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.
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Markets
Monday 25th March 2019 Historically major recessions have been preceded by the inversion of short-dated and long-dated Treasury yields, which is a scenario whereby shorter-term rates are higher than longer-term rates. view more
Friday 22nd March 2019 Hong Kong stocks have finished the week on a positive note, taking their cue from a Wall Street rally, with investors now looking ahead to fresh high-level China-US trade talks next week. view more
Friday 22nd March 2019 Tokyo stocks have closed slightly higher as rallies on Wall Street helped improve investor sentiment, but a stronger yen limited the gains. view more
Thursday 21st March 2019 The rand gained 1.9% against the US dollar on Wednesday, following the US Federal Reserve Bank's announcement to keep rates on hold. view more
Wednesday 20th March 2019 Federal Reserve officials scaled back their projected interest-rate increases this year to zero. view more
Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards
Monday 21st January 2019 The Standard Bank KZN Top Business Leader's award is an honorary award given t... view more
Monday 21st January 2019 The Partnership award is given to a project which ref lects the importance of ef... view more
Monday 21st January 2019 The Winner is Fairmont Zimbali Resort
Fairmont Zimbali Resort pro... view more
Friday 18th January 2019 Many well-known brands have been grown from within KZN and have made an indelibl... view more
Friday 18th January 2019 Arnold Stegen MD of Aquellé said, "This is a huge honour for us." He added,... view more
Thursday 17th January 2019 TRADE SECTOR AWARD - The 2018 winner is ... Hirsch's
Hirsc... view more
Thursday 17th January 2019 The Winner is SLG (Pty) Ltd SLG Group CEO Mthoko Mbatha said, "As SLG, we are ... view more
Thursday 17th January 2019 The winner is Blue Security Blue Security managing director Henk van Bemmelen sa... view more
Thursday 17th January 2019 FMI, a division of Bidvest Life Ltd, was recently named Top Business in the Fina... view more
Wednesday 16th January 2019 The winner is Tronox.
Tronox is the world's largest fully integ... view more
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
Monday 25th March 2019 Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has met with officials over alleged relating to the approval of the retirement of former SA Revenue Service (SARS) deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Seven people, including six Fidelity Security Group employees, have been nabbed in connection with allegations that they participated in a staged cash-in-transit robbery in Makapanstad, North West and later shared the spoils. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines' CEO says the pilots who flew the plane that crashed on March 10 had trained on "all appropriate simulators", rejecting reports that they had not been properly prepared to handle the new aircraft. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Coach Robbie Fleck will know that a lot of game growth in other areas is necessary if the Stormers are to succeed. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 'It will get worse': Perilous times for estimated 900,000 kids hit by Mozambique's cyclone. They have been orphaned or separated from their families, made homeless or otherwise affected by Cyclone Idai view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Government has started work on a 67-page document, known as the national action plan, as a tool aimed at dealing with racism, xenophobia and discrimination in general. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Berlin police say an 81-year-old man is being investigated on charges of causing dangerous bodily harm after he whacked a smoker in a downtown train station with a fence picket for puffing on a cigarette in a non-designated area. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 It will be hot over the northern and central interior on Tuesday, and warm conditions have been predicted for the rest of the country. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Proteas fast bowlers Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje - both injured and out of the IPL - are still on track to make the 2019 World Cup in England. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The mayor of Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal is to remain in his position even though he is behind bars awaiting trial for murder. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Pesky pests or delicious delicacy: How would you feel about eating deep fried locusts, ant egg salad or barbequed tarantulas? view more
Monday 25th March 2019 School bells in Mozambique's fourth largest city, Beira, usually start ringing at 07:00. On Monday, however, there was silence. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The DA believes government should partially privatise Eskom and allow for competition. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Las Vegas Spur Steak Ranch in Hemingways Mall in East London has offered counselling to one of its employees, saying three patrons racially abused him. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Harry Gwala District Mayor Mluleki Ndobe is angry, saying his name was tarnished when he was accused of the murder of a former ANC Youth League leader. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 There's been conflicting accounts about what happened before South African pilot Charl Viljoen crashed a plane into the Matsieng Flying Club facility at Matsieng Aerodrome in Botswana. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans' Association has hit out at State Security Minister Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba, who it claims has attacked ANC secretary general Ace Magashule "without cause or reason". view more
