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 5461 Article rating: 3.5 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 59495 Article rating: 3.5 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 56408 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
Business confidence insufficient to accelerate investment for meaningful econ growth – index SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 15 Article rating: No rating The Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Business Confidence Index (BCI) again declined, by one point, to 39 for the third quarter. This follows a five-point decline in the second quarter and is three points below the long-term average level of 42. It implies that more than 60% of respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions. Read more
DBSA posts record R5.3bn profit, strong loan repayments despite tough economic climate SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 15 Article rating: No rating The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has reported record yearly earnings, with net profit rising 14.4% to R5.3-billion for the financial year ended March 31, alongside the strongest loan repayments in its history. Speaking at the bank’s results presentation, in Sandton, on September 3, DBSA CEO Boitumelo Mosako explained that the increase in the net profit for the current year stemmed from a solid increase in net interest income and positive fair value adjustments, offset by a currency loss reported following the rand’s appreciation against the dollar. Read more
Treasury optimistic R2bn smart-meter scheme can help arrest Eskom arrear debt crisis SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 13 Article rating: No rating Having rolled-out 67 000 smart meters across eight pilot municipalities in 2024/25 as part of an effort to improve revenue management at municipalities that owe Eskom billions in outstanding arear debt, the National Treasury reports that more than 77 780 such meters are expected to be installed across 11 municipalities this year. It was reported earlier in 2025 that municipality arear debt owed to Eskom had breached the R100-billion mark. Read more
S&P PMI for Aug details easing cost pressures, improved output but declining employment SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 12 Article rating: No rating The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August showed that cost pressures eased for South African businesses, which helped to sustain the expansion in overall operating conditions, while output also improved for the first time in three months, and inventories increased. However, there was a decline in employment and a weakening of sales growth, financial intelligence and credit ratings company S&P says. Read more
More long-term rail certainty through yet another public-private agreement SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 3, 2025 0 13 Article rating: No rating State-owned rail company Transnet on Wednesday reported yet another ten-year third-phase Manganese Export Capacity Allocation (MECA3) agreement, this time with the Tshipi é Ntle manganese mining company, and once again in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape. Tshipi é Ntle has Tshipi Borwa, a shallow opencast mine with an integrated ore processing plant, which is located in the 400 km2 Kalahari manganese field, northwest of Kathu. Read more