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KwaZulu-Natal Top Business Portfolio
The KwaZulu-Natal Top Business Portfolio website is a portal to KwaZulu-Natal, its top businesses, organizations, municipalities and government departments. The website includes a profile of the Province, an insight into successful governance and the economy, highlights current investment possibilities in the province and provides regular news updates. KwaZulu-Natal offers you great opportunities for growth, expansion, trade and investment.
Markets
Thursday 12th December 2019 After having opened and trading mostly firmer in the morning session on Thursday, the local bourse relinquished most of its gains despite eventually closing firmer on the day. view more
Thursday 12th December 2019 The oil company has overtaken Microsoft and Apple as the world's most valuable listed company. view more
Wednesday 11th December 2019 The local bourse edged higher on Wednesday on the back of modest gains across all the major indices. view more
Monday 9th December 2019 The JSE struggled for direction on Monday before eventually closing mildly softer after a muted session. view more
Friday 6th December 2019 The JSE finally matched trends with global markets on Friday as it closed firmer following a robust session. view more
Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards
Tuesday 9th July 2019 KZN TOP BUSINESS PERSONALITY AWARD
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Tuesday 9th July 2019 BATTLE OF THE BRANDS
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Tuesday 9th July 2019 MANUFACTURING AWARD
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Tuesday 9th July 2019 TRANSPORT STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION AWARD
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Tuesday 9th July 2019 FINANCIAL AWARD
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Tuesday 9th July 2019 BUSINESS SERVICES AWARD
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KZN Leaders
Saturday 26th January 2019 KZN LEADERS PORTFOLIO is a natural progression from the KZN Top Business Portfol... view more
Friday 5th October 2018 Neville Matjie has been appointed CEO of Trade and Investment KZN, effective Oct... view more
Sunday 6th May 2018 Saskia Hill, owner of MCS Debt Recovery, says that the success of her bus... view more
Monday 26th March 2018 PAUL SAAD, FutureLife's CEO said, "I am humbled that FutureLife is now recognise... view more
Sunday 25th March 2018 Carol Coetzee, (CEO of the KZN Film Commiss... view more
Sunday 25th March 2018 BRYAN BAYLIS, has had a long and satisfying professional career in the financial... view more
Sunday 25th March 2018 ABDOOL KADER (BABOO) ESSA joined his father, Haroon Essa, at Frimax Foods, strai... view more
Sunday 25th March 2018 DOMINIC COLLETT is a professional engineer whose career has been driven by the d... view more
Sunday 25th March 2018 ARNOLD VERMAAK, the chairman of Durban based Constantia Afripack lives by the Ma... view more
Sunday 25th March 2018 ANANT SINGH, CEO and chairman of the Videovision Entertainment Group, and South ... view more
Top Stories News 24
Sunday 15th December 2019 Justice Minister Ronald Lamola and National Prosecuting Authority boss Shamila Batohi will form part of a delegation traveling to Abu Dhabi to persuade the United Emirates to extradite the controversial Gupta brothers. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The EFF turns its attention to the election of the Central Command Team and policy discussions on the third day of its second National People's Assembly. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has dismissed claims that critical information implicating ANC secretary general Ace Magashule and former minister Mosebenzi Zwane in the Vrede dairy farm scheme was removed from the Public Protector's report by her instruction. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers' daughter has passed away after losing her battle against cancer. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 A 12-year-old boy drowned while swimming with friends at an excavation site in the East Rand, Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The Western Cape SAPS has told e-hailing taxi services to contact local police for escorts when called out to Nyanga in Cape Town, following the murder of a driver who had gone to pick up a client in the area. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 An ANC councillor in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality has been arrested after allegedly defrauding a family who had just lost three of their own in a shack fire. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Here are the results from Sunday's Daily Lotto draw. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Newly reelected EFF leader Julius Malema has called on all "left forces" to join hands in defence of state-owned enterprises. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Dozens of headless sharks have been found dumped on Strandfontein beach in Cape Town. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Newly reelected EFF leader Julius Malema has ferociously denied claims that he is dictator in the EFF, adding that he is where he is because of hard work. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Much of South Africa is expected to experience fine, warm weather, according to the South African Weather Service. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 EFF leader Julius Malema has refused to divulge security details of the party's second conference, following an incident where the party's security detail pepper sprayed delegates. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Newly re-elected president of the EFF, Julius Malema has launched a scathing attack on the conduct of delegates at the party's elective conference in Nasrec, Johannesburg. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The Hawks say they have seized counterfeit goods to the value of R5m in Bellville, Cape Town. