Tag: Energy

Workshop aims to provide an overview of the AfCFTA (SAnews) South Africa’s Special Economic Zones operators and businesses are to be exposed to the benefits of the African Conti...

As promised, South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, did announce incentives for New Energy Vehicle (NEV) manufacturing in his 2024 budget speech. But the package is d...

South Africa: Budget must address revenue challenges, infrastructure investments (Engineering News) While there has been a clear effort by the National Treasury to rein in spendin...

Vegetable export bans stir concerns in Southern African agriculture (Food For Mzansi) While Botswana and Namibia have banned vegetable exports from South Africa, trade relations b...

Energy shortage presents mining industry with opportunities, pivotal choices (Mining Weekly) The energy challenges facing mining companies in South Africa have given rise to signi...

Transnet says rail volumes recovered slightly in the last quarter of 2023 (Engineering News) Transnet says it has witnessed signs of recovery on the North Corridor, which was able...

Italy-Africa Summit Italy unveils its plan for the development of Africa (Africanews) Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday unveiled Italy’s big development plan for Africa ...

Aqora becomes Afrivolt, aims for battery cell manufacturing in Cape Town (Engineering News) South African energy company Aqora has rebranded to become Afrivolt, says MD Deshan Nai...

South Africa must build renewable energy momentum, and then move on to other sectors (Engineering News) The rapid pace at which South Africa is building renewable energy projects,...

The African Union (AU) launched the Africa single electricity market (AfSEM) initiative in 2021 to boost the African electricity sector sustainably and promote an integrated contin...

South Africa to seek bids for new nuclear power station (Reuters) South Africa will launch a bidding process for an extra 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power by March, as the co...

Transnet increases tug availability at Durban port (SAnews) The Port of Durban has made significant strides in the improvement of its marine craft status by increasing tug availab...

White Paper on electric vehicles released (SAnews) Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has released a White Paper that outlines a comprehensive electric vehicle...

South Africa: Cape Town Port Fully Operational After Delays In Container Offloads (allAfrica) Operations have returned to normal at the Port of Cape Town after reported delays exp...

Cabinet decision to allow cheaper cement imports hits local market (New Zimbabwe) The decision by the cabinet to allow cheaper cement imports is likely to trigger chaos among loca...

Poultry industry welcomes green light for imports (Freight News) The South Africa Poultry Association (Sapa) has welcomed the opening up of imports to fertile eggs for hatcheries ...

South Africa mulls Dutch, Danish entry to $8.5bn climate pact (Engineering News) South Africa’s Cabinet will consider a proposal on whether to include the Netherlands and Denmar...

South Africa Wants to Hand Operation of Rail, Ports to Business After $27 Billion Loss (Bloomberg BNN0 The South African presidency has a plan to reverse the collapse of a state-r...

New Border Management Authority a boost for SA’s security and development (SAnews) President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to the nation to highlight the import...

South Africa mulls trade options as bird flu hits poultry supply (Bloomberg) South Africa’s government is assessing trade measures and the possibility of vaccination to ease sho...