Manufacturing South Africa weekly newsletter - 25 Sep 2013

For Denel, the sky's the limit

SunSpace has teamed up with Denel to form a new business unit, Spaceteq, which, it is intended, will strengthen the group's position as a leader in innovative and advanced aerospace systems and technology.

On the aquaculture front, a South African fish farm has been shortlisted for an international award. Cape Town's Alan Fleming and his team from the Business Place Philippi were selected from over 800 entries for their entry, Fish Farm, into the "empowering people. Award" [sic] of the Siemens Stiftung. Let's hope our South African entrant is still there at the "finnish". Geddit?

Legal eagles flying high... three SA law firms, Bowman Gilfillan, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Webber Wentzel, have been shortlisted for the African Legal Awards.

Some good news on the rhino front... an innovative campaign to build awareness of the danger rhinos are in from barbaric poachers feeding backward beliefs in the Far East, has taken Twitter by storm. This week's World Rhino Day saw the virtual world unite behind the #iam4rhinos campaign to raise awareness about the world's rhinos, which are threatened by extinction due to poaching.

Here's hoping it will have some effect; many people, however, want to see draconian measures taken to stop poaching and the trade.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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A new SA Local Content Programme for trucks and buses

On 1 January 2013, the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP), which was initiated by the South African Government in September 1995 to improve the international competitiveness of the local vehicle manufacturing industry, was replaced by the Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP), which introduced a greater focus on volume and employment growth. Read more >>

X-ray transmission enhances density distribution

Certain bulk commodities, such as iron ore and coal, utilise the difference in density between the value and the waste material as part of a value-adding process before being sent to market. Understanding the density distribution in these materials is, therefore, critical to both process design for new projects and process control in optimising existing operations. Read more >>

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For Denel, the sky's the limit

Weekly top stories

Simpler cross-border payment 'will boost SADC' [Gillian Jones]

State mandates Safcol to devise new business model [Linda Ensor]

Grains firm on weaker rand [Fifi Peters]

[BizCareers] Education vs experience vs salary [Juliette Attwell]

Compulsory repatriation of foreign assets [Graeme Palmer]

Bonds, listed property not in same basket [Nick Hedley]

Do you fear public speaking more than death? [John French]

Be safe online [Leaine Brebner]

Super small town info guide [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor]