Sep 27, 2018 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Fire Protection
STELLENBOSCH University’s Fire Engineering Research Unit (FireSUN) has received a financial injection of R2.9 million that will be used to develop Africa’s first-ever postgraduate programme in fire engineering. The risk of deadly fires, especially in...
Sep 5, 2018 | Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, SMME Development & Support
NATIONAL entrepreneurial workshop and competition Engen Pitch & Polish will be holding its Durban leg this weekend. Now in its ninth year, the contest has helped around 10 000 entrepreneurs improve the way they pitch their businesses to potential investors. Last...
Sep 5, 2018 | Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
Celtico owners, Alex Roberts and Julienne Prozesky with Darryn Le Grange (ActionCOACH Ignite) look forward to upskilling six local businesses through their enterprise development training programme CELTICO, a local clothing design house that supplies national retail...
Aug 30, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, Social Development
HATCH featured in the recent Consulting Engineers South Africa Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, winning in the Projects with a Value Less than R50 million category for the Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge project. According to the award judges, the project is an...
Aug 29, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
TO expand the positive impact of agricultural initiatives, more investors need to be exposed to the investment potential and benefit of working within a network of professional partners and technical experts in the agricultural sector. This was the key message...
Aug 1, 2018 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
EMPLOYEES of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) and their loved ones celebrated Nelson Mandela’s birthday this year by renovating the Vuba Primary School in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage. The primary school has 295 pupils who attend classes from Pre-Grade R to Grade 5. The...
Jul 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Social Development
STAFF of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) heeded the global call to mark Nelson Mandela International Day and the centenary of his birth by being of service to others. This year TNPA once again encouraged employees who volunteer for causes in their personal...
Jul 18, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Manufacturing, Projects, SMME Development & Support
THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has welcomed the recent news from Statistics South Africa that jobs numbers have grown over the past quarter. According to the Quarterly Employment Statistics report, jobs increased from 9.78 million in December 2017 to 9.83...
Jul 4, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development, Transport & Logistics
FLYSAFAIR has signed on as a platinum sponsor for the Girl Fly Programme in Africa (GFPA) Foundation’s 2018 Aviation and Space Camp. The camp introduces more than 120 high school girls from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to the aviation and...
