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New Ooms sweep clean

Mail Guardian South Africa 26 Jul 2024
The premier has also appointed the ANC’s provincial chairperson, Siboniso Duma, as leader of government business in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature.
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Shoprite and Checkers supermarkets sell bottled water at lowest possible prices to aid water relief ...

Independent online (SA) 23 Jul 2024
Shoprite and Checkers supermarkets across KwaZulu-Natal announced that they are selling their Eastern Highlands bottled water at the lowest possible prices and a percentage of proceeds will be used for water relief efforts in the province.
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Durban business confidence surges to historic high in Q2

Independent online (SA) 16 Jul 2024
Sihle Ngcamu, acting CEO of Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN), welcomed the optimism expressed by the business confidence index in Durban following the May, 2024 elections.
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Ramaphosa says urgent response is needed to plug gaps in climate funding

Business Day 15 Jul 2024
The effects of climate change heightened the severity of the 2022 floods in KwaZulu-Natal. The total cost of infrastructure and business losses from these floods reached almost R36bn.
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Richards Bay’s new sponsor ready to take baton from likes of Khoza, Motaung

Independent online (SA) 13 Jul 2024
As part of their plans to progress from relegation candidates every season, the Natal Rich Boyz have tapped into one of the biggest businesses in the country by getting Phakwe Group on board ... “For me, soccer is also a business.
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Hiring activity in South Africa remained volatile, according to the Pnet Job Market Trends Report

Independent online (SA) 08 Jul 2024
It said that stable and increasing recruitment activity indicated confidence in the local economy and business growth ... In KwaZulu-Natal, the top-in-demand professionals were finance, business and management, sales, admin, office, and support.
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Not so sweet: Sugar industry stakeholders fight about funding

Mail Guardian South Africa 03 Jul 2024
The sugar milling industry faced a period of struggle in KwaZulu-Natal when the biggest milling company, Tongaat Hulett, entered into voluntary business rescue in 2022 after losing 95% of its value.
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Couple scoop £2bn in Blackrock deal: Husband and wife offload financial data firm Preqin

The Daily Mail 01 Jul 2024
Mark and Lindy O’Hare, who own 80 per cent of the business through a family holding, will rake in a £2billion windfall when the deal completes ... She is on the company’s board and ‘represents the O’Hare family’s interests in the business’.
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News24 | 'The damage was just too much': Margate businesses face ruin after floods devastated ...

News24 24 Jun 2024
Business owners in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal, are throwing in the towel after severe flooding caused millions of rand in damage to their businesses ... .
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EDITORIAL: Time to grow up

Business Day 21 Jun 2024
Its clumsy tactics in managing coalition talks have already cost it a chance to form and run the provincial government in KwaZulu-Natal, where it polled an impressive 45% of all votes cast. Parliament starts its business in earnest next week ... .
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Column | First-of-its-kind reformer pilates studio opens on City Island

Bronx Times 17 Jun 2024
The business offers classes in pilates, yoga, meditation, dance and even pre- and post-natal movement ... It can be challenging to open a niche business, even in a place like City Island, where many of the storefronts on their main street are not in use.
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SA manufacturing sentiment sets pace for Q2 economic growth amid load shedding relief

Independent online (SA) 13 Jun 2024
SOUTH African manufacturers are expecting business conditions to improve over the next 12 months after confidence reached the best level in two years in the second quarter, though it remains in contractionary territory ... BUSINESS REPORT .
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News24 | The greatest shoal on Earth: KZN's much-anticipated sardine run returns

News24 10 Jun 2024
As the coastal waters of KwaZulu-Natal begin to stir, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch among locals and businesses as the greatest shoal on Earth - the sardine run - officially begins ... .
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Changing political landscape in SA and prospects for agricultural transformation

Independent online (SA) 10 Jun 2024
By Thulasizwe Mkhabela ... Dr Thulasizwe Mkhabela is an honorary research fellow with the African Centre for Food Security and the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an independent agricultural researcher ... BUSINESS REPORT .
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Rising temperatures, rising risks: why adequate cover has become critical

Independent online (SA) 09 Jun 2024
The knock-on effects of climate-related incidents have led to a noticeable increase in personal and commercial insurance claims, both in terms of property damage and business interruption.
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