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
Tuesday 19th February 2019 TreasuryONE said earlier that the rand was likely to remain under pressure as all eyes turn to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget address tomorrow. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The rand opened at R14.04 to the greenback earlier in the day but, at one point, plummeted to R14.35. view more
Tuesday 19th February 2019 Stocks paused as investors struck a cautious tone ahead of the start of the next round of trade talks between China and the US. view more
Tuesday 19th February 2019 Hong Kong stocks have ended lower as investors cautiously await the resumption of trade talks between China and the US later in the day. view more
Sunday 17th February 2019 European and US stock markets leapt as positive signs emerged from US-China trade talks aimed at averting an escalation of a tariff war between the world's top two economies. 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
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The Zondo commission's legal team has begun to shine the spotlight on power utility Eskom. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Suspended special director of public prosecutions, Lawrence Mrwebi, has told the Mokgoro Inquiry that he never met former Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and had no reason to favour him. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Four people have died in a horror crash in the Free State. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 North West police are investigating a report that a 9-year-old boy was raped in the bathroom of a Curro Academy school. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 A large service delivery protest has hit the streets of Plettenberg Bay. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The fire burning near the Franschhoek Pass is still out of control, despite the heavy presence of firefighters battling the blaze. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Indian sprinter Dutee Chand is confident that Caster Semenya will win her appeal against the IAAF's new testosterone regulations. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Karoo National Park rangers are still searching for a lion which is on the loose outside Beaufort West, Western Cape. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Kusile will further lock South Africa into a polluting coal-based electricity supply, while crowding out investments in renewable energy and perpetuating a cycle of pollution, writes Melita Steele. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Early this morning Richard Gill shared an incredible wildlife sighting on Facebook. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Tennis icon Billie Jean King has joined the wave of support for her friend 800m Olympic champion Caster Semenya in her ongoing CAS court case. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The multimillion-rand PowerBall winner has not yet come forward to claim the massive prize. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a warm, heartfelt message of support to Caster Semenya. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Property mogul Jason Rohde faces sentencing for the murder of his wife Susan in the Western Cape High Court. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Suspended special director of public prosecutions advocate Lawrence Mrwebi has responded to his detractors and accusers after taking the stand for the first time at the Mokgoro inquiry in Centurion. Nomgcobo Jiba is set to testify on Thursday. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 As the 2019 general elections approach, a new survey shows that the majority of South Africans will vote for the ANC if the elections were held tomorrow. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 One South African is celebrating today after winning a record PowerBall draw and walking away with a whopping R232m jackpot. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Highlanders centre Sio Tomkinson has had his red card from Saturday's Super Rugby clash against the Chiefs scrapped. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The 2019 State of the Motor Industry (SOMI) address, delivered some sobering facts about the affairs of the local automotive industry and its socio-economic context. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The idea of someone somewhere giving a signal for a coordinated campaign to damage the country and especially the president to start, is terrifying, writes Melanie Verwoerd. view more
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KZN Business Sense
Saturday 26th January 2019
Wednesday 12th December 2018
Monday 10th December 2018
Tuesday 27th November 2018
Tuesday 27th November 2018 Acknowledgment is one of those things that you don't think about until you not... view more
Tuesday 27th November 2018 The announcement that almost R200bn had been pledged by the private sector at th... view more
Tuesday 27th November 2018 Certification day after the International Labour Organisation's Start Your Bus... view more
Tuesday 27th November 2018 Neville Matjie is the chief executive officer of Trade & Investment KwaZulu-... view more
Tuesday 27th November 2018 Can a Board of Directors skip the disciplinary procedure and use a fast-... view more
Tuesday 27th November 2018 EThekwini Municipality and its investments promotion unit, Invest Durban, have c... view more
Zululand Chamber news
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
Friday 26th October 2018 “First Female Boss elected for KwaZulu-Natal Business Chambers Council” Read the article on P2Â of the KZN Business Sense newspaper. KZN Business Sense V4.4 pdf 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
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The economic picture emerging from Budget 2019 was not a rosy one and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the outlook for SA has weakend. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his maiden budget speech ensuring sustainable finances by containing the budget deficit and stabilising public debt. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 "Minister Tito Mboweni has got to tread the line very carefully, especially when discussing the state of SOEs in the country and how to salvage them," says TreasuryONE's Andre Botha. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said he had full confidence in Treasury's Director-General Dondo Mogajane, and that he was reviewing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's recommendation of remedial action on Mogajane's appointment. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance minister Tito Mboweni's first National Budget came with no real big surprises or shocks. Given the pressure-cooker that is state finances, especially those of struggling power utility Eskom, it appears to be a well-balanced act. view more
Business NEWS24
