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 2452 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 56310 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 53333 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
Green energy features prominently at 2026 investment gathering SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 1, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating Investment commitments by South African and international renewables investors featured prominently at the sixth South Africa Investment Conference, with combined pledges of more than R50-billion announced. In addition, green energy also featured strongly in an energy-related investment prospectus released by government at the event, where a new R2-trillion investment target was set for the period to 2030. Read more
CSIR, Eskom, SANEDI, Coaltech launch HELE CFB Localisation Programme SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 1, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), State-owned power utility Eskom, the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the Coaltech Research Association have formally initiated Phase 1 of the High Efficiency Low Emission (HELE) Circulating Fluidised Bed (CFB) Clean Coal Technology Localisation Programme. This collaborative initiative supports the direction set out in South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025, which outlines the country’s approach to securing energy supply, improving the performance of the national electricity system and modernising the generating fleet. Read more
Absa PMI edges higher, but record cost pressures cloud manufacturing outlook SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 1, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ index (PMI) rose by 1.6 points to 49 in March, from 47.4 in February. Absa says the increase in the PMI was primarily supported by a marginal rise in the business activity index and a sharp increase in the supplier deliveries index, noting, however, that the spike in supplier deliveries should be interpreted with caution. Read more
Government aims to move with speed on private investments for development SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 1, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating During the South Africa Investment Conference on March 31, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson spoke about how the government was supporting greater investment by private-sector players in the economy. Godongwana emphasised that a reliance on monopolies in an economy meant that, if there was a problem with a monopoly, the entire sector it served was challenged. Read more
New drop reports shows more deterioration of South Africa’s wastewater systems SuperUser Account / Wednesday, April 1, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The latest Green Drop report and the Blue and No Drop progress assessment reports, released by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) on Tuesday, have laid bare the deteriorating state of South Africa’s water systems. While drinking water systems and nonrevenue water have remained relatively stable – albeit at a high-risk level – South Africa’s wastewater systems are continuing to deteriorate. Read more