With the world in lockdown, local businesses are innovating to ensure essential products are still available – these innovators and the people making them are some of the unsung heroes who deserve... 

Government’s pro bono organisation the Solidarity Fund on Friday announced that it had exceeded its target of providing food relief to 250 000 families across the country and had reached 300 000... 

The Black Business Council (BBC) and the Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) on May 8 held a virtual meeting to discuss the relief measures implemented by the department in response to... 

The Coronavirus pandemic will forever change the way we do things.  The future for those returning to work will look very different to before, with emphasis on distancing, sanitization and... 

The National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry had, at the close of business on May 4, accredited 388 manufacturers with a total fabric face mask manufacturing capacity of... 

By now, most people are aware of measures prescribed by the World Health Organisation to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. However, given the phased reopening of the South African economy, it is... 

By now, most people are aware of measures prescribed by the World Health Organisation to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. However, given the phased reopening of the South African economy, it is... 

Thermal Fogging for disinfecting of office areas, shopping centers and residential units. DELTA Cleaning & Hygiene (part of the DELTA Group of companies) now provides thermal disinfecting services... 

Established ship repair and wholly Namibian-owned company Namdock, strategically located on the west coast of Africa in Walvis Bay, has resumed full operations with effect from Tuesday 5 May 2020.... 

The trade fairs and exhibitions industry was never meant for the feint hearted. From the ebb and flow of economic strain in a competitive landscape, to the uncontrollables that could make or break... 

Nigerian cement-manufacturing company Dangote has handed over personal protection equipment (PPE) kits worth 100-million CFA francs to Cameroon’s ministry of public health to support health-care... 

A South African student team from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has been selected as one of 14 Enactus teams globally to receive a grant through the Ford Motor Company Fund's COVID-19... 

Rope-access specialist Skyriders has received CIPC certification to operate as an essential services provider during the ongoing lockdown, Marketing Manager Mike Zinn reports. This has enabled it... 

The outbreak of Covid-19 in South Africa and the consequent rapid requirement for bulk personal protective equipment (PPE) supply, has led to an influx of PPE products from many suppliers and... 

The Solidarity Fund, working with Business for South Africa (B4SA), has helped secure 100% of the N95 masks and nearly 80% of the surgical masks required in terms of weekly demand ahead of the... 

Aerospace and defence company Paramount Group has donated 1 000 facial masks to the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) as part of its continued effort to provide personal protective... 

WORLD-FIRST technology designed to keep people safe in highly hazardous environments has been developed by a collaboration of two companies. Teams from REACT Engineering and Createc overcame... 

Security provider G4S this week  placed its first order of 25 000 locally produced cloth masks through the newly established Proudly SA cloth mask marketplace portal. This was done in support of... 

This week, security provider G4S, placed its first order of 25 000 locally produced cloth masks through the newly established ProudlySA cloth mask marketplace portal.  It did so in support of the... 

Over the past two weeks, the ArcelorMittal Foundation, through Thusong Projects, has donated 600 food parcels in the most vulnerable communities in the Vaal area. Beneficiaries from the Vaal Oewer... 

University engineers throughout South Africa are collaborating with doctors, healthcare workers and business to address critical COVID-19-related Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and hospital... 

Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has made its Port Elizabeth plant available as a temporary medical facility in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The goal is to assist the local and... 

The National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry had, at the close of business on May 4, accredited 388 manufacturers with a total fabric face mask manufacturing capacity of... 

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe will on May 6 receive personal protective equipment (PPE) worth R1-million from diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater. The donation from Sibanye... 

Given the unprecedented health crisis the world is currently facing, Veolia is fully mobilized to safeguard the continuity of essential services while also protecting the health of its employees,... 

The legal certainty provided by the Labour Court in a virtual sitting on Covid-9 on Workers’ Day has been welcomed. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), Parliamentary Mineral... 

Drive and automation technology company SEW-EURODRIVE has joined a nationwide campaign to use three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to produce much-needed face masks and shields for healthcare... 

The Competition Tribunal is reviewing a consent agreement referred to it by the Competition Commission against a distributor of face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) that it said had... 

The National Treasury has effected changes to government’s emergency Covid-19 procurement measures. Treasury on April 28 said it was replacing measures relating to its Covid-19 Disaster... 

Morale is reportedly high as Covid-masked and physically distanced South African mineworkers get back to mining underground for companies that have gone the extra mile to ensure that they have been... 

The University of the Free State (UFS) says its Department of Anaesthesiology, in collaboration with the Clinical Simulation and Skills Unit, has trained 500 hospital staff members to deal with the... 

Gold producer Nordgold has started large-scale Covid-19 testing at its mines. To date, 282 employees have been tested at its Holba mine, in Russia, with zero cases being diagnosed. 

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has welcomed interim authorization by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), allowing resources companies to co-ordinate on sourcing... 

Leading up to the phased reopening of the economy that South Africa will undertake from May 1, research institute Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (Tips) says data on the overall economic... 

Independent proxy advisers Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Company have recommended that shareholders of explorer Balmoral Resources vote in favour of a C$110-million... 

South Africa has received a significant order of personal protective equipment (PPE), including includes two-million surgical masks and 216 000 KN95 respirators.  This critical stock is intended... 

In an initiative designed to assist South Africans to source locally made fabric face masks and to enable the country’s clothing and textile sector to retain jobs, a dedicated marketplace portal... 

Update on Standard Chartered’s Covid-19 global charitable fund – providing immediate relief and long-term support Standard Chartered PLC “the Group” is today announcing further details on how the... 

The Solidarity Fund has received pledges totalling R2.6-billion up to April 23, with R1.1-billion designated for healthcare-related efforts. The Solidarity Fund is a special purpose vehicle set... 

How health & safety should manage COVID-19 risk at work With COVID-19 information, guidelines and regulations continually changing, environmental health and safety officers will have to take a... 

There is no doubt that the global Covid-19 pandemic is going to have devastating economic and social impact throughout the world. Also certain is that the most vulnerable among us will be hit the... 

Going forward from the current devastating coronavirus pandemic, South Africa will forge a radical economic transformation that will make its cities, towns, villages and rural areas vibrant centres...