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 16th July 2019 European stocks edged higher with US futures following a mixed session in Asia as investors looked to earnings and policymakers for the rally's next catalyst. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Momentum continued to favour the bulls on Monday as Asian and US markets continued to advance, while the JSE All-Share index closes 0.27% firmer. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 World stock markets have wavered on news that China's economy grew at its weakest pace in nearly three decades, hit by the US trade war. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Wall Street stocks have edged lower ahead of a deluge of quarterly earnings reports from large banks and other companies. view more
Friday 12th July 2019 The JSE struggled for direction on Friday eventually closing marginally weaker as it faded towards the close. 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
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Former president Jacob Zuma is appearing for a second day at the commission of inquiry. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 When two motorbikes pulled up and unleashed a hail of bullets into soccer player Marc Batchelor, his first reaction was to shield his gardener, according to his grieving brother. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The former PIC CEO will make his sixth appearance before the commission of inquiry on Tuesday. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Two high school pupils are in hospital after they were shot at outside MH Joosub Technical Secondary in Lenasia. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The Cheetahs have confirmed the signing of four new players for the upcoming PRO14 season. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 A minibus taxi driver who squished 42 primary school pupils into his vehicle has been arrested in Cape Town for reckless and negligent driving, according to traffic officials. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 An 11-year-old child has been injured in the neck, apparently after four men attempted to assassinate her father on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 A farmer in the Karoo town of Uniondale is accused of injuring three people after allegedly opening fire on protesters, according to Southern Cape police. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 A young woman standing with her friends in a street in Manenberg has become the latest casualty of the gang violence plaguing the Cape Flats. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen say they can't confirm if their characters in 'The Lion King' are gay or not, but they do feel we need more LGBTQ representation on screen. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Ex-Bafana Bafana striker George Dearnaley has mourned the death of former Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates striker Marc Batchelor. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 New Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie says the signing of Springbok scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar will be of great value for the Bloemfontein franchise. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Former Springbok James Small, 50, collapsed in gentlemen's club The Harem in Bedfordview, but he was not naked as earlier reported, according to the club's owner. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Tributes have poured in for former Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs footballer Marc Batchelor who was shot dead on Monday night. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Former president Jacob Zuma's dramatic claims about plots and conspiracies against him could very well threaten to engulf the ANC in a firestorm of witch hunts and retribution if left unchecked and unchallenged. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 If the Bok brains trust do renew their faith in Kwagga Smith, it may be in a bid to rekindle a 'Brussow nightmare' at NZ's expense, writes Rob Houwing. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The shooting of an EFF branch chairperson in Cape Town did not appear to be random and he had received threats to his life a year ago, a close friend has said. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to appear for a second day at the commission of inquiry into state capture and is likely to "out" more people. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly filed an urgent court application against the public protector. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Two people have been arrested in Cape Town for the illegal possession of pangolin scales. view more
Engineering News
Tuesday 16th July 2019 JSE-listed information technology services company EOH on Tuesday revealed the preliminary findings of a forensic investigation conducted by legal firm ENSafrica into suspected bribery and corruption at the R18-billion-a-year-turnover company. EOH CEO Stephen van Coller said the scale of the bribery, corruption and inflated payments was found to have been about R1.2-billion and principally took place between 2014 and 2017. It mainly involved eight former EOH head office employees and public sector subsidiary EOH Mthombo. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Tongaat Hulett is asking ten lenders for a break from payments on as much as R11-billion of debt so it can recover from the impact of having to restate accounts, according to CEO Gavin Hudson. The embattled South African sugar maker is spending about R1-billion a year servicing the borrowings and is looking to negotiate a freeze by the end of July, Hudson said in an interview at Tongaat's nineteenth century Durban headquarters, an old farmhouse surrounded by sugar-cane fields. The company is in the process of selling assets and cutting costs to strengthen the balance sheet, he said. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The City of Cape Town's 'Day Zero' water crisis of 2018, as well as the deadly Cyclone Idai, which ravaged parts of Mozambique and Malawi in March, has increased awareness about the need to begin investing in climate-resilient infrastructure. To transition from awareness to implementation, however, requires a "monetisation" of the climate risks, Mott MacDonald global head of climate resilience services Ian Allison argues. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is planning to invest more of its R2-trillion under management outside the country and in unlisted assets to reduce risk of overexposure to locally traded companies. The strategy was outlined by GEPF Principal Executive Officer Abel Sithole to a commission of inquiry into allegations of wrongdoing and poor governance at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), the fund's biggest manager. The GEPF has more than 92% of its assets invested in companies trading on Johannesburg's stock exchange and is a significant holder of South African government bonds and those of state-owned enterprises, he said. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Saudi Arabia's State defence company is continuing to hold commercial partnership talks with South Africa's Denel which said this month it would not sell a stake to the Saudi firm. Denel CE Danie du Toit told Reuters the state-owned company was open to partnerships but would not sell equity or relinquish intellectual property rights to SAMI, which last year made a $1-billion bid for a broad partnership. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Central banks in sub-Saharan Africa's key economies will take direction from US Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell when they make calls on interest rates in the next ten days. Since the Monetary Policy Committees last met, South Africa's statistics agency said that economy contracted the most in a decade in the first quarter, Nigeria passed measures to compel banks to boost lending and a drought in Kenya pushed up inflation. