Sun Exchange, a South African firm that crowd-sources funds for solar panels and leases them to customers, plans to expand to other countries on the continent.
Author: Antony Sguazzin
Johannesburg has joined Cape Town in opposing plans by Eskom to raise electricity costs by more than three times the current inflation rate.
Investec plans to offer its private banking clients funding to install solar panels and battery storage systems in their homes.
WiSolar, a South African start-up that sells solar power on a prepaid basis, plans to raise R45-million as it gears up for growth.
South African excess deaths have peaked during the Omicron wave at a fraction of the numbers seen in earlier outbreaks of Covid.
South Africa’s hospital admission rate as a percentage of new Covid-19 cases identified fell 91% in the second week of the current infection wave compared to the third wave.
The level of immunity among South Africa’s population due to earlier infections may be masking the severity of illness caused by the Omicron variant, scientists said.
The environment department has turned down an application to moor a floating, gas-fired power plant in the port of Richards Bay on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.
South African scientists are working “at lightning speed” to ascertain how quickly the concerning new coronavirus variant can spread.
South African coronavirus cases are beginning to climb as scientists warn of an impending fourth wave of the disease.