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The economic picture emerging from Budget 2019 was not a rosy one and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the outlook for SA has weakend. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his maiden budget speech ensuring sustainable finances by containing the budget deficit and stabilising public debt. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 "Minister Tito Mboweni has got to tread the line very carefully, especially when discussing the state of SOEs in the country and how to salvage them," says TreasuryONE's Andre Botha. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said he had full confidence in Treasury's Director-General Dondo Mogajane, and that he was reviewing Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's recommendation of remedial action on Mogajane's appointment. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance minister Tito Mboweni's first National Budget came with no real big surprises or shocks. Given the pressure-cooker that is state finances, especially those of struggling power utility Eskom, it appears to be a well-balanced act. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The rand initially lost some ground to trade at R14.35/$ during the first stages of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni's Budget 2019 speech. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni may not have announced any increases in taxes rates in his maiden Budget, but as in previous years sin taxes - or the tax government levies on alcohol and tobacco - will again rise at above-inflation rates. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni said during his budget speech that monthly payrolls in 2018 showed an average of about 16 000 fewer employees than in 2015. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The deteriorating financial position of some state-owned enterprises has placed additional pressure on public finances, according to the 2019 Budget Review. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is delivering his maiden budget speech and his biggest task will be to give assurance to not only the investor community and the markets, but to South Africans. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Government has set aside R23bn per year for the next three years to help struggling power utility Eskom service its debt. But it says the financial support comes with conditions. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni says he does not believe in the state subsidising businesses which are losing money. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 SAA will require an additional R4bn for the 2019/20 financial year, the funding will be a mix of government guaranteed debt and recapitalisation, Treasury said. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The Budget review says Government is committed to assisting Transnet and Denel to return to normalcy and maximising on their efforts at cash generation. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 There will be no increases in income tax rates and the VAT rate will remain unchanged, as government seeks to limit the negative effect of tax hikes on SA's already struggling economic growth. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 How will 2019 stack up against the promises of 2018? Has all that extra tax revenue paid off? How was the R57bn for fee-free education allocated? Take a look back on key moments from Budget 2018. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni was seemingly burning the midnight oil ahead of his maiden Budget speech on Wednesday. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Politically difficult choices appear unavoidable - even in the run-up to a general election, says BUSA's Olivier Serrao. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 The DA wants Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to name a new "credible" commissioner of the South African Revenue Service when he announces the National Budget on Wednesday. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Tiger Brands, which had to recall cold meat products after a listeriosis outbreak early in 2018, says it has not yet received a summons for a class action suit. 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
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has turned down a proposal for R100-billion of Eskom's debt to be transferred across to the National Treasury, but has instead announced R23-billion a year in financial assistance for the debt-laden utility that is directly tied to a restructuring of the business. Over a three-year period the assistance would amount to R69-billion, which Mboweni stressed was designed to help Eskom with its reconfiguration and pay off debt and "not to pay salaries". view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Finance Minister Tito Mboweni used his inaugural Budget address on Wednesday to outline the "tough steps" required to fix South Africa's deteriorating fiscal position and the country's failing State-owned enterprises (SoEs). He told lawmakers there were "no quick fixes", while confirming a R23-billion-a-year bail-out for Eskom over three years, which had been made conditional on the unbundling of the power unity into three separate SoEs. The unbundling plan is currently being opposed by several trade unions, which see it as a precursor to privatisation. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 With State-owned entities (SOEs) posing very serious risks to the fiscal framework, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni on Wednesday said that National Treasury was "taking very serious steps to fix the fiscal position and SoEs".
With funding requests from South African Airways (SAA), the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Denel, Eskom and other financially-challenged SoEs having increased, Mboweni said that government had revised the contingency reserve upwards to R13-billion for 2019/20 to respond to possible requests for financial support. This excludes any requests from power utility Eskom, which is in severe financial distress. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 National Treasury will be reprioritising resources towards President Cyril Ramaphosa's infrastructure fund and away from the wage bill, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday, with government committing R100-billion over the next decade towards the building and operation of key infrastructure assets.
In several instances, the private sector will be responsible for the design, build and operation. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Government has made a three-year allocation of R19.8-billion to support industrial business incentives, 48% of which goes to manufacturing development, the National Treasury announced on Wednesday.
The medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) allocation includes a reprioritised amount of R600-million for the Clothing and Textile Competitiveness Programme, which aims to reposition South Africa to compete against other low-cost producing countries. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 A carbon tax on fuel of 9c/l on petrol and 10c/l on diesel will become effective from June 5, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni said on Wednesday. Further, the general fuel levy will increase by 15c/l for petrol and diesel from April 3, while the Road Accident Fund (RAF) levy will be increased by 5c/l, also from April 3. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Given an "unsustainable" wage bill, the National Treasury has shifted expenditure to investment, meaning that national and provincial compensation budgets will be reduced by R27-billion over the next three years. According to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, who delivered his maiden Budget speech on Wednesday, the first step to reducing the bill is to allow older public servants to retire early. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 In the fight against poverty and inequality, government has allocated R567-billion for social grant payments. In 2019, grants for old age, disability, war veterans and care dependency grants will increase by R80. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) should this year produce a record number of vehicles at its Uitenhage plant, in the Eastern Cape, says CEO Thomas Schäfer. He says the local arm of the German car maker should produce 161 900 vehicles, of which 108 000 are scheduled to be exported. view more
Wednesday 20th February 2019 South Africa's new-vehicle market should reach roughly 550Â 000 units this year, 0.4% down from last year's 552Â 226 units, says Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) president and CEO Andrew Kirby. He says TSAM expects the first half of 2019 to be tough, especially with elections looming in May. view more
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