JCCI Business Focus is currently being distributed. It will be available at OR Tambo and Lanseria departure business lounges for the next few weeks as well as at a number of business chambers, office complexes... view more

Herman Breedt, President of the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). The ascension of Cyril Ramaphosa to president of the African National Congress and of South Africa has provided business... view more

After 30 years of service at the Chamber, Eunice has finally retired. The 7th floor, where the JCCI seminars, missions, meetings and AGMs are held, was her domain. She took enormous pride in the... view more

Herman Breedt's motto is: "Live your dream, you don't want to sit one day with regrets and say why didn't I do this or if only I did that". Breedt is certainly not sitting still and strives to be an active... view more

At the end of 2017 the Chamber entered into a partnership with Trias, a Belgian-funded development organisation. Their programme, Partnerships for Empowered Entrepreneurs Representation in South Africa... view more

South Africa Data Centre (SADC) Johannesburg and SADC Cape Town will support rising demand for cloudbased services in southern Africa. Africa Data Centres, part of the leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid... view more

Lusanda Raphulu, Partner, Employment and Benefits Practice at Bowmans As China's interest in SA grows, so will the focus on local labour laws. An estimated 10,000 Chinese companies are already doing business... view more

Ranking recognises company's reputation for innovation, people management and global competitiveness. JLL has again been named to FORTUNE magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list. The list is a major... view more

What compensation do your sales personnel need to achieve your business goals? There are two trains of thought on how to pay a sales team - Commission-only package Basic salary with an incentive tagged on I... view more

The way employers feel about their payroll department is best equated to the banting diet - no one naturally cares about dieting, but everyone is worried that someone else is getting it right, in a better... view more

SLG and SLCNG are leading suppliers of natural gas in South Africa trusted for their reliable supply of piped and compressed natural gas (CNG) to blue chip companies such as Hulamin, Toyota, Sapref,... view more

Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) continues to fight its war on potholes and has to date repaired 44 350 potholes across the City since the beginning of the 2017/2018 financial year. At present, the City is... view more

A high-level delegation of business and political leaders from the island of St Helena has been investigating trade opportunities in Johannesburg. The delegation included senior executives from the banking and... view more

JCCI SME Export Incubator is a launchpad for small, medium and micro (SME) exporters wanting to get their product or service into foreign markets. The Export Incubator provides participants with: General... view more

Lungisani Gumede is only 20 years old and has great plans for the future. For the last three years he has been working at mastering his carpentry skills and is reaping the rewards of his efforts. During 2017... view more

Nkoketse Mametse founded Lust Be Original in 2009 as a 100% black owned company. Originally a clothing brand, Mametse decided that he needed to do something different and established himself primarily as a... view more

Leonard Hlangabeza is the chief executive officer of Nyathi Arts Creations, which was founded in 2010. Hlangabeza is passionate about working with clay and enjoys creating beautiful and functional ceramic... view more

Retang Phaahla and her mother Nondumiso Phaahla are the driving force behind Summer Trading 87', a 100% black owned company, that markets and distributes indigenous tea products. The company forms part of a... view more

As Samuel Johnson said in 1759, "No man was ever great by imitating". It is self-evident that great leaders are 'out-front' in every venture. They are not buglers with clarion calls, but quiet, thoughtful and... view more

According to managing director Costar Takawira, Baldmin Projects, a locally based South African company, was awarded a multimilliondollar contract in Tanzania to design, manufacture, install and commission a... view more

The Tsogo Sun Entrepreneurs programme has inducted 42 new beneficiaries from 30 different SMEs for a year of intense training, coaching, mentorship and support - to assist them to professionalise and grow... view more

A new no-holds-barred study of South Africa's economic transformation over the past two decades concludes that the country has not only deindustrialised prematurely, but has also failed to materially transform its economic structure to one that encourages inclusive growth and development. Titled 'Structural Transformation in South Africa: moving towards a smart, open economy for all', the report calls for the creation of a broad coalition for reindustrialisation, underpinned by productive investment and a widening economic participation. view more

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has confirmed that it is opposed to reducing protection on the import of electric vehicles (EVs) as a way of increasing domestic demand, arguing that automotive firms should, instead, use the duty offsets available to them through production rebate credit certificates to increase EV imports. The department estimates that the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have accumulated R6-billion-worth of production rebate credit certificates. view more

The world did not stop to allow South Africa to get off. While 'sunny South Africa' spent more than two years delaying the introduction of new renewable-energy plants, including 12 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects and a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, the rest of the world continued investing. In 2017 alone, the generation capacity associated with solar PV grew by 32%, with the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) reporting a rise in worldwide capacity to 385 GW, from 292 GW in 2016. The increase is even more impressive when viewed over a longer horizon. In 2008, the global installed solar PV base stood at less than 15 GW. view more

The resignation of Garry Pita as CFO of State-owned Transnet does not absolve him of accountability should he be found to have had a role in the alleged corruption at Transnet, the Department of Public Enterprise (DPE) said late on Thursday. Pita on Thursday resigned after 12 years at Transnet, stating that it was in the interest of his health and his family. view more

An independent board established by Murray & Roberts (M&R) to assess the proposal by German family-owned business Aton to acquire all shares in M&R at R15 a share, has again recommended that M&R shareholders reject the offer. In an announcement on Friday, the M&R independent board reiterated that Aton's approach was opportunistic and said it was timed to coincide with unprecedented weakness in M&R's share price. view more

The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) has increased the commercial paper programme for the Vaal River Eastern Subsystem Augmentation Project (Vresap) to R500-million. Vresap comprises a 120 km pipeline from the Vaal dam to the Knoppiesfontein diversion structure near Secunda to augment the Vaal River Eastern Subsystem. view more

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is inviting the public to participate in a public commentary process on a proposed amendment to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Codes of Good Practice on or before May 29. view more

JSE-listed pulp and paper producer Mondi has acquired the Draycott and Greytown timber plantations, in KwaZulu-Natal, from World Hardwood. The Competition Tribunal on Thursday approved the transaction, after the Competition Commission determined that it was unlikely to substantially prevent or lessen competition in any market. view more

The South African National Space Agency's (Sansa's) Space Weather Regional Warning Centre, at Hermanus in the Western Cape, was officially rededicated on Thursday by Science and Technology Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane following its recent upgrade. This is the only Space Weather Regional Warning Centre in Africa. In her address, the Minister noted the important role of space science in supporting economic development, promoting cooperation in research and development and building a knowledge economy, as well as mitigating the effects of adverse space weather events. Space weather refers to conditions on the Sun, the solar wind, magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-based and ground-based technology systems. The main space weather phenomena are solar flares, solar energetic particles (protons, electrons and helium ions) and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). "Extreme space weather storms are a risk that could endanger the economy, costing South Africa billions of rands if not mitigated effectively," highlighted Sansa CEO Dr Val Munsami. "Governments in several countries, including the USA and UK, have recently listed space weather on their National Risk Registers." view more

Environmental Affairs Minister Dr Edna Molewa on Friday gazetted, for implementation, an amendment to the Financial Provisioning Regulations (FPR) for prospecting, exploration, mining or production operations. view more