Blu Label Unlimited Group co-CEO Mark Levy Blu Label Unlimited’s energy unit has started building its first power plant: a R360-million solar project at the Springs Fresh Produce Market that will supply electricity to the City of Ekurhuleni for 20 years. BluEnergy and its development partner, IBS Crafts, broke ground on the 25.6MWp (megawatt-peak) plant…
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and energy mayoral committee member alderman Xanthea Limberg. (Image source: supplied) The City of Cape Town has officially unveiled its metro-built hybrid power station in Atlantis, as it looks to generate cheaper electricity for its residents. The new plant was launched yesterday by Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, who was…
AiMoga robots built by Chery Group Chery’s robotics division is preparing for a public listing to fund growth and investment, its chief said on Wednesday, as competition intensifies in China’s fast-growing humanoid robot sector. AiMoga Robotics is in talks over potential listing venues and expects to sharply increase humanoid robot deliveries next year as it…
President Trump is attending the dignified transfer for U.S. Army soldiers killed during the ongoing war with Iran. U.S. Army Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii was killed in action on July 18, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in action on July 17 during an attack on…
The Chery Tiggo 4 Cross HEV. (Image source: Chery) Chery plans to manufacture new energy vehicles (NEVs) in South Africa, as part of a broader localisation strategy centred on its newly-acquired Rosslyn manufacturing plant. This positions SA as the Chinese car maker’s African manufacturing, research and development (R&D), and export hub, it says. In an…
Stellantis is still reviewing plans for a proposed manufacturing plant in the Eastern Cape and expects to make a decision in the coming months, the company’s local manager said on Tuesday. The car maker announced plans in 2023 to build a greenfield factory in the coastal city of Gqeberha, its first plant in South Africa,…
Eskom’s Lethabo power station in the northern Free State Eskom Green has begun construction on a 75MW solar power plant at its Lethabo power station in the Free State – the first utility-scale renewable plant to be built on the footprint of an existing Eskom coal-fired station, and the start of a much larger pipeline…
Authorities say radiation levels remain normal, operations not affected. Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026 A drone strike has sparked a fire on the perimeter of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), raising new concerns over a potential new regional escalation amid a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the…
Maps showing the location of Thyspunt. Image: OpenStreetMap Further specialist studies on which site to select for Eskom’s proposed 5.2GW nuclear power station should only be for Thyspunt on the Eastern Cape coastline, between Oyster Bay and Cape St Francis. This is the major recommendation in a comprehensive draft environmental scoping report released for public…
On 27 March US President Donald Trump announced he was pausing attacks on energy plants for 10 days for Iran to “make a deal”, and on Saturday he reiterated his threat on Truth Social that “all Hell will reign down on them” if they failed to do this, or to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,…
