May 31, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Power Generation, Special Economic Zones
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has been singled out as one of two sites to benefit from the government’s gas to power programme. Jeff Radebe, in his recent maiden budget speech as Minister of Energy, highlighted the importance of the energy mix to enable...
May 30, 2018 | Commerce & Trade, KZN Industrial & Business News
TRADE and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) is hosting four Durban-based pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers at the Africa Health trade exhibition from 29-31 May 2018, Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand Gauteng. The pharmaceutical and medical device...
May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
As Durban rides the wave as South Africa’s primary domestic tourist destination and the country’s most liveable city as voted by the recent Mercer Quality of Living Report, local government and the private sector are rallying to assert the province as the African...
May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Occupational Health
ON 9 May 2018, the draft Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill was published for public comment. The Bill aims to address the changes that technology has brought on the industry. With particular reference to vapes, e-cigarettes and other...
May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Social Development
SOUTH Africa has failed to improve on its overall competitiveness, with unemployment among young people soaring to 65%. That’s the troubling picture to emerge from a leading global competitiveness study. In the rankings released by the 2018 Institute for Management...
May 30, 2018 | Business Tech, KZN Industrial & Business News
ONE of the more customer unfriendly retail store practices is the positioning of baby formula, shaving blades, face and neck creams, condoms, medication and battery brands at the cigarette kiosk. Apart from the re-queuing inconvenience, a shopper could be looking for...
May 30, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
AS South Africa undergoes a massive shift toward constructing ‘greener’ buildings, a KwaZulu-Natal north coast company is riding the wave of change, supplying a range of windows and doors it claims is both affordable and environmentally friendly....
May 30, 2018 | KZN Industrial & Business News, Property – Commercial & Industrial
PARK Square, Nedbank’s R1-billion mixed-use office and retail development in Umhlanga’s New Town Centre and projects like it are effectively turning the South African urban planning paradigm around. That’s according to Ken Reynolds, Nedbank Property Finance Divisional...
May 30, 2018 | Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, KZN Industrial & Business News
ANALYSING data and providing actionable insights from it has become a common phenomenon. Data and analytics, once buzzwords, are now part of mainstream business jargon. The new conundrum with data is knowing what questions to ask to drive business. Without this,...
