The Distribution community of South Africa

New local distributor for Zippo

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:15:00 +0200

Clippa Sales will be the new local distributor for Zippo in South Africa, a brand sold in more than 160 countries around the world and available in South Africa since 1985.
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Transnet on the hunt for foreign contracts

Mon, 06 May 2013 07:41:00 +0200

Transnet Engineering (TE), a unit of the state-owned freight and logistics company, is exploring new narrow-gauge markets in Latin America, South-east Asia and Australia in a bid to meet its growth targets, according to strategy and marketing general manager Thoba Majoka.
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Western Cape continues call centre focus

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:03:00 +0200

The Western Cape provincial government and call centre company Capita will be investing R800m this financial year to support growth of the call centre sector in the province.
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SA wine industry impresses US distributors, retailers

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:33:00 +0200

New York-based wine importer Cape Classics has just brought a touring group of influential US wine distributors and retailers to South Africa. The buyers and retailers included retailer Chelsea Wine Vault and distributor M.S. Walker.
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Bizcommunity April 1 price freeze is no joke

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:37:00 +0200

Believe it or not, we've made the decision to freeze most of our rates for 2013! This is not an April Fool's prank but a strategic decision in line with our core objectives to assist businesses to grow and thrive via our portfolio of publishing platforms.
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Transnet plans to speed up freight

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:14:00 +0200

State-owned freight and logistics group Transnet is one year into a R300bn, seven-year spending plan. Early indications are that it is making progress.
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If you're content, we're content

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:03:00 +0200

Content strategists, bloggers, vloggers, citizen journalists, opinionistas - every day, advertorial and promotional initiatives are launched into a wider pool of competing content providers. Content is currently the word on everybody's lips, with everyone from the existing media to brand owners and individuals being encouraged to become content providers.
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Nersa hikes pipeline charges by 6.4%

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:04:00 +0200

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted state-owned logistics company Transnet a 6.4% increase in its pipeline tariff compared with Transnet's application for a 22.6% tariff rise.
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Regulator considers new port charges

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:01:00 +0200

The Ports Regulator of SA was working to complete a new framework by the second half of the year for fees charged on goods moving through SA's ports, chief executive Riad Khan said last week.
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SABMiller to build new brewery in Namibia

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:52:00 +0200

The world's second-largest brewer‚ SABMiller (SAB) will begin construction of its planned 260‚000 hectolitre brewery in Namibia next month‚ the company said on Wednesday (6 March).
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