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 19th August 2019 The JSE has gotten off to a firmer start this week as it tracked other global stocks higher, after the US signalled progress in the trade talks with China. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The steadying of the US Treasury market and talk of economic stimulus in Germany and China helped lift Wall Street stocks on Monday. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Stock markets have rallied after US President Donald Trump's top economic adviser hailed "positive" trade talks with Chinese negotiators. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The rand started the day on the backfoot at R15.29. The day's range was expected to be between R15.25 and R15.38. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Oil rose for a second day after a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field brought geopolitical risks back into focus, and as the prospect of more US-China trade meetings spurred some investor optimism. 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
KwaZulu-Natal is home to many well... view more
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
Monday 19th August 2019 Two EFF MPs have resigned from Parliament and the political party's central command team over money they received from ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 A Cape Town policeman who was visiting Blue Route Mall in Tokai arrested two members of an armed gang after they hit a jewellery store on Monday. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Zimbabwe's former vice president on Monday fled from anti-corruption questioning after he was summoned over alleged criminal abuse of office, officials said. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Inadvertently, franchise ally Trevor Nyakane could be the key blockage to Lizo Gqoboka's selection for the Springbok RWC squad, writes Rob Houwing. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Tears flowed down the cheeks of some of the relatives of the 11 victims who were brutally killed by convicted murderers Zak Valentine, Cecilia Steyn and Marcel Steyn. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed has begged for assistance in securing his release from captivity, saying that his life is still in danger. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 A concerted campaign against former National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Mxolisi Nxasana to oust him from his position culminated in him conceding he would only go if he was paid out for the remainder of his term. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola has urged aspirant prosecutors to withstand and resist political pressure when executing their duties. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 ANC national executive committee member and Deputy Minister of State Security Zizi Kodwa says allegations against the judiciary should also be brought before the commission of inquiry into state capture. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Springbok management has confirmed that looseforward Marcell Coetzee will undergo surgery to an injured ankle and will miss the Rugby World Cup. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 As a 36-man Springbok camp takes place in Bloemfontein this week, coach Rassie Erasmus must decide which players to cut. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The number of weekend murders in the Western Cape has decreased slightly - from the 47 committed last weekend to 34 in the metro region this past weekend. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The Cape Town nurse accused of making another woman eat dog poo has been granted bail but will be under house arrest until a verdict in her case is reached, the Goodwood Magistrate's Court has ruled. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The judicial commission of inquiry into state capture continues with additional testimony from former national director of public prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 A detective who in recent years solved three of Stellenbosch's most high-profile murders has found himself in the dock of the Franschhoek Magistrate's Court, charged with culpable homicide. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 A couple living on a farm in Malmesbury has been tied up and robbed, in the second robbery in the region in two days, Western Cape police have confirmed. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The Springboks have moved past England into fourth spot on the official World Rugby rankings. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Australian batsman Steve Smith has jumped up to 2nd in the ICC Test batting rankings, closing the gap on India's Virat Kohli. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The Presidency and officials who ran President Cyril Ramaphosa's 2017 ANC presidential campaign, known as the CR17 campaign, have yet to comment on an explosive leak of bank statements. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 There may still be those questioning whether he should go at all ... but Rob Houwing takes the totally opposite view of Frans Steyn's RWC worth. view more
Engineering News
Monday 19th August 2019 The acting head of the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO), Advocate Sandra Coetzee, has indicated that there should be "no surprises" in the bid documentation that will be released once procurement activities resume again, following a hiatus of nearly five years. Coetzee, who stepped into the role in late July following the departure of Karen Breytenbach, tells Engineering News Online it is premature to offer detailed insight into the changes being considered. She confirms, however, that these adjustments will be guided by the principles of greater inclusivity and transformation, as well as affordability. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Environmental organisation Greenpeace's India branch says Kriel, in Mpumalanga province, in South Africa, is the second-largest global hotspot for sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions, mostly owing to the 12 coal-fired power stations in the province.
