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 2850 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 56917 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 54093 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
Unpacking the National Water Action Plan amid lingering concerns over effectiveness SuperUser Account / Friday, September 11, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating South Africa’s new National Water Action Plan (NWAP), developed and being implemented by the National Water Crisis Committee (Watercom), sets out several strategic interventions over the short, medium and long term aimed at addressing the root causes of the country’s long-standing water supply challenges. While longer-term reforms by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) have been under way over the past few years, the water crisis has reached a breaking point, requiring more urgent, strategic and coordinated national interventions to arrest and reverse the significant decline seen over more than a decade. Read more
Transnet outlines ‘transact for value’ model for private sector participation transactions SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 10, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips says the sale of a 49.99% interest in its largest container terminal last year to International Container Terminal Services had set the tone for the way in which the State-owned group would approach other private sector participation (PSP) transactions across its rail, ports, and pipelines businesses. Having faced two years of legal delay, the sale of the stake in the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2, now trading as the Durban Gateway Terminal, generated a profit on disposal for Transnet of R12.5-billion. Read more
Joint working committee to probe solutions to Rand Water’s power supply issues SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 10, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating A joint working committee, led by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), will be established to identify solutions to ensure that Rand Water obtains a reliable electricity supply. This followed an urgently convened stakeholder meeting this week after the pumping operations of Rand Water’s Eikenhof Booster Station was impacted by a power outage on Tuesday. Read more
Pee-Cycling takes top honours in Cape Town’s GreenPitch challenge SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 10, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating Eighteen clean innovation startups from across Africa gathered in Cape Town earlier this month for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) Afri GreenPitch Challenge 2026, hosted and administered by GreenCape. Pee-Cycling was named the winning innovator, with this startup converting human urine into fertiliser and non-potable water. Read more
Manufacturing output up 1.1% y/y in July SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 10, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating South Africa's manufacturing production increased by 1.1% year-on-year in July, with the food and beverages and the petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products division having made the largest positive contributions, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports. Food and beverages production increased by 4.1% year-on-year in July, contributing one percentage point to the overall figure, while the production of petroleum, chemical products, rubber and plastic products increased by 3.2% and contributed 0.6 of a percentage point to the overall figure. Read more