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What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa

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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.

AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY

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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.
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Africa's energy transition must support industrialisation, Ramaphosa tells Energy Indaba delegates

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South Africa is seeking to expand its electricity transmission grid, which wis a R450-billion challenge, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his keynote address at the 2026 Africa Energy Indaba, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on March 4.  "The main focus in our country has really been the energy landscape and the reform thereof," he told the assembled delegates. "Electricity is an absolute necessity in the lives of all South Africans. Today, 93% of South African households have electricity."

TNPA monitoring shipping diversions but says no immediate rise in berthing requests

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South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) reports that it has not yet received any indication of additional berthing requests from shipping lines in the wake of the US-Israel attack on Iran and subsequent strikes on energy and shipping facilities by Iran. The TNPA also states that it has not observed any immediate increase in demand to enable it to definitively determine the number of vessels that could call on the Port of Cape Town as a result of shipping being diverted to the Cape of Good Hope route.

Departments to investigate Ormonde warehouse collapse, the third in three months

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In the wake of the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Ormonde, Johannesburg, in which nine workers died and three others were injured, the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) have said investigations will be undertaken into the cause and whether there was negligence and/or misconduct. The collapse on March 2, which is the third building collapse in the country in the past three months, raises serious concerns about potential systemic weaknesses in the regulation and enforcement of building standards in South Africa, said Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson.

US strike on Iran 'ahead of game plan' but global markets rattled, energy prices soar

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US forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a "broad wave" of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign that a top American commander said is ahead of the "game plan". Despite initial US hope for a swift and decisive ouster of Tehran's clerical leadership, Iran kept up retaliatory strikes against Israel and around the Gulf, and vowed to select a new supreme leader to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the opening salvos on Saturday.
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