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 2832 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 56899 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 54057 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
South African private sector activity expands slightly in August, PMI shows SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 3, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating South African private sector activity expanded slightly in August as higher new orders supported output and purchasing, a business survey showed on Thursday. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose to 50.5 in August from 50.3 in July. Read more
€300m in JET-linked loans to support trading-services reform across South Africa’s cities SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 3, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating The National Treasury has secured €300-million in concessional loan financing, equivalent to R5.6-billion, to support its Metro Trading Services Reform (MTSR) programme, which is aimed at turning around electricity, water and sanitation, and solid waste management in the country’s eight metropolitan municipalities. The funding has been committed by German and French development finance institutions KfW Development Bank, which has approved €200-million and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), which confirmed a €100-million loan. Read more
Rand Water assures no water impact after cybersecurity incident SuperUser Account / Thursday, September 3, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating Water utility Rand Water has assured that a cybersecurity incident has not affected the quality and supply of water. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, the water utility said that it is responding to the incident. Read more
Online constitutes 10% of all retail sales in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 2, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating The share of retail sales that are completed online has risen to 10% of all retail sales, and online retail is expected to grow by 22.5% to R159-billion this year, compared with 2025, when the share of online retail sales was R130-billion. Although the growth is less than the 35% growth between 2024 and 2025, this figure still represents a significant quantum of growth. The expected R29-billion increase in turnover from online sales this year is almost as large as South Africa’s entire online retail market in 2020, when sales totalled about R30.2-billion, technology research company World Wide Worx MD and principal analyst Arthur Goldstuck revealed on September 2. Read more
Yellow Door Energy, Nedbank CIB achieve financial close on 49 MW Lion Thorn Solar Park SuperUser Account / Wednesday, September 2, 2026 0 12 Article rating: No rating Independent power producer Yellow Door Energy and Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB) have achieved financial close on 49 MW Lion Thorn Solar Park, in Leeudoringstad, North West. Nedbank CIB is financing the utility-scale solar project, enabling construction to proceed. Read more