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 2473 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 56358 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 53379 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
Kganyago says war inflation risks are playing out SuperUser Account / Friday, April 17, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the Iran war’s impact on oil prices has validated wariness over inflation, without giving a clear signal on what that means for interest rates. “You are seeing the adverse scenario playing itself, although not fully,” Kganyago told Bloomberg Thursday on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington. “I don’t think that we are far off with what we said would happen with the oil price.” Read more
Necsa SMR briefing attracts 54 potential partners SuperUser Account / Friday, April 17, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) held, on Thursday, a compulsory briefing for suppliers interested in is expression of interest (EOI) regarding small modular reactors (SMRs). The EOI sought a demonstration on (not of) an SMR, and would close on May 29. The briefing session was attended by 54 potential partners for Necsa's programme. They came from 12 countries, including South Africa. Read more
Basic Fuel Price formula in focus amid dramatic shift in South Africa’s supply sources SuperUser Account / Friday, April 17, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR), which is now preparing for a prolonged period of fuel supply and pricing pressure as a result of the damage to energy infrastructure during the war in the Middle East, remains confident of ongoing security of supply. However, the department is deeply concerned about the outlook for fuel prices, especially in relation to diesel, and is also urgently reviewing the composition of its Basic Fuel Price (BFP) formula to align it to the new sources of supply that have been secured since the start of the crisis and to address the issues that have given rise to the imposition of diesel surcharges. Read more
Two South Africa unions accept Eskom 7% wage offer, third union rejects it SuperUser Account / Friday, April 17, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Two of South Africa's major labour unions have accepted state power utility Eskom's 7% wage increase offer, while a third has rejected it and declared a deadlock, demanding a higher raise, union representatives said on Thursday. Eskom began pay talks last year with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and Solidarity, with several rounds of negotiations continuing until this month. Read more
Lufthansa grounds planes, Nigerian carriers threaten to stop flying as Iran war strains show SuperUser Account / Friday, April 17, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Governments and airlines are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about diminishing jet fuel supplies and soaring prices due to the Iran war, as Lufthansa grounded planes, Nigerian carriers threatened to stop flying, and a fire cut fuel output in Australia. Since the US-Israeli war against Iran began on February 28, carriers have hiked air fares, introduced fuel surcharges and cut some routes to preserve cash and cut costs. Read more