Feb 13, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
SMALL and medium sized businesses should see the recent petrol and diesel price increases as reinforcing the mantra to save. So says Danny Zandamela, CEO at Ithala SOC Limited, a financial services provider which regularly interacts with business owners and consumers...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Import / Export, Manufacturing
THE current national automotive policy, the Automotive Production and Development Plan (APDP), will expire in 2020, and will be replaced by the recently announced SA Automotive Masterplan (SAAM), which will guide the sector to 2035. According to the National...
Jan 23, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment
WHILE small to medium enterprise (SME) owners may not have a great deal of control over South Africa’s broader economic issues, they do have control over how they plan and manage their finances, says EasyBiz Technologies Managing Director, Gary Epstein. “The failure...
Jan 23, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry, Manufacturing
WHILE the South African economy has been underperforming for a number of years, the first positive signs of turnaround started to become visible by the second quarter of 2018, and by the end of the third quarter, data supplied by Statistics South Africa showed that...
Dec 12, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
The warning by the Ombudsman for Long-term Insurance for consumers to disclose full information when applying for insurance comes in the wake of the storm that followed Momentum’s refusal to pay a R2.4 million life insurance policy to a claimant whose husband died in...
Dec 12, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
Despite there being more than 19 million online shoppers in South Africa, the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday stampedes at retail outlets have once again shown the importance of providing people with alternative digital payment options. The chaos at...
Dec 12, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
WINNERS of Ithala’s 2017 Imbokodo Iyazenzela Women in Business competition are reaping the benefits of their prize – a business management mentorship programme specifically designed for the needs of their business. Learning to apply for funding has been important for...
Dec 5, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
MARKETING your own business can be a daunting task, especially if you’ve never done it before and have no idea where to start. Jacqueline Raw, Owner of marketing agency Ycagel gives five tips to get your business on the map quickly 1. Be clear on what your potential...
Dec 5, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
THE 21 young entrepreneurs selected as finalists in SAB’s youth entrepreneurship development programme, SAB KickStart Boost, have created a total of 178 jobs in their respective communities as a result of the support provided by the programme this year. “The number of...
