Aug 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Property – Commercial & Industrial, SMME Development & Support, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
DURING a high-powered BRICS Business Council delegation visit to Dube TradePort recently, investors were told that qualifying companies located within the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are now eligible for SEZ incentives. This is after Finance Minister Mr. Nhlanhla Nene...
Aug 29, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Petrochemicals, Special Economic Zones
THE winds of change are blowing through the male-dominated harbours and shipping industries, thanks to the entry of a women-run company into Algoa Bay’s burgeoning bunkering and related shipping sector. That’s according to Eastern Cape MEC for Finance, Economic...
Aug 29, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Special Economic Zones
MSQ Health is investing over R100 million in a 5 900m² Akacia Medical manufacturing plant that it says will produce cost-effective quality medical products for both the local and international markets at the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Construction of the plant...
Aug 1, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Special Economic Zones
LEADING gases supplier, Afrox, has imported new LPG cylinder stocks and ramped up supplies of Handigas to ensure wide availability to consumers in South Africa this winter. “With temperatures dropping and the possibility of further power outages, Afrox is ensuring...
Jul 31, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Metals & Alloys, SMME Development & Support, Special Economic Zones
CHINESE automaker BAIC will significantly ramp up the use of local materials and labour as its new Coega plant moves from its set-up phase into full scale production, with the first batches of its X25 compact SUV due to start rolling off the assembly line in the...
Jun 20, 2018 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export, Special Economic Zones
EASTERN Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle and the Governor of Zhejiang Province in China, Che Jun, visited the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) recently for a presentation on what the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) has to offer its foreign investors. This was followed by...
May 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Power Generation, Special Economic Zones
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has been singled out as one of two sites to benefit from the government’s gas to power programme. Jeff Radebe, in his recent maiden budget speech as Minister of Energy, highlighted the importance of the energy mix to enable...
May 30, 2018 | Automotive, KZN Industrial & Business News, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
MAHINDRA South Africa has joined the league of South African vehicle manufacturers with the opening of a new vehicle assembly facility north of Durban. The plant is located in the Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone (SEZ) next to the King Shaka Airport. Here the...
May 23, 2018 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Import / Export, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
FIRST Automotive Works, also known as FAW, has moved three places up the South African truck export rankings from fifth to a top two position behind the Volvo group. The fortune 500 company with a truck assembly plant worth R600 million at the Coega Special Economic...
