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 10, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
IN one of its largest fleet deals concluded to date, Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) handed over 77 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks to Bakers SA Limited, an independently owned transport and logistics services company, based in Pietermaritzburg. “This is...
Mar 27, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
As expected, the latest Crop Estimates Committee’s (CEC) production estimate report showed an upward revision to the February estimate for maize to 10.56 million tons. This follows good rains since early January that stimulated farmers to increase the pace of...
Mar 27, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
CONNECTEDNESS is vital for the survival of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), Alex Granger, global speaker and co-founder of human capital consultants Twice Blue, told provincial government leaders and delegates at a 4th Industrial Revolution business...
Mar 27, 2019 | Automotive, Events, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
TOYOTA South Africa Motors (TSAM) received an award for being the most supportive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in promoting the objectives of the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) Show. TSAM received the award at...
Mar 27, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
THE Port of Durban has noted growth in volumes in the container, liquid bulk and dry bulk sectors in 2018, according to recent data released by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). Container volumes in the Port of Durban ended 9.5% higher for the year ending...
Mar 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Special Economic Zones
THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) walked away with the Investor of the Year Award, at the 6th Annual SA Premier Business Awards. “We are delighted to have won such a prestigious award. It’s a validation of the hard work we put in consistently to attract and...
Mar 20, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal
LAND reform in South Africa will not take place at the expense of growth and job creation – the two most important issues on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s agenda. That’s according to agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo, speaking at the third CGA Citrus Summit held in...
