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 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Import / Export, Packaging
IN a difficult operating climate, the resilience of Sappi’s, business and the benefits from the diversification of its product portfolio in recent years have paid off. That was the message from Chief Executive Officer Steve Binnie, commenting on the paper and pulp...
Feb 20, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, Manufacturing, Special Economic Zones
IN an effort to encourage growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows for the Sub Saharan region, the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has dedicated much of its long-term strategy to focus on investment opportunities, which will secure a firm position for Africa...
Feb 20, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
EAST London will be the manufacturing hub for Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa, now a separate legal entity from Mercedes-Benz South Africa. That’s according to the new company’s Chief Executive Jasper Hafkamp, who said this was in line with Daimler AG’s new...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
VOLKSWAGEN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Ethiopia to collaborate and deliver a joint vision for the development of an automotive industry in the country. The MoU was signed by Thomas Schaefer, Head of the Volkswagen Sub-Sahara...
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...
Dec 12, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News
COINCIDING with the 20th anniversary of South Africa-China diplomatic relations this year, a seminar to cement partnerships and accelerate trade and investment between the countries took centre stage in Durban earlier this week. In an initiative by Trade &...
Nov 14, 2018 | Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Packaging
THE EU and other ports around the world are checking incoming containers at random for compliant contents and have impounded the shipments of a number of offenders over the past few years. That’s the warning from the Responsible Packaging Management Association of...
Nov 7, 2018 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export
THE SA Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is investigating the recent incident in which the MSC Chloe lost 13 Containers overboard 22 miles off Durban. This will include checking securing facilities on board as well as whether the cargo owners and packers’ personnel...