Monday 25th March 2019 A cellphone mapping expert has told the Western Cape High Court that Rob Packham's main phone was turned off for just over two hours on the morning of February 22, 2018, when his wife Gill disappeared. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Disease is threatening to aggravate the already dire conditions facing millions of survivors following the powerful tropical cyclone which ravaged southern Africa 10 days ago, officials warned on Sunday. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Murder charges against Harry Gwala District mayor Mluleki Ndobe have been provisionally withdrawn, the Umzimkhulu Magistrates Court heard. view more
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KZN Business Sense
Thursday 14th March 2019 March 17 - 23 brings the National Water Week campaign, aptly themed "W... view more
Thursday 14th March 2019 After the recent call for all local designers to submit ... view more
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Tuesday 5th March 2019 The Durban Chamber offers conferencing and event management services for confere... view more
Tuesday 5th March 2019 In 2018, the Durban Chamber partnered with the MTN Business Unit, the Ernie Els ... view more
Tuesday 5th March 2019 The Durban Chamber partnered with long-time member and platinum sponsor, Mediter... view more
Zululand Chamber news
Tuesday 5th March 2019 Mike Anderson, National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) founder and CEO says that running your own small business is becoming tougher and tougher. The most important area identified within the survey as critical to addressing business growth challenges is increased marketing spend. Anderson says this is a reoccurring requirement and is also the area where majority view more
Wednesday 13th February 2019 ZCCI CEO, Thabani Shale had a meeting with Deputy Mayor of uMlalazi Municipality Cllr BP Simelane and Municipal Manager of uMlalazi Municipality, Raymond Mnguni today (13 February 2019). The load shedding schedule for industrial and retail areas will be amended. Load shedding will occur at start of the shift or towards the end of the view more
Friday 8th February 2019 30-January-2019 The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) have collaborated to launch a free-to-use Web Tool dedicated to help smaller businesses with labour relations processes and matters. The joint initiative is one of the flagship projects outlined in the Presidential Jobs Summit Framework Agreement and has gone view more
Tuesday 5th February 2019 Please see the list of possible projects at the RBIDZ, Tender Advert- ICT Projects view more
Friday 1st February 2019 The efforts by the provincial government to empower young people aiming for a career in business and entrepreneurship received a resounding applause from various quarters on Thursday. This was after the KwaZulu-Natal Acting Premier Sihle Zikalala launched a first of its kind R50 million KZN Youth Fund geared towards and billed as a long-lasting solution view more
Tuesday 15th January 2019 The KwaZulu-Natal Business Chamber Council (KBCC) held their annual strategic planning session at Aloe Lifestyle Hotel in eShowe last week, under the leadership of ZCCI president, Judith Nzimande. The session was also attended by the Durban Chamber President Musa Makhunga, Pietermaritzburg Chamber President, Bonginkosi Mshengu and CEO Melanie Veness, Fabcos founding member Nathi Mbele; Ilembe view more
Monday 10th December 2018 The SMME Committee AGM will be held on 12 December 2018 at 13h00 at Nyoni Room at ZCBF Community Park. RSVP to manager@zcci.co.za Nominations for the SMME Committee needs to be submitted by 12:00 on 12 December 2018. Nomination Form for SMME Forum Committee view more
Thursday 6th December 2018 Invitation – ZCCI Youth Chapter workshop (13 December 2018) view more
Wednesday 31st October 2018 Carol Ofori, East Coast Radio DJ will be the programme director during the 2018 ZCCI Business Excellence awards ceremony on 28 November 2018 at Umfolozi Casino. Thami Sithole, Port Manager for Richards Bay is the guest speaker. Please book you seat by contacting Lihle Msweli on 035 797 1807 or pr@zcci.co.za view more
Tuesday 30th October 2018 Thabani Shale, ZCCI CEO welcomes the positive messages outlined in the Minister of Finance's maiden budget policy statement. The Minister of Finance has emphasized to restore of good governance and fight corruption in all of its forms. The key is the employment of qualified, competent and incorruptible officials. The focus on reducing the view more
Durban Chamber news
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
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iLembe Chamber of Commerce news
KZN News
