Western Cape Archives

16 Feb 2022

The ‘Zoom Town Boom’ Moves Inland

By Staff Writer

The new Zoom town phenomenon is now moving inland, where it was initially predominantly restricted to coastal towns.

09 Jul 2021

Motheo on a regional growth path as it expands into the Western Cape

By Staff Writer

The largest black women-managed and led construction company in South Africa, Motheo Construction Group, is making inroads into the Western Cape. Active in general building and civil engineering, together with mechanical works and fire and safety, Motheo has specialist teams and companies focusing on electrical reticulation and works, water-management technology for installations and fibreoptic reticulation....

30 Apr 2021

New training facility aims to bolster skills development in the Western Cape

By Staff Writer

The construction industry is expected to grow by 5.2% this year according to GlobalData. This is reflected in South Africa with various experts predicting that the construction industry will bounce back this year. As such, the promising future of the industry requires expertise and skills to carry the workload and to keep the sector at...

31 Mar 2021

Atterbury forges ahead with its security-controlled King Air Industria development in Cape Town

By Staff Writer

King Air Industria Cape Town in the Western Cape, the first business park of its kind in the Cape Town International Airport area with 24/7 access-controlled security, is developing space as it prepares for the opening and trading of its first facilities. Infrastructure is nearing completion for the first two phases of the 72ha King...

08 Apr 2020

Health Shops are allowed to trade in essential items during the lockdown

By Staff Writer

Cape Government MEC, David Maynier, has confirmed that Health Shops may operate in the Western Cape during the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa, subject to lockdown regulations. Following high level engagement with the Ministry of Health, Western Cape, and with the Western Cape Government, the HPA reports that in collaboration with the SAPS WC, Minister...

21 Mar 2020

Chef Emery is cooking with gas

By Varushka Padayachi

The culinary arts hold great opportunities for those prepared to work hard to develop their skills. Chef Thandolwethu Emery Mhlokomfana has done just that and today his culinary skills are growing from strength to strength. He is a talent to watch. UNEMPLOYMENT HAS HIT the Eastern Cape particularly hard. For some young people, finding a...

26 Nov 2019

Journey’s End rebranded V Series range receives high acclaim

By Staff Writer

Journey’s End, the picturesque boutique winery and vineyard situated on the mountain slopes above Sir Lowry’s Pass Village near Somerset West in the Helderberg basin, has released its rebranded ‘V Series’ range of wines to high acclaim.

26 Sep 2019

A step closer to celebrating SA’s top 10 Sauvignon Blanc wines

By Staff Writer

Sauvignon Blanc South Africa and FNB have announced the top 20 contenders in the 2019 FNB Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Competition, South Africa’s only competition exclusively devoted to Sauvignon Blanc. A total of 107 producers submitted 183 wines – up from 177 last year – for this year’s competition.

13 Aug 2019

Afriplex harnesses the healing power of propolis

By Staff Writer

An exciting, new extract has been produced in collaboration with honeybees in the Western Cape. The extract contains the active components found in propolis and may be formulated in cosmetic and food supplement formulations. Propolis African bees accumulate material from a variety of plants, to form a resinous substance in order to protect their beehive....

08 Aug 2019

Afriplex harnesses the healing power of honeybees

By Staff Writer

13 Dec 2018

It will rain again: Financial lessons we can learn from the drought

By Janice Roberts

By Richus Nel, financial adviser at PSG Wealth. Last summer, Cape Town narrowly avoided a “Day Zero” scenario. Had Day Zero manifested, Cape Town would have faced one of the biggest humanitarian crises in our history. The prospects of taps running dry (together with the measures taken), can teach us a number of important financial...

25 Jun 2018

Meet with key construction buyers in the Western Cape

By Staff Writer

During the 2018 Western Cape budget speech, the Western Cape Finance Minister announced that more than R25bn has been set aside for investment in public and economic infrastructure. With this increase in demand for infrastructure delivery the Cape Construction Expo, taking place on 12 and 13 September, is the perfect platform to secure new business...