Tag: Northern Cape
Northern Cape road maintenance projects to create opportunities for five years
Two new Routine Road Maintenance (RRM) contracts in the John Taolo Gaetsewe (JTG) District of the Northern Cape will create scores of opportunities for subcontracting and local labour over a period...
Northern Cape has potential to contribute more to economic growth
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says the Northern Cape is expected to play a big role in South Africa’s mining and energy corridor of the future.
He was speaking at...
Northern Cape 145MW Garob wind farm achieves commercial operation
The Enel Green Power RSA (EGP RSA) 145MW Garob wind farm situated in the Northern Cape has successfully achieved commercial operation. Located near the remote town of Copperton in the Siyathemba...
Stone age desert kites found in Northern Cape
A team of researchers with the University of Johannesburg's Palaeo-Research Institute has found multiple instances of desert kites in the Northern Cape Province. In their paper published in the journal Archaeological and...
Afrimat acquires Gravenhage manganese mining right to further strengthen diversification
Afrimat, a leading open-pit mining Company providing industrial minerals, commodities, and construction materials, today announced what will be its biggest acquisition to date, being the acquisition of the Gravenhage manganese mining...
Locust outbreak confirmed in Western Cape, Northern Cape and Free State
If you thought 2020 couldn’t get worse, think again. Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform, and Rural Development, Thoko Didiza has confirmed that there is an outbreak of locusts currently plaguing the...
Local, specialised transformers for renewable energy projects
Zest WEG’s local transformer manufacturing facility has supplied 36 specialised photovoltaic (PV) transformers to a solar energy generation plant in the Northern Cape.
This heralds Zest WEG’s entry into the local production...
Massive R12 billion South African solar farm ready to launch in 2019
The Kathu Solar Park in the Northern Cape has successfully completed its first synchronisation of power to the national grid.
On 18 November, electric power was generated and transferred on...
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