The branch commissioned a study using the US's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellites to track anthropogenic SO2 emissions hotspots around the world. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Technology company what3words on Monday announced the roll-out of its location technology of the same name to South African emergency services provider ER24, to enable faster response times in emergencies. Using a what3words address in an emergency gives callers a simple way to describe where they need help and allow ER24 to get resources straight to the scene. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Construction engineering company Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon has appointed CEO Louwtjie Nel as executive chairperson to succeed Mike Wylie, who plans to retire in November.
WBHO said Nel's appointment of chairperson would ensure that the constructive and effective relationship between the board and executive management continued. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms expects to report an at least 20% drop in basic, headline and core headline earnings a share for the financial year ended May 31. In an initial trading statement published on Monday, Blue Label management informed shareholders that its audit for the year under review was substantially complete. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Solidarity's application to force State-owned Denel to pay over Unemployment Insurance Fund levies and taxes deducted from employees' salaries to the relevant authorities will be heard in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. Solidarity on July 31 served urgent documents on the struggling arms manufacturer, alleging that the UIF levies and taxes had not been paid over by Denel and that the State-owned firm had been unable to pay employees' salaries in full for those months. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Romania's first mixed-use development, Iulius Town Timisoara, developed by real estate investment trusts Atterbury Europe and Romania-based Iulius, will open on August 30.
Atterbury Europe CEO Henk Deist on Monday explained that the companies had entered into a 50/50 joint venture in June 2017 to accelerate the development of Iulius Town Timisoara, besides other developments. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel has set up a national committee, comprising representatives from business, labour and government, to develop action plans around the new African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). The committee was set up at a strategic session between the Ministry and social partners at the National Economic, Development and Labour Council (Nedlac), and was the first session held with the new Ministry following the combination of the departments of Trade and Industry and Economic Development. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) last month confirmed that it had, so far, spent R511-million on the Industrial Parks Revitalisation Programme, which was established in 2016 to deal with the insufficient resources available from local and provincial government to maintain industrial parks. In a Parliamentary reply, the DTIC said no concessions had been made available from provincial or local government as yet. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Various efforts are under way to improve South Africa's business ranking, the Trade and Industry Ministry has assured in response to a Parliamentary question published on Monday. In response to a question about the steps being taken by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) to ensure the country turns around its decline in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report, the Ministry said the DTIC had, through InvestSA, signed a cooperation agreement with the World Bank on March 11 to address issues of investment climate reform over the next two to three years. view more
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KZN Business Sense
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The diverse and vibrant province of KwaZulu-Natal has produced some of South Afr... view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Thabani Shale was appointed as the new Zululand Chamber of Commerce and Industry... view more
Thursday 11th July 2019 The Insolvency & Business Rescue Law Team consists of Thys Scheepers... view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 Allan Hirsch, the founder and CEO of Hirsch's is an outstanding example ... view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 Can an employer proceed with a disciplinary enquiry after an employee re... view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 When a legal crisis strikes your business - how do you feel? What do you do? view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 Ever been in a role at an organisation where you know it's just NOT for you? Eve... view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 Prescription extinguishes a debt and brings finality to disputes. It is ... view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 OUR HERITAGE
CMH Nissan Durban forms part of a large network of C... view more
Tuesday 2nd July 2019 Success is actually a fairly simple formula. First, you need to set a goal. Seco... view more
Zululand Chamber news
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
Monday 5th August 2019 Book your seat at the annual SMME Seminar on Thursday, 19 September 2019 at the Kingfisher Hall, ZCBF Office park. Share in “Success through Synergy.” 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
Thursday 16th May 2019 24 new ZCCI members attended a New Members’ Tea at Bayshore Inn on Thursday, 16 May 2019. The event was sponsored by ABSA Bank. Companies present included representatives from our sponsors, ABSA Bank, Tendele Mine, La Fusion Chefs, Umtapo Publishers, Emprint, Sne Sishosho Trading, CI Agro Culture, Ntokozi ilo Trading, Isibhaya Guesthouse, Corporate Communications, Siphizandla view more
Tuesday 30th April 2019 Christa van der Walt, the ZCCI’s manager, is leaving Chamber today, to start her own business, Corporate Communications. The ZCCI wishes to thank Christa for her invaluable contribution over the last four years and wish her all the best in her future endeavours. view more
