Mar 13, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News
HAS the recently released Budget done enough to ensure that the green shoots of growth will take root firmly and resist the rot of corruption and mismanagement, most notably at state-owned enterprises (SoEs) like Eskom? That was a key theme to emerge from a...
Mar 13, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
A partnership between Ithala and BANKSETA to empower KwaZulu-Natal youth with IT skills and experience culminated in a graduation ceremony for 75 IT boffins recently. The BANKSETA ICT Work Readiness Programme provides ICT training to participants accross the country...
Mar 6, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry
CONSIDER how everyday our use of biometrics is becoming. Increasingly, we are using it to log on to our computers and smartphones without batting an eyelid. Many of us have used fingerprints to access buildings at work, and we’ve happily given our fingerprints and ID...
Feb 27, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
BALANCING business, personal and home life is essential for any entrepreneur, according to Tarryn Tait (pictured), founder of furniture company Colindale Trading and Online Basics Home. Tait’s own entrepreneurial journey started at 14 with a job at a Spur restaurant....
Feb 27, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
FNB has detected abnormally high volumes and disputes of suspicious debit orders with descriptors Procall and Mzansi in December 2018 and January 2019. In line with its standard practice, the Bank informs customers of new debit orders loaded on their bank accounts. In...
Feb 20, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Plastics & Rubber
CONTITECH South Africa has increased its local empowerment ownership in South Africa, through the transformation of its shareholding to a 51% black and 31% black female South African ownership. “As a company we recognise that transformation is not only a moral...
Feb 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal
By Tertius Wessels THE National Minimum Wage Act (NMW) came into effect as of January 1, 2019. The act stipulates that all employees (save for farm workers, domestic workers and people employed through Extended Public Works Programme) are now entitled to earn no less...
Feb 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Transport & Logistics
SA Express will resume its operations between Johannesburg and Mthatha in the Eastern Cape starting tomorrow, Thursday 21 February 2019. The route was suspended on 25 January after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) downgraded the Mthatha Airport...
Feb 13, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
THIS year’s milestone fifth anniversary running of the Deloitte Challenge promises to cement the event’s reputation as KwaZulu-Natal’s most scenic marathon, the perfect opportunity to run a personal best time and a world-class lifestyle event for the entire family....