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 JSE-listed Cartrack has passed the one-million subscriber mark, as a result of its rapid expansion beyond Southern Africa into Europe and Asia-Pacific. In a statement on Tuesday, Cartrack Global CEO Zak Calisto confirmed that there were few global competitors of its size and even fewer which were as profitable. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Nigerian State oil firm NNPC issued award letters on Monday for highly sought-after contracts to exchange crude oil for imported fuel, oil industry sources told Reuters. A total of 15 groupings, with at least 34 companies in total, received award letters, four sources with knowledge of the deals said. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Nestle has found a way to create chocolate without adding any sugar, relying on leftover material from cocoa plants for sweetening as consumers look for natural and healthier fare. The food company is using a patented technique to turn the white pulp that covers cocoa beans into a powder that naturally contains sugar. This fall in Japan, Nestle will start selling KitKat bars with 70% dark chocolate under the new recipe, which doesn't include any added sugar, the Vevey, Switzerland-based firm said. Until now, the pulp has never been used as a sweetener for chocolate, and usually it's mostly thrown out. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza on Tuesday called for dialogue with land owners as the department seeks to change historically skewed ownership demographics. "In addressing the land question and its productive use, will need a meaningful conversation with land owners, be they farmers, companies or trust. We need to be genuine and deliberate in transforming this sector. Historically, black South Africans were excluded from meaningful participation in the agricultural economy," she said in her department's budget vote speech in Parliament. 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 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
Friday 5th April 2019 Do you have the qualities to become the ZCCI’s new Chamber Manager? If you have the right qualifications, as per the advert below, please mail your CV to recruitment@zcci.co.za before Monday 15 April 2019 CHAMBER MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES Membership retention, development and growth Regular and constructive liaison to companies Promotion of ZCCI programmes and view more
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
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
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KZN News
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe maintained that the Saudi Aramco proposal to build a refinery in Richards Bay, KwaZulu Natal was worth consideration. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The former PIC CEO will make his sixth appearance before the commission of inquiry on Tuesday. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 This comes as the SA government is pushing a buy local campaign in an attempt stimulate the local economy. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 European stocks edged higher with US futures following a mixed session in Asia as investors looked to earnings and policymakers for the rally's next catalyst. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The High Court in Johannesburg has postponed to Thursday the case brought by former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo against his axing by the financial services firm. view more
Business NEWS24
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe maintained that the Saudi Aramco proposal to build a refinery in Richards Bay, KwaZulu Natal was worth consideration. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The former PIC CEO will make his sixth appearance before the commission of inquiry on Tuesday. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 This comes as the SA government is pushing a buy local campaign in an attempt stimulate the local economy. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 European stocks edged higher with US futures following a mixed session in Asia as investors looked to earnings and policymakers for the rally's next catalyst. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The High Court in Johannesburg has postponed to Thursday the case brought by former Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo against his axing by the financial services firm. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 The ICT group was giving an update on the findings on the first part of a forensic probe by law firm ENSafrica into possible fraudulent transactions involving the group. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Tongaat Hulett is asking 10 lenders for a break from payments on as much as R11 billion rand of debt so it can recover from the impact of having to restate accounts, according to Chief Executive Officer Gavin Hudson. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 State-owned enterprises can't be fixed overnight, says Adam Craker. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Ex-Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo heads to court to challenge his dismissal by the financial giant on Tuesday. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 An investigation by law firm ENSafrica has found evidence of 'unsubstantiated payments, tender irregularities and other unethical business practices' at the ICT group. view more
Tuesday 16th July 2019 Economists say the central bank's Monetary Policy Committee may well this week decide to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 South Africa is currently stuck in a type of quicksand: not yet porous enough to engulf the country completely, yet highly debilitating and extremely threatening, writes Daniel Silke. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 EFF leader Julius Malema has officially joined the legal wrangle between Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, filing an intervention application at the High Court in Pretoria. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Congress holding hearings on Facebook's plan for a possible digital coin suggests that the high-profile debut for Libra was likely a public relations effort gone bad. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Bitcoin has slumped more than 10% over the weekend to a two-week low as fears of a crackdown of cryptocurrencies grew on mounting scrutiny of Facebook's planned Libra digital coin. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Absenteeism, presenteeism and other widespread costs are all linked to poverty, and it's in the interests of corporates to mitigate their effects, says Sifiso Skenjana. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Uganda will invest $40m in the first phase of a $263m vehicle-assembly plant with the view of starting production by mid-2021 to tap rising demand in the East African Community region. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 Among other things, Ivan Pillay has alleged that ex SARS commissioner Tom Moyane pressured a former official to provide "some sort of report to implicate" the former deputy commissioner. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 SA can learn something about building business confidence from the tech giants like Google and Amazon, says Grant Sieff. view more
Monday 15th July 2019 EOH has announced the resignations of three of its directors - Zunaid Mayet, Rob Godlonton and Pumeza Bam. 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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