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Anna Pieters and Grantham Nel, both recipients of the local wind farm's bursary programme, have recently completed their Bachelor of Education degrees. What's even more exciting is that they have subsequently both been appointed at Loeriesfontein Primary School, keeping their skills and talents within the local community.

Independent power producer Red Rocket has placed a 373 MW order for the Brandvalley, Rietkloof and Wolf wind parks, to be located in Western Cape and Eastern Cape, South Africa. The contract includes the supply and installation of 64 V150-4.5 MW wind turbines, 12 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines and five V162-6.2 MW Enventus wind turbines. Vestas will service the wind parks through a 15-year Active ...

As the country’s Energy Action Plan takes centre stage to deliver new power generation and steer the country’s accelerated energy transition, SAWEA has launched a campaign to highlight the role that the industry plays as an employer. The Association believes that whilst there is general awareness around the wind sector’s successful delivery of clean power to the grid, few are aware of the ...

Ikamvalethu Tunnel Farming, a local agri-enterprise based in Nduli, Western Cape has received a much-needed financial boost to assist in restoring its infrastructure and purchase necessary equipment.  This support has also helped generate employment opportunities for fifteen locals during the restoration of the tunnels, which lasted for two months.

Seven years of hard work, resilience and dedication has paid off for Somerset East’s Shakeilah Williams, who is on track to complete her Degree in Medicine (MB, ChB) at Stellenbosch University this year. This Cookhouse Wind Farm’s bursary programme recipient, who comes from this historic small town in the Eastern Cape, plans to return home after she receives her medical degree to invest her skills ...

We are living in unprecedented times with our country’s electricity crisis being declared a National State of Disaster, our state utility has an interim CEO at the helm and we wait to find out who will be the new Minister of Electricity.

Together with the District Municipality and other stakeholders, Kangnas Wind Farm, funders of a local bursary programme, gathered for a meet and greet event with a cohort of 11 beneficiary students.  Together with the District Municipality and other stakeholders, Kangnas Windfarm aims to extended the programme beyond the initially intended years of tertiary funding to provide support to the ...

Nordex Energy South Africa’s executive team recently completed the Global Wind Organisation’s Basic Safety Training (BST) course to further develop its learning culture for enhanced safety and operational performance. This type of training may be commonplace in the wind sector, but definitely not for executives who rarely have the opportunity to enter a wind turbine let alone ascend the heights of ...

Eighteen Early Childhood Development (ECD) Practitioners, in the Saldanha Bay Municipal area, are being privately funded to receive accredited training, designed to upskill and improve formative education for young children, in preparation for formal schooling.

Xabiso Mfabana, from the Eastern Cape’s Cookhouse community, is part of a cohort of young graduates from the Wind Turbine Service Technician (WTST) programme.  He has also recently taken up employment with Suzlon, Cookhouse Wind Farm’s Operations and Maintenance Contractor, and partner, in this joint development initiative that is providing skills training for youth in the wind power sector.