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 2786 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 56829 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 53945 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
US firm Cascade takes aim at predicting future construction projects SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 12, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating In construction, the most expensive projects may be the ones a firm never even knew about. Somewhere a bond has been filed, a site has changed hands and the winner of a nine-figure project is already being decided, months before anyone knows about it. Read more
SAHRC says water crisis should be declared a state of disaster SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 12, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating The South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) stands firm on its view that the country’s water crisis needs to be declared a national disaster. This is despite the publication last month of the National Water Plan, developed by the Presidency-led National Water Crisis Committee (Watercom), which promised to tackle the long-standing water challenges. Read more
Long-delayed Tygerberg Central Hospital project aims for 2033/34 commissioning SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 12, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating The current timeline for the commissioning of the new Tygerberg Central Hospital is in the 2033/34 financial year, says Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness Tygerberg Hospital public-private partnership (PPP) project officer Klaas Langenhoven. The long-delayed project to build the new facility was first announced in 2009. Read more
DHL-led GoTrade partnership platform targets sustained increase to SME cross-border trade SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 12, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating A new partnership between logistics group DHL Express, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), financial services company Standard Bank and telecommunications company MTN aims to tackle a range of logistical, financial, regulatory and digital barriers preventing South African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from participating more meaningfully in Africa’s international trade markets. The partnership, launched under the theme of “Unlocking Africa’s Potential One SME At a Time” at DHL’s head office, in Midrand, on August 11, intends to bring together capabilities across Africa’s trade ecosystem under the GoTrade programme, with each of the partners arguing that SMEs need more than access to finance and markets to become sustainable exporters. Read more
CSIR has taken responsibility for the country’s pharmaceutical innovation cluster SuperUser Account / Wednesday, August 12, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating Responsibility for the second phase of the national Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Innovation Cluster has been officially given to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). APIs were the core components of medicines which directly produced the intended therapeutic effects. The role of the cluster was to develop and commercialise technologies for the production of small-molecule APIs. “Central to our mandate is the expectation that our work must foster industrial development and contribute to the creation of a capable state which helps address socioeconomic challenges facing our country,” pointed out CSIR CEO Dr Thulani Dlamini. “In a world characterised by rapid technological change, no single institution can address complex national challenges such as health on its own. Meaningful and timely impact can only be achieved through partnerships that harness complementary expertise, infrastructure and collective ambition.” Read more