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A 20m high streetlight with a solar panel on top installed along Stanford Road in Gqeberha with the area in the background
Solar streetlights installed along Gqeberha street
8th September 2023 By: Halima Frost

Lighting manufacturer BEKA Schréder has supplied its solar lighting highmast the SOLARFLOOD solution for the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, along a stretch of Stanford road in Gqeberha, in the... 


solar panels on the roof of Static Powers's factory as part of a 1.1 MW solar photovoltaic grid-tied system
Group installs 1.1 MW solar system at manufacturing facility
8th September 2023 By: Halima Frost

After a year of planning and installing alternating-current and direct-current solutions, standby equipment manufacturer Static Power has commissioned a 1.1 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) grid-tied... 


A solar alternating current (ac), low-voltage/medium-voltage, step-up skid or ‘E-House' on show at Turnkey modular's manufacturing site in Germiston
First skid delivered to Free State client
8th September 2023 By: Halima Frost

Prefabricated deployment solutions developer Turnkey Modular rolled out the first of multiple solar alternating current (ac), low-voltage/medium-voltage, step-up skid or ‘E-Houses’ in July for... 


Scatec CEO Terje Pilskog
Kenhardt hybrid plant to prove competitiveness of dispatchable renewables – Scatec CEO
7th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The global head of renewable-energy group Scatec is “extremely enthusiastic” about the market opportunities in South Africa, where he says variable wind and solar generation offer the cheapest and... 


Power lines
G7 Renewable Energies withdraws case against Eskom's interim grid rules
7th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

G7 Renewable Energies has withdrawn its High Court review against Eskom's Interim Grid Capacity Allocation Rules (IGCAR), following what it describes as “meaningful industry engagements” that have... 


Climate change, regionalisation to impact on global steelmaking
7th September 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Global body World Steel Association director-general Dr Edwin Basson contends that signficant trends such as climate change and the need to decarbonise industrial activity, as well as... 


Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi
State wants private companies to upgrade SA's border posts
6th September 2023 By: News24Wire

Government is looking to the private sector to assist in upgrading South Africa's land ports with neighbouring countries.  The upgrades will assist in improving regional trade between the Southern... 


VAESA CEO Pulane Tshabalala Kingston
Three-year contract for rail turnout sets awarded to voestalpine VAE SA
6th September 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Railway infrastructure solutions provider voestalpine VAE SA (VAESA) has been awarded a three-year contract by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) to supply turnout sets and turnout components, which are... 


 Jan Oberholzer
As new Mulilo chair, Jan Oberholzer hopes to support 5 GW expansion
6th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

South African independent power producer Mulilo Energy has appointed former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer as its new non-executive chairperson as it gears up to grow its renewables and battery storage... 


Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially opened the border post in Zimbabwe in late August
Zimbabwe Beitbridge border post project a flagship PPP
6th September 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

South African infrastructure development and construction materials supply group Raubex CEO Felicia Msiza enthuses that the project Raubex completed for the Zimbabwean government’s road authority... 


South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy
Creecy calls for non-debt instruments to help Africa build climate resiliency
4th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has again called for new financial instruments, particularly non-debt instruments, to be pioneered in Africa to assist the continent in overcoming... 


The Durban Container Terminal
TPT moves to lease key port equipment amid spares crunch at DCT Pier 2
4th September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is seeking to lease straddle carriers and ship-to-shore cranes at the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 for the coming 12 months, in light of the flagship... 


Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa working with DMRE to have updated IRP released for consultation soon
2nd September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Although persisting with his position that he has the powers to determine the sources of new generation, Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says because the Department of Mineral... 


Transnet chairperson Andile Sangqu
New Transnet chair hints at possible equity injection as group slumps to R5.7bn loss
1st September 2023 By: Terence Creamer

New Transnet chairperson Andile Sangqu has indicated that the troubled State-owned freight logistics group, which has hitherto prided itself on being financially self-sufficient, may require and... 


CEO Henry Laas
M&R 'still in race’ to regain RUC as it seeks to rebuild from 2023 shock
31st August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Downscaled engineering and contracting group Murray & Roberts (M&R) is continuing with efforts to regain control of RUC, the Australian mining services business it lost when its Australian holding... 


A steel slab in ArcelorMittal South Africa's Vanderbijlpark plant
Steel industry vital for South Africa’s industrialisation, Majola says
31st August 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Fikile Majola has stressed the impact of the local steel industry and its importance to South Africa’s industrialisation, and the challenges that the... 


Renewables plus storage
Two more risk mitigation hybrid projects take steps toward financial close
31st August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Two more preferred bidders selected as part of the much-delayed Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), which was launched as an emergency procurement round in... 


South Africa urged to increase exploration to take advantage of critical minerals opportunit
Contract with preferred mining cadastre bidder could be signed within months – DMRE
29th August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Amid renewed calls for a functional online mining cadastre to help turnaround South Africa’s declining exploration performance, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reports that a... 


Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe aiming to secure Cabinet approval for ‘IRP 2023’ in Sept
29th August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is aiming to seek Cabinet approval to publish an updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for public consultation during an upcoming Cabinet... 


Egypt-Ethiopia talks on giant Nile dam end without breakthrough
29th August 2023 By: Bloomberg

Egypt said the latest talks on Ethiopia’s giant Nile dam ended without a breakthrough, but vowed to press ahead with efforts to reach a binding agreement on filling and operating it sees as... 


Durban Container Terminal Pier 2
Draft Freight Logistics Roadmap promised by year-end
28th August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

A new ‘Freight Logistics Roadmap’ is currently undergoing an internal government consultative process for publication before the end of the year, the latest Operation Vulindlela progress update... 


Telecommunications infrastructure
IFC makes record investments in Africa
28th August 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group, has reported that, over the 12 months from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, it made investments totalling... 


Grid infrastrucuture
Eskom mulling new curtailment approach to unlocking grid capacity as it pursues 47 priority projects
25th August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

State-owned utility Eskom has confirmed that it is prioritising 47 grid-related projects within its larger R210-billion Transmission Development Plan (TDP) that it believes could collectively add... 


Much pricier Mtentu Bridge construction restarts five years after Aveng walkout
25th August 2023 By: Irma Venter

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has announced the restart of construction work on the R4.05-billion Mtentu Bridge contract, in the Eastern Cape. The Aveng Strabag joint... 


Judgment in favour of power utility welcomed
25th August 2023

State-owned power utility Eskom in July said it was pleased with the Johannesburg High Court judgment dismissing with costs, the interdict application by green energy supplier G7 Renewable Energies... 


A solar and battery powered microgrid developed and built by Eskom at the Swartkop dam in the Northern Cape
Microgrid roll-out gaining traction
25th August 2023 By: Halima Frost

After the successful commissioning of State-owned power utility Eskom’s third microgrid, at the Swartkop dam, in the Northern Cape, the company aims to launch its next two microgrids at Nomalengena... 


the cooling towers and stacks with smoke pluming out the top
Refurbishment under way at Kriel
25th August 2023 By: Halima Frost

Thermal solutions specialist Industrial Water Cooling (IWC) is working with State-owned power utility Eskom on the refurbishment of two natural draught cooling towers at its Kriel power station, in... 


Eskom interim CEO Calib Cassim
Inoperative Kusile units could be returned earlier as Eskom reports good progress on temporary stacks
24th August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The temporary stacks being introduced at the Kusile coal power station, where three previously operational units have been out of service for ten months, have been built and interim CEO Calib... 


Concrete being poured on a construction site
DPWI working to implement infrastructure as economic flywheel
23rd August 2023 By: Schalk Burger

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is responding to the national imperatives of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) by implementing infrastructure delivery as... 


A construction site
DPWI taking steps to improve infrastructure delivery, stop corruption
23rd August 2023 By: Schalk Burger

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) aims to accelerate the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Amendment Bill and establish a Construction Industry Ombuds office to... 


RH Managers to raise R2bn to boost social, energy infrastructure in South Africa
23rd August 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Johannesburg-based private equity and infrastructure investment firm RH Managers (RHM) is on a fundraising drive for a R2-billion social impact fund to boost South Africa’s healthcare and energy... 


Accelerate to sell Eden Meander centre in George to Sasol Pension Fund
23rd August 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Diversified JSE-listed real estate investment trust Accelerate Property Fund has accepted an offer from the Sasol Pension Fund to acquire the Eden Meander Shopping Centre, with a gross lettable... 


Intercape states that it’s operations have run a gauntlet of concerted attacks, with a number of incidents in which coaches were shot at or stoned in and around hotspots towns in the Eastern Cape
State slammed for ‘dereliction of Constitutional duty’ over failure to protect Intercape buses
23rd August 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

The Makhanda High Court has slammed the South African government for the “dereliction of its Constitutional duties” in quelling the violence directed at long-distance coach company Intercape. “It... 


Kenya revives plans for $13.8bn railway line to Ethiopia
23rd August 2023 By: Reuters

Kenya plans to begin construction in 2025 of a $13.8-billion high-speed electric railway from its Indian Ocean port of Lamu to Ethiopia and South Sudan. The 3 000 km standard-gauge railway will... 


Absa plays vital role in an infrastructure improvement transaction by Brics bank
22nd August 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Infrastructure projects in South Africa have received a significant boost through a debut R1.5-billion debt issuance in the domestic market. The New Development Bank’s (NDB’s) bond issuance in... 


Chinese President Xi Jinping with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings, in Pretoria
Xi says China ready to import more from ‘strategic partner' South Africa
22nd August 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Chinese President Xi Jinping says China stands ready to import more quality products from South Africa, while also encouraging Chinese enterprises to invest in the country, which he described as a... 


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