The R1-billion solar project being developed by Chariot Transitional Power and Total Eren in North West province is on track as planned to be completed end 2024. In doing so, it will contribute to Tharisa Minerals’ planned reduction of 30% of carbon emissions in 2030, Tharisa investor relations and communications head Ilja Graulich stated in [...]

Requests for proposals (RFPs) to redevelop the Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town are expected to go out next year, says Western Cape government Department of Health and Wellness communication deputy director Mark van der Heever. “This megaproject aims to improve health infrastructure for the people of the Western Cape by replacing the current inefficient and ageing [...]

The World Nuclear Association (WNA) and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), covering civil nuclear energy applications, to support the economic and sustainable energy development of Africa. The MoU will underpin information exchange and sharing, capacity building, networking, and training. “Nuclear energy offers a golden opportunity to [...]

Amid local energy constraints and a global focus on increasing renewable energy capacity, the importance of ensuring that proper planning is implemented as South Africa transitions to cleaner energy was highlighted during a roundtable discussion at this year’s South African (SA) Auto Week, hosted by naamsa | The Automotive Business Council, in Johannesburg, from October [...]

The consumer goods industry's largest representative body warned on Wednesday that the cost of load shedding, failing infrastructure and rising poverty were a "potentially lethal cocktail" requiring urgent action by the government. But the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa, which represents more than 9 000 businesses including SA's top retailers and food manufacturers, also [...]

Civil society organisation #UniteBehind has launched a court bid to compel the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to hand over the running and management of the railway system in the metro to the City of Cape Town.   #UniteBehind filed court papers at the Western Cape High Court, wanting it to assist in remedying [...]

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) second Climate Change Conference, in Vienna, Austria, was, on Wednesday, the platform on which the Net Zero Nuclear initiative updated delegates on its progress, and urged governments, industry leaders and civil society to cooperate in rolling out more nuclear power, to help combat climate change. Net Zero Nuclear is [...]

Ajay Banga, the World Bank’s new president, said the lender must become bigger as well as better at measuring its impact so it can help fund some of the trillions of dollars in global development needs. Changes at the world’s largest anti-poverty lender will boost its lending capacity by about $150-billion over the next decade, [...]

The head of Nigeria's oil regulator said he is "very optimistic" that oil major Exxon Mobil's asset sale to Seplat Energy can move forward, he told Reuters on Wednesday. The regulator last year refused to approve the $1.28-billion sale, which some in the industry say is key to getting much-needed investment into Nigeria's oil and [...]

As infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems gears up to host its 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure, on October 12, three Chinese finalists in the process and power generation category have illustrated the efficiencies that can be achieved with digital twinning. The finalists presented their projects to a panel of independent judges to determine [...]

South Africa's master plan to develop its gas market is finally ready after repeated delays as it aims to reduce its carbon emissions and avoid chronic power outages that have plagued Africa's most developed economy for years. The master plan will go to the cabinet before public release, a senior official at the department of [...]

Only 28 municipalities have to date been given approval by the National Treasury to participate in the Eskom Municipal Debt Relief Support Programme, which was announced in the February Budget as part of a R254-billion debt-relief package that has been extended to the utility. The programme is designed to enable Eskom to write off municipal [...]