DEFY APPLIANCES – A History of Reliability

by Manelesi Dumasi | Sep 10, 2015 | Profiles

Having just celebrated its 110th birthday, Defy Appliances today finds itself Southern Africa’s largest manufacturer and distributor of major domestic appliances. From its head office in Jacobs, Durban, Defy offers to the consumer the full range of kitchen and...

DU ROI LABORATORY – Yielding Significant Results

by Manelesi Dumasi | Sep 10, 2015 | Profiles

Du Roi Laboratory specialises in the production and distribution of disease-free, virus-indexed tissue culture sugarcane and banana plants. These are multiplied from superior selections obtained from the Du Roi Laboratory foundation block and continually tested,...

September 2015

by Manelesi Dumasi | Sep 7, 2015 | Editions

September 2015 In May, international business magazine, Forbes – ‘the capitalist tool’, released its annual list of the world’s 2,000 biggest publicly-traded companies and this year 13 South African companies made the cut. Among the front runners, and part of...

SKA PROJECT – A Giant Leap for Telescope Technology

by Manelesi Dumasi | Aug 21, 2015 | Profiles

The SKA Project is an international endeavor to build the world’s largest radio telescope, with a collecting area and ultimately sensitivity that will be orders of magnitude higher than any other instrument that exist today. South Africa has already demonstrated...

CARATCO – A Diamond Is Forever

by Manelesi Dumasi | Aug 21, 2015 | Profiles

From its beginnings in 1985 as a small wholesale company, Caratco has grown through innovation and business expertise to become one of the largest diamond, gem and jewellery groups in South Africa. It is the sole distributor in the country of the Forevermark brand of...