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 2926 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 56989 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 54238 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
Better SME support will lead to more innovation, growth in South Africa's economy SuperUser Account / Friday, October 9, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating South Africa has an anaemic medium-sized business sector, with some of these businesses closing and fewer small businesses growing into medium-sized enterprises than medium-sized enterprises growing into large enterprises, which means a more concentrated economy. A more concentrated economy means lower levels of competition, which leads to lower levels of capital expenditure-to-assets ratios in such markets. Read more
South Africa’s energy transition, renewables industry a story of progress SuperUser Account / Friday, October 9, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The Energy Council of South Africa is aiming to bring visibility to – and promote a more constructive narrative around – the positive impact being made through the country’s energy transition and renewables industry. “The positive change and delivery happening across our energy sector is generally not visible to most South Africans and yet the energy transition is one of the most fundamental and rapidly evolving local and global themes,” explained Energy Council CEO James Mackay. Read more
Eskom confirms launch of process to select renewables partners SuperUser Account / Friday, October 9, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Eskom Holdings has issued a media statement confirming that it is seeking to identify and qualify experienced strategic renewable-energy partners for up to 6 GW of utility-scale renewable-energy and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects to be implemented by Eskom Green, when it is fully incorporated. Engineering News reported on October 6 that the State-owned group had released a request for qualification (RFQ) invitation to identify entities for the establishment of a panel of pre-qualified co-development and co-investment partners for what Eskom terms a ‘Phase 1 Programme’. Read more
PRASA’s Intersite awards six Western Cape properties to private-sector partners SuperUser Account / Friday, October 9, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) real estate arm, Intersite Asset Investments (IAI), has awarded six Western Cape development opportunities to private-sector partners in a proposed R3.6-billion investment pipeline. Intersite says the projects are expected to deliver 790 residential apartments and 4 466 student accommodation beds on rail-linked land. Read more
Minister urges South Africans to work together in confronting high fuel price SuperUser Account / Friday, October 9, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating It must be appreciated that the current high price of fuel is a function of the war in the Middle East and South Africans must work together in confronting it, Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe emphasised during the final speech on the final day of this week’s vibrant Joburg Indaba. Mantashe expressed the wish to address the high fuel price issue owing to the government being blamed for something the government did not bring about. Regarding the dozen WhatsApp group discussions in which he partakes daily, he said: “I go to everyone, every day, and people will blame government for the price of fuel, and I was saying to members of my party, don't own something that’s not yours. Read more