When completed, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the largest radio telescope ever built and capable of producing science that changes our understanding of the universe. It is an international effort to build the world’s largest radio...
Profiles
A Funeral Insurance Provider Like No Other
AVBOB is the largest mutual assurance society in Africa, providing a complete, one-stop funeral insurance and funeral service solution. It offers the entire spectrum of funeral services via an extensive national infrastructure consisting of more...
2017 The First Of The Next 100 For Truworths
In the year of its 100-year anniversary, Truworths is remembering what has made it one of South Africa’s greatest fashion businesses while looking to the future and planning for success in its next century.
Constant Evolution Keeps Big Five at the Top
Offering an extensive variety of products ranging from imported and local liquor to a wide selection of cosmetics, perfume and tobacco, Big Five Duty Free stores operate exclusively at O.R. Tambo, Cape Town and King Shaka International Airports....
A Young Leader Comes To Richards Bay
Richards Bay Minerals, a world major in heavy mineral sands extraction and refining, is South Africa's largest mineral sands producer. The company has a new Managing Director; World Economic Forum’s 2017 Young Global Leader Billy Mawasha. He talks...
SA’s Satellite Expertise Among World’s Best
Dr Valanathan Munsami, CEO of South Africa’s National Space Agency, tells Enterprise Africa more about the development of a new SA satellite set for launch in 2019. He also details more about the organisations collaborative approach to business on...
Protecting People Everyday
When a company rises quickly to become an industry leader so dominant as Select PPE, it is difficult not to sit up and take notice. Since it was first established in 1998 – just 19 years ago, Select PPE has emerged to become Southern Africa’s...
Challenging the Status Quo
The reaction of Chas Everitt International Property Group to the toxic cocktail of threats that has throttled economic growth in recent years is proof if ever there was any that adversity truly does breed dynamism and ingenuity.
SMSA Continues to Pull in the Crowds
Stadium Management South Africa (SMSA) is a multi-award winning and internationally decorated business, that continues to earn recognition in South Africa and beyond. It manages the FNB, historic Orlando, Dobsonville and Rand flagship stadiums in...
Business is Booming for Caravan Champions
With 42 shops now strategically placed across the country, and even having expanded its footprint into Namibia, Jurgens Ci is South Africa’s oldest and largest manufacturer of caravans and Campworld the country’s biggest supplier of caravans,...
Making SA Ports World Class
Transnet Port Terminals Chief Executive, Nozipho Sithole talks to Enterprise Africa about some of the challenges and achievements that are making her tenure as the company’s first female leader a real thrill ride.
Russian Partnership Offers New Hope For Energy Giant
PetroSA has signed an exploration agreement with Russia’s Rosgeo. The pair will explore for valuable oil and gas resources off the South Coast of the Cape. This could be a solution to a longstanding problem of feeding the company’s hungry Mossel...
Safe, Reliable And Affordable Buscor Set For Further Improvement
Buscor is adding seven new bi-articulate buses to its fleet and starting work on a new terminal in Malelane. This is an extremely busy but exciting time for one of Mpumalanga’s leading transportation companies. Executive Chairperson Nora...
Reshaping and Rejuvenating a Foundry Mainstay
Since 1979, East Rand-based Hi-Alloy Castings has been manufacturing castings for a range of industries, serving clients across the minerals processing, milling, crushing and heavy-clay brick manufacturing industries. Today, a change in ownership...
Diamond Anniversary Sees Matus Taking New Market Share
In the year of its 75th anniversary, Matus has introduced new products to the market and is busy developing a strategy to grow significantly in the coming years. CEO, Greg Young tells us more about the company’s success.
Split Definitive
With an operational split a main focus of CEO Mark Lamberti since taking over the Imperial Holdings helm three years ago, 2018 is now set for the fork in the road. “Groups don’t compete, only subsidiaries do, and our job as a Group is to see how we...
Airvent Group Grows From Strength to Strength
Cape Town’s Airvent Group, one of the country’s leading HVAC businesses, is continuing to realise progress as it aims to build its footprint around South Africa. Having recently opened a new branch in George to attack the southern market, the group...
Top of the Pile in African Mining
Possessing the largest company-owned fleet of mechanised equipment in the world, Ghana-based African Underground Mining Services (AUMS) is a full service underground mining contractor. Backed by a team of operators highly skilled in the art of...