SA's only pineapple-processing plant — the largest in the southern hemisphere — has turned its business around by switching to production of pineapple concentrate. The new direction is as a result of the use of fertiliser from China on the SA pineapple crop. 11 Aug 2009
iLevel, a category management and channel marketing company has been formed to provide local FMCG suppliers and manufacturers with services aimed at enhancing the channel marketing process. 11 Aug 2009
Warnings have been issued to the public on cyber criminals who are using the latest information technology - especially popular social networking platforms - to gain access to personal information and commit fraud. 11 Aug 2009
Fitch Ratings on Friday downgraded struggling transport and logistics group Super Group's long- term rating to a negative on expectations that the group's leverage would remain at elevated levels in the medium term. 11 Aug 2009
The South African Chefs' Association (SACA) has announced its new board. As of 1 August 2009, Stephen Billingham will take the reigns as president of the 35-year-old association; Billingham will take over from Martin Kobald, who is stepping down after six years of service. 11 Aug 2009
The 75 000m² Mall of the North regional shopping centre in the provincial capital of Limpopo, Polokwane, is fast attracting tenants and 85% of space is subscribed for to date. 11 Aug 2009
Simonsig winemaker Johan Malan has two of his red wines appearing on the 2009 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction hot list - a Pinotage and a Shiraz. 11 Aug 2009
The Klein Karoo Nationale Kunstefees (KKNK), held for the past 15 years, has become a highlight of South Africa's cultural calendar, gaining popularity every year since its inception. 8 Aug 2009
Cyber attacks hammered Twitter, Facebook, and Google late last week, disrupting the hip micro-blogging service and causing stumbles at the hot social-networking site while Google fended off assaults. 7 Aug 2009
Japan's Sanyo Electric Co said on Friday that it would boost its solar panel production capacity by 30% within the next two years to meet surging demand fuelled by government subsidies. 7 Aug 2009
The educational booklet, Money Skills for Learners is once again available free to schools throughout South Africa, thanks to a collaboration between MasterCard Worldwide, City Press Business, SakeRapport and Dynamic Wealth. 7 Aug 2009
Kimberly-Clark is the name behind well-known global brands - Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex and Depend - used daily by over 1.3 billion people in more than 150 countries. The 137-year-old company, however, has set itself “ambitious goals” in terms of sustainability. 7 Aug 2009
Results of the SME Survey 2009 have now been disclosed and one of the preliminary findings is that ADSL has become the connection of choice for the SME, due to its reliability and relative low pricing. 7 Aug 2009
With large amounts of data from disparate sources, one of South Africa's leading rewards programmes, eBucks, turned to Qinfo to create a framework for its SAS data warehouse, which centrally stores and manage its business information. 6 Aug 2009
Aware that recent Eskom price hikes have resulted in pressure on consumers, Teljoy Solar has introduced its Green Credit to help South Africans to lower their electricity bills. 6 Aug 2009
The private, by-invitation-only shopping portal, www.luxury4less.co.za, has been available on Internet-enabled phones as www.luxury4less.mobi from 1 August, 2009. 6 Aug 2009
Transnet faces being hit with at least two costly lawsuits over the controversial Port Elizabeth harbour manganese ore dump and tank farm which have been fingered as major polluters and health hazards in the area. 5 Aug 2009
Gonubie's newest shopping mall has been dealt a severe blow after the owners of the R120 million development were placed under provisional liquidation. 5 Aug 2009
South African new vehicle sales in July were down 27.4% year-on-year compared with a fall of 23.7% y/y in June, figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa on Tuesday showed. 5 Aug 2009
Financial services group Old Mutual on Wednesday reported adjusted operating earnings per share on an IFRS basis of 5.4 pence for the six months ended June 2009 from 7.7 pence a year ago. 5 Aug 2009
