Apr 24, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Government & Municipal, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Property – Commercial & Industrial
TRADE and Industry Minister Rob Davies says he is thrilled that Defy’s multi-million-rand investment in South Africa will lead to the creation of additional needed job opportunities and further boost the country’s position as an investment ready destination of choice...
Apr 24, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals
SINCE November 2017, the 6,000-ton, 105-metre Amber II has delivered more than 43,000 tons of product to 94 vessels. It is owned by BP while African Marine Solutions (Amsol) handles the logistics and scheduling. The barge supplies marine fuel and marine gas oil at...
Apr 24, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Events, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
With the 2019 Africa Travel Indaba held at the Durban ICC from 2-4 May, Tourvest CEO Martin Wiest (pictured) shares why he believes investment in digital technology is crucial to the success, possibly even survival, of travel and tourism industry businesses. WHEN...
Apr 24, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Education & Training, Events, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) is not only a leading interactive platform for a wide variety of exhibitors to showcase their industrial technology products and services to a captive audience, but it’s also an incubator for learning. That’s...
Apr 17, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Finance & Investment
SOUTH Africa’s middle-income consumers on average spend a whopping 25% of their take home monthly income to pay interest accumulated on debt. This is according to FNB’s analysis of money management behaviour of its Retail banking customers who earn between R7,000 and...
Apr 17, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping
THE arrival of the state-of-the-art Viking Sun cruise liner at the Port of East London on Monday, 15 April, closed the port’s 2018-19 cruise season on a high note, with 830 passengers disembarking for excursions throughout the city – the highest ever, according to the...
Apr 17, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
MORE than two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk from strikes, riots and other types of civil unrest with a quarter of them at danger of sabotage and terrorist attacks, according to new research from Aon, a global professional services firm...
Apr 10, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Mining & Quarrying, Special Economic Zones
RIO Tinto has approved the next stage in the development of Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa through the construction of the Zulti South project. The $463-million (R6.5-billion) investment is aimed at sustains RBM’s current capacity and extending mine life....
Apr 10, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Plastics & Rubber
DURBAN–based Van Dyck Floors, South Africa’s oldest carpet manufacturer, and Harrismith-based Nouwens Carpets will consolidate their operations in order to streamline and optimise their manufacturing and supply chains, the companies announced on Monday, 8 April....
