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 2678 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 56658 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 53673 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
Two entities shortlisted to bid to partner with Transnet on ‘LeaseCo’ SuperUser Account / Monday, June 22, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Transnet has issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) to two shortlisted bidders that participated in an earlier request for qualification (RFQ) process relating to the creation of a railways rolling stock leasing entity, dubbed LeaseCo, as a public–private partnership. The identities of the two bidders were not immediately released, with Transnet confirming only that the shortlisted bidders had been selected from among the 14 respondents to the April RFQ. Read more
PIC chair to refer Acapulco matter to SIU following legal review of forensic investigation SuperUser Account / Monday, June 22, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Upon receiving legal advice regarding the implications of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forensic investigation findings, Deputy Finance Minister and Public Investment Corporation (PIC) chairperson Dr David Masondo says the Acapulco – Lanseria empowerment deal settlement dispute should be referred to the Special investigating Unit (SIU) for further investigation and any action within its statutory mandate. This decision reflects new information uncovered through the PwC investigation, involving a controversial R300-million investment made by the PIC in 2013, which was subsequently defaulted on by Acapulco. Read more
Objections over price preferential system casts spotlight on sustainability of informal metal ... SuperUser Account / Monday, June 22, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Industry organisations the Recycling Association of South Africa (Rasa) and the Metal Recylers Association (MRA) have called on Trade, Industry, and Competition Minister Parks Tau, the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) and Parliament to immediately suspend the price preferential system (PPS) pending an independent review of its design, administration and competitive effects. The assocations have also called for the formal recognition of both formal and informal recyclers given their importance to the circular economy. Read more
TaxTim launches AI WhatsApp tax assistant SuperUser Account / Monday, June 22, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating Ahead of the start of the new tax season, online tax assistant TaxTim has launched an AI tax assistant, TimAI on WhatsApp, to provide taxpayers with answers to tax-related queries at no cost. Users can send a message or a voice note query and receive an answer. Read more
Policy follow-through needed to ensure electricity reforms are ‘not in name only’ SuperUser Account / Monday, June 22, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has called for policy follow-through to ensure that the restructuring under way in the electricity industry facilitates a transition to a market that is genuinely competitive and “not reform in name only”. Writing in her weekly newsletter, Mavuso homed in on the importance that organised business was attaching to the creation of an independent transmission system operator (TSO), which also owned the grid assets, for the emergence of a competitive market. Read more