Sovereign Foods seeks to contain costs

[Andries Mahlangu] Sovereign Foods (SOV) says it has embarked on an aggressive plan to reduce discretionary and direct production costs, the benefits of which are expected to come through in next six months of its financial year. 4 Oct 2011 13:25

Growth of counterfeiting industry

Seizures of counterfeit goods are reportedly increasing by 46% annually, which makes the manufacturing of counterfeit goods one of the fastest growing industries worldwide. This is according to Nishan Singh, senior associate and counterfeiting expert at attorneys Adams & Adams, who adds that in August 2011, SARS seized 66 000 counterfeit rugby jerseys, with an estimated street value of R43 million. 4 Oct 2011 11:14

Meat ban could cost South Africa R4bn

A ban on some meat exports after a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak could cost South Africa over US$490 million a year, an industry group said Monday, 3 October 2011. 3 Oct 2011 13:37

SA red meat industry in alert on safety

SA's red-meat industry representative body says agriculture minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson is failing to take measures that would help ensure food safety in the country, and is costing the sector billions in lost income. 30 Sep 2011 14:28

Deloitte assists municipality in prosecuting tender fraud

Despite the adequate legislation to combat corruption and supply chain management irregularities, the processes and systems to implement the legislation have not been adequately designed to allow transgressors to be brought to book. Deloitte has now designed such systems to assist Saldanha Bay Municipality to prosecute and discipline those found to have put the municipality at risk amounting to more than R50 million. 21 Sep 2011 13:04

Bizcommunity

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

Africa, get it while it's hot

[Zeenat Moorad] We know about the beady eyes of multinationals lasciviously sizing up Africa. Their markets are just about fished out and they're setting their sights on the burgeoning middle class that will take consumer spending to the often-quoted US$1,4 trillion by 2020. 20 Sep 2011 14:57

Clover warns of rising input costs

Consumer goods and beverages group Clover Industries (CLR) said on Monday, 19 September 2011, that the immediate challenge in the next financial year would be to recover high input costs in selling prices. 20 Sep 2011 14:19

Urban organic gardens, even for flat dwellers

Home Organic started off as a weekend husband-wife hobby for Toyota engineer Andrew Donkin and his wife Karen, becoming a home organic veggie garden business in 2009. Now it is able to offer DIY Home Organic units designed for people living in urban, residential suburbs with limited space, and at least five hours of sunlight per day. 20 Sep 2011 10:16

Emerging market coffee sales growth perks Nescafe up

[Zeenat Moorad] Unquenchable demand for instant coffee in emerging markets has seen Swiss food giant Nestle being ranked world leader in hot drinks. 16 Sep 2011 12:57

Dairy farmers crying over spilled milk

Dairy farmers in SA could soon be extinct, with almost two-thirds having already deserted the industry in over a little more than a decade as their margins have shrunk. 5 Sep 2011 14:28

Green Supply Chain Awards salute industry leaders

The third annual Green Supply Chain Awards, a joint initiative of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: South Africa (CILTSA), the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) and Supply Chain Today magazine, were awarded late last week to South Africa's top environmental industries. 1 Sep 2011 11:38

Africa offers supply chain challenges

According to Sian Browne, Africa Supply Chain lead at Ernst & Young, South African companies are spreading into Africa in search of more consumers. However, companies entering this market will confront major supply chain challenges unlike any they may have experienced in more developed markets. 31 Aug 2011 11:38

BRICS stimulate Angola's economic awakening

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] From a sleeping giant disabled by the ghosts of war, socio-political intolerance, neo-colonialism and human exploitation, Angola has risen to become one of Africa's emerging economic heavyweights and is now at a crossroads of history. Research shows that BRICS - Brazil, (the main culprit), China, India, and lately South Africa and to a minor extent Russia - feature strongly in the list of countries that are driving Angola's rise to the riches. 24 Aug 2011 11:32