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 2794 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 56843 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 53970 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
Mavuso not confident in commitment of Eskom leadership to reforms SuperUser Account / Monday, August 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso – who has had an ongoing public disagreement with Eskom’s chairperson Mteto Nyati over the creation, with the transmission assets, of an independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) – says she does not have confidence that the current Eskom leadership is committed to government’s reforms. Writing in her weekly newsletter, Mavuso slammed those who she described as “reform resisters”, taking particular aim at the Eskom board’s current approach to the unbundling of the TSO, as well as the National Union of Mineworkers’ legal challenge to the restructuring. Read more
Conflating power and gas cliffs will lead to sub-optimal outcomes, energy specialist warns SuperUser Account / Monday, August 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating South Africa’s response to the gas-supply cliff, which will arise as supply to industrial users from Mozambique falls away later this decade, should be treated separately from the country’s moves to shore-up electricity supply as coal stations are decommissioned, because conflating the two will result in sub-optimal outcomes. This argument, which runs counter to the prevailing policy response, is being advanced by Naimon Capital executive director Roland Tatnall, who has 25 years of experience across the energy value chain, including as Exxaro’s one-time energy MD, as well as as an investor and adviser. Read more
South Africa bets on renewables, but its power grid is not ready SuperUser Account / Monday, August 17, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Faced with spiralling energy costs and growing demand, South Africa is investing heavily in green energy, but without enough cables to transmit the power, it faces a 'gridlock' that could stop it reaching its full renewable potential. President Cyril Ramaphosa opened the latest green energy project last month, a 155 MW wind farm in Mpumalanga province, calling it part of a "clean energy revolution". Read more
Newly launched Innovation Ecosystem Policy Hub launched SuperUser Account / Friday, August 14, 2026 0 19 Article rating: No rating The South African Innovation Ecosystem Policy Hub (SAIEPH) has been launched to help South Africa’s innovation community work together more effectively. The aim is to strengthen South Africa’s innovation ecosystem and improve how policy decisions are made. As the Policy Hub enters its pilot phase, which will run until 2028, it will build a clearer picture of South Africa’s innovation environment, help turn evidence and research into practical policy and action, and bring together stakeholders from across the globe. Read more
Chery SA calls on South Africans to name its new bakkie SuperUser Account / Friday, August 14, 2026 0 17 Article rating: No rating Automotive company Chery South Africa is calling on the public to help name its new bakkie in a nationwide competition. The competition invites South Africans to submit an original name for the new model ahead of its local launch. Read more