22 Jan 2013

Manufacturing

 



Tricky disputes

Are you a sectional title owner living under seemingly unconstitutional rules or involved in a tricky dispute? Need some legal advice? Marina Constas, a director of BBM Attorneys and co-author of the book, Demystifying Sectional Title is offering a free half-hour consultation to sectional title owners during the last week of February, dubbing it Sectional Title Week.

University of the Free State chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen has told first-year students he is ashamed of South Africa, it was reported on Monday, 21 January. "I'm ashamed of South Africa. It's an absolute disgrace that you can pass matric with a mark of 30%," he said.

Some people might say, join the club...

The migration to digital broadcasting from analogue signal has suffered another major setback after yesterday's decision by the Department of Communications to appeal against last month's court decision in favour of e.tv... It's a pity, but it seems we'll be stuck with analogue somewhat longer.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has invited the public to submit their tips on what they would like to see in the National Budget, which he will table next month... What about cutting our taxes a bit?

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Food and beverage sales up 9,1% in November
The total income generated by the food and beverages sector in SA increased by 9.1% in November last year compared with the previous year‚ data from Statistics SA (Stats SA) showed on Monday (21 January). Read more >>

Eskom tariff hikes will hurt small businesses
Small businesses cannot afford spiralling electricity increases from Eskom and municipalities, Free State commercial property owner Wim Boshoff said on Monday (21 January). Read more >>

Is your product development a cash cow or a crutch?
[Anton Ressel] As a business consultant with a special focus on the craft and small scale manufacturing sectors, I have come to recognise a number of shared traits amongst entrepreneurs and business owners engaged in the design and manufacture of products. Read more >>


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Fedusa wants Denel to halt job cuts
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula must stop the retrenchment of over 530 aircraft specialists at Denel Aviation‚ the Federation of Unions of SA said on Monday (21 January) Read more >>

Construction confidence falls once again
[Mark Allix] The FNB/BER construction confidence index fell to 36 points in the fourth quarter of last year‚ having hit a four-year high of 42 index points in the third quarter. Read more >>

Cane farmers say 35,000 jobs could be lost
As many as 35,000 people in the sugar cane industry could lose their jobs if Eskom is granted a 16% electricity increase, the SA Cane Growers' Association warned the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) on Thursday (17 January). Read more >>

Farm workers start working again
A large number of Western Cape farm workers were back at work on Thursday (17 January), on the first day after strike action was suspended, agriculture MEC Gerrit van Rensburg said. Read more >>

Rio Tinto's Tom Albanese quits
Tom Albanese has, by mutual agreement with the board‚ stepped down as chief executive of Rio Tinto and iron ore chief executive Sam Walsh has been appointed as his successor with immediate effect. Read more >>

Kumba says profits may drop by 30%
[Allan Seccombe] SA's largest iron ore company‚ Kumba Iron Ore warned on Wednesday (16 January) that its profits for the year to December would fall by about 30% because of lower prices and production losses caused by a wildcat strike. Read more >>

Opportunities open up for SA drug companies
[Tamar Khan] Sub-Saharan Africa offers significant opportunities for SA's pharmaceutical manufacturing companies‚ as a growing middle class and an increasing disease burden push up demand for medicines‚ according to research by Frost & Sullivan. Read more >>

Denel goes ahead and chops 530 jobs
Over 530 Denel Aviation/AMG specialists will be retrenched after the SA Air Force failed to renew a maintenance contract with the company, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday (15 January) Read more >>

Record exports of SA wines in 2012
[Bekezela Phakathi] While farm workers in the Western Cape wine lands intensify their strike, SA's wine industry on Monday (14 January) reported that exports for last year had reached 417m litres - a new record for the sector. Read more >>

Peace policy devised by farm workers
[Jenna Etheridge] Striking farm workers will march in De Doorns next week to hand over a "peaceful strike policy"‚ the Food and Allied Workers' Union (Fawu) said. Read more >>

Forbes Coal hurt by labour disputes and coal markets
The month-long labour disruption in November and the challenging international coal market have weighed on Canadian company Forbes and Manhattan Coal Corp‚ with the group reporting a loss of C$2.29m for the third quarter of 2012 after a profit of C$2.35m in the second quarter. Read more >>


International
Batteries ground Dreamliners worldwide
TOKYO, JAPAN: Aviation regulators on Thursday (17 January) grounded most of the world's 787 Dreamliner fleet until a fire risk linked to the plane's batteries is fixed, deepening a crisis for its manufacturer Boeing. Read more >>

Man outsources his own job to China
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A software engineer known only as Bob is a modern workplace legend after word spread on Thursday (17 January) that he had secretly outsourced his job to an engineer in China and sat at his desk watching cat videos. Read more >>

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Africa
KFC plans to add even more stores in Africa
[Zeenat Moorad] YUM! Restaurants International continues to expand the footprint of its KFC brand on the African continent, with plans to add stores in Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe this year, the company said on Monday (14 January). Read more >>

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