Feb 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal
IN what has been a successful public-private partnership over the past four years, FNB has kicked-off the 2018 edition of the FNB Academy for Municipal Excellence (FAME) in the Eastern Cape. This year the programme will cover 120 municipalities across coastal and...
Feb 14, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News
Due to the continued investment into South African orchards, local OZblu blueberry volumes are expected to grow by 150% this year, which is good news for South Africa’s agricultural export market and depressed job market, currently at 28%. That’s almost double that of...
Feb 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
The deadline is looming for community housing schemes like townhouse complexes, retirement villages and residential estates to register and pay their levies to CSOS (the Community Schemes Ombud Service), which is the property sector’s newest dispute resolution body....
Feb 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
In many instances, the procurement function of supply chains is measured by its efficiency and success in sourcing reliable commodities and services at a reduced cost. Beyond cost savings, procurement departments also need to ensure that the business is exposed to...
Feb 14, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
The global head of TMT for Africa’s largest bank, Standard Bank, is predicting continuing deal flow and increasing investment in Africa’s flourishing telecom, media and technology sector in 2018. Speaking ahead of the TMT Finance Africa conference in Cape Town, Nina...
Feb 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Social Development
Eastern Cape matriculant Lutho Jimana did not let his long daily walk to school, his overcrowded home where it was difficult to study, nor financial constraints due to his mother’s unemployment get in the way of studying towards his childhood dream job. This month,...
Feb 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Water & Effluent Management
A ‘water wise’ garden at the The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) head office is one of the water conservation measures the organisation is pursuing in response to the deepening drought in the Nelson Mandela Bay area. That’s according to CDC Head of Marketing,...
Feb 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Social Development
With the start of the new school year, Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA’s) journey to ignite a love for science and mathematics among 1 600 intermediate phase learners, is in full swing. Initiated in January 2017, the Mathematics and Science Primary School...
Feb 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Green Industries & Renewable Energy
A task team from Retail Capital, a company that provides working capital to small businesses, recently visited small enterprises in the Eastern Cape and were met with “very mixed” reactions towards the water crisis. “Many small business owners are still in denial and...
