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 2966 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 57031 Article rating: 4.0 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 54319 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
SARS welcomes revised 2026 revenue estimate, expresses support SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 22, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating South African Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Dr Johnstone Makhubu has welcomed the revised revenue estimate of R2.14-trillion announced by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) on October 21. The revised estimate indicates an increase of R17.1-billion compared with the R2.13-trillion Budget estimate in February. Read more
Rand Water appointed to accelerate Bronkhorstspruit plant rehabilitation SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 22, 2026 0 9 Article rating: No rating Water utility Rand Water has mobilised a multidisciplinary team of operations, maintenance and scientific specialists following its formal appointment by the City of Tshwane (CoT) as the implementing agent to accelerate the rehabilitation of the Bronkhorstspruit water treatment works (BWTW). The Rand Water team will undertake an intensive assessment and implement priority interventions at the plant. Read more
Cape Town aiming to create its own solar-based electricity utility SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 22, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating The ambition of the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is to set up an electricity utility that will meet the demand from the city's changing customer base. This was pointed out by CoCT executive director: energy Kadri Nassiep. He was participating in a keynote session at the Solar & Storage 2026 Conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The city wants to achieve long-term market stability for its customers, which is not currently possible. The CoCT had in recent years moved into the development of solar energy (plus battery energy storage systems, or BESS) in order to mitigate the effects of loadshedding by national electricity utility Eskom. "That's what drove us," he explained. Read more
New EU ambassador sees South Africa as key partner in Europe’s critical-minerals ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 22, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating The EU’s new ambassador to South Africa, Kristian Schmidt, sees potential for South Africa to further integrate its industrial supply chains with Europe in a way that supports South Africa’s ambition to add value to its minerals ahead of export and the energy transitions under way in both territories. Schmidt says that the 27-country bloc needs minerals for batteries and electrification that it largely lacks domestically and is actively seeking new sources of supply to reduce its dependency on China, which has imposed export restrictions on some raw materials. Read more
New Water Rights Tracker provides comprehensive, evidence-based view of S Africa’s water ... SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2026 0 14 Article rating: No rating The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Claude Leon Chair in Earth Justice and Stewardship at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have launched a Water Rights Tracker (WRT), laying bare the water crisis. The five-year research project profiled all 144 water services authorities across the nine provinces of South Africa, bringing together a wide range of national, provincial and municipal data to create a clear picture of water service delivery across the country. Read more