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Ismail Simjee, chief executive officer of Tropic Plastic & Packaging, has helped transform a family-owned enterprise into South Africa’s largest flexible packaging manufacturer. Under his leadership, the Durban-based business has evolved into a technologically advanced operation serving leading local and international brands while expanding its footprint across Africa. For Ismail, success has been about creating an organisation built on innovation, operational excellence and,

When people speak about David Wiseman, his name is almost always followed by the same description: co-founder of the Amashova National Classic. While that title is certainly deserved, it tells only a fraction of the story.

Voting is open for the KZN Top Business Awards, giving you the opportunity to support the brands, businesses and organisations that make a difference in KwaZulu-Natal.

Entries for the KZN Top Business Awards 2026, brought to you by Standard Bank and the Women of Africa Group in association with East Coast Radio, officially close on 12 June 2026.

Here are a few reasons why international and local clients keep coming back, and how businesses can build long-lasting relationships through service and consistency.

Because here is the uncomfortable truth most KwaZulu-Natal business owners are still ducking, you cannot improve what you do not measure, you cannot defend what you cannot prove, and you certainly cannot scale what you cannot see.

Poor spelling, suspicious emails from foreign princes and impossible lottery winnings tended to raise enough red flags for most people to walk away. Today, fraud has evolved into something far more sophisticated, personal and sinister.

As the first African International President in Toastmasters’ 100-year history, Aletta conceptualised this grand vision from her roots and experience right here on the continent.

One day it is bright and hot, the sun beating down with extreme humidity. And the next day? Cold like when it snowed on Drakensberg. As such, it is important to get to work in a car that manages every adolescent phase of the Durban weather, with strong air-conditioning to handle those humid days, and cozy heating to handle those cold rainy days too. And the Suzuki DZire? Well, let’s just say climate control is only scratching the surface of the positives about this car.

Research consistently shows that people don’t leave companies. They leave managers. They leave environments where no one has clearly defined what good performance looks like, where they never receive meaningful feedback until something goes wrong, where meetings are chaotic or don’t happen at all, and where they feel invisible.

In the world of eventing, success often depends on reliability, flexibility and presentation. Whether it is a wedding, corporate function, music festival, sporting event or community gathering, the quality of the venue infrastructure can shape the entire experience. This is why more event professionals, venue owners and entrepreneurs are recognising the long-term value of investing in their own tents rather than relying on repeated rentals.

Business leaders, entrepreneurs, IT executives, and innovators gathered at The Oyster Box hotel as KZN Top Business, in partnership with Vodacom, hosted the exclusive “AI Unlocked” breakfast an event focused on the practical realities of artificial intelligence in modern business.

A healthy smile is about far more than just teeth. A child’s oral health can affect their confidence, speech development, nutrition, sleep, and overall well-being. That is why paediatric dentistry plays such an important role in helping children grow up healthy, comfortable, and confident.

KwaZulu-Natal’s automotive sector has been urged to establish robust leadership pipelines to remain competitive, stable, and sustainable.

The establishment of the Presidential eThekwini Working Group (PeWG) in 2024 marked a decisive step towards addressing service delivery challenges and declining business confidence that had impacted Durban’s economic and tourism performance. Formed following engagement between President Cyril Ramaphosa, business leaders and key stakeholders, the PeWG was created to drive co-ordinated interventions across all three spheres of government, the private sector and civil society.

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