May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health
ON 9 May 2018, the draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill was published for public comment. The Bill aims to address the changes that technology has brought on the industry. With particular reference to vapes, e-cigarettes and other...
May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
SOUTH Africa has failed to improve on its overall competitiveness, with unemployment among young people soaring to 65%. That’s the troubling picture to emerge from a leading global competitiveness study. In the rankings released by the 2018 Institute for Management...
May 30, 2018 | Business Tech, KZN Industrial & Business News
ONE of the more customer unfriendly retail store practices is the positioning of baby formula, shaving blades, face and neck creams, condoms, medication and battery brands at the cigarette kiosk. Apart from the re-queuing inconvenience, a shopper could be looking for...
May 30, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
AS South Africa undergoes a massive shift toward constructing ‘greener’ buildings, a KwaZulu-Natal north coast company is riding the wave of change, supplying a range of windows and doors it claims is both affordable and environmentally friendly....
May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
PARK Square, Nedbank’s R1-billion mixed-use office and retail development in Umhlanga’s New Town Centre and projects like it are effectively turning the South African urban planning paradigm around. That’s according to Ken Reynolds, Nedbank Property Finance Divisional...
May 30, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
ANALYSING data and providing actionable insights from it has become a common phenomenon. Data and analytics, once buzzwords, are now part of mainstream business jargon. The new conundrum with data is knowing what questions to ask to drive business. Without this,...
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 30, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
THE three-day Inner and Outer West Regional Business Fair, held at the Hammarsdale Junction Mall recently, has been hailed for continuing to expose and promote township-based businesses. The exhibitors included three Phezulu High School pupils who thanked the...
May 30, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
EVEN though the Gooderson Beach Hotel will come under the auctioneer’s hammer on July 19, it will be business as usual at one of the grande dames of Durban’s Golden Mile. That’s according to Gavin Castleman, Chief Executive Officer of Gooderson Leisure, who said that...
