Review the market longevity of vehicles made locally, asks EV programme . Government’s incentive scheme for the local automotive industry, the Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP), implemented in 2013 and ending in 2020, has no direct incentive for the prod...

South African private equity firm teams up with IPP to develop 14.7 MW hydro plant in Kenya . South African private equity firm teams up with IPP to develop 14.7 MW hydro plant in Kenya

South African private equity fund manager Metier has signed an agreement with Tembo Power, of Mauritius, fo...

Ground-breaking R488m fund seeks to catalyse green-economy SMMEs . An innovative new fund has been launched in South Africa to incentivise fund managers to invest in small, medium-sized and microenterprises (SMMEs) that are able to generate verifiable green outcomes a...

Governments urged to integrate clean energy into Covid-19 stimulus packages . Economic stimulus measures adopted in response to the Covid-19 pandemic should embrace sustainability and climate goals, International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) director-general Francesco La Came...

As Covid-19 clears the air in the 13th most polluted city, rethink EVs, urges uYilo . By the end of last year, a total of 1 119 plug-in electric vehicles had been sold in South Africa, of which 545 were battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 574 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), s...

March used-car sales provide a glimmer of hope, says AutoTrader . There is little positive news at the moment, but used-car sales in South Africa during March do provide a glimmer of hope, says AutoTrader CEO George Minnie.

He says March began well, and used-car sa...

Eskom wants Medupi Unit 3 defect repairs completed on schedule despite Covid-19 restrictions . State-owned electricity utility Eskom has not shifted its April 9 deadline for returning Medupi Unit 3 to service, despite work restrictions imposed at the Lephalale site, in Limpopo, in response to th...

Local ventilator production could happen within a month, says Naacam . Much of the reverse engineering on the Penlon Nuffield 200 ventilator is complete, with prototype production imminent, says National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam...

Vodacom, Discovery to offer Covid-19 screening platform . Vodacom and Discovery have teamed up to develop risk assessment and virtual healthcare tools for citizens to assess their Covid-19 risk, schedule virtual healthcare professional consultations and get a...

Mobile testing, sampling units for Covid-19 launched . In light of the increasing number of Covid-19 local transmissions in South Africa, the Department of Health (DoH) and government have stepped up capacity for testing across the country through procurin...