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Jessica-Ann Shepherd wins 2024 Mr Price New Talent Search

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What's hot in the branded merchandise, apparel, and gifting market?

What's hot in the branded merchandise, apparel, and gifting market?

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West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes

West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes

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Dangerous gamble for SA motor industry

Dangerous gamble for SA motor industry

David Furlonger 21 Jul 2014

The hybrid Galaxy K Zoom provides 20MP resoluion and comes with a 10x extendable optical lens. Image:

Hybrid heaven - Samsung Galaxy's K Zoom

Kate Ferreira 21 Jul 2014

Kobus Verster, Aveng's new Chief Executive Officer says the cash raised from its bond placement will be used to reduce debt and for corporate purposes. Image: Aveng

Aveng gets R2bn from its bond placement

Nick Hedley 17 Jul 2014

PIC/S explained: Safety of SA medicines

PIC/S explained: Safety of SA medicines

16 Jul 2014

Car firms halt production as strike bites

Car firms halt production as strike bites

Natasha Marrian 16 Jul 2014

Ford is 'completely committed to our operations here in South Africa'

Ford is 'completely committed to our operations here in South Africa'

16 Jul 2014

SA metal sector says it has exhausted means to end strike

SA metal sector says it has exhausted means to end strike

16 Jul 2014

Sasfin Private Equity's Neil Eppel says the company is looking to invest R50m a year in small- and medium-sized businesses in South Africa. Image:

Sasfin wants to invest in small businesses

Phakamisa Ndzamela 16 Jul 2014

Tongaat Hulett says it has excess refining capacity and will be able to crush all sugar harvested this year despite an unprotected strike among workers at the Clairwood refinery. Image: Tongaat Hulett

Tongaat's output not affected by unprotected strike

Nick Hedley 16 Jul 2014

Acquisition positions Grohe as market leader in South Africa

Acquisition positions Grohe as market leader in South Africa

16 Jul 2014

Neasa's Gerhard Papenfus says collective bargaining has led to rampant unionism in South Africa, which is unaffordable. Image: Neasa

Ford, Toyota halt production in wake of Numsa strike

Natasha Marrian 16 Jul 2014

Seifsa representative, Kaizer Nyatsumba says that the federation has exhausted all means it has of reaching a settlement with striking Numsa members. Image:

Seifsa says it has "exhausted" means to end strike

16 Jul 2014

Judge Dennis Davis recommends that certain government tax incentives should be axed and used in a more productive way to incentivise small business. Image:

Some tax incentives should be axed says Davis

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 15 Jul 2014

Economy battles to get out of the woods

Economy battles to get out of the woods

14 Jul 2014

FAW launches Coega manufacturing plant

FAW launches Coega manufacturing plant

11 Jul 2014

Autodesk University Extension (AUx) comes back to Jozi

Autodesk University Extension (AUx) comes back to Jozi

11 Jul 2014

Is South African manufacturing getting back on track?

Is South African manufacturing getting back on track?

10 Jul 2014

RiCharge launches public cell phone charging station for tablet, smartphone

RiCharge launches public cell phone charging station for tablet, smartphone

10 Jul 2014

Why do wine brands think they don't need a positioning/proposition?

Why do wine brands think they don't need a positioning/proposition?

Rolf Akermann 9 Jul 2014

'Timing is everything' in saving a business

'Timing is everything' in saving a business

7 Jul 2014

Nissan drives the future today with Leaf's zero emissions

Nissan drives the future today with Leaf's zero emissions

Nissan South Africa 7 Jul 2014

Grohe deal an 'enormous opportunity' for Dawn‚ says CEO

Grohe deal an 'enormous opportunity' for Dawn‚ says CEO

4 Jul 2014

Infrastructure projects such as road repairs are being hamstrung by the slow progress of major government contracts for civil engineering work in South Africa. Image:

Aveng expects drop in earnings‚ in subdued sector

Nick Hedley 4 Jul 2014

Dawn's Derek Tod has confirmed that Grohe will buy 51% of the Watertech businesses for R880m Image: Dawn

