Kwa Coach in Klipspruit, Soweto, specialises in pork products. Although only in Soweto, it is known to Cape Town and Durban township residents, from social media and word of mouth.
The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.
The second episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on the informal economy, a key growth trend reshaping South Africa’s and Africa's economies. Often referred to as the grey economy, it is brimming with potential.
To do their bit for Nelson Mandela Day, members of staff at Diageo SA dedicated their 67 minutes to build houses with Habitat for Humanity in Orange Farm and feeding the less fortunate with Meals on Wheels at the Thabo Mbeki settlement in Johannesburg.
Diageo SA staff members use the funds that they collect in their VEO Community Fund, an employee-led charitable initiative that is funded by their personal contributions from their monthly salaries and matched by the company, to assist in similar activities throughout the year....
On Thursday, 13 July 2017, Theonista brewmistress Meghan Werner took a group of Cape Town foodies on a kombucha taste adventure at Haas Collective in Buitenkant Street.
McCain Food South Africa dedicated its 67 minutes for Mandela Day to planting vegetable gardens at the Johannesburg Children's Home and the St Francis Care Centre.
This Mandela Day, KFC staff members, along with NGOs, and other stakeholders spent the day volunteering and participating in fundraising initiatives linked to its Add Hope feeding initiative and the charities it supports. The KFC head office in Johannesburg ran a can collection drive that led to the packing of 720 boxes of food for JAM; one of the 137 NGOs that Add Hope supports.
Ahead of the release of its new summer range, Bata treated a few very important customers to a pamper party at the Bata South Africa Gateway store in Durban.
McDonald's recently opened its 250th store in partnership with one of its franchisees, Peter Moyanga, who also celebrated the opening of his ninth store. Moyanga was one of the very first McDonald's employees in South Africa, and is today, one of the company's 40 franchisees, building his business mainly in his hometown in the East Rand of Johannesburg, with expansion into the Gauteng and Mpumalanga provinces....
In the lead-up to the official launch of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa at the V&A Watefront's new Silo District, a few retail stores have been opened in the historic grain silo. These include The Guild Group, jewellery designer Kirsten Goss, fashion designer Kat van Duinen, lifestyle botanist Opus, and the Glasshouse Rejuvenation beauty salon.