Nov 7, 2018 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment
ACCORDING to aggregate sales data from the National Automobile Association of South Africa (NAAMSA), new vehicle sales were up 1.7% year-on-year with 51 866 units sold in October. Looking at year-to-date sales, the industry remains on par with the corresponding time...
Nov 7, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, EC Industrial & Business News, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, SMME Development & Support
DEVELOPMENT financier, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has disbursed R98,3 million to 163 businesses in the 2017/18 financial year. Announcing the Corporation’s annual results, ECDC chief executive Ndzondelelo Dlulane said loan repayments amounted to...
Nov 7, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping
FOLLOWING a formal tender process, for the second consecutive year, Magnetic Storm has been appointed to bring the People’s Port Festival to life for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA). Managing the event from conceptualisation through to clean-up, Magnetic...
Nov 7, 2018 | Automotive, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Social Development
NEW technology is being harnessed to teach maths and science at high schools in Nelson Mandela Bay. Isuzu Motors South Africa has partnered with Nelson Mandela University’s Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Centre (GMMDC) to provide innovative new teaching...
Nov 7, 2018 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Education & Training, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Import / Export
THE SA Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is investigating the recent incident in which the MSC Chloe lost 13 Containers overboard 22 miles off Durban. This will include checking securing facilities on board as well as whether the cargo owners and packers’ personnel...
Nov 7, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy
SOUTH Africa faces both an opportunity and threat from the looming deluge of waste that will be generated on the continent. If recent projections prove to be correct, Africa’s municipal solid waste by 2025 will be nearly double the 2012 levels. This is according to a...
Oct 31, 2018 | Hydraulics & Pneumatics, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
Co-owners of Fluid Power Automation, Dean Trent (left) and Marius Sevenster (right) officially opens ParkerStore Durban CELEBRATING more than a decade of sharing their knowledge and service expertise in the hydraulic, pneumatic industry in the Zululand area, Dean...
Oct 31, 2018 | Disaster Management, Fire Protection, KZN Industrial & Business News, Social Development
THE FTS Safety Group, through its corporate social investment initiative FTS SPARC, has trained 19 residents at the Kennedy Road / Blackburn Village and Malacca Road informal settlements north of Durban, in the hopes of empowering residents to prevent and contain...
Oct 31, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health, Transport & Logistics
INNOVATIVE Staffing Solutions has dismissed 300 drivers after they tested positive for marijuana use. This follows the recent legalisation of cannabis consumption in South Africa for private use. Company MD Arnoux Maré said that just because cannabis consumption was...
