Jun 20, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
THE Eastern Cape was well represented at the SAB Foundation awards in Johannesburg recently. Hair and beauty artist, Afika Mbandazwayo, and Bukelwa Ngoqo, who owns Sunkissed Fashion at the East London airport were recognised for their outstanding participation and...
Jun 13, 2018 | Education & Training, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Telecommunications
A new mobile platform promises to improve yields for farmers across Africa by providing them with a tool set, database and access to the latest market information. Developed by Imperial Logistics company Resolve, uLima provides these famers with access to information...
Jun 6, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
THE Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) marked Take a Girl Child to Work Day last Thursday, 31 May, by allowing hundreds of female pupils to gain insight into the operations of the national port system and the wide range of career opportunities offered. In a...
Jun 4, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Food & Beverage, SMME Development & Support
EMERGING farmers in the Eastern Cape have received a welcome double boost in the form of major support to tobacco and sorghum growing in the region. The first big development is the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between British American Tobacco South...
May 23, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Social Development
THE Port of Port Elizabeth’s latest quarterly Fishing for Charity drive helped to raise 230 pairs of school shoes, thanks to the generosity of participating anglers from in and around Nelson Mandela Bay. Each participant donated a new pair of school shoes as their...
May 23, 2018 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
THE Isuzu ChildLife Foundation and Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) recently donated R400 000 to the IRONMAN 4 the Kidz Charity Trust to build a crèche in Port Elizabeth. Situated next to the Sakhasonke Village in Walmer Township, the creche will provide much-needed...
May 23, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
EAST London real estate entrepreneur Xoliswa Tini is to expand her 15-year-old business to other provinces later this month and become the first black 100% owned female franchise in South Africa. The University of Cape Town graduate said that key role players like...
May 16, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Education & Training, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE lives of 30 co-operatives changed for the better when a partnership between agricultural and agri-processing company, Tongaat Hulett and the South African Research Institute (SASRI) granted them a fully paid three-week training course in sugarcane planting. The...
May 6, 2018 | Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, Manufacturing, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
LOCAL information and Communications Technology (ICT) company Yekani Manufacturing officially launched a R1-billion factory in East London yesterday, 05 June 2018. The 28 000m² “smart factory” is in a customs-controlled area at the East London Industrial...
