Warning to motorists ahead of SONA

Several streets will be closed to traffic in the Cape Town city centre ahead of the State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, authorities have warned. President Jacob Zuma will deliver the annual speech during a joint seating of the National Assembly to be broadcast at 7pm. There will also be parking restrictions around the Parliamentary precinct on Plein Street. 7 Feb 2012 08:07

Fruit Pack now available through Baby City chain

A strategic partnership between Antanna and Baby City sees the introduction of Fruit Pack's new 3-packs, which contain 3 x 90 g units in Awesome Apple, Apple & Pear and Strawberry & Banana available exclusively at the 22 Baby City stores nationwide. 12 Jan 2012 11:19

Skin care market in Africa, Middle East to grow

[Zeenat Moorad] With opportunities in developed markets slowly drying up, international players in the skin care market are likely to make moves to increase their share of sales in Africa and the Middle East where growth forecasts are strong, a research report has predicted. 5 Jan 2012 12:18

Petrol price to drop 5c-6c per litre

The retail price of petrol 93 ULP & LRP will drop by 6 cents per litre while the retail price of petrol 95 ULP & LRP will fall by 5c per litre on Wednesday next week, the department of energy said on Thursday. 30 Dec 2011 08:01

Fuel supply to improve this week, says Shell

Shell SA said yesterday that it expected fuel availability at its Gauteng service stations to improve this week. 28 Dec 2011 14:12

Warning stickers to reduce underage purchases of alcohol

The Association for Responsible Alcohol Use (ARA) is leading the way in the fight against underage alcohol purchases through its newly designed in-store sticker campaign titled RU18 to assist in increasing awareness amongst retailers and the public alike and combating the current stream of underage alcohol purchases. 30 Nov 2011 12:19

SA wine industry under pressure

Engineering News reports that the decline in South African wine exports might cause the industry to contract, which will, in turn, result in jobs losses and less income to reinvest in wineries, vineyards and marketing. 15 Nov 2011 10:05

DoE, industry try to alleviate LPG shortages

Shortages of liquefied natural gas (LPG) are having a serious impact on the manufacturing, automotive and hospitality sectors of the economy, and the Department of Energy (DoE) and industry are working together to come up with solutions to alleviate the problem, reports Engineering News. 8 Nov 2011 08:27

ARB Holdings acquires 60% of Eurolux

Industrial goods and services group ARB Holdings has acquired 60% of Eurolux for a cash consideration of R81 million. 25 Oct 2011 15:14

New Free State sales centre for Herbalife

In order to assist Herbalife distributors in the eastern Free State, Herbalife announced the opening of its new sales centre in Ladybrand. It has three other sales centres in Midrand, Durban and Cape Town. 13 Oct 2011 09:52

Bidvest Namibia acquires Taeuber & Corssen

Bidvest Namibia (BVN) is to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Taeuber & Corssen SWA (Pty) Limited (T&C) from Taeuber & Corssen, One Wireless Technologies and the Taeuber & Corssen Namibia Employees' Share Trust for of Nam$188.7 million. 27 Sep 2011 14:35

Sahara Computers to distribute Toshiba

Sahara Computers, a specialist retail distributor in South Africa, has been appointed as an official distributor for Toshiba's retail range of laptops and peripherals in South Africa. 23 Sep 2011 10:35

Bizcommunity.com

Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

SanDisk shows growth in Middle East and Africa

Driven by the high mobile phone penetration rates and a growing appetite for flash-based storage devices in Africa, SanDisk, the manufacturer of flash memory cards, reports that there has been between a double and triple digit market growth in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) so far this year. 9 Sep 2011 09:22