
Mercedes-Benz South Africa has announced the appointment of South African professional golfer Louis Oosthuizen as its new international golf brand ambassador. The 30-year-old South African has had a hugely successful start to his career in 2007 with three homeland wins in that year.
19 Jun 2013 08:55
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) executive Takeshi Uchiyamada, the driving force behind hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, has been confirmed as the company's new chairman. Uchiyamada replaces Fujio Cho, a former company president who has been chairman since 2006 and has now been appointed honorary chairman.
18 Jun 2013 10:44
[Team AfriKens] Last year I convinced Warren Harding (
@BizcomWazza) to join me on the Put Foot Rally with the promise of real adventure. I told him about all the amazing places we will be visiting and how the outdoors refreshes and expands the mind. The thing that sold him in the end was that we could braai every night.
18 Jun 2013 07:50
[Trevor Tshabangu] With the revised codes of good practice scheduled to be gazetted in August or September 2013, businesses continue to be in limbo regarding some of the revisions in this important transformation legislation.
13 Jun 2013 09:57
[Helmo Preuss] A weaker rand and higher international product prices are likely to push the Gauteng retail petrol price up by 81 cents a litre (c/l) in July, close to the record R13.20 per litre reached in April‚ data released by the Central Energy Fund last week showed.
18 Jun 2013 07:59
Wholesale trade sales at constant (2012) prices increased by 7.2% year-on-year (y/y) in April compared with a revised 0.5% (0.7%) y/y decrease in March‚ Statistics SA (Stats SA) data showed on Thursday (13 June).
14 Jun 2013 07:36
Motor trade sales rose in nominal terms (current prices) by 15.8% year-on-year (y/y) in April from 5.2% y/y in March‚ Statistics SA figures showed on Thursday (13 June).
14 Jun 2013 07:45
25 year-old Johannesburger, Brent Ellis, has won the Bridgestone/SA Guild of Motoring Journalists' Steve Dlamini Award for excellence by a young motoring journalist. The Quickpic communications specialist received a floating trophy and a cash prize in recognition of his contribution to the industry.
14 Jun 2013 10:56
The National Employers Association of SA (Neasa) on Wednesday (12 June) added its voice to organisations opposing a total ban of labour brokers.
13 Jun 2013 08:54
A decline of business confidence in the manufacturing sector adds credence to calls for decisive leadership‚ the Manufacturing Circle said on Wednesday (12 June).
13 Jun 2013 08:15
Manufacturing production rose 7.0% year-on-year in April from a 2.2% year-on-year decline in March‚ data released by Statistics SA on Tuesday (11 June) revealed.
12 Jun 2013 08:09
Harley-Davidson Motor Company is hosting a four-day event in Rome (13-16 June 2013) to mark the European leg of the company's 110th Anniversary celebrations around the globe.
12 Jun 2013 07:37
[Linda Ensor] SA and Japan were collaborating on ways to develop the local manufacture of automotive components - a move aimed at increasing jobs, sustaining the industry and containing production costs, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said last week on his return from Japan.
10 Jun 2013 11:18
[Linda Ensor] Business Unity SA (Busa) warned of significant job losses should African National Congress (ANC) MPs decide to change provisions in the Labour Relations Amendment Act in order to ban labour brokers.
10 Jun 2013 12:25
[Charlotte Mathews] SA's catalytic converter once responsible for 16% of global production, will hit a wall over the next two or three years when a new European Union regulation kicks in. Thousands of jobs may be at stake.
10 Jun 2013 08:52