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 2917 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 56981 Article rating: 3.7 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 54224 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
Cape Town launches its own specialised SWAT, aviation policing units SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 7, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Cape Town has unveiled its own specialised special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and aerial surveillance policing units. The SWAT unit will provide highly-skilled support for serious crime and high-risk incidents beyond conventional policing, while the Metro Police Aviation Unit will focus on aerial surveillance in aid of combating crime. Read more
South Africa to establish new Commission to oversee State firms SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 7, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating South Africa intends establishing a commission chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa to coordinate the work of its State-owned firms after shelving plans to place them under the auspices of a holding company. The new panel will review a national strategy that outlines what role the firms should play and ensure the government exercises ownership in a coherent and professional manner, Gwen Ramokgopa, a minister in the Presidency, said in a response to questions. It will also standardise and strengthen governance practices, improve monitoring, and facilitate and coordinate the rationalisation and restructuring of the entities to eliminate duplication and improve efficiency, she added. South Africa has scores of State entities, including power utility Eskom, logistics company Transnet, and South African National Roads Agency. Read more
New determination opens way for public procurement of large-scale battery storage and gas-to-power SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 7, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says 4 600 MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) and 5 000 MW of gas-to-power (GtP) have been prioritised in a new Ministerial determination that opens the way for new public-procurement bidding rounds. He has also confirmed that the procurement processes facilitated by the determination will be implemented by the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) and be open to all market participants, including Eskom. Read more
African wind power sector has crossed a threshold SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 7, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The continent of Africa has huge technical onshore wind power potential of 58 400 GW, highlighted Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) director Africa Windpower Juliana Kainga, in her keynote address on the second day of the Windaba 2026 conference, at the Cape Town International Conference Centre, on Wednesday. As of the end of last year, the total installed African wind power capacity is 11.1 GW, which comes to a mere 0.02% of the total potential. Nevertheless, that 11.1 GW figure signalled that the continent had crossed an industrial threshold, she affirmed. Africa's first 1 GW wind farm was under construction (in, although she did not mention it, South Africa's Western Cape province). There was now a pipeline of 259 planned wind power projects spread across Africa, with a total capacity of 186 GW. Read more
Commission seeks overturn of Premier, RFG merger approval over proposed Tulbagh cannery closure SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 7, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The Competition Commission on October 6 filed an application with the Competition Tribunal under Section 16(3) of the Competition Act seeking the revocation of the tribunal’s decision to conditionally approve the merger between Premier Group and RFG Holdings. The tribunal approved the large merger on March 6, subject to conditions that included employment protections. Read more