May 23, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Mining & Quarrying
MINISTER of Mineral Resources, Gwede Mantashe visited the Eastern Cape recently to consult with various stakeholders for comments on the 2017 draft Mining Charter before it is finalised and gazetted. The consultation took place on 18 May at the King Williams Town War...
May 23, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Manufacturing, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Property – Commercial & Industrial, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
FOREIGN investors will put down roots in South Africa where there is appropriate infrastructure, support and incentives. That’s according to Ayanda Vilakazi, Head of Marketing and Communications at the Coega Development Corporation (CDC). He was responding to the...
May 23, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Finance & Investment, SMME Development & Support
EAST London real estate entrepreneur Xoliswa Tini is to expand her 15-year-old business to other provinces later this month and become the first black 100% owned female franchise in South Africa. The University of Cape Town graduate said that key role players like...
May 23, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Food & Beverage
LEADING convenience retail chain FreshStop has introduced two new branded food lines to their food stable. Hot Dog Bar and Africaz, join the existing food lines, Crispy Chicken, Grill to Go, Hooked On Fish, Doughnut Delite and Biltong Bars. “Convenience retail brands...
May 23, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment
THE Diageo Empowerment Trust South Africa (DETSA) is extending opportunities to sorghum farmers in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal who would like to supply the United National Breweries. The opportunity is open to farmers who qualify as Exempt Micro Enterprises...
May 23, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Events, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Special Economic Zones
THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has been nominated as a finalist in the Infrastructure Development Award category in the Vision 2030 Awards taking place in Johannesburg on 21 June 2018. This is the fourth award nomination in just five months, for the...
May 23, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Engineering Supplies, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Property – Commercial & Industrial, Transport & Logistics
TOYOTA Industrial Equipment will officially open its new East London premises tomorrow, 24 May 2018. While the company, a division of the EIE Group, has been operating in the city since 1990, the new premises mark the launch of initiatives to enhance and streamline...
May 9, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal
A breakthrough energy project, a minigrid generating 75 kilowatts of energy, driven by the Eastern Cape government and its German Lower Saxony government counterpart, is set to bring development opportunities to a remote village of Upper Blinkwater forward by a...
May 9, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
SECTIONAL Title trustees and Home Owners’ Association directors are breathing a sigh of relief at a change in legislation that will make it easier for them to recover arrear levies from defaulting owners. That’s according to Andrew Schaefer, MD of national property...
