App delivery service Dash Deliveries is a new way to move your parcels from A to B with zero emissions...
Robin Fredericks 23 Mar 2021
UCT GSB MBA alumnus Alforde Charumbira has been honoured in the AACSB's Influential Leaders challenge...
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 26 Feb 2021
Andrew Moodley, chief digital officer at Axiz, has spearheaded the launch of a platform that he hopes will not just digitally transform Axiz, but will be the foundation used across parts of the distribution company's parent group Alviva...
Issued by Axiz 8 Oct 2020
As organisations become increasingly more complex, there are now more moving parts in your business than ever before...
Check Point Research has published its 2020 Cyber Security Report which reveals the key attack vectors and techniques...
Playfre, Africa's first music streaming platform, has launched a new service called SongRoute...
Getty Images and APO Group announce strategic partnership to provide innovative and integrated text, photo and video services to companies operating in Africa and the Middle East...
Google is looking for ways to support the publishing requests that it receives in Africa and is partnering with Publiseer to support Google's digital book distribution services...
IATA Pay is an industry-supported initiative to develop a new payment option for consumers when purchasing a ticket directly from an airline website...
With the war for eyeballs, attention spans and airtime ongoing, the media has taken to broadly denouncing millennials in clickbait articles...
LaCie products, differentiated by their sleek design and unmatched technical performance, are now available from one of South Africa's leading online stores, takealot.com...
Issued by Ninety9cents 28 Sep 2018
A shortage of specialised skills that operate the technology optimising the distribution of goods to customers is threatening even the best efforts at scaling operational capability...
Cheap alcoholic drinks with vague labels and unspecified contents are being sold in townships in violation of liquor laws...
Laura Bratton 23 Oct 2017
Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa have realised the benefits of utilising informal markets as an alternative distribution channel and it has seen an impressive growth of female-led LDP's across the business...
With South Africa experiencing stage two and three water restrictions following its worst drought in decades, the spotlight falls on how to reduce leakages and maintenance costs and preserve our already strained water resources into the long-term future...
Rwandan journalist Johnson Kanamagire wins APO competition trip to Dubai…
Employers often miss out on the opportunity to prescribe important powers to chairpersons especially for internal appeals. This failure may later prove detrimental to the disciplinary process...
Michael Yeates and Bheki Nhlapho 5 Sep 2016
A 30-year case study has shown how stainless steel piping is non-corrosive, features sophisticated corrugated joints which prevent leakage and sophisticated leak detection monitoring systems...
Goldfields Logistics, and Imperial Logistics group company, has been awarded a three-year warehousing and distribution services contract for wax products...
A grossly misunderstood phrase, 'syndication'...
Marisa Louw 25 Apr 2016
Over-the-top (OTT) internet services bypass traditional (regulated) means of distribution of media, content and communications and are generally, if not always, lower in cost...
Baker & McKenzie, Johannesburg, ICT Team 2 Mar 2016
Sentech, the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor, has been mandated by the South African government to build and roll-out the national digital terrestrial television...
Etihad Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both the TCA Abu Dhabi and with Miral Asset Management to promote the global tourism appeal of Abu Dhabi...
On 11 June 2015, the Competition Commission conditionally approved an intermediate merger between Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. Limited (Hebei) and Duferno International Trading Holding SA (Duferno)...
Naasha Loopoo 10 Jul 2015
There is no question that outsourcing is an effective service model which allows for core business focus and often results in reduced costs and improved efficiencies...
Simone Gill and Mukelo Ngobese 23 Feb 2015
Forming part of its growth coffee growth strategy, both locally and across key African markets, AVI Limited, through its retail division Entyce Beverages and its out-of-home service division Ciro, has secured the exclusive distribution rights to Lavazza, one of the world's largest single espresso brand.
To what extent, if any, can employees be transferred from one employer to another in circumstances where an outsourcing arrangement is terminated with one service provider and another outsourcing arrangement for the provision of the same services is entered into with a new service provider?
Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 19 Sep 2014
On 24 March 2014, the Competition Tribunal issued its reasons in respect of a matter concerning the distribution systems of South African Breweries Limited (SAB). SAB contracts with distributors for the distribution of its products on terms that grant these distributors exclusive territories for the distribution of SAB products at a distribution fee (in the form of a discount on the retail price).
Leana Engelbrecht 4 Jun 2014
Although the National Credit Amendments Bill has been signed into law by the president, it can only come into effect once regulations have been published addressing and regulating certain sections.
According to ongoing research by UK-based CMO institute, confidence in the effectiveness of content marketing is spurring 60% of marketers to devote increased budgets to this form of promotion year-on-year. Here's why content marketing should be an integral part of a communications campaign strategy.
Issued by Bizcommunity.com 16 Apr 2014
Telecommunications operator Blue Label Telecoms on Tuesday (20 August) reported a 3.6% rise in diluted headline earnings per share (HEPS)‚ to 63.19c for the year to May.
e.tv and Sentech have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the appointment of national transmission provider Sentech to provide signal distribution services to e.tv for its digital terrestrial television ("DTT") services.
Issued by eMedia 19 Aug 2013
South African Breweries (SAB) gave its appointed distributors exclusive territories‚ shielding them from competition from its own depots‚ in an effort to ensure their sustainability in exchange for the investments they were asked to make in terms of land‚ buildings and vehicles‚ SAB's distribution services manager testified this week.
Amanda Visser 1 Aug 2013
Norway's Norfund is investing $10m in Chayton Atlas Investments‚ the commercial agricultural company in which South African investment holding group PSG is the controlling shareholder‚ after it this year bought a stake of 93% for over R276m.
Sure Kamhunga 3 Oct 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Online video fans in the United States prefer big screen televisions to computers when it comes to viewing, according to a report released Tuesday by NPD Group.
Despite concentrating on activities in SA‚ dairy products company Clover still has an eye on opportunities in Africa‚ CE Johann Vorster said on Tuesday, 11 September 2012.
Annaleigh Vallie 12 Sep 2012
The Financial Planning Institute of Southern Africa (FPI) has announced the appointment of three new non-executive directors of the institute for a two-year term. They are Logie Govender, David Thomson, and Natasja Norval Hart. They will replace the outgoing Raymond Snyders, Kathrin Franz and Nasrat Edoo Sirkissoon.
Broker partners of Medshield Distribution Services will shortly be able to offer quotes for short-term insurance cover to their clients. Direct clients of Medshield will also be able to obtain quotes through their regional Medshield office.
The weekly government newspaper Kenya Today, which was jointly published by the departments of Information and Communications, ceased operations on Friday, 16 December 2011, three years after it was launched.
A proposed amalgamation of Bidvest-owned Safcor Panalpina and Rennies Distribution Services (RDS), scheduled to take place on 1 December 2011 (subject to the necessary approvals) will create a combined entity with an impressive global service offering, says the new company's MD James Reddy.
The application by Debt Monitoring SA to the North Gauteng High Court to order the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to approve it as a Payment Distribution Agent (PDA) has been dismissed, with costs. This is an important win for the NCR, which confirms that it is entitled to accredit PDAs, as part of the debt review process.
The Paarl Media Group has acquired direct-to-home advertising distributor Primedia@Home, it announced this morning, Tuesday, 1 February 2011. Unconditional approval for the transaction has been granted by the Competition Commission, effective 1 November 2010.
LINCOLN, UK: RealWire has announced yesterday, 24 November 2010, its PRFilter, a patent-pending technology that is designed to match releases to recipients on a more personal basis than existing categorisation systems.