May 16, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, KZN Industrial & Business News, Recruitment, Security
ILLOVO Sugar South Africa has issued a warning about a scam currently targeting job seekers in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng areas. “Perpetrators, posing as representatives from Illovo Sugar South Africa, are approaching potential job hunters with fake offers of...
May 13, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
GOSCOR Lift Truck Company (GLTC) has been announced as the main sponsor of this year’s Umhlanga Ski Boat Festival, scheduled for 16 and 17 June. Hosted by the Umhlanga Ski Club, the festival is relaunching after a 12-year absence from the national boating and fishing...
May 8, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
A decision by British Airways to introduce a direct, non-stop flight between London’s Heathrow Airport and Durban’s King Shaka International Airport is a game changer for KwaZulu-Natal as it will be instrumental in contributing to an increase in international...
May 5, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Education & Training, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Property – Commercial & Industrial, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
AS a driving-force for economic emancipation, the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) is set to turn things around within the economic landscape and socio-economic development. It is agreeable to highlight that yet another investor on site, RB Energy...
May 5, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News
THE Competition Commission referred two bid-rigging complaints to the Competition Tribunal against respondents Eye Way Trading (Pty) Ltd (“Eye Way”) and Seardel Group Trading (Pty) Ltd t/a Berg River Textiles (“Berg River”). The complaints were that the respondents...
May 5, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, SMME Development & Support, Transport & Logistics
GRINDROD has announced the sale of its Bunker Division, Unicorn Bunker Services, for an undisclosed amount. The transaction was financed through the IDC. The company is now co-owned by WOESA (Women in Oil and Energy South Africa) and Linsen Nambi. Unicorn Bunker...
May 4, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
AFTER more than two decades of planning and several false starts, Richards Bay finally looks set to receive a badly-needed floating dock and ship repair facility. First mooted in 1996, the development has failed to get off the ground despite the backing of Transnet...
May 3, 2018 | Education & Training, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, Recruitment, SMME Development & Support
SOUTH Africa has the worst labour-employee relations in the world, ranking 137 out of 137 countries, according to the World Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 released by the World Economic Forum. Gawie Cillié, employment relations expert and lecturer at the University...
May 3, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Security, Transport & Logistics
THE South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has joined the growing chorus of condemnation of the violent and destructive protests at the Mooi River toll plaza. “There is a right to protest, but that does not include the right to destroy public or other property,...