Sunday Tribune 2024-04-21

Ian Wyles Auctioneers is hosting a multiproperty auction live, and online via Zoom, at The Oyster Box, uMhlanga, on Wednesday at 11am. One of the residential properties going under the hammer is 36 Lady Ellen Crescent, La Lucia, uMhlanga. It is 20km from King Shaka International Airport and in proximity to all amenities including La Lucia Mall, La Lucia Ridge, Crawford College, uMhlanga CBD, Gateway Shopping Centre and the M4 and N2 coastal and national freeways. The subject property is an exclusive beachfront residence comprising: Entrance hall with tiled flooring Main lounge, tiled, with sliding doors to the covered patio, swimming pool and garden Dining room, tiled with sliding doors to an open entertainment balcony Kitchen, tiled and fitted with painted oak cupboards, granite countertops, four-plate glass hob and double-bowl…

In2assets will be auctioning A-grade office space in Overport on Thursday at 11am. The property occupies prime position at 376-394 Peter Mokaba Ridge (Ridge Road) within the high demand suburb of Overport. It enjoys easy access to the N3 and is 3km or so from the Durban central business district. It is also in proximity to Musgrave Shopping Centre, The Atrium (Overport City), the Glenwood SPAR Centre and all essential amenities. The property comprises three erven – 386, 390 and 394 Peter Mokaba Ridge (Ridge Road) – which have been notarially tied. 386 Peter Mokaba Ridge features an A-grade four-storey office building. The lower ground, ground and first floor feature open-plan offices, meeting rooms with ablution facilities and kitchenettes. The second floor hosts a generously sized boardroom and a bar…

ARTsolar, South Africa’s only locally owned solar panel manufacturer, says a small increase in price is a low price when compared with the artificially low price of imported panels. Fly by night installers offer no back up and do not register the installations with the municipality. They tend to not comply with the globally accepted quality standards for solar installations. This causes major safety issues and would make installations non-compliant overall, especially for insurances purposes. South Africa’s utility scale projects are using foreign solar equipment with the result that the few local solar panel manufacturers that there were have gone out of business over the past decade, in spite of the worsening energy crisis that has seen a boom in solar installations. About R24 billion’s renewable energy equipment was imported…

Over the past decade, South Africa has witnessed a remarkable transformation in its craft brewing scene. Craft brewing is differentiated from high-volume beer manufacture through the products it offers, predominantly boutique in nature, offering a variety of flavours and using high quality ingredients to produce a premium product. Craft brewers interpret traