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Visitors to the KwaZulu-Natal Industrial Technology Exhibition (KITE) 2025, taking place from 22 to 24 July at the Durban Exhibition Centre, are in for a powerful dose of practical insight and forward-thinking discussion at the free-to-attend SAIMechE Seminar Theatre. Curated in collaboration with the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE), the seminar sessions run across all three show days and cover the latest trends shaping the industrial and manufa

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The KZN Top Business Awards, brought to you by Standard Bank and Women of Africa Group and in association with East Coast Radio, is...

As we navigate the complexities of 2025, one question continues to rise to the surface:How are today’s leaders balancing the relentless rise of technology with the timeless need for human connection?

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KwaZulu-Natal’s leading business recognition platform, the KZN Top Business Awards, has officially released the shortlist of nominees for 2025. Now in its 19th year, the awards continue to spotlight excellence, innovation, and resilience across a range of industry sectors within the province.

Property conversions – office blocks to apartment blocks, retail centres to medical facilities or workshops into for-hire storage or warehouses – are the name of the property game of late.

As South Africa enters the high-risk winter fire season, Sappi Southern Africa reflects not only on the serious threats that fires pose to forests, communities and livelihoods — but on the discipline and readiness it takes to confront them.

The KZN Top Business Award 2025 Shortlist Highlights Regional Strength and Innovationassociation with East Coast Radio

We see more and more critical infrastructure failures and deterioration, both within local and metropolitan Municipalities.

Beekman Group: South Africa’s Trusted Leader in Leisure Investments

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ENLIT Africa brings together key industry leaders to tackle Africa's energy and water challenges. aQuellé’s solar project, including a substantial battery installation of 11.6MWh, was nominated by Standard Bank, the platinum sponsors of the event. Kuben Govender from Standard Bank (pictured with Ruth Combrink and Nico Bosman) also received the Renewable Energy Award in honour of the bank’s values and being a game changer in the sector.  

South Africa’s rural and peri-urban areas are home to a vibrant informal economy—an enterprising ecosystem of spaza shops, street vendors, barbers, mechanics, and countless micro-enterprises that shape daily life in the townships. It’s a space defined not only by survival, but by creativity and community-rooted resilience. And there’s a name for it: kasinomics. Coined by South African marketer and author GG Alcock, kasinomics speaks to a R1 trillion economy built on grit

Innovative Entrepreneurs NPC is hosting the SA / UK Agricultural Sector Focus Seminar in partnership with the SA Chamber of Commerce UK (SACC UK) on Friday, 27 June 2025. The morning session will highlight the trade and investment opportunities in South Africa's Agricultural Sector.

Sappi Southern Africa was honoured to host the Honourable Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Mr Velenkosini Hlabisa, at a roundtable discussion held at its Durban office on Friday, 20 June. The engagement was part of the national “Every Municipality Must Work – A Call for Collective Action” campaign, an initiative led by CoGTA to strengthen local governance systems across South Africa.

Since the 1990s, South Africa has moved from the world’s number 1 mining jurisdiction to being among the top 10 worst places for mining companies to operate.

We are thrilled to announce that the latest edition of the Business Sense Newspaper is now available — and leading this inspiring issue is Mr Lutchman, one of KwaZulu-Natal’s most respected business leaders.