Grohe buys 51% of Dawn for R880m

Mark Allix 3 Jul 2014

Seifsa President Kaizer Nyatsumba says the last thing South Africa needs is another crippling strike. Image:

Numsa strike may cripple engineering firms

2 Jul 2014

Nissan's Mike Whitfield says that if the strike extends beyond ten days, manufacturers will start to experience problems. Image: Nissan

Strike may hurt SA's manufacturing investments

David Furlonger 2 Jul 2014

Sales of new passenger vehicles fell sharply in June dropping 5.4% to 35‚355 units countrywide

New vehicle sales drop to 52‚837 units in June

2 Jul 2014

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo is to give state-owned land to cooperatives and youths to farm and provide implements, seeds and training. Image:

State farms to go to community, youths in North West

Kingdom Mabuza 1 Jul 2014

Inkunzi Investments‚ Owen Nkomo, says that as a shareholder in Aspen his organisation will be "making some suggestions" to the JSE. Image: LinkedIn

JSE investigates Aspen trading activity last week

Evan Pickworth 1 Jul 2014

Aspen's Port Elizabeth manufacturing plant. The company says that earnings might be lower than expected in the second half after few government tenders were won. Image:

Aspen says management comments taken "out of context"

1 Jul 2014

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Kobus Verster, Aveng's new Chief Executive Officer says the cash raised from its bond placement will be used to reduce debt and for corporate purposes. Image: Aveng

Aveng gets R2bn from its bond placement

Nick Hedley 17 Jul 2014

PIC/S explained: Safety of SA medicines

PIC/S explained: Safety of SA medicines

16 Jul 2014

Car firms halt production as strike bites

Car firms halt production as strike bites

Natasha Marrian 16 Jul 2014

Ford is 'completely committed to our operations here in South Africa'

Ford is 'completely committed to our operations here in South Africa'

16 Jul 2014

SA metal sector says it has exhausted means to end strike

SA metal sector says it has exhausted means to end strike

16 Jul 2014

Sasfin Private Equity's Neil Eppel says the company is looking to invest R50m a year in small- and medium-sized businesses in South Africa. Image:

Sasfin wants to invest in small businesses

Phakamisa Ndzamela 16 Jul 2014

Tongaat Hulett says it has excess refining capacity and will be able to crush all sugar harvested this year despite an unprotected strike among workers at the Clairwood refinery. Image: Tongaat Hulett

Tongaat's output not affected by unprotected strike

Nick Hedley 16 Jul 2014

Acquisition positions Grohe as market leader in South Africa

Acquisition positions Grohe as market leader in South Africa

16 Jul 2014

Neasa's Gerhard Papenfus says collective bargaining has led to rampant unionism in South Africa, which is unaffordable. Image: Neasa

Ford, Toyota halt production in wake of Numsa strike

Natasha Marrian 16 Jul 2014

Seifsa representative, Kaizer Nyatsumba says that the federation has exhausted all means it has of reaching a settlement with striking Numsa members. Image:

Seifsa says it has "exhausted" means to end strike

16 Jul 2014

Judge Dennis Davis recommends that certain government tax incentives should be axed and used in a more productive way to incentivise small business. Image:

Some tax incentives should be axed says Davis

Ntsakisi Maswanganyi 15 Jul 2014

Economy battles to get out of the woods

Economy battles to get out of the woods

14 Jul 2014

FAW launches Coega manufacturing plant

FAW launches Coega manufacturing plant

11 Jul 2014

Autodesk University Extension (AUx) comes back to Jozi

Autodesk University Extension (AUx) comes back to Jozi

11 Jul 2014

Is South African manufacturing getting back on track?

Is South African manufacturing getting back on track?

10 Jul 2014

RiCharge launches public cell phone charging station for tablet, smartphone

RiCharge launches public cell phone charging station for tablet, smartphone

10 Jul 2014

Why do wine brands think they don't need a positioning/proposition?

Why do wine brands think they don't need a positioning/proposition?