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 EFF leader Julius Malema, his deputy Floyd Shivambu and the rest of the party's newly-elected top 6 leadership, is addressing the media on Sunday. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The EFF members inside the plenary sessions have raised their concerns with the party's leadership following a scuffle that broke out on Saturday night between security guards known as "defenders of the revolution" and party members which left a number of people injured and hospitalised. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The Blitzboks are through to the semi-finals of the Cape Town Sevens after beating Kenya in an entertaining quarter-final clash at Cape Town Stadium. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed, who has been held hostage in Syria since 2017, has apparently escaped from his Syrian captors, humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers announced on Sunday, however, his family says they are still awaiting official confirmation. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Whistleblower blows the lid on how the Public Protector allegedly cooked the Estina investigation. view more
Engineering News
Friday 13th December 2019 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) on Friday released a request for information (RFI) in a bid to procure between 2000 MW and 3000 MW of power generation capacity "that can be grid connected in the shortest time at the least possible cost". Respondents to the RFI have been given until 10:00 on January 31 to make submissions. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 South African energy and chemicals group Sasol, which is under increasing pressure to lower its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, has indicated a willingness to participate in demonstration projects aimed at deploying its Fischer-Tropsch assets in combination with 'green hydrogen', produced from renewable energy and water using electrolysis. Sasol's current hydrogen-production methodology involves the use of coal and water in a process that is highly carbon-intensive. This coal-based hydrogen is, in turn, used in Fischer-Tropsch reactors to produce a suite of products, including diesel and kerosene, or jet fuel. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 A Proudly South African continuous miner, which is being shipped to Australia for final assembly, is due to go into operation Down Under in May, Mining Weekly Online can today report. "It certainly shows that the Australian mining industry has gained a lot of confidence in our ability," said Danie van Wyk, the CEO of JA Engineering Works, the exporter of the remotely controlled Wildcat JAE42A, which was designed and manufactured by JAE in Jet Park, Boksburg, and which has a high local content of 90%. JA Engineering Works is a 200-employee, 30.5% black-owned original-equipment manufacturer of not only continuous miners but also shuttle cars, roof bolters and feeder breakers, all of which are powered by grid electricity or large generators. The company is also a leading manufacturer of battery scoops, which are powered by direct-current batteries. The robust Wildcat has been built from scratch, in a way that responds to customer requirements. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 Dusty Hakskeenpan, in the Kalahari desert, is not exactly the place one expects a bunch of Brits to hang around during a hot African summer. It's 260 km from the nearest big town -Ā Upington - and average daytime temperatures hover somewhere in the mid-thirties, if not higher. But, the men and women who started to descend on one of the world's flattest surfaces from October onwards were not ordinary tourists. They were here as part of a hunt to set a new land-speed record. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 The Minerals Council South Africa has welcomed the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy's (DMRE's) statement that it is committed to the development of adequate generation capacity to meet electricity demand in the interests of economic growth. However, the council said the industry believes further actions were urgently needed. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 Incoming Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter can expect a rocky start to his tenure as boss of the troubled power utility, as the National Union of Mineworkers plans to demonstrate and hand him a memorandum on his first day in the office. The Num has been disgruntled at Eskom lately, not least due to what the union calls an increasing workload and plummeting morale as a result of load-shedding, which escalated to stage 6 earlier this week. President Cyril Ramaphosa and Eskom leadership said on Wednesday that sabotage likely played a role in some of the system failures that forced Eskom to implement the latest round of load-shedding. This comes against a backdrop of the highly anticipated Special Paper on Eskom, and the planned unbundling of the power utility into three entities - generation, transmission and distribution. De Ruyter is due to start serving as Eskom CEO on January 15 next year. Num energy sector coordinator Paris Mashego told Fin24 on Thursday that the union planned to demonstrate on his first day at the office. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel is hoping that regular meetings between government, labour and representatives from the vehicle assemblers and automotive component suppliers, will create a stable and predictable environment for automotive investment.
The Automotive Executive Oversight Committee (EOC) on Friday held its inaugural meeting and will continue to meet every three months, as government aims to ramp up vehicle exports. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel outlined, in a Parliamentary reply this week, the efforts taken by government to help make a positive case for why steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) should not close down its Saldanha Steel Works operation.
