Deon Van Den Berg

This week we profile Deon van der Berg, production manager at liquid storage tank manufacturer SBS Tanks 

Nici Verster

This week we profile Nici Verster, rental director of Goskor Access Solutions, a mobile elevated work platforms solutions specialist.   

Kim Pratley

This week we profile Kim Pratley, CEO of Pratley Group, a manufacturing company   

Sean Blake

This week we feature Sean Blake, executive director of the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), an industry association involved in the implementation of standards in industry, offering... 

Michelle Baron-Williamson

This week we profile Michelle Baron-Williamson, CEO of Managed Integrity Evaluation, a candidate and commercial background screening and vetting solutions provider                 

Early days, but some SA firms responding to Zimbabwe’s open-for-business pledge

Robert Mugabe may no longer be at the helm of Zimbabwe Inc, but the mess he created over his 37-year rule remains – the country’s physical and social infrastructure is, for the most part, in a... 

Comair selects Honeywell avionics for its new airliners

South Africa’s second largest airline company, Comair, and American software-industrial group Honeywell have announced that the airline has chosen the US group’s advanced cockpit technologies suite... 

Wale Arewa

This week we feature Wale Arewa, CEO of secure information technology asset disposal services company Experien   

Kevin Hardy

This week we feature Kevin Hardy, MD of telecommunications company BT in Africa   

Ryan Nortje

This week we feature Ryan Nortje, logistics director of Goscor Lift Trucks, which sells and distributes equipment and parts to the materials handling industry   

Detlev Duve

This week we feature Detlev Duve, MD of freight forwarding, air and sea logistics, and project cargo company Dachser Intelligent Logistics.   

Tommy Strydom

This week we feature Tommy Strydom, CEO of Inyatsi Group Holdings, which is involved in the construction of infrastructure, including roads, bridges, buildings and water works   

Andrea Nono

This week we feature Andrea Nono, CEO of MTU South Africa, a company established in 2001 that is responsible for the Rolls-Royce Power System business in over 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa   

Simon Smith

This week we feature Simon Smith, MD of Triton-Leo, which manufactures and sells the Q20 multipurpose lubricant and the Q-range brand of products and, most recently, with the acquisition of Flight... 

Petrus Pieterse

This week we feature Petrus Pieterse, CEO of Select PPE, a provider of personal protective equipment management solutions 

Sherry Zameer

This week we feature Sherry Zameer, senior VP for Africa at Gemalto, a company that provides technologies and services that enable businesses and governments to authenticate identities and protect... 

Michael Hellyar

This week we feature Michael Douglas Hellyar Position, MD of Air Products South Africa, a manufacture and supplier of industrial and speciality gases  

Mike Cronin

This week we feature Mike Cronin, MD of Elquip Solutions, local supplier of electrical, automation, mechanical and consumable products to the original-equipment manufacturer, system integration and... 

Matter of Fact

WE recently published a company profile on a company called Close-Up Mining, based on information supplied to us. The profile included the following sentence: "The company is 26% black-owned. This... 

Andrew Kendrick

This week we feature Andrew Paul Kendrick, MD of access rental company Goscor  

Brian Kuhnert

This week, we feature Brian Frederick Kuhnert, MD of Gedore Tools, a manufacturer, importer and distributor of hand tools and equipment 

Kostas Rontiris

This week we feature Kostas Rontiris, CEO of SMEC South Africa, a multidisciplinary consulting engineering company 

Vis Reddy

This week we feature Visvanathan Subba Reddy Position, MD of SRK Consulting South Africa, which provides mining, civil, environmental, waste and water consulting services 

Darren Hollander

This week we feature Darren Evan Hollander, MD of Workforce Africa, a staffing, recruitment, training and healthcare company 

Jaresh Maharaj

This week we feature Jaresh Maharaj, CEO of Indra South Africa, a provider of solutions and services for the security and defence, transport and traffic, air traffic management, energy and... 

Saal de Jager

This week we feature Salomon Hercules Francois De Jager, CEO and president of Pilog Group, a leader in Master Data quality solutions  

Gary Neubert

This week we feature Gary Neubert, divisional CEO of Eqstra Industrial Equipment, an industrial and materials handling equipment company 

Christian Malan

This week we feature Christian Malan, GM of Parker Hannifin South Africa Sales Company (SASC) since July 1, 2011, and MD of Parker Hannifin Africa since March 2012. Parker Hannifin is the world's... 

Viloshini Pillay

This week we feature Viloshini Pillay, GM of KAEFER Energy Projects, which provides thermal and acoustic insulation, scaffolding and access, surface protection and design services within the... 

Stacey Davidson

Stacey Davidson is director of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa, which aims to remove waste tyres from the environment and to create a new recycling industry... 

Brics countries expected to lead next round of nuclear investment

Nuclear energy’s share of the world’s electricity generation mix may have pared down in the past decade, but hopes that this technology will once again account for nearly one-fifth of total... 

Copper Development Association Africa

The Copper Development Association Africa (CDDA) , of Wadeville, Germiston, on Gauteng’s East Rand, is a nonprofit company sponsored by the Brussels-based European Copper Institute and the... 

Karl Juncker

Karl Juncker is MD of WEC Projects, a mechanical and process contractor focusing on water treatment, wastewater treatment, biogas-to-energy solutions, sludge treatment and beneficiation 

Nuclear’s global generation share to rise, association head claims

In the next two decades nuclear energy’s share of the world’s power generation mix is projected to increase by several percentage points, from 11% currently, as countries strive to meet growing... 

Japan nuclear industry set to restart

The Japanese nuclear power generation sector, which was shut down in 2011, in the aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-ichi disaster, is set to reopen on a limited scale with the expected recommissioning... 

Lucky Masilela

CEO of ZA Central Registry. ZACR is the administrator of co.za, web.za, org.za, net.za and the recently launched cTLDs (city Top Level Domains) of .capetown (dotCapeTown), .joburg (dotJoburg) and... 

Red Shuttleworth

CEO of GUD Holdings. GUD is a manufacturer and marketer of automotive products. 

Colin Oliver

Main Activity of the Company: Manufacture of safety products 

Byron Nichles

Main Activity of the Company: BMG is a specialist distributor of engineering components in Africa, with over 140 branches across sub-Saharan Africa 

New booklet on the historic cemetery of Pilgrim’s Rest

It will, perhaps, come as little surprise that I have a penchant for historical cemeteries. On a personal level, I find that cemeteries, and the graves in them, provide a unique and fascinating...