Rolf Akermann 9 Jul 2014

'Timing is everything' in saving a business

'Timing is everything' in saving a business

7 Jul 2014

Nissan drives the future today with Leaf's zero emissions

Nissan drives the future today with Leaf's zero emissions

Nissan South Africa 7 Jul 2014

Grohe deal an 'enormous opportunity' for Dawn‚ says CEO

Grohe deal an 'enormous opportunity' for Dawn‚ says CEO

4 Jul 2014

Infrastructure projects such as road repairs are being hamstrung by the slow progress of major government contracts for civil engineering work in South Africa. Image:

Aveng expects drop in earnings‚ in subdued sector

Nick Hedley 4 Jul 2014

Dawn's Derek Tod has confirmed that Grohe will buy 51% of the Watertech businesses for R880m Image: Dawn

Grohe buys 51% of Dawn for R880m

Mark Allix 3 Jul 2014

Seifsa President Kaizer Nyatsumba says the last thing South Africa needs is another crippling strike. Image:

Numsa strike may cripple engineering firms

2 Jul 2014

Nissan's Mike Whitfield says that if the strike extends beyond ten days, manufacturers will start to experience problems. Image: Nissan

Strike may hurt SA's manufacturing investments

David Furlonger 2 Jul 2014

Sales of new passenger vehicles fell sharply in June dropping 5.4% to 35‚355 units countrywide

New vehicle sales drop to 52‚837 units in June

2 Jul 2014

North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo is to give state-owned land to cooperatives and youths to farm and provide implements, seeds and training. Image:

State farms to go to community, youths in North West

Kingdom Mabuza 1 Jul 2014

Inkunzi Investments‚ Owen Nkomo, says that as a shareholder in Aspen his organisation will be "making some suggestions" to the JSE. Image: LinkedIn

JSE investigates Aspen trading activity last week

Evan Pickworth 1 Jul 2014

Aspen's Port Elizabeth manufacturing plant. The company says that earnings might be lower than expected in the second half after few government tenders were won. Image:

Aspen says management comments taken "out of context"

1 Jul 2014

Ford is top of the green 'tree'

1 Jul 2014

The government's renewable energy policies have encouraged institutional investors to consider financing new infrastructure projects. Image:

Pension funds may finance public infrastructure

Carol Paton 27 Jun 2014

Informal traders are constantly harrassed despite the fact that they might be licenced by one branch of government and have goods confiscated by another municipal or local body. Image:

Lindiwe Zulu has big job to create jobs

26 Jun 2014

Itac Chief Commissioner Siyabulela Tsengiwe has imposed anti-dumpting duties of between 8% and 40% on soda ash imported from the USA. Image: Itac

Hefty duties imposed on imported soda ash

Amanda Visser 25 Jun 2014

Tshwane's Mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa wants to have 60 Fab Labs deployed at township schools. Image:

Tshwane wants more students in science, engineering

24 Jun 2014

BMW installs new technology

BMW installs new technology

23 Jun 2014

Manufacturing confidence levels are at the worst level since 2009, increasing fears that SA is entering a recession. Image:

Manufacturing confidence levels fall sharply

20 Jun 2014

Invicta's Chief Executive Arnold Goldstone says the company is actively seeking offshore deals and hopes to derive 50% of its revenue offshore. Image: Invicta

Invicta seeks 50% of income offshore

Nick Hedley 19 Jun 2014

Invicta, which owns HPE the distributors of Hyundai earth-moving equipment declared a dividend of 184.65 cents a share. Image:

Invicta's earnings climb 15% to R7.65

18 Jun 2014

FNB's John Loos says domestic demand for building materials has fallen although margins are slightly higher. Image:

Strike hits building confidence

18 Jun 2014

Epson Pulsesense smartwatch and wrist band is being sold at prices well below those of competitors. Image:

Real world smart glasses

Arthur Goldstuck 18 Jun 2014

Workers at platinum mines have been on strike since January and now it seems the strike may finally be over. Image:

Deal with striking platinum miners reached 'in principle'

13 Jun 2014

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