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 2432 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 56292 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 53316 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
Necsa to tender for new multi-purpose research reactor SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating South African nuclear energy firm Necsa will soon launch the next phase of a tender for a new multi-purpose research reactor aimed at maintaining its position as a top global exporter of medical isotopes, its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday. The isotopes, used to diagnose and treat disorders such as cancer and heart disease, are created in small nuclear reactors dedicated to science and training rather than energy generation. Read more
WRC launches project to tally South Africa’s water resources SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Water Research Commission (WRC) is embarking on a five-year strategic national initiative to map out and integrate all available data on South Africa’s water resources. This will be done through the development of an accounting system for water to link water availability, quality and use with economic activity, as well as strengthen evidence-based water governance. Read more
South African medical technology innovation sees successful maiden use in the US SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating University of Cape Town- (UCT-) based South African medical technology company Strait Access Technologies (SAT) reported on Monday that its CenterFlow balloon dilation catheter had been used in humans for the first time. The first two surgeries using the device had both been conducted in the US, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “This first use in patients confirms that CentreFlow has real clinical value and the potential to change how aortic aneurysms are treated,” affirmed SAT founder and chief medical officer Dr Peter Zilla. “By extending the treatment window from seconds to minutes while maintaining stability and radial force, it represents a meaningful advance in patient care.” Read more
Fuel crunch from war threatens South African wheat, corn crops SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating Farmers in South Africa are heading into the winter planting season with surging diesel prices and tightening supplies – triggered by the Middle East conflict – threatening production in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest commercial wheat-growing industry. For Rossouw Dippenaar, who farms near Riebeek-West about 80 km northeast of Cape Town, time is running out. He needs as much as 40 000 liters of diesel to plant his wheat, but has only secured about 6 000 liters because some retailers are limiting purchases in a bid to prevent a run on their stocks. Read more
Only 14% of global cities meet WHO particulate matter guidelines – IQAir SuperUser Account / Tuesday, March 24, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Only 14% of global cities met the World Health Organisation (WHO) yearly particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) guideline of 5 µg/m3, down from 17% in the previous year, Swiss air quality technology company IQAir's eighth ‘World Air Quality’ report shows. Only 13 countries and territories, namely French Polynesia, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Barbados, New Caledonia, Iceland, Bermuda, Réunion, Andorra, Australia, Grenada, Panama and Estonia, met the WHO annual PM2.5 guideline. Read more