Mar 13, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News
HAS the recently released Budget done enough to ensure that the green shoots of growth will take root firmly and resist the rot of corruption and mismanagement, most notably at state-owned enterprises (SoEs) like Eskom? That was a key theme to emerge from a...
Mar 13, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Food & Beverage, Government & Municipal, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News, Plastics & Rubber
THE Polystyrene Association of South Africa has unveiled plans to increase the collection and recycling rate of post-consumer polystyrene. According to association CEO Adri Spangenberg, one of the biggest stumbling blocks in the recycling supply chain has been the...
Mar 13, 2019 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
A partnership between Ithala and BANKSETA to empower KwaZulu-Natal youth with IT skills and experience culminated in a graduation ceremony for 75 IT boffins recently. The BANKSETA ICT Work Readiness Programme provides ICT training to participants accross the country...
Mar 13, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Import / Export, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing
ALLIMOR Footwear, a KwaZulu-Natal company that manufactures women’s footwear for the mass market has survived tough economic conditions and is targeting the export market. The family business in Chatsworth, Durban, was started in 1991 by Morris Marimuthoo, a former...
Mar 13, 2019 | Education & Training, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News
A team of 30 employees from Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom joined environmental activist, Stefan Graunke in cleaning-up La Lucia Beach recently. This was one of at least 50 beaches that Graunke will clean-up as part of his Coastal Ghost Coastline Clean-up...
Mar 13, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE current practice of lowest cost procurement of professional consulting engineering services is clearly not working, as evidenced by the debacles at Eskom and other state-owned entities, where the total cost of ownership that includes maintenance over the lifecycle...
Mar 13, 2019 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Government & Municipal, KZN Industrial & Business News
FINANCE Minister Tito Mbowen’s pledge during his budget speech to stimulate economic activity and growth through infrastructure spending received an enthusiastic response from construction professionals gathered in Durban recently for the KZN Construction Expo. The...
Mar 8, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automation & Robotics, Education & Training, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Transport & Logistics
At a recent SAIMC Durban branch presentation, Hennie Prinsloo and John Owen-Ellis provided an introduction to what is required to design a complete analytical system. It started with an overview of the large quantity of information that is needed, and then took the...
Mar 7, 2019 | Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News
THYSSENKRUPP Industrial Solutions, in a bid to further strengthen its longstanding business partnerships and expand its footprint in Africa, hosted four customer conferences during Mining Indaba 2018 in Cape Town recently. During the conferences, senior management...