Monday 25th March 2019 The card is tied to Apple Pay, a service that lets people load banking information and pay in stores like Starbucks or use it for purchases online. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The cyclone rocked the southern African countries of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. The death toll from the cyclone reportedly stands at more than 750, with 110 000 people displaced. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The appointment of Keabetswe Modimeng is significant given former chair Rubben Mahlaloga's conviction on fraud charges and removal from the Icasa board last week. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Martin Kingston, who on April 1 steps down as CEO of Rothschild & Co.'s South African unit after 13 years, wants to help revive the country's beleaguered state-owned companies. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Everybody wishes they knew what Warren Buffett will acquire next. Buffett wishes he knew, too, says Tara Lachapelle. view more
Business NEWS24
Monday 25th March 2019 The card is tied to Apple Pay, a service that lets people load banking information and pay in stores like Starbucks or use it for purchases online. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The cyclone rocked the southern African countries of Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi. The death toll from the cyclone reportedly stands at more than 750, with 110 000 people displaced. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The appointment of Keabetswe Modimeng is significant given former chair Rubben Mahlaloga's conviction on fraud charges and removal from the Icasa board last week. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Martin Kingston, who on April 1 steps down as CEO of Rothschild & Co.'s South African unit after 13 years, wants to help revive the country's beleaguered state-owned companies. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Everybody wishes they knew what Warren Buffett will acquire next. Buffett wishes he knew, too, says Tara Lachapelle. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Rothschild & Co.'s SA unit says its CEO, Martin Kingston, will cede his role to Paul Bondi and Giles Douglas and become executive chairman as he prepares to be more involved in work aimed at supporting the government. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Naspers Chief Executive Officer Bob van Dijk has been working for years to solve a problem rivals might envy - getting investors to value his South African firm nearer to its $133bn stake in Tencent. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 TreasuryONE said earlier that emerging market currencies had weakened, led by Turkey's lira and the rand. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 South Africa may just be able to cling onto the stable outlook of its sole investment-grade rating this week, helping it stay clear of a forced selloff of billions of rand of its debt. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Historically major recessions have been preceded by the inversion of short-dated and long-dated Treasury yields, which is a scenario whereby shorter-term rates are higher than longer-term rates. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The judicial commission of inquiry into the Public Investment Corporation has heard that there was no policy in place in March 2014 to regulate a deal between the asset manager and the son of then-deputy minister of finance and chairperson of the PIC Nhlanhla Nene. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Boeing plans to meet this week with customers and regulators to explain the measures it's taking to get its 737 Max back into service, after the aircraft was grounded following two deadly crashes in less than five months. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Discovery Bank hits the market this week with 50 000 people who have signed up requesting to become customers. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Theresa May will face up to her own desperately weak political position on Monday as members of Parliament move to take over Brexit policy and her own ministers plot to oust her. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Even though Eskom has stopped load shedding, there is still a risk that the electricity system could change at short notice, said acting head of generation Andrew Etzinger. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The JSE-listed IT company has announced that its Channel Partner Agreement with Microsoft has been terminated. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The SA Reserve Bank will announce its interest rate decision on Thursday, while Moody's is expected to make its latest credit rating announcement on Friday. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 A total of 17 companies have been listed on the exchange, including heavy hitters Naspers, the Standard Bank Group and Sanlam. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Naspers plans to carve out its internet businesses, including a $133bn stake in China's Tencent Holdings, that has long exceeded the technology investor's own market value. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The finance minister says a discussion must begin on whether the government needs to retain control of all the assets it owns given the poor state of the national finances. view more
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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
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Compliance Hub Consulting (Pty) Ltd was founded in 2011, to service the South African business industry as an independent service provider for Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE).
Within a... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 The Youth Employment Services (YES) amendments to the B-BBEE Codes were gazetted on 28 August 2018 and Practice Guide 1 on 12 October 2018.
