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Young Winterton brickmaking entrepreneur receives a boost

A YOUNG woman who embarked on a learning journey with Sappi five years ago, is now enjoying the fruits of her labour through her...

Paper industry offers life-changing career avenues through learner placement programme

SAKHILE Zincume from Gingindlovu in KwaZulu-Natal had been held back in grade 11 twice before finally completing his matric. He went on to enrol...

Mandeni logistics start-up gets going with finance and an agreement

A KWAZULU-NATAL-based logistics services co-operative, Qhude Projects, has been supported by a R9 million loan from Ithala Development Finance Corporation (IDFC) as part of...

Hammarsdale chicken plant production increases after major overhaul

A PROMINENT player in South Africa's poultry processing and marketing landscape, Rainbow, restarted the second operational shift at its Hammarsdale P2 processing plant on...

Truck manufacturer drives sustainability, one tree incentive at a time

SCANIA Southern Africa is planting a forest. One tree for every customer who partners with them to drive the shift to a sustainable transport...

R176m lifeline extended to growers as sugar industry battles milling sector crisis

SA Canegrowers welcomed the disbursement of R60 million in transformation intervention funding to black and small-scale canegrowers through the South African Sugar Association, said...

Appointed strategic equity partner plans to modernise and expand sugar plants

THE business rescue practitioners announced on July 21 that the preferred strategic equity partner for Tongaat Hulett Limited had been selected. The proposed transaction...

Optimism despite a slow start to citrus exports

AT the end of June 2023, the volume of citrus handled at Durban Container Terminals was marginally lower than those of the same period...

Fasteners remain secure

ACCORDING to BMG specialists, vibration and shock can quickly impair joint integrity and negatively affect overall product performance, especially in demanding applications in sugar...

Durban workshop provides valuable support for sugar processing equipment

BMG’s regional workshop in Riverhorse Valley, KwaZulu-Natal, plays a critical role in the sugar sector by providing engineering solutions designed to optimise productivity for...

Replaced diffuser chain enables higher extraction rate at sugar mill

SALCHAIN recently manufactured and supplied a 1.2 km 250mm pitch replacement diffuser chain to RCL FOODS’s - Komati Sugar Mill in Mpumalanga. The chain, which...

CGA appeals for political intervention before orange export season starts in earnest

THE Citrus Growers' Association of South Africa (CGA) is pushing for high-level political intervention to unblock exports to the EU before the export season...

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Third time lucky: Transnet re-issues RFP for DCT’s North Quay upgrade

TRANSNET National Ports Authority has issued a Request for Proposals for a contractor to reconstruct, deepen and lengthen berths at Durban Container Terminal’s (DCT)...

‘Smart’ all-season tyres to launch next year

SUMITOMO Rubber Industries (SRI), the Japan-based parent company of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa, which manufactures Dunlop tyres, will release next-generation all-season tyres in late...

Gas specialist announces new GM

The Board of Air Products South Africa is pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2024, Charles Dos Santos will succeed Rob Richardson as...

SEIFSA questions support for the Steel Master Plan as the industry faces disintegration and collapse

OPINION | THE steel industry is the backbone of any economy, it forms the foundation of any modern economy and is essential to every...