launched in 2001/2 and Eskom and municipalities have used the R110-billion allocated to the programme over the decades to electrify some 8.4-million households and increase the country’s electrification rate to over 94%. Read more
PIC research identifies opportunities for institutional capital SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 29, 2025 0 14 Article rating: No rating A new research paper argues that institutional investors have achieved and can achieve competitive, risk-adjusted returns, while driving measurable economic growth and job creation through investments in new opportunities to re-industrialise South Africa. The paper, ‘Re-industrialising South Africa: Can Institutional Capital Spark South Africa’s Next Industrial Boom’, is the third G20 research paper to be published by the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and was co-authored by the University of Oxford. Read more
AfDB funding South African titanium beneficiation project SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 29, 2025 0 15 Article rating: No rating The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that its board of directors has approved financing of $75-million for South Africa-based company Nyanza Light Metals. The funding would support the development, construction and operation of an 80 000 t/y titanium dioxide pigment manufacturing plant, in the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone in KwaZulu-Natal province. “This investment reflects the [AfDB’s] commitment to driving Africa’s industrial transformation and changing Africa’s ... Read more
ATNS cites global shortage of flight procedure designers as key reason for operational challenges SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 29, 2025 0 13 Article rating: No rating State-owned entity Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has identified a shortage of skilled flight procedure designers as the primary challenge affecting the maintenance of South Africa’s air traffic procedures, acting CEO Matome Moholola said at a briefing, in Johannesburg, on October 29. “The reality is that we are given five years to maintain flight procedures in the country and we have not been able to comply with that requirement in the last five to ten years. It wasn’t out of a lack of trying. We have tried quite hard. Unfortunately, things just couldn’t work out for ATNS,” he said, noting that it was unable to keep up with its obligations owing a severe shortage of suitably skilled flight procedure designers. Read more