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Zest WEG Group is Africa’s leading supplier of low- and medium-voltage electric motors, variable-speed drives, softstarters, switchgears, transformers, motor control centres (MCCs), containerised...
Kusile power plant project, South Africa
Eskom and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa have set up a joint technical task team to review and optimise the blow-through procedure ahead of future blow-through tests on the Kusile units.
Zest Weg Group’s Shaw Controls Successfully Tests
Shaw Controls, a member of the Zest WEG Group, has announced that it has successfully concluded a programme of product tests on its low voltage range of panels at the SABS-NETFA laboratory. Tests...
Eni Electrical Opens Branch In Rustenburg
Zest WEG Group subsidiary, EnI Electrical has opened a branch in Rustenburg to provide electrical construction expertise on both small and large scale projects in the region. The new facility...
Zest Weg Group Supplies Generator Sets For Kansanshi Mine
The ability to provide an engineered backup power supply solution that will ensure optimum reliability in a remote mining region secured Zest WEG Group a contract to supply containerised generator...
Auxiliary transformers ready for Kusile
Electrical equipment supplier Zest WEG Group has delivered 18 auxiliary transformers to State-owned power utility Eskom’s new 4 800 MW Kusile coal-fired power station, in Mpumalanga, and is ready...
Eskom receives new mobile distribution switching stations
Electrical equipment supplier Zest WEG Group has extended its market reach into mobile distribution switching, with the successful handover of four 22/11 kV mobile distribution switching stations...
SA company supplies second motors and drives order to DRC mine
Electric motors and drives supplier Zest WEG Group reports that it has supplied a second order of electric motors and drives for a mining project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the...
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Operation Vulindlela Phase II progressing
The second phase of Operation Vulindlela is progressing across the various reforms, it was highlighted during a Phase II progress report for the second quarter, on October 31. Operation...
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SATI reports good start to 2025/26 table grape season
The 2025/26 South African table grape season is off to a promising start, with conditions across all five production regions indicating a normal season, says industry organisation the South African...