Wednesday 24th April 2019 The 2018 Business Excellence Awards again rewarded Zululand Business owners for the work done during the year. 28 November 2018 saw the Zululand Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosting the prestigious annual Business Excellence Awards with the theme "Pinnacle of Excellence". The venue was the Dome at the uMfolozi Casino and Convention Resort. This year's view more
Tuesday 16th April 2019 ZCCI CEO, Thabani Shale had a high level meeting in Nongoma on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 with the minister of Labour, Minister Mildred Oliphant, and the UIF Commissioner, Tebogo Maruping. 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
Monday 19th August 2019 Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza said while there were "no compelling reason for undertaking such a study", the department studies food security levels, agricultural production trends, and agricultural trade patterns. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Tesla's latest bid to revive its foundering solar division may sound familiar: rentals. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The total value of pension funds in SA is over R4 trillion and a new government policy around prescribed assets could unlock this pot of gold for the government to use for investments. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The Black Management Forum says it plans to step up its "monitoring capacity", and has established a litigation fund to take legal action against public interest companies violating employment equity laws. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The South African Broadcasting Corporation confirmed to Fin24 that it will on Tuesday head to Labour Court as it seeks to file an application to declare irregular appointments as unlawful. view more
Business NEWS24
Monday 19th August 2019 Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza said while there were "no compelling reason for undertaking such a study", the department studies food security levels, agricultural production trends, and agricultural trade patterns. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Tesla's latest bid to revive its foundering solar division may sound familiar: rentals. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The total value of pension funds in SA is over R4 trillion and a new government policy around prescribed assets could unlock this pot of gold for the government to use for investments. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The Black Management Forum says it plans to step up its "monitoring capacity", and has established a litigation fund to take legal action against public interest companies violating employment equity laws. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The South African Broadcasting Corporation confirmed to Fin24 that it will on Tuesday head to Labour Court as it seeks to file an application to declare irregular appointments as unlawful. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports are getting a lot of blame for slowing the global economy, but it's his Twitter habit that could be even more harmful. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The North Gauteng Court on Friday ruled that the removal of two board members from the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation late last year was unlawful. Fin24 unpacks what Judge AJ Mtati said about the matter: view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Chinese telecom giant Huawei has been given a 90-day reprieve on the ban from buying US technology, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has said. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The JSE has gotten off to a firmer start this week as it tracked other global stocks higher, after the US signalled progress in the trade talks with China. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The rand started the day on the backfoot at R15.29. The day's range was expected to be between R15.25 and R15.38. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Despite the legal saga dragging on for nine years, inventor of the Please Call me function, Nkosana Makate says he still has a lot of fight left in him as he heads back to the high court to determine how much Vodacom owes him. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The International Monetary Fund cautioned Zimbabwe's government against boosting wages for state workers after the introduction of a new currency pushed up inflation and reduced spending power to a 10th of what it was six months ago. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 It was a somewhat hollow victory for former Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) board members Kelvin Kemm, Pamela Bosman and Phumzile Tshelane, in a judgment handed down in the North Gauteng High Court by Justice A J Mtati in Pretoria on Friday 16 August 2019. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 About 66 former employees of Tasima - a company contracted by the Department of Transport's Road Traffic Management Corporation to build a traffic information system - have not been paid salaries since December 2018. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 A least 25% of Zimbabwe's import bill for the month of June was for diesel, latest figures from ZimStats have shown. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Investors will be hanging on Jerome Powell's every word this week for clues as to whether the current nervousness gripping emerging markets is justified. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 The area around coal-fired plants owned by South Africa's state power utility Eskom ranks as the world's second-largest hotspot of sulphur dioxide emissions, according to Greenpeace. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 Cook and Trump had dinner on Friday night, while the president was at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 With the looming threat of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal deal and a slim but rising risk of the pound plunging to parity with the dollar, more chief executives are telling investors they can handle any eventuality - however messy, says Lionel Laurent. view more
Monday 19th August 2019 South Africa needs to realise that the Fourth Industrial Revolution is already here, and the country is dangerously ill-prepared, warns an education expert. 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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