Building owners have just two months to comply with energy performance certificates (EPC) registration as the 7 December 2025 deadline approaches. The regulations, introduced in 2020, make it mandatory to display an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) in non-residential buildings in South Africa. Non-compliant building owners risk imprisonment, a fine, or both.

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS), a leading pan-African funder, developer and operator of solar PV and battery storage plants in the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) market, has introduced a new buyout model that converts existing solar and battery systems into immediate capital for South African businesses.

By Vumiso Nyamazana – Regional Head: Corporate Property Finance, Absa CIB and Annah Watkinson – Head of Global Finance: Coastal Regions, Absa CIB

Almost five decades after Sun City set the benchmark for leisure destinations in South Africa, the spotlight has shifted to KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast. The announcement of a new Club Med resort, developed by the Collins Residential Consortium, has stirred considerable attention partly because of its scale and partly because of what it represents. With a projected construction cost of nearly R2 billion, it will be the most expensive destination-scale tourism venture in the country’s history – a marker that tells a wider story about a renewed appetite for investment in tourism infrastructure, the potential of projects of this nature to stimulate economic activity across local supply chains, and the sophistication of South Africa’s financial sector in structuring complex transactions in a sector often seen as high-risk.

As South Africa restores vandalised rail corridors, the emphasis has largely been on physical infrastructure. GIBB sees an opportunity for promoting enhanced operational excellence and safety, with an equal focus on operational environments, particularly where manual train authorisation is in use.

Zutari, a leading buildings, infrastructure engineering, and advisory practice, successfully completed its focused partnership initiative with Qhubeka, a non-profit organisation dedicated to moving people forward with bicycles, to mark Transport Month in South Africa. The handover of the bicycles underscored Zutari’s commitment to building safer, more integrated transport systems that deliver both economic growth and social impact.