Patel said four potential buyers were already considering making a bid for the operation, which government supported, so that jobs could be retained. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 North West University business school economist Professor Raymond Parsons says the now re-elected Conservative Party government in the UK provides a strong political mandate to pass the necessary legislation in time to leave the European Union (EU) formally on January 31.
Britain will then move into transition, during which its EU membership will, nevertheless, in effect continue in terms of the negotiated withdrawal agreement. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 South Africa recorded smaller foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in the third quarter compared with the second quarter, but portfolio investment inflows jumped after the government issued international bonds, central bank data showed on Friday. Africa's most industrialised economy had FDI inflows of R17-billion in the third quarter from inflows of R26.3-billion in the second quarter, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said in its Quarterly Bulletin. view more
KZN Business Sense
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Wednesday 27th November 2019 This edition of KZN Business Sense acknowledges the many men and women w... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 The Pietermaritzburg & Midlands Chamber of Business (PMCB) is a volu... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 The winners of the Ilembe Chamber of Commerce's Entrepreneur 2019 were... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 Leader of Government Business
MEC for Economic Dev... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 When we started this term of office, we committed the KwaZulu-Natal Depa... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone and Invest Durban won the coveted U... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 Corporate governance and ethical culture have become increasingly import... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 Should an employee still be reinstated if a dismissal is unfair but the ... view more
Wednesday 27th November 2019 The phrase - "Local is Lekker" has been coined by those encouragin... view more
Zululand Chamber news
Friday 22nd November 2019 Share in the excitement of the winners at the 2019 Business Excellence Awards. view more
Friday 22nd November 2019 The annual Business Excellence Awards were held at the Umfolozi Casino on 15 November 2019 and it was indeed the ZCCI’s premier event of the year. However, without the generous sponsorship of our partners, an event of this magnitude would not be possible. Therefore, a heartfelt thank you to: RBCTCoca-ColaTronoxMondiSouth 32RBIDZAirlinkUmfolozi Casino1 KZN TVBidvest Tank view more
Wednesday 6th November 2019 All stakeholders in the Tourism environment are invited to a workshop on 27 November 2019. Cost R250pp. Book your space by calling Lihle Msweli on 035 797 1807 or email Njabulo at tourism@zcci.co.za view more
Tuesday 15th October 2019 You are invited to the annual Business Excellence Awards. Book your seats today! view more
Tuesday 10th September 2019 It is time for the annual Business Excellence Awards and nominations are open. Please note that both members and non-members can nominate Zululand companies, worthy of an award. Contact Lihle Msweli on 035 797 1807 or marketing@zcci.co.za for nomination forms and more information. view more
Thursday 15th August 2019 Join us for our Women's month special, empower the women around you and improve the overall performance of your business.Book now for “Women in Leadership” training – the costs are R200 for ZCCI members and R300 for non-members. The Seminar starts at 8am. view more
Thursday 20th June 2019 Vanessa Ncobela has been appointed as new ZCCI Chamber Manager. She has over 15 years corporate communication and stakeholder relations experience. Moreover she has worked for local corporates such as Foskor and Richards Bay Minerals. view more
Monday 17th June 2019 Training and Events Co-ordinator The Zululand Chamber of Commerce and Industry has a vacancy for a Training and Events Co-ordinator in our Richards Bay office. The ideal candidate will be responsible for: Identify training needs for chamber members Develop and manage the annual training and events calendar Regular and constructive liaison to companies Promotion of view more
Durban Chamber news
Friday 28th June 2019 At the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry's recent Annual General Meeting... view more
Tuesday 27th November 2018 The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with Transnet Port T... view more
Monday 26th November 2018 The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry has held an Annual Gala Dinner to co... view more
Wednesday 21st November 2018
iLembe Chamber of Commerce news
KZN News
Sunday 15th December 2019 The power utility says demand for electricity is expected to reduce significantly on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The level of load shedding has heightened concerns that the economy could slip into another recession. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 TymeBank says it's ready to start rolling out unsecured lending from February next year. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 All three property sectors - residential, commercial and industrial - are currently experiencing a so-called buyers' market in the Western Cape, says David Maynier, Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The former deputy finance minister and ex-chair of the PIC has denounced recent criticism by some senior ANC leaders of the state-run asset manager following its court bid to recoup its investment from Sekunjalo Independent Media. view more
Business NEWS24
