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• Blue Crane applies for higher electricity tariff hike

  18-06-13  

  Blue Crane applies for higher electricity tariff hike

   The Blue Crane Route Municipality has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to

• Hiring intentions weaken in the Eastern Cape

  14-06-13  

  Hiring intentions weaken in the Eastern Cape

  The intention of employers in the Eastern Cape to hire further staff has weakened by 6 percentage points quarter-on-quart

• Wind and solar investment planned for Sterkstroom

  10-06-13  

  A site has been located near Sterkstroom for the Stormberg Renewable Energy Project that will consist of separate wind and solar energy facility components.

  Networx Eolos Renewables h

• Peaking power plant another boost for Coega IDZ

  07-06-13  

   In another major boost for the Coega Industrial Development Zone, GDF SUEZ has announced that it has signed Power Purchasing Agreements (PPAs) for two power plants, one of which will be in

• R1,7 billion investment for Bay West City development

  05-06-13  

  Nedbank Corporate Property Finance has announced that it has funded the development of the Bay West City Mall to the tune of R1.721 billion which, according to SA Commercial Prop News is “

• Vehicle exports continued to soar in May

  04-06-13  

  Motor vehicle exports continued to soar in May, rising by 3 728 units or 16.5% to 26 325 compared to the 22 597 units exported in the same month last year.

  NAAMSA said in a statement

• Dedeat to conduct provincial sustainable energy campaign

  03-06-13  

  The Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism is planning to launch a Provincial Sustainable Energy Capacity Building and Awareness Campaign.

  Together with

• R347 million for land for Cradock sugar beet project

  01-06-13  

  The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has invested R347 million in acquiring 6 000 hectares of land in Cradock, for sugar beet production, Minister Gugile Nkwinti announced yesterd

• First plane lands on Mthatha runway

  30-05-13  

  Air Link this morning became the first airline to land on the new runway at the Mthatha Airport.
   
  In a statement, the Department of Transport said this mark

• Sanral to upgrade 35km of R61

  28-05-13  

  The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) is planning to upgrade a 34-kilometre section of the National Road (R61) between Baziya and Mthatha and has embarked upon and environme

• R10.8 billion will be invested in manganese corridor project

  27-05-13  

  Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) CEO Siyabonga Gama says his division will invest R10.8 billion between 2012/13 and 2018/19 on rolling stock and infrastructure for the manganese corridor project that

• SA tax advisors, accountants sign historic agreement

  26-05-13  

  Two major institutions in South Africa, representing the country’s top tax and accounting professionals, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will help both professions dea

• Toll road still under consideration for N2

  21-05-13  

  Transport Minister Ben Martins says that the N2 Wild Coast Road is still being considered as a possible toll road.

  Replying to a written question in the National Assembly, Martins sai

• Relocating PE airport to Coega under consideration

  20-05-13  

  The possibility of relocating the Port Elizabeth Airport to the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) is mooted in the Macro-Operational Plan for implementing the Metro’s Human Settlemen

• ECDC pumps R1 million into green hotel

  08-04-13  

   

  The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) is pumping R1 million from its own budget towards the construction of South Africa’s first “green” hotel at

• Auto sector could create 160,000 direct jobs over 10 years

  08-04-13  

   

  The Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP3) says that 160 000 jobs can be created in the automotive industry over the next 10 years through competitiveness improvement initiati

• Nelson Mandela Bay ICT incubator delivers solid performance and growth

  26-03-13  

  Thirty-one information communication technology (ICT) small businesses being incubated at the Seda Nelson Mandela Bay Information Communication Technology Incubator (SNII) have produced solid re

• Global South key to accelerating human development in sub-Saharan Africa

  15-03-13  

  Sub-Saharan Africa can achieve higher levels of human development if it deepens its engagement with other regions of the South, according to the 2013 Human Development Report, which is being off

• Buffalo Bridge in East London opens today

  01-03-13  

  Refurbishment of the Buffalo River Bridge, a joint project between the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and Transnet National Ports Authority, has been completed and the bridge will be off

• Construction of N2 Wild Coast road could start next year

  22-02-13  

  Eastern Cape Premier Noxolo Kiviet says that construction of the N2 Wild Coast Highway will start this year if matters currently before court are resolved.

  Delivering her State of the