Apr 5, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News
Schneider Electric recently worked with a leading Eastern Cape dairy to upgrade its control system. Woodlands Dairy, one of the largest manufacturers in South Africa in dairy farming plant, food and beverage, bought a second-hand powder plant from Denmark but its...
Apr 5, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Industrial Cleaning
THE premium Italian-manufactured Maer range of professional high-pressure washers will be displayed prominently by Goscor Cleaning Equipment (GCE), part of the Goscor Group, at Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day from 15 to 18 May 2018 at Bothaville, in the Free State....
Apr 5, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Forestry, Pulp & Paper
FLEXIBLE design features of HPE Africa’s range of Hyundai Construction Equipment – which includes wheel loaders, wheeled and tracked excavators, backhoe loaders and skid steer loaders – enable efficient operation in diverse applications, including tough...
Apr 4, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
The N3 Corridor has got off the starting blocks: the 84km freeway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg – KwaZulu-Natal’s Gateway to Africa – is planned to be upgraded in phases over the next 8 to 10 years. Phase 1 which includes the critical sections...
Apr 4, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Social Development
AN initiative with a vision to raise R100 million towards job creation and literacy was announced recently in Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela’s granddaughters, Princess Zaziwe Manaway and Princess Swati Dlamini-Mandela of the Mandela Royal House, joined Relate Trust to...
Apr 4, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE proposed inclusion of professional accountants into a schedule of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), making them accountable institutions, will have major repercussions for the accountancy industry. That’s according to Faith Ngwenya, Technical Executive...
Apr 4, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, SMME Development & Support, Transport & Logistics
THE big fuel price increases which came into effect at midnight yesterday will have a negative effect on small businesses, wiping out any relief brought by the recent interest rate cut, economists have warned. Motorists will now have to cough up 72 cents more per...
Apr 4, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE word “debt” often has negative connotations for small businesses as it can be associated with financial trouble. However, it can be a vital resource that allows a business to grow. This is according to Siphethe Dumeko, chief financial officer of Business Partners...
Apr 4, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Packaging
The South African Institute of Printing (SAIP) is actively marketing a new ‘product’ that it believes will significantly improve the quality of the country’s printing, packaging and signage. According to Printing SA CEO, Steve Thobela, this innovation does not come in...