Sunday 15th December 2019 The power utility says demand for electricity is expected to reduce significantly on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The level of load shedding has heightened concerns that the economy could slip into another recession. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 TymeBank says it's ready to start rolling out unsecured lending from February next year. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 All three property sectors - residential, commercial and industrial - are currently experiencing a so-called buyers' market in the Western Cape, says David Maynier, Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The former deputy finance minister and ex-chair of the PIC has denounced recent criticism by some senior ANC leaders of the state-run asset manager following its court bid to recoup its investment from Sekunjalo Independent Media. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 Ultimately, the payment of municipal utilities and taxes is the responsibility of the property owner, explains an attorney. view more
Sunday 15th December 2019 The 'gees' hangover may have positive effects - for a little while, anyway, says David Hufton. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 After having been suspended for almost nine months, SA Tourism CEO Sisa Ntshona was found not guilty on Friday of charges brought against him. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 Somerset West stands out as one of the fastest growing property areas - commercial, residential and industrial - in the Western Cape, according to a new report on the state of the property sector in the Western Cape. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 Rolling blackouts take a heavy toll on small businesses, so it's critical to try to limit damage, says Karl Westvig. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 When Tina Beyer moved to South Africa, it was hard for her to find employment. So she followed her passion and started a business where she now sells eco-friendly alternatives to plastic - without a hefty price tag. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 Consumer demand for credit remained high in the third quarter of 2019 in the face of difficult economic conditions, shows a newly released TransUnion report. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 At the heart of Zimbabwe's economic paralysis is a personality clash. view more
Saturday 14th December 2019 Former Tongaat Hulett interim chief executive officer Sydney Mtsambiwa has stepped down as chair of a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed bank, following his implication in an forensic audit conducted by PwC. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 A new order by the high court to determine the interpretation of 'collection costs' is expected to have far-reaching consequences for over-indebted consumers. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 The world's two largest economies have been in a trade war for about 18 months involving nearly $500bn in products shipped between the two nations. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 The economy also entered the 73rd month of a weakening cycle in December, extending its longest downward phase since 1945. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy says it will launch a risk mitigation power purchase programme to alleviate current electricity supply constraints. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 Since Arcelor Mittal South Africa announced in November that it would be closing Saldanha Steel, government has urged the company to review this decision, Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel has said. view more
Friday 13th December 2019 Zimbabwe has not been connecting electricity illegally "for years" at Eskom's expense, the power utility says, dismissing the claims as fake news. view more
JCCI Business News
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Parklands College is an independent school in Cape Town, South Africa, that caters for children from Pre-
Primary to Grade 12. Our focus is innovation in education and we believe that the best way to prepare... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 THE JOHANNESBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY BUILDS ON ITS DECADES OF EXPERTISE, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO LAUNCH A GLOBAL TRADE, CUSTOMS AND LOGISTICS ACADEMY
JCCI has served the interests of business... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 The Chamber staff were sad to hear of the passing of a dear colleague, Eunice Magagula, who retired in
December 2017 after 30 years of service.
Eunice took care of the thousands of delegates attending... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Mr Van Dzung - Ambassador of Vietnam and Mr Dao Duc - Head of Trade Office and a high ranking delegation of Da Nang City of Vietnam met with JCCI President, Herman Breedt and Bernadette Zeiler - Head of... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 MTHOKO MBATHA is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Spring Lights Gas (Pty) Ltd (abbreviated to SLG) the second largest natural gas trading company in South Africa. He has served the company in various... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 At the end of March 2017, 24.68 million consumers were credit-active in South Africa, of which 14.99 million were in good standing. The balance either had impaired records (three or more payments or months in... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Regional economic integration of the continent is key for its continued development. This is a strategy that
has been driven forward by many regional institutions including the Southern African Development... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Although South Africa has the 10th largest road network in the world, its need and efficient usage must be
interrogated, says Skhumbuzo Macozoma, CEO of the SA National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL).
He said... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Sandile Xolo, marketing and communications manager at Ithala SOC Ltd. says, "Funeral cover is the most soughtafter insurance in the country.
Death remains an inevitable part of the human journey, making... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Professional firms might spend their days advising clients on their finances, but even they are aren't immune from the problem of late payments.
Having a challenging conversation with your client about money... view more
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