Tag: mechanical engineering

South Africa's energy landscape is currently challenged by load shedding and ageing coal-fired power stations. Looking through this crisis, we see some opportunities that the market can capitalise on. In the broadest sense, the country now has a chance to leapfrog from the coal era into the new energy technologies of the 21st century.

Mteto Nyati knew years ago as a schoolboy in Mthatha, working behind the counter at his mother’s trading store, that he wanted to fix and build things. After completing his studies in mechanical engineering at Natal University, he turned down a Rhodes scholarship and headed for Johannesburg to take up a position at Afrox.