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Durban Port's return to form vital for South African recovery, says Ramaphosa

By: News24Wire Updated 2 hours 31 minutes ago President Cyril Ramaphosa told the National Assembly of Parliament that government's plans to guide South Africa on the path to economic recovery will not succeed unless the Port of Durban is restored to its former glory. Ramaphosa was replying orally to questions from Members of Parliament on... →

Long delay in dividend flows to renewables-linked community trusts impeding effectiveness

By: Terence Creamer 6th May 2021 The long lag between the establishment of community trusts that own a portion of the independent power producer (IPP) projects procured through South Africa’s renewables procurement programme and the flow of dividend income into these trusts has been identified in a new research report as a major... →

Prevailing low capacity use in manufacturing industry a worry for Seifsa

By: Donna Slater 6th May 2021 Persistent low levels of capacity use in the manufacturing sector and low demand for locally manufactured goods are “worrying” trends compounding the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions that are limiting operations at industrial plants, says the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of... →

Massmart opens new distribution centre in Brackenfell

By: Marleny Arnoldi 6th May 2021 Consumer goods distributor Massmart has opened its new 53 000 m2 distribution centre (DC) in the Brackengate 2 precinct, in Brackenfell, Cape Town. Construction on the centre started in October 2019. →

Massmart's new Brackengate-based distribution centre

Housing authority delivered 14 000 units in 2020, asks for budget reform

By: Marleny Arnoldi 6th May 2021 Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) council chairperson Bathabile Dlamini says the 2019/20 financial year had seen “encouraging” performance in that 13 projects were completed, delivering almost 14 000 units. Although the target for the year was not met, it is a solid achievement, she... →

Saldanha Bay IDZ announces R3.5bn Phase 1 expansion project

By: Marleny Arnoldi 6th May 2021 The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SBIDZ) is embarking on the R3.5-billion first phase of an eventual seven-phase infrastructure investment project. The first-phase 356 ha expansion is integral to national and regional infrastructure development and will also be the single largest... →

Ministerial determination sanctioning private power procurement would spur investment, clear regulatory blockages

By: Terence Creamer 5th May 2021 The chairperson of the South African Independent Power Producer Association (SAIPPA) believes that the quickest and cheapest way to reduce, or eliminate, South Africa’s growth-sapping risk of load-shedding would be for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to issue a Ministerial... →

M&R's Clough awarded R1.1bn EPC contract for New South Wales power station

By: Creamer Media Reporter 5th May 2021 Murray & Roberts (M&R) subsidiary Clough has been awarded a R1.1-billion contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the Tallawarra B gas turbine power station in New South Wales, Australia. Tallawarra B is a 300 MW expansion of the existing Tallawarra A power station. →

Makhubo says CoJ to focus on finances, good governance; proposes infrastructure drive

By: Schalk Burger 4th May 2021 City of Johannesburg (CoJ) executive mayor Geoff Makhubo has said the administration was focusing on responding to the worrying state of Johannesburg’s finances, the collapse of good governance and the debilitating effects of Covid-19 on the economy. "We have re-committed ourselves to creating an... →

EPC contracts for Sukari solar project awarded

By: Simone Liedtke 4th May 2021 Gold miner Centamin has awarded engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for its 36 MW solar farm and 7.5 MW battery-energy storage system at the Sukari gold mine, in Egypt, to renewable energy specialist juwi Renewables and systems integrator company Giza Systems. juwi has been... →

The Sukari mine site, in Egypt

Germany to use hydrogen fuel cell trains on reactivated historic Heidekrautbahn line

By: Schalk Burger 4th May 2021 The German Federal Ministry of Transport has provided €25-million in funding for a project using green hydrogen in rail transportation in Brandenburg. The total cost of the project to connect the surrounding area with the metropolis of Berlin was €100-million, said Federal Transport Minister... →

DBSA infrastructure competition aims to fill gaps with youth’s ideas

By: Simone Liedtke 3rd May 2021 The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has launched the second edition of the DBSA Youth Challenge, a competition aimed at harnessing innovative solutions from young people in South Africa to help address infrastructure challenges. Young people aged between 18 and 35 are invited to submit... →

