Apr 26, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping
THE Port of Ngqura announced the intake of seven marine cadets recently. They represent a group of ten cadets, out of a national port pipeline of 31, who have just completed their required academic and sea borne training before being employed by the port for three...
Apr 24, 2019 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
NEW Germany-based Rigger Training Academy (RTA), which specialises in rigging and machine moving industry-related qualifications, has already had over 300 trainees on various courses, despite only opening in January 2018. According to Manager Zama Mshengu, this is a...
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 24, 2019 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, SMME Development & Support
SMALL, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa should see challenges such as the recent spate of loadshedding by Eskom as an opportunity to create solutions rather than as a burden to their daily operations. That’s according to Dr Martin Emerich, a...
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 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
FORD Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) recently hosted its annual Careers Day for Grade 11 and 12 learners at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, and Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth. A total of 120 pupils (80 in Pretoria and 40 in Port...
Apr 17, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, SMME Development & Support
APPLICATIONS are open for the next round of Google Africa Certifications Scholarships. In line with its commitment to provide mobile developer training to 100,000 Africans to develop apps, the search giant announced this week that it is offering 30,000 scholarships...
Apr 10, 2019 | Business Tech, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
A team of Durban software developers recently scooped first prize at the South African leg of the Global Legal Hackathon hosted and co-ordinated by international law firm Baker McKenzie and The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL). The event is the largest...
Apr 10, 2019 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Education & Training, Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
BOSCH Ulwazi marks its 10th anniversary this year, with a track record in the advancement of engineering skills across South Africa. The Durban-based company was established in 2009 as a subsidiary of Bosch Holdings, to mentor engineers and project managers to achieve...