YES is a partnership with government, labour and civil society and... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Managing the dangers of debtors
Studies have shown that approximately 80% of small business enterprises fail within the first five years and only 1% of the remainder grow to employ ten or more... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 In a refreshingly frank presentation to the freight industry last week, acting chief officer Customs & Excise,
Beyers Theron, conceded that the revenue authority had failed to deliver on its mandate of... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) immediate Past President, Ernest Mahlaule, has been appointed chairperson for the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA).
Congratulations on your... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 Property Point, the Growthpoint Properties initiative, has officially facilitated more than R1bn successful procurement opportunities for small businesses operating in South Africa's property sector.
Property... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 The South African Chamber of Commerce UK is an umbrella organisation and conduit for trade, community and investment into and out of South Africa. The SACC aims to bring under one concerted effort, a forum and... view more
Wednesday 28th November 2018 DRG Outsourcing and BusinessFit have been accepted as Platinum members of the London-based South African Chamber of Commerce UK (SACC) and to be represented on the South African arm of its executive... view more
Monday 26th November 2018 Managing the dangers of debtors
Studies have shown that approximately 80% of small business enterprises fail within the first five years and only 1% of the remainder grow to employ ten or more... view more
Friday 14th September 2018
Friday 14th September 2018 Herman Breedt, President of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry I wish to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Board members for their time, hard work and constructive input. My thanks also... view more
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Engineering News
Monday 25th March 2019 The Minerals Council South Africa is ringing alarm bells over the threat posed to employment and production in the gold and platinum sectors as a result of recently approved electricity tariff increases, including the 13.8% hike to be implemented from April 1. In addition, the council is warning that the hikes will accelerate the State-owned utility's own downward spiral as mines and smelters, which currently consumes 30% of Eskom's yearly production, respond by closing unprofitable operations. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The recent round of rolling blackouts plaguing South Africa, and uncertainty about the longer-term power supply situation in South Africa are having a devastating impact on business, says South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) CEO Alan Mukoki. Although Eskom does not expect to implement load-shedding this week, people and businesses across the country have been negatively affected by load-shedding in recent weeks. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 JSE-listed engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts' (M&R's) Cementation Americas, which forms part of the M&R Underground Mining platform, has acquired 100% of Terra Nova Technologies (TNT) for $38-million. The acquisition will be funded from a revolving and term loan credit facility, as well as from existing cash resources. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M&R) announced on Monday that Germany-based ATON has extended the long stop date for completing the buyout of M&R share from March 31 to June 30.
This is owing to pending merger control clearances and competition authority approvals from South African and Canadian authorities, following the launch by ATON of a hostile takeover bid, at R17 per M&R, last year. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The joint business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for Group Five and Group Five Construction on Monday confirmed that subsidiary companies of these entities would continue to operate as going concerns, as they do not fall directly into business rescue proceedings. This is also the case for Group Five's international subsidiaries and holdings. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said a discussion must begin on whether the government needs to retain control of all the assets it owns given the poor state of the national finances. Mboweni has asked Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for a list of noncore State assets and has been provided with an "extensive list," he said while being interviewed and answering questions from callers on Power FM radio. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 JSE-listed information technology services company EOH announced in a statement on Monday that it had, on March 12, received a 30-day notice period from software multinational Microsoft Ireland of its intention to terminate the Partner Network Agreement with a number of EOH group companies, and was not provided with reasons for the termination. It did not stipulate which companies in the group had been served with the notice. The EOH group comprises about 270 legal entities that employ about 11 500 people. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 Kenya is in talks with Transnet of South Africa to operate a seaport that the East African nation is developing to partly use for planned exports of oil. The state-owned South African logistics company is leading a group of companies that are pitching to provide the equipment for the initial three of 32 berths planned at Lamu port, and to operate the facility, Kenya Ports Authority MD Daniel Manduku said. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba on Monday opened two newly built and rehabilitated roads in Ivory Park, Ward 78, near Midrand.
The R6-million project, which was funded by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), included the installation of underground stormwater management systems and interlocking blocks on the sidewalk path of the road, since stormwater and blocked drains contributed to the deterioration of roads. view more
Monday 25th March 2019 The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) on Monday claimed that BMW South Africa had unilaterally changed the terms of service for contract workers. As a result, Numsa members have embarked on a strike at BMW's Rosslyn plant, in Pretoria. view more
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Rand Exchange Rate
