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 2418 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 56273 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 53292 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
Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber slams metro’s maintenance regime as unplanned power ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, March 12, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC) says yet another protracted power outage has occurred in the Eastern Cape metro, this time owing to the collapse of the Chelsea/Arlington 132 kV lattice tower. “This once again highlights the critical impact of the lack of adequate and routine maintenance of the metro’s electricity infrastructure over many years, and the very serious consequences it has on the lives of communities and the continuity of business operations,” says CEO Denise van Huyssteen. Read more
TRIM invites private firms to bid to operate three rail sidings for ten years SuperUser Account / Thursday, March 12, 2026 0 10 Article rating: No rating South Africa’s Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has initiated a process for private-sector entities to bid to operate and invest in three siding facilities for a period of ten years in line with reforms under way to open up the rail network to third-party operators, cargo owners, and logistics service providers. Request for proposals (RFPs) have been issued in relation to the Klaserie Siding in Limpopo, which handles coal and containers, as well as the Krugersdorp Siding in Gauteng and the Ngagane Siding in KwaZulu-Natal, which are consolidation hubs for coal but could also be developed to handle containers. Read more
Opinion: Correcting the structural imbalance in South Africa’s primary trade, transport and ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, March 12, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating In this article, Port of Gauteng's Francois Nortjé writes that South Africa's most important economic transport corridor from Durban to Gauteng must work for both freight and passenger travel and that investment in rail infrastructure along this route is key to restoring balance on this trade route. Read more
Collaborative, different approach needed to solve South Africa’s water challenges SuperUser Account / Thursday, March 12, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating South Africa cannot take the same path to resolve its water challenges as it did with the energy sector during the period of loadshedding, as the structure of the water sector is fundamentally different and requires an “all hands on deck” approach to reverse the deterioration seen over the past few decades. This is one of several key messages that emerged from a high-level discussion hosted by Creamer Media Webinars and facilitated by University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Centre in Water Research and Development director and founder Professor Craig Sheridan on Wednesday. Read more
Impumelelo Lab barometer shows progress on economic reforms remains uneven SuperUser Account / Wednesday, March 11, 2026 0 8 Article rating: No rating Economic research institution the Impumelelo Economic Growth Lab, at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), launched a new barometer on March 11 that assesses whether structural reforms are translating into measurable improvements in South Africa’s economic performance. The barometer shows that progress remains slow and uneven. Between 2024 and 2025, the real GDP growth rate doubled from 0.5% to 1.1%; however, the recovery was largely owing to strong household consumption, which had risen for seven consecutive quarters by the fourth quarter of 2025. Read more