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 3003 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 57065 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 54382 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
Farmers’ body wants fairer agricultural pricing mechanisms SuperUser Account / Monday, November 2, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The representative body for South African agriculture, AgriSA, has strongly supported concerns expressed by its affiliated body, Grain SA, about the determination of soybean location differentials and the impact they would have on local agricultural producers. AgriSA desires transparent, fair, and actual market conditions-reflective agricultural commodity pricing mechanisms. (Grain SA represents more than 7 852 commercial and 5 891 emerging farmers, growing maize, wheat, soybeans, sunflowers, canola, sorghum, barley, groundnuts and other crops.) “Grain SA represents a critically important part of South African agriculture,” highlighted AgriSA president Willem de Chavonnes Vrugt. “We support its efforts to ensure that farmers receive fair treatment and that decisions affecting producer prices properly reflect the practical and economic realities of agricultural production.” Read more
TNPA starts multimillion-rand road infrastructure upgrade in Richards Bay SuperUser Account / Monday, November 2, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has started a R375-million rehabilitation programme to upgrade critical road infrastructure at the Port of Richards Bay, in KwaZulu-Natal. This programme focuses on the Urania, Newark and Ventura roads and key transport corridors within the port that provide access to major terminals and operational facilities, and the works include pavement strengthening, road widening, concrete surfacing, drainage and stormwater improvements and road safety enhancements. Read more
SAHRC releases inquiry report into the state of the water sector in Gauteng SuperUser Account / Monday, November 2, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating The South African Human Rights Commission’s (SAHRC’s) Gauteng provincial office on Monday released its 'Inquiry Report into the State of Water and Sanitation Service Delivery in Gauteng', outlining its findings into the province’s water challenges. The commission held the investigative inquiry from May 19 to 21 to probe the sustained and deepening water crisis characterised by persistent shortages, intermittent supply, infrastructure failures, ageing and poorly maintained systems, contamination risks, governance failures and inadequate emergency response mechanisms. Read more
Cape Town setting up specialist hub for strategic development applications SuperUser Account / Monday, November 2, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Development Management Department is in the process of recruiting a team of development and planning specialists to serve in a new Strategic Development Applications Hub (SDH), which should be operational by February next year. The SDH will be located at the Table Bay District Planning Office in the Cape Town central business district, and will serve as the central point for all high-value, high-impact development applications that are complex in nature. Read more
Fuel purchases in sharp drop after October price hike – Discovery Insure SuperUser Account / Monday, November 2, 2026 0 10 Article rating: No rating Fuel purchases among Discovery Insure clients fell 33% in volume in October after fuel price increases pushed inland 95 unleaded petrol above R30/l for the first time. A recent spate of price hikes has seen monthly fuel expenditure rise sharply from an average of R1 750 at the beginning of last year, to between R2 500 and R2 700 by the middle of this year. Read more