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LPG, a way for South Africans to mitigate Eskom’s exorbitant tariffs

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Source: © 123rf Anoop Hariparsad, digital energy business unit leader, Schneider Electric says a microgrid can manage backup systems effectively and contribute significantly to sustainability goals by reducing carbon footprints

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Mircogrids: Managing backup systems and reducing carbon footprints

Anoop Hariparsad 23 Apr 2025

Seacom and Q-Kon partner to improve low-earth-orbit satellite connectivity in South Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Seacom and Q-Kon partner to improve low-earth-orbit satellite connectivity in South Africa

Issued by Stone 25 Feb 2025

Source: Anoop Hariparsad, digital energy business unit leader for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.

Property

Microgrids in buildings are crucial to pioneering the future of energy management

Anoop Hariparsad 23 Dec 2024

Indaba to spotlight procurement act, sustainability, and tenders

Logistics & Transport

Indaba to spotlight procurement act, sustainability, and tenders

23 Aug 2024

Deputy President Paul Mashatile responded to questions from the NCOP

Infrastructure & Utilities

Government scrambles to fix water, power outages with rapid response plans

14 Mar 2024

Natasha Pather, Partner at Webber Wentzel

Corporate & Commercial Law

Beyond green: Sustainable finance vs green loans

Natasha Pather 4 Mar 2024

Property

Political and economic certainty will boost SA residential property sales

13 Feb 2024

Source: Supplied. Rhys Dyer is the chief executive officer of ooba Home Loans.

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Emerging developments in the home loan landscape

Rhys Dyer 23 Jan 2024

What's in store for South Africa's trucking industry in 2024?

Logistics & Transport

What's in store for South Africa's trucking industry in 2024?

29 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Key supply chain trends set to transform businesses

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Key supply chain trends set to transform businesses

MJ Schoemaker 11 Jan 2024

Shopping malls or entertainment destinations?

Commercial Property

Shopping malls or entertainment destinations?

Marc Edelberg 17 Oct 2023

Tourism, the added option South Africa's agricultural sector needs

Agriculture

Tourism, the added option South Africa's agricultural sector needs

Andries Wiese 10 Oct 2023

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Agribusiness

Agribusiness confidence rebounds in Q3 of 2023

18 Sep 2023

Load shedding: A chilling disruption of the cold chain

Supply Chain

Load shedding: A chilling disruption of the cold chain

25 Aug 2023

Alternative power supply solutions critical as business confidence thwarted by ongoing energy crisis

SMEs

Alternative power supply solutions critical as business confidence thwarted by ongoing energy crisis

Issued by Business Partners Limited 17 Aug 2023

Source: © 123rf PwC’s latest Global Consumer Insights Survey identifies five key areas impacting consumer spend and shaping shopping trends

Research

5 key areas impacting consumer spend, shaping shopping trends

21 Jul 2023

Load shedding may have dealt media a curveball, but OOH is going nowhere

OOH

Load shedding may have dealt media a curveball, but OOH is going nowhere

Mali Motsumi-Garrido, Issued by Tractor Outdoor 7 Jul 2023

SA's power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms, battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

SA's power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms, battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly

David Richard Walwyn 6 Jun 2023

The impact that load shedding is having on small businesses and their employees

SMEs

The impact that load shedding is having on small businesses and their employees

Issued by Business Partners Limited 30 May 2023

Tractor's power-backed DOOH solutions show advertisers light at the end of the load shedding tunnel

OOH

Tractor's power-backed DOOH solutions show advertisers light at the end of the load shedding tunnel

Issued by Tractor Outdoor 26 May 2023

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Energy

SA circles back to shale gas as power crisis drags

Wendell Roelf 19 May 2023

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Office Property

South Africa's hotspots for hyperscalers

Issued by Catchwords 16 May 2023

Business Partners Limited launches a R400m Energy Fund for SMEs

SMEs

Business Partners Limited launches a R400m Energy Fund for SMEs

Issued by Business Partners Limited 21 Apr 2023

The indelible impact of load shedding on SMEs

SMEs

The indelible impact of load shedding on SMEs

Shiluba Mawela, Issued by SAICA 19 Apr 2023

Why agri tech is important in farming today

Agri Tech

Why agri tech is important in farming today

Karabo Mabuza 24 Mar 2023

Solutions the MICE industry can employ to recover from the energy crisis

MICE

Solutions the MICE industry can employ to recover from the energy crisis

7 Feb 2023

Load shedding could cost sugar industry more than R723m

Agro-processing

Load shedding could cost sugar industry more than R723m

30 Jan 2023

SA's car retailers under pressure due to load shedding - Nada chairperson

Commercial & Industrial

SA's car retailers under pressure due to load shedding - Nada chairperson

25 Jan 2023

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Funding

Can Africa's startup sector keep up its record funding run amidst global turmoil?

Thabiso Foto, Issued by Irvine Partners 2 Dec 2022

Stage 6: A major threat to SA's auto industry

Commercial & Industrial

Stage 6: A major threat to SA's auto industry

Lance Branquinho 21 Oct 2022

How ABB is helping drive mining's energy transition

Mining

How ABB is helping drive mining's energy transition

Sindy Peters 21 Sep 2022

How using renewable energy can help clean up the construction industry

Sustainable Development

How using renewable energy can help clean up the construction industry

7 Sep 2022

Algeria inks $4bn Italy gas supply deal

Coal, Oil & Gas

Algeria inks $4bn Italy gas supply deal

Lamine Chikhi and Giulia Segreti 20 Jul 2022

Times of turmoil inspire us to seek hope and plan for action

Energy

Times of turmoil inspire us to seek hope and plan for action

Godfrey Marema 10 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied

ESG

PepsiCo invests in green energy procurement in Gauteng

30 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Science & Engineering

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

SA wine industry calls on government to support recovery and growth

Viticulture & Oenology

SA wine industry calls on government to support recovery and growth

5 Nov 2021

Why SA's farmers need to invest in alternative energy sources

Sustainable Farming

Why SA's farmers need to invest in alternative energy sources

Kyle Durham and Dawie Maree 13 Oct 2021

Vodacom installs new solar-powered sites in South Africa

Telecoms & Networks

Vodacom installs new solar-powered sites in South Africa

13 Sep 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewable energy is the new oil

Nato Oosthuizen & Alun Rich 26 May 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Health & Safety

Addressing post-pandemic challenges in the mining industry

24 May 2021

Powering the economy through alternative energy

Energy

Powering the economy through alternative energy

5 May 2021

Ethiopian protestors march down 42nd Street in New York during a “It’s my Dam” protest on March 11, 2021. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar and wind power could break the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock

Sebastian Sterl 19 Apr 2021

How Covid-19 has heralded a new era of digital buildings

Smart Buildings & Cities

How Covid-19 has heralded a new era of digital buildings

Peter Malebye 14 Apr 2021

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Distribution

#StartupStory: New bicycle app delivery service to disrupt the logistics landscape

Robin Fredericks 24 Mar 2021

AIDCEC: Electricity tariff increase will disrupt SA's automotive supply chain

Commercial & Industrial

AIDCEC: Electricity tariff increase will disrupt SA's automotive supply chain

25 Feb 2021

#BudgetSpeech2021: SME wishlist to help rebuild SA's economy

SMEs

#BudgetSpeech2021: SME wishlist to help rebuild SA's economy

Gugu Mjadu 24 Feb 2021