Oct 10, 2018 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Import / Export
By Deryck Spence RECENTLY, the SA Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA) was advised that our Government, through recommendations made by the seemingly omnipotent National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), decided to negotiate for the abolishment of...
Oct 10, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE enactment of a raft of customer-friendly legislation, coupled with the growing influence and prevalence of social media, has shifted the goal posts in favour of consumers and has elevated customer experience as a key differentiator that determines consumer...
Oct 10, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Green Industries & Renewable Energy
SAPPI has launched a new sustainable dissolving wood pulp (DWP) called Sappi Verve. This marks a break with tradition for the South Africa-based multi-multinational. In the past, DWP sold by Sappi was unbranded and industry generic names were used as product names....
Oct 9, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Education & Training, Environmental Management & Control, Events, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, SMME Development & Support
SAB KickStart, one of the country’s longest-running and most successful youth development programmes recently announced it top 21 finalists. Five of these young entrepreneurs featured below hail from KwaZulu-Natal. Thabang Mofekeng Thabang Mofokeng has been the...
Oct 3, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (AIME) has expressed concern at the latest gazetted Agricultural Safeguard levy of 35.3% imposed on bone-in chicken cuts. According to the association, Europe – South Africa’s largest trading partner and a...
Oct 3, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Events, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News
GETTING to grips with “export essentials” to elevate businesses to the next level of trading formed part of an Emerging Exporter Programme at the KZN Export Week 2018 which runs until 5 October at the Durban ICC. The seventh annual flagship event of Trade &...
Oct 3, 2018 | Accounting/Administration & Taxation, Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, Quality Assurance, Security
SOME 20 years after its establishment, Deloitte’s pioneering whistleblowing service, Tip-offs Anonymous, continues to grow from strength to strength, its ongoing success a source of pride to co-founder Guy Brazier, who recently retired from the professional services...
Oct 3, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News
TIKZN Board Chairperson, Ina Cronjé and new CEP, Neville Matjie TRADE and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) has a new CEO. The investment promotion agency announced the appointment this week of Neville Matjie to the post, a role he has filled in an acting capacity...
Sep 28, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Property – Commercial & Industrial
By Clive Rumsey THE recent suspension of the shares of two South African construction companies, after they filed for business rescue, is a reflection of the distressed state of the country’s construction sector. This sector – once a key part of SA’s...
