Every year, UCT's postgraduate management students who specialise in entrepreneurship are required to start a profitable business. Six students, who met through the course, founded Collars4Africa...
Evan-Lee Courie 16 Sep 2020
Inspiration can be found in unexpected places. For Hanneli van der Merwe, it came on a business trip to Europe in November 2015 where corporate entertaining led to a personal discovery of the tasty world of craft gin and designer tonics...
Evan-Lee Courie 14 Sep 2020
After losing her job as a graphic designer at an events company at the start of the nationwide lockdown, Nelia Kennedy decided it was time to launch Kunz...
Evan-Lee Courie 11 Sep 2020
Inspired by her 14-month-old in lockdown, Jana Leonard launched Baskiti, a range of hanging storage baskets designed with purpose...
Evan-Lee Courie 11 Sep 2020
This September, Bizcommunity brings the spotlight on all things local by supporting and celebrating all things local...
Evan-Lee Courie 7 Sep 2020
This September, we're putting the spotlight on all things local. So let's #DoBizZA and support and celebrate all things local...
Evan-Lee Courie 7 Sep 2020
The Gauteng Growth Development Agency (GGDA) continues to accelerate its strategic intent to grow the province's economy...
25 Aug 2020
Stylessentials will replace Game's Fresh and Frozen offering as part of the retailer's turnaround strategy, and will be available in all 122 stores across South Africa by July 2021...
13 Aug 2020
The arrival of Perdekraal East Wind Farm's main transformer marked a major milestone in the construction process...
24 Jun 2020
Supply chains, food and nutrition security, as well as current and future production functions, have been negatively impacted by a host of factors related to the Covid-19 crisis...
Professor Njuguna S. Ndung'u 11 Jun 2020
The Adopt-a-School Foundation continues to work hard at improving education in South Africa. In May 2020, the foundation entered into an exciting partnership with ChairClub to provide school chairs in a 'Buy One, Get One' campaign...
Issued by Adopt-a-School 26 May 2020
Local specialist brand-building distributor, Acdoco SA is soon to offer yet another pharmaceutical first in South Africa, this time an affordable, locally manufactured, nature-inspired highly-effective decongestant range...
Issued by ACDOCO SA 12 May 2020
Due to high levels of fear, South Africans are increasingly missing their healthcare appointments and not collecting their chronic medication during lockdown...
30 Apr 2020
South African footwear brand Olympic International will this year become the first local brand to manufacturer its shoes using the Vibram outsoles, which are known for their excellent traction.
23 Mar 2020
The Beat The Price New Car Demand Index shows the car models most in demand by South African car buyers in November 2019...
13 Dec 2019
UWC has entered into a five-year agreement with WearSA that involves the launch of a retail clothing store at the Community and Health Sciences Faculty building in the Bellville CBD...
14 Oct 2019
Whether it's cheaper to buy or build is a complex question when it comes to residential property....
2 Oct 2019
The newly released ECO MOD board is a truly recyclable display solution for the events and exhibitions industry...
Issued by GL events South Africa 26 Sep 2019
If South Africa is to reap the economic benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it needs to look at existing infrastructure...
Thapelo Petje 18 Jul 2019
The operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) was officially launched at the African Union (AU) summit in Niger in early July...
Virusha Subban & Itumeleng Mukhovha 10 Jul 2019
No matter how long you keep an illegal vehicle in your possession it never becomes legal...
18 Jun 2019
Transnet National Ports Authority's (TNPA) Port of Ngqura recently hosted the testing and launch of locally manufactured aluminium vessels...
12 Mar 2019
If you find yourself in the market for a new vehicle, especially in the SUV segment, look no further than the locally manufactured BMW X3...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 Dec 2018
The judges felt overall winner ND Engineering was consistently impressive with a variety of projects in a number of different categories...
5 Nov 2018
There is an accelerating pace of change as Africa begins to reshape its economic destiny - Coca Cola explains its innovation strategy on the continent...
Jacques Vermeulen 25 Oct 2018
Six years ago, Kenya discovered commercially viable oil deposits in the Turkana region...
Melba K Wasunna 10 Oct 2018
Experts say the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is a game changer...
Kingsley Ighobor 29 Aug 2018
In his keynote address to the Manufacturing Indaba, Department of Trade and Industry director-general, Lionel October, referred to the Industrial Policy Action Plan 2018 and its focus on key themes...
Danette Breitenbach 27 Jun 2018
With its multiple effect, manufacturing is the one sector in the economy that has the potential to create the jobs the country needs so desperately. But the industry is under threat and has declined...
Danette Breitenbach 25 Jun 2018
The Namibia Trade Forum (NTF) is currently working on two projects to boost retail access of locally manufactured goods. These projects entail a feasibility study on establishing a Barcode Centre...
Edgar Brandt 22 Jun 2018
Government is committed to work with the steel industry to save jobs...
15 Jun 2018
Celebrated South African fashion designer Laduma Ngxokolo, creator of the MaXhosa by Laduma brand, is taking legal action against Spanish fashion retailer Zara over an alleged case of copyright infringement...
25 Apr 2018
South Africa has been granted a licence to manufacture one of the world's most important vaccines...
David Walwyn 19 Apr 2018
The country is currently experiencing a palpable positive mood of change since the recent changes in government...
Njombo Lekula 17 Apr 2018
SustainPower, together with Unique Hydra, recently delivered a locally manufactured biogas electrical power generator to ibert, a Southern Africa biogas company...
12 Jan 2018
Despite the Absa purchasing managers' index (PMI) spending six months in contractionary territory, the Manufacturing Circle is adamant that manufacturing is SA's greatest opportunity for job-rich growth...
Sunita Menon 5 Dec 2017
The Manufacturing Circle has launched a plan containing constructive and actionable steps to create an environment in which manufacturing in South Africa can thrive...
27 Nov 2017
"We are not going to import anything any longer," said Aliko Dangote in a candid discussion with Claridges in London editor in chief Lionel Barber at the Financial Times' 4th annual Africa Summit...
10 Oct 2017
DHL Express and Mall for Africa have extended their partnership to enable African businesses to sell their locally manufactured products to customers in the United States...
6 Oct 2017
The new Usiba tug was christened and named ahead of its delivery to the Port of Richards bay while the Port of Durban took delivery of its Umbilo tug, seeing TNPA celebrate a twin milestone for its KZN ports..
24 Aug 2017
South African designer Gavin Rajah and homeware retailer @home will launch a limited edition collection of hand crafted linen and scented candles...
23 Aug 2017
SAPRO looks to acknowledge local products that will grow the demand for post-consumer recyclate...
10 Jul 2017
We chat to Nick Sarnadas from Food & Hospitality Africa, the largest pan-African food, drink, and hospitality trade show, to find out what's on the menu this year...
Cari Coetzee 4 May 2017
Almost four years after Nissan ventured into auto assembly in Nigeria, it fills me with pride when I comment on our success as an auto company operating in Africa...
Mike Whitfield 20 Apr 2017
Staying abreast of global trends and innovations is an important part of how Serco strives to give its customers the edge in a competitive African market...
10 Jan 2017
According to Frost & Sullivan, a rapid increase in cement production and low penetration rates are driving high growth in the South African and Nigerian cement additives markets...
9 Dec 2016