Mar 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
FLYSAFAIR has added two new generation Boeing 737 800s to its fleet, considerably upping its capacity on existing routes. The aircraft are scheduled to enter the airline’s service in late March and late April this year, and will see FlySafair’s total number of B737...
Mar 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Special Economic Zones
Christopher Mashigo IN highlighting the strategic importance of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) programme, Dr Rob Davies – South African Minister for Trade and Industry, in an address in parliament emphasized SEZs as a “critical tool for attracting foreign...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export, Transport & Logistics
THE recently finished Customs Control Area (CCA) in Zone 1 of the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) will start operating on 1 June. The CCA enables a suite of incentives for businesses located in Zone 1 and 2 of the SEZ, including customs duty and VAT as well as...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing
SOUTH Africa’s advanced manufacturing progress will be showcased at the inaugural African Advanced Manufacturing and Composites Show in Port Elizabeth in November. Details of the event – which includes an exhibition, conferences, learning tours and...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial, SMME Development & Support
LOCAL business Second Office, the first virtual office, meeting and conference space in East London, announced this week that their conferencing facility has just received a 4-star rating by the Tourism Grading Council of SA (TGCSA) under the Meetings, Exhibitions,...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
EXHIBITORS from more than 100 leading heating, energy, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HEVAC&R) brands, both local and international, have already confirmed their attendance at this year’s FRIGAIR Expo. The exhibition, organised in partnership...
Mar 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
WITH all the hype around “FinTech” and the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, large banks around the world and in South Africa are grappling with the challenge of prioritising strategies that will ensure not only their financial growth, but their survival as...
Mar 14, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal
IN the same week as the world marked International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) learnt that one of its women board members had been appointed to the State Capture Commission. Advocate Thandi Norman has been associated with the...
Mar 14, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News
THE Value Added Tax (VAT) increase to 15% is due to come into effect on 1 April this year. This can have far-reaching implications for the highly complex South African healthcare funding industry, which is supported with back-end information systems that consumers are...
