Improvement of energy efficiency has been accepted as one of the most cost-effective approaches towards sustainable economic development and reduction of the continuously increasing energy consumption internationally. South Africa, being among the developing countries, is not an exception even...

Energy-environmental impacts associated with non-renewable electricity generation have attained critical importance in South Africa. These impacts are quantified in order to obtain a monetary cost relative to local electricity prices. The methodology used to perform the analysis is the Impact...

In 2000 the South African Government introduced an investment incentive for the automotive industry, the Productive Asset Allowance (PAA). This was intended to support the objectives of the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP). This paper presents an empirical assessment of the PAA's...