General Motors South Africa (GMSA) had an excellent month in April with sales of 5 147 vehicles, placing the company a firm third in overall sales volumes, 43,2% up on the same month in 2010. This performance delivered a market share of 13,3% in April, a National Association of Automobile […]
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Free office waste collection if you get recyling with Green Office Week
In its efforts to make South Africa a greener nation, Green Office Week is offering businesses in main towns and cities the possibility of having waste collected for free during Green Office Week and even getting paid for the recyclables collected. All you need to do to qualify is send […]
ATM stats suggest cautious rise in consumer confidence
Cash withdrawals continue to drop with the February 2011 Spark Cash Index revealing an average cash withdrawal decline of 0,63% compared to January 2011. Marc Sternberg, MD of Spark ATM Systems, says while consumers provided retailers with a bumper Christmas, they became more cautious in the New Year and this […]
Basics need to be in place
[notice]In Part 1 of a series of articles that review the economic growth needs of the Nelson Mandela Metro, freelance business writer and researcher Ed Richardson (right) identifies four basic needs.[/notice] There will be no meaningful economic growth in the Nelson Mandela Metro until we address four basic needs – […]
GM withdraws TV ad campaign after complaint
General Motors (GM) Africa has decided to stop flighting two televsion advertisements after the Family Policy Institute (FPI) complained that they were “anti-family”. The “Red Tag Event” adverts were withdrawn following a discussion between GM Marketing Manager Melanie Maddux and FPI president Errol Naidoo this afternoon, GM Communications Manager Denise […]
GM asked to withdraw “anti-family” TV ads or face boycott
General Motors (GM) Africa president and managing director, Edgar Lourencon, has been asked to withdraw the company’s “appalling anti-family” Red Tag television advertising campaign. In a letter to Lourencon, Family Policy Institute (FPI) president, Errol Naidoo, says GM’s Red Tag TV campaign appears to commend their staff for spending long […]
PE Christians commissioned to minister at work
Members of two Port Elizabeth churches were recently commissioned to serve as missionaries at their workplaces, in a step which workplace ministry advocate Mike Smith hopes will soon be adopted by many more churches. The commissioning, which took place over a period of three weeks, through prayer and laying on […]
Temporary port terminal shutdowns as new system introduced
South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals is gearing up for the biggest test in its nationwide rollout of the Navis™ SPARCS N4 terminal operating system when the system is introduced at the Durban Container Terminal (DCT): Pier 2 on Sunday, 27 March, along with a new automated entry gate […]
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