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 2991 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 57048 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 54350 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
Opinion: South Africa’s steel debate must focus on the jobs and productive capacity enabled ... SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating In this article, South African Iron and Steel Institute (Saisi) secretary-general Charles Dednam writes that South Africa should seek to establish a growing, competitive steel value chain, but this requires fair competition at the border and accountable performance throughout the domestic industry. Read more
SWISS launches new Airbus A350, enhanced cabin on Johannesburg route SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), part of the Lufthansa Group, has launched SWISS Senses, its new long-haul travel experience, in South Africa. Since October 25, the airline’s Airbus A350-900, featuring the new SWISS Senses cabin, has operated a daily flight between Johannesburg and Zurich, replacing the Airbus A340-300 on the route. Read more
DP World, Motus Community Trust opens 100th school library SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 28, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating Corporate social responsibility partnership the DP World and Motus Community Trust has opened its one-hundredth school library at Katlehong Primary School, in Gauteng, on October 27, marking a milestone in a literacy programme that has benefited more than 230 000 learners and currently reaches 125 000 learners daily. The milestone comes as South Africa continues to grapple with foundational literacy challenges. The Department of Basic Education’s Funda Uphumelele National Survey, released in November 2025, found that 15% of Grade 3 learners could not read a single word, the trust reported. Read more
R850m Menlyn Park Apartments development advances SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 27, 2026 0 15 Article rating: No rating The transformation of the former Menlyn Office Park, in Gauteng, is gathering pace, with the R850-million Menlyn Park Apartments development set to introduce 1 200 rental homes alongside Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, further strengthening the evolution of the broader Menlyn precinct. Affordable rental housing company Divercity Urban Property Group and property company Pareto are undertaking the development as consortium partners. Read more
AFC, Munich Re launch $1bn programme to support African trade SuperUser Account / Tuesday, October 27, 2026 0 14 Article rating: No rating African private sector infrastructure investment catalyst group, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Germany-based global reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk specialist group Munich Re have announced that they have jointly created a $1-billion Unfunded Managed Debt Mobilisation Programme (UMDMP). The UMDMP ensures committed support for AFC’s loans to African financial institutions, intended for trade finance. AFC and Munich Re have been working together since 2018, but hitherto it was a case of Munich Re sharing the risk, one deal at a time. A number of transactions have since been completed, including two this year. But the UMDMP replaced the previous deal-by-deal approach with a standing programme. The two institutions have agreed the risk parameters and limits upfront, meaning that Munich Re now automatically takes a share in eligible AFC transactions, while AFC retains part of the risk, in every case. Thus, both their interests are aligned. Read more