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 2350 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 56180 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 53217 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
AMSA narrows loss to R3.4bn as it winds down longs steel unit SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 5, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) reported a smaller headline loss of R3.4-billion in 2025 relative to the loss of R5.1-billion posted in 2024 after having closed its long-steel business during the year ended December 31, 2025. The group’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) loss was narrowed by 63% from R2.947-billion in 2024 to R1.1-billion in 2025, which AMSA said had been an exceptionally difficult year for the steel industry. This, owing to weak domestic economic activity, persistent global overcapacity, high import penetration, elevated administered input costs, and continued pressure on steel prices. Read more
Tau heads to China, seeking duty-free export access SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 5, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau will travel to China from Thursday to Saturday to sign the China–Africa Economic Partnership Agreement, which will see South African exports gain duty-free access to the Chinese market, Tau's office said. South Africa is seeking to boost exports amid a tariff row with the United States, its second-largest bilateral trading partner after China. Read more
Trump's one-year AGOA extension offers brief but fragile trade reprieve, analysts say SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 5, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Washington's one-year extension of its preferential trade programme for Africa will deliver only a short-lived reprieve for the continent, analysts said, with South Africa's inclusion remaining tenuous amid strained diplomatic relations. US President Donald Trump signed a law on Tuesday extending the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of the year. Enacted in 2000, AGOA offers duty-free and quota-free access to the US market to thousands of products from the 32 eligible African nations. Read more
Seifsa invites manufacturing companies to take part in decarbonisation pilot programme SuperUser Account / Wednesday, February 4, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating Industry organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), in collaboration with industry organisation Danish Industry, is inviting South African manufacturing companies to express an interest in participating in a fully funded decarbonisation pilot programme. The programme is designed to support manufacturers in understanding where emissions reduction opportunities exist within their operations and to help companies move from data and awareness toward practical, realistic decarbonisation planning. Read more
Eskom unbundling plan could be ‘major setback’ for electricity reform – Busa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, February 4, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has expressed concern that the Eskom unbundling plan announced in December might represent a “major setback” for the reforms under way in the electricity sector and is seeking urgent clarity as to why the policymaker has endorsed the plan. CEO Khulekani Mathe tells Engineering News that organised business was taken by surprise by the announcement that the National Transmission Company South Africa would remain an Eskom Holdings subsidiary and that the transmission assets would not be transferred to a new Transmission System Operator (TSO) being set up outside of Eskom. Read more