French financier pledges support for Eskom’s ‘just energy transition’ strategy

By: Terence Creamer 3rd May 2021 South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with development financier Agence Française de Développement (AFD) on Monday that includes a specific objective of creating a framework for cooperation and collaboration on Eskom’s evolving ‘just energy... →

The Komati power station

Opinion: Curbing illegal capital flight would unlock resources for infrastructure

3rd May 2021 In this opinion article, Bongani Mankewu contrasts the strong resource mobilisaiton framework associated with President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan with South Africa’s far less assertive handling of illicit financial flows (IFF) to help secure resources for its own plan. South Africa’s... →

Enza Construction acquires rail rehabilitator Tractionel Enterprise

By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd May 2021 Construction company Enza Construction has completed the acquisition of Tractionel Enterprise, an electrical infrastructure construction company in South Africa. Tractionel Enterprise has since 1982 been specialising in electrical infrastructure projects, with a focus on railway and power... →

Raising distributed generator licence-exemption cap to 10 MW ‘does not go far enough’

By: Terence Creamer 3rd May 2021 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) says a proposed amendment to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act, which would raise the licence exemption threshold for private distributed-generation plants from 1 MW to 10 MW, “does not go far enough”. Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede... →

Govt has eight weeks to decide on powership project after it clears environmental hurdle

By: News24Wire 30th April 2021 Karpowership, the company bidding to moor five powerships in South African harbours for 20 years, cleared another hurdle when its environmental assessors found that the projects at the ports of Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay and Ngqura could go ahead. Balito-based Triplo4, which carried out the... →

DNG Energy takes legal action to halt RMIPPPP

By: Bloomberg 30th April 2021 DNG Energy, a South African company that’s aiming to develop liquefied natural gas facilities, said it has taken legal action to have the government’s award of emergency power generation contracts halted. Last month, the government awarded the right to develop 1 845 mw of generation capacity to... →

N2 Wild Coast Road project to support development along key trade corridor

By: Schalk Burger 29th April 2021 The N2 Wild Coast road project will contribute to economic growth and open a trade corridor along the south-eastern coast of South Africa that will promote trade and tourism in South Africa and neighbouring countries Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho, South African National Roads Agency Limited... →

eThekwini aiming to conclude first IPP contract in 2022 as city mulls hydrogen role

By: Terence Creamer 29th April 2021 The eThekwini metropolitan municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal, is aiming to sign its first independent power producer (IPP) contract next year following the publication of the eThekwini Integrated Resource Plan (EIRP) in 2020, which it described as the first IRP for a local government in South... →

Closing IRP’s solar procurement gaps would unlock more jobs – new report

By: Terence Creamer 28th April 2021 South Africa’s emerging solar photovoltaic (PV) value chain has significant potential to create employment over the current decade as utility scale and small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) capacity is added in response to the country’s Integrated Resource Plan of 2019 (IRP 2019) and moves by... →

N4 toll route to contribute to South Africa's economic recovery, says Mbalula

By: Yvonne Silaule 26th April 2021 Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on April 26 said the N4 toll route project, which is managed by Trans African Concessions (Trac), and which extends from the Solomon Mahlangu offramp in Tshwane, to Maputo, in Mozambique, would contribute to South Africa's economic recovery. “The N4 toll route is... →

Road construction demand to increase over next three years, says advisory firm

By: Schalk Burger 26th April 2021 The South African road construction sector, which has declined in size in recent years owing to the absence of public sector spending, rising material costs and declining profit margins, is expected to see an increase in demand for contractors during the next two to three years. That increase... →

BlueCape partnership to support businesses in oceans economy

By: Schalk Burger 26th April 2021 Marine economy public-private partnership organisation BlueCape will support businesses in the oceans economy, remove barriers to entry and support skills development and transformation for job creation in the Cape Town V&A Waterfront, says founding director Bruce Tedder. BlueCape is a... →

Ramaphosa emphasises need for action to address climate change challenges

By: Simone Liedtke 26th April 2021 In the ramp-up to the next international climate conference, to be held in Scotland in November, President Cyril Ramaphosa has shared the sentiments of the international community in that the world needs to “dramatically scale up its efforts, raise its level of ambition and support developing... →

Karino Interchange project set to be completed in November

By: Irma Venter 26th April 2021 The Karino Interchange in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, is well under way to be completed in November, says Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula. This interchange forms part of government’s road infrastructure projects which are delivered through the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral). →

Sisulu welcomes Cuban engineers to South Africa, Solidarity unimpressed

By: Yvonne Silaule 23rd April 2021 Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has welcomed the 25 Cuban engineers who have been seconded to help South Africa improve the delivery of water and related services, to South Africa. The engineers will support the South African government in this regard for three years. →

Proposed regulation lifting ‘embedded generation’ licence-exemption cap to 10 MW released for comment

By: Terence Creamer 23rd April 2021 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has released, for public comment, an amendment to the Electricity Regulation Act, proposing an increase in the licensing-exemption threshold for embedded power generation plants from 1 MW to 10 MW. The Gazette notice, which was published on... →

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

Low price could boost LNG development

By: Cameron Mackay 23rd April 2021 A decrease in oil demand and, consequently, in prices last year because of Covid-19 also resulted in lower prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Business research consultancy Birguid associate researcher Patience Panashe argues that LNG buyers can take advantage of this to import LNG into South... →

GAS CEILING Given the increased LNG exploration in Africa, more acquisition transactions are expected to occur. This will consolidate the African LNG market, bolstering growth and production

Globeleq-Sturdee consortium selected as preferred bidder for eSwatini solar PV projects

By: Schalk Burger 22nd April 2021 Independent power generation company Globeleq and renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) Sturdee Energy Southern Africa have been awarded preferred bidder status for two 15 MW projects in the first tranche eSwatini’s procurement programme for new renewable generation capacity. Globeleq... →

Nedbank makes pioneering ‘zero fossil-fuel exposure by 2045’ pledge

By: Terence Creamer 22nd April 2021 South Africa’s Nedbank Group released an ambitious new energy policy on April 22, containing a commitment to reduce its exposure to all fossil fuels to zero by 2045, as well as a pledge to halt all new thermal coal-mine financing by January 1, 2025. Simultaneously, Nedbank said it would scale up... →

Northern Cape govt intervenes to improve service delivery in Sol Plaatje

By: Yvonne Silaule 21st April 2021 The Northern Cape provincial government will invest R500-million in measures to help improve service delivery in the Sol Plaatje municipality. The municipality is said to be facing technical capacity challenges, resulting in the lack of service delivery. →

Energy committee to continue RMIPPPP deliberations as call is made for public hearings

By: Terence Creamer 20th April 2021 Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy will continue its deliberations next week on government’s Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), having raised several concerns about the scheme during a Department of Mineral Resources and... →

Carbon emissions set to surge in 2021 as coal rebound eclipses record renewables growth

By: Terence Creamer 20th April 2021 Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could surge by 1.5-billion tonnes in 2021 to 33-billion tonnes, reversing most of last year’s decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as rebounding coal demand in the electricity sector more than offsets record renewables deployments. This... →

Ramaphosa confirms Durban port turnaround progress, flags infrastructure investment

By: Schalk Burger 19th April 2021 In a weekly letter to the nation, on April 19, President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed progress made over the past year in turning around the performance of the Port of Durban. He also indicated that R100-billion of investment would be needed over more than ten years to transform the port and expand... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Energy expert writes to government calling for overhaul of RMIPPPP ahead of July financial close

By: Terence Creamer 19th April 2021 An energy expert has written to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) and the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office to highlight the expensive shortcomings of the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), which he says should be replaced by a... →

M&R division awarded R2.3bn contract for Newmont shaft lining and equipping

By: Donna Slater 19th April 2021 Australia-based mine and civil contracting company RUC Cementation Mining Contractors (RUC) – a a division of South Africa-based engineering company Murray & Roberts (M&R) – has been awarded a R2.3-billion shaft lining and equipping contract at Newmont Corporation’s Tanami Expansion 2 project, in... →

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