SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 / Categories: AfriCoast Energy AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY 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. Next Article AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED Print 53211 Rate this article: 4.0
Infrastructure crisis highlights urgent need for engineers to occupy ‘meaningful seat at table' SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Amid a national maintenance “crisis” and slow delivery against government’s R1-trillion infrastructure commitment, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) believes it has now become urgent for engineers to occupy a “meaningful seat at the decision-making table”. In an address to the media, CESA president Dr Vishal Haripersad argued that engineers remained “vastly underrepresented on government boards, statutory bodies, and strategic advisory forums”. Read more
ECSA supports Zambian counterpart in its bid to join international alliance SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating As part of ongoing efforts to align Zambia’s engineering standards with internationally recognised best practices, engineering professionals regulators the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ) held a two-day bilateral engagement. The engagement supported the EIZ’s preparation to submit its application for provisional or full signatory status to engineering education standards organisation the International Engineering Alliance (IEA) under the Washington Accord, ECSA says. Read more
Salga urges consistent municipal payment amid rising debt, better service delivery demanded SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating The South African Local Government Association (Salga) is urging government departments, businesses and households to meet their obligations by paying for municipal services, including rates and taxes, as it expressed concerns about rising municipal debt owing to arrears. Salga Gauteng chairperson Jongizizwe Dlabathi explained that weak revenue collection systems, high consumer debt, ineffective credit control and inadequate enforcement mechanisms contributed significantly to deteriorating municipal cash flows. Read more
Despite poor Q4, air, rail and sea freight on the mend as road freight loses ground – Ctrack ... SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating After gains in seven of the nine months to September last year, the Ctrack Transport and Freight Index (Ctrack TFI) lost momentum in the fourth quarter (Q4), ending the year at an index level of 117.1, with quarterly contractions recorded for all sectors, with the exception of rail and air freight. When considering the full year, it is evident that the subsectors which were under pressure in 2024 remained in a tight spot in 2025 – road freight, pipeline flows and storage – while the subsectors that moved into recovery mode in 2024 managed to build on their progress and clock another growth year – rail, air and sea freight. Read more
Housing backlog forcing shift to new building tech, requires private funding – Ramaphosa SuperUser Account / Tuesday, February 3, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa can no longer afford to address its remaining housing backlog using traditional construction methods and must move urgently towards innovative building technologies (IBTs), supported by private-sector finance, to deliver millions of homes at a lower cost. “We are the only country that I know . . . even on the African continent, that builds houses and hands them over to [the] people of [the] country,” Ramaphosa said at the IBT Summit, at the Nasrec Expo Centre, in Johannesburg, on February 3, adding that government has delivered taxpayer-funded homes to about five-million households over the past 30 years. Read more