Apr 17, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Events, ICT In Industry
THE Manufacturing Indaba 2019, in collaboration with The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Measurement and Control (SAIMC), will provide an Automation Pavilion for companies interested in exhibiting at this year’s exhibition. The past two decades have seen...
Apr 17, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Import / Export
MORE than two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk from strikes, riots and other types of civil unrest with a quarter of them at danger of sabotage and terrorist attacks, according to new research from Aon, a global professional services firm...
Apr 17, 2019 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
FORD Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) recently hosted its annual Careers Day for Grade 11 and 12 learners at its Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria, and Struandale Engine Plant in Port Elizabeth. A total of 120 pupils (80 in Pretoria and 40 in Port...
Apr 17, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, SMME Development & Support
APPLICATIONS are open for the next round of Google Africa Certifications Scholarships. In line with its commitment to provide mobile developer training to 100,000 Africans to develop apps, the search giant announced this week that it is offering 30,000 scholarships...
Apr 10, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Mining & Quarrying, Special Economic Zones
RIO Tinto has approved the next stage in the development of Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa through the construction of the Zulti South project. The $463-million (R6.5-billion) investment is aimed at sustains RBM’s current capacity and extending mine life....
Apr 10, 2019 | Business Tech, Education & Training, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
A team of Durban software developers recently scooped first prize at the South African leg of the Global Legal Hackathon hosted and co-ordinated by international law firm Baker McKenzie and The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL). The event is the largest...
Apr 10, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Plastics & Rubber
DURBAN–based Van Dyck Floors, South Africa’s oldest carpet manufacturer, and Harrismith-based Nouwens Carpets will consolidate their operations in order to streamline and optimise their manufacturing and supply chains, the companies announced on Monday, 8 April....
Apr 10, 2019 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Social Development
A programme to empower KwaZulu-Natal youth to become more astute with money management forms part of a financial literacy campaign being run by Ithala SOC Limited. Over 300 grade seven and 12 learners from Ndongeni Senior Primary School in Umlazi, south of Durban, and...
Apr 10, 2019 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
IN one of its largest fleet deals concluded to date, Daimler Trucks and Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA) handed over 77 Mercedes-Benz Actros trucks to Bakers SA Limited, an independently owned transport and logistics services company, based in Pietermaritzburg. “This is...
