Logistics & Transport South Africa weekly newsletter - 17 Sep 2013

Avoid bad BEE practices

Whether one likes it or not, laws applicable to BEE are in place, and in this article Deon Oberholzer shows you the 10 bad BEE practices that could result in you losing your business.

This must be the only country in the world with a so-called "strike season" - so it's no surprise to learn that the new tyre manufacturing industry negotiations deadlocked.

Doesn't anyone seem to realise that a strike is the last resort, not among the first?

Some might think, with good reason, that this country is becoming a nanny state, and others might be in total agreement with the proposed ban, but in the meantime, the alcohol industry is demanding a say on the bill banning alcohol advertising.

Come on, admit it... our taxis are among our favourite road-users... NOT! So here's a heady little tale of the taxi that shocked police officers.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Can your business continue to deliver, no matter the size of the event?

[Kerry Evans] Next year Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, an extravaganza of epic proportions, in which football players and fans the world over converge to watch and celebrate the beautiful game. In 2010, here in South Africa, we saw more than 310, 000 tourists converge on the country and the eyes of over 3.2 billion people put our country under the microscope. Read more >>

Logistics: the secret to healthy profits in a globalised economy

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SA logistics industry facing challenges as norms change

Logistics: the secret to healthy profits in a globalised economy

Supply chain management has become a key driver of profit, allowing companies to source from the cheapest global suppliers and deliver to customers anywhere in the world. Expert logistics staff are hard to find - and there is a big difference between good and great. Read more >>

Quick meals for Africa

[Zeenat Moorad] In SA, Famous Brands produces 265,000 cups of specially blended coffee a day. With 2,175 restaurants, the company, whose brands include Wimpy, Steers and Mugg & Bean, also makes 77m ice-cream cones a year. It's the big daddy of SA franchising, with a R9,7bn market capitalisation, and it wants to repeat its local success in the rest of Africa. Read more >>

Crunch time for fruit exports

After 23 years in SA's R6bn fruit industry, many of them as managing director of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing - SA's biggest producer of apples and pears - Charles Hughes is retiring without having fulfilled his ambition of gaining access to China's vast market. He blames it on the SA government. Read more >>

SA logistics industry facing challenges as norms change

An executive of a freight-forwarding and supply chain management company has sounded the alert that the industry faces serious challenges as global and local developments coincide to change the way the business is conducted with the norms of the past two decades becoming obsolete. Read more >>

ECDC approves investment to create new jobs

Development financier the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has announced that it has approved an investment of R15 million into a global automotive company: TrelleborgVibracoustic-Ikhwezi, which is based in East London, Eastern Cape. Read more >>

Emerging markets drive up global car sales

FRANKFURT, GERMANY: Rising demand for more mobility in emerging countries is driving up global sales of new vehicles, making up for falling sales in Europe, the world automakers' federation OICA said on Wednesday (11 September). Read more >>

African expansion for Metrofile Holdings

Metrofile Holdings is a large company specialising in both physical and digital information and records management in SA, Mozambique and Nigeria. Also, through its CSX Customer Services brand it has contracts in numerous other African countries. Read more >>

Gauteng transport strategy not even in gear

There is no shortage of strategies and policies aimed at fixing the state of public transportation in Gauteng. Roads and transport MEC Ismail Vadi's ambitious 25-year master plan for integrated transport, launched last month, follows two five-year transport plans and a number of related proposals. Read more >>

Public enterprises mulls national aviation policy for state airlines

[Linda Ensor] A national aviation policy was being considered and it would govern the activities of all the state's airlines‚ namely South African Airways (SAA)‚ SA Express and Mango‚ which will all fall under one holding company‚ Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said in Parliament on Tuesday, 10 September. Read more >>

Avoid bad BEE practices

Weekly top stories

SA credit amnesty: Consumer liabilities [Michelle Dickens]

Absa's brand journey [Donvay Wegierski]

Grain prices lower after USDA crop report surprise [Helmo Preuss]

R1bn cement project to create more than 2,000 jobs [Sydney Masinga]

Dti trade initiative pays off for Limpopo company [Siphiwe Nyathi]

Practical approaches on how to tackle the global waste problem [Alan Kahn]

[BizCareers] Interview follow-ups and working in PR [Juliette Attwell]

Hidden entitlements: rights of trade unions under Companies Act [Mohsina Chenia and Nicholas Preston]

Cautious optimism among manufacturers [Ntsakisi Maswanganyi]

Survey shows clothing, footwear sales lose momentum [Zeenat Moorad]

New auction boss fills Rael Levitt's shoes [Tina Weavind]

What to look for when working with travel bloggers [Andre Van Kets]

The dark side of Cloud [Rudie Raath]

Madama Butterfly spreads its wings [Eugene Yiga]

Second strike in motor industry stalls vehicle makers' recovery [Alexander Parker]