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 2915 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 56981 Article rating: 3.7 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 54220 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
Ramokgopa outlines megatrends in South Africa's electricity sector SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 6, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating In his keynote address to the 2026 Windaba wind power conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa highlighted the megatrends in the country's electricity sector, as identified by government. There are 11 such megatrends -- many of them are also global -- grouped into four categories: demand, supply, market and infrastructure. The first two megatrends fall under the rubric of demand. Number one is that coordinated industrial and digital growth is driving new variable energy demand. Number two is the need to protect affordability and access for households and small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs). Read more
Ramokgopa outlines megatrends in South Africa's electricity sector SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 6, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating In his keynote address to the 2026 Windaba wind power conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa highlighted the megatrends in the country's electricity sector, as identified by government. There are 11 such megatrends -- many of them are also global -- grouped into four categories: demand, supply, market and infrastructure. The first two megatrends fall under the rubric of demand. Number one is that coordinated industrial and digital growth is driving new variable energy demand. Number two is the need to protect affordability and access for households and small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs). Read more
Eskom to facilitate construction of more data centres in South Africa, Ramokgopa tells Windaba ... SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 6, 2026 0 10 Article rating: No rating Power utility Eskom will soon make a major announcement about facilitating the construction of data centres in South Africa. This was announced by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in his keynote address to the Windaba 2026 wind power conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. He assured that the water issues associated with data centres had been taken into account and indicated that the water they would use would be recycled. Read more
Eskom to facilitate construction of more data centres in South Africa, Ramokgopa tells Windaba ... SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 6, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Power utility Eskom will soon make a major announcement about facilitating the construction of data centres in South Africa. This was announced by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in his keynote address to the Windaba 2026 wind power conference, being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. He assured that the water issues associated with data centres had been taken into account and indicated that the water they would use would be recycled. Read more
South Africa drops to 87 in global economic freedom ranking SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 6, 2026 0 10 Article rating: No rating South Africa has ranked eighty-seventh out of 165 countries and territories in the ‘Economic Freedom of the World: 2026 Annual Report’ (EFW), published by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) in conjunction with Canada’s Fraser Institute. The latest ranking reflects a further decline for South Africa, which previously hovered at eighty-third place, signalling an ongoing erosion of economic liberty. Read more