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 2643 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 56620 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 53619 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
South Africa posts largest current-account surplus since 2022 SuperUser Account / Thursday, June 11, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating South Africa posted its largest current-account surplus in four years in the first quarter as the value of gold exports surged and imports dropped. The balance on the current account — the broadest measure of trade in goods and services — widened to a surplus of 2.4% of gross domestic product, or R190.7-billion, from 0.6% in the previous quarter, the South African Reserve Bank said in a report on Thursday. That beat the median estimate of nine economists surveyed by Bloomberg, who forecast a positive balance of 1.1% of GDP. Read more
Treasury achieves budgeted foreign currency funding requirement for 2026/27 SuperUser Account / Thursday, June 11, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The National Treasury has successfully achieved its budgeted foreign currency funding requirement for the 2026/27 fiscal year. The $3.2-billion foreign funding programme has been fully funded through concessional financing secured from development finance institutions and multilateral development banks. Read more
Industry veteran launches innovative energy intelligence business SuperUser Account / Thursday, June 11, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Prominent energy industry expert Robert Futter and co-founder Michael Udell have launched Florion, a new energy intelligence business. This launch comes as South African businesses move beyond a focus on loadshedding into a far more complex energy environment, integrating a mix of grid power, solar, wheeled and traded energy. Read more
South African steel sector at deindustrialisation ‘inflection point’ SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 10, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The South African steel industry – encompassing the full value chain, from upstream producers to downstream manufacturers and fabricators – has been described as being at a deindustrialisation ‘inflection point’. The dire state of the sector, as well as the ineffectiveness of the prevailing interventions being pursued under the Steel Master Plan to arrest the sector’s decline, came into sharp focus during a Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition meeting on Wednesday. Read more
Mantashe calls for stronger refining capacity amid global energy instability SuperUser Account / Wednesday, June 10, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has reiterated government’s commitment to strengthening South Africa’s energy security through increased refining capacity, strategic fuel stocks and accelerated developments in oil and gas, but also cautioned against a hasty transition away from conventional fuels. Mantashe delivered this message during a keynote address on the first day of the Fuels Industry Imbizo hosted by industry organisation the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa. Read more