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 2451 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 56308 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 53328 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
DBSA, NPC unveil the investment blueprint to transform South Africa’s connectivity by 2035 SuperUser Account / Monday, March 30, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating A new study by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), in collaboration with the National Planning Commission (NPC), has found that, while significant progress has been made in expanding connectivity over the past decade, achieving universal high-speed broadband will require substantial additional investment over the next decade. The ‘South Africa’s Digital Connectivity Investment Roadmap to 2035’ report, through a comprehensive ecosystem approach, assessed infrastructure across international connectivity, backbone and metropolitan networks, data centres, spectrum systems and last-mile access, alongside affordability, digital skills and institutional capacity, as key enablers of meaningful connectivity. Read more
Geely SA, CNBM SA join forces to develop South African electric vehicle ecosystem SuperUser Account / Monday, March 30, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating China National Building Materials South Africa (CNBM SA) and Geely Auto South Africa (Geely SA) have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement for the coordinated development of new-energy vehicles (NEVs) and charging infrastructure; the implementation of integrated solar-storage-charging solutions, and the joint development of localised supply chains. South Africa will serve as the core market for the agreement, but with a reach extending across Southern Africa. Read more
Master Builders North calls for urgent action to improve construction industry oversight SuperUser Account / Monday, March 30, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Following a number of fatal construction site accidents in the past 20 months, Master Builders Association (MBA) North has called for urgent measures to improve oversight and accountability in the construction sector. This follows incidents such as the George building collapse in which 34 people died in May, 2024; the death of two people in a structural collapse in Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natal, in March, 2025; the collapse of a temple under construction in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal, that left five people dead and several injured in December, last year; and this month’s building collapse in Ormonde, Gauteng, in which nine people died and three were injured. Read more
TNPA progresses agreements with two major private operators at Durban port SuperUser Account / Monday, March 30, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Two recently awarded concessions between Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and private sector companies in the Maydon Wharf precinct of the Port of Durban are poised to improve South Africa’s food security and global trade competitiveness. The transactions between TNPA and African Port Logistics and Infrastructure and BAL SA & Africa Global Logistics Consortium, will unlock more than R1-billion of private sector investment into modernised port infrastructure and strengthen Durban’s strategic position for agricultural and perishable exports. Read more
Civil Confidence Index falls to 43, as activity failed to maintain momentum SuperUser Account / Monday, March 30, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Financial services firm FNB's and research institute the Bureau for Economic Research’s (BER’s) Civil Confidence Index declined to 43 in the first quarter, from 52 in the fourth quarter of 2025, and returning to the same level as in the third quarter of 2025. The current reading means that more than 55% of respondents were dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions. Read more