Apr 17, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
FORD Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) recently hosted its annual Careers Day for Grade 11 and 12 learners at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, and Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth. A total of 120 pupils (80 in Pretoria and 40 in Port...
Apr 10, 2019 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Social Development
A programme to empower KwaZulu-Natal youth to become more astute with money management forms part of a financial literacy campaign being run by Ithala SOC Limited. Over 300 grade seven and 12 learners from Ndongeni Senior Primary School in Umlazi, south of Durban, and...
Apr 10, 2019 | Education & Training, Government & Municipal, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
CISCO South Africa has opened a R10-million incubation hub in Durban, the second facility of its kind, built by the company, in South Africa and aims to develop SMMEs as well as speed up their entry into the digital marketplace. In her keynote address at the opening,...
Apr 3, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Import / Export, Social Development
COEGA was singled out for praise at the Department of Trade and Industry-hosted inaugural South African Special Economic and Industrial Development Zones (SEZ) Conference, held in Durban recently. Under the theme Moving Towards Excellence, the annual event aims to...
Apr 3, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
THE Qumbu Shopping Mall has become one of the fastest growing rural community malls in less than five years thanks to community support. That’s according to the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) which provided financial backing for the mall. It said residents of Qumbu...
Apr 3, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Power Generation, Social Development
THE Cookhouse Wind Farm has partnered with the Department of Social Development to support training and mentoring programmes at 28 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in the Somerset East, Cookhouse, Bedford and Adelaide areas. The most recent cohort of 44 ECD...
Mar 29, 2019 | Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, Social Development, Telecommunications
DIGITAL literacy in the Eastern Cape received a significant boost recently when local outreach programme Fundanii, received the backing of search giant Google and software heavyweight SAP to further their work in Mdantsane near East London. Fundanii is a digital...
Mar 27, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Events, KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health, Social Development
A record field of close to 10 000 runners, among them defending Comrades Marathon men’s champion Bongumusa Mthembu, took to the road between Ballito and Durban today for this year’s milestone fifth anniversary running of the Deloitte Challenge. The event, sponsored by...
Mar 20, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Social Development, Water & Effluent Management
ISUZU Motors South Africa recently delivered two water tank trucks to the disaster relief organisation, Gift of the Givers, to help with the water crisis in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown). Gift of the Givers Director of Strategic Planning Badr Kazi said the clean...
