Sep 26, 2018 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Government & Municipal, Green Industries & Renewable Energy
THE waste biomass sector has been boosted with the establishment of a biorefinery research consortium (BRC) by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), to create new value chains from waste biomass. The consortium is a partnership between the Council for...
Sep 26, 2018 | Automation & Robotics, Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control
THE next generation of healthcare buildings will be very different from the hospitals, clinics and general practitioner (GP) surgeries we are familiar with today. A revolution in building design is already underway, which has largely been prompted by an acceleration...
Sep 26, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, EC Industrial & Business News, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
THE developing Port of Ngqura celebrated a milestone in its growth with the arrival of the first vessel discharging cargo for Osho Cement, a new cement manufacturer currently under construction in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The Genco Brittany discharged 55...
Sep 19, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
FNB has revealed that in the 12 months to June 2018 its eWallet offering surpassed R21 billion in value of money sent, 41% growth compared to the previous year. The bank said the sends were generated from 6.1 million active wallets of which nearly two million are...
Sep 19, 2018 | Government & Municipal, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News
THE city of Durban scooped an international award in the WWF’s 2018 One Planet City Challenge which was announced last night in San Francisco, California. Some 132 cities representing 23 countries participated in the Challenge and the eThekwini Municipality was named...
Sep 19, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, Transport & Logistics
PreviousNext THANKS to modern engineering, a bridge has been erected across both carriageways of the busy N3 at Hammarsdale in just four days. Traffic on the main arterial between Durban and Pietermaritzburg was diverted for two consecutive weekends to make it...
Sep 19, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
Beverly Gumbi Of Isivuno Containers BEVERLEY Gumbi, the founder and owner of Isivuno Container Business – a container conversion, rental and supply company, based in Pinetown – has been awarded the Judges’ Prize at the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year competition...
Sep 19, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
DEVELOPING one of the last open sites on Umhlanga Rocks Drive in the Ridgeside precinct in Umhlanga afforded architecture and interior architecture company Paragon the unique opportunity to shape the landscaping as part of the overall design. Known as Pran Boulevard,...
Sep 19, 2018 | Automotive, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
ANDREW Kirby, Chairman of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) and president and CEO of Toyota SA Motors, is confident that the local motor industry will overcome its major challenges and that the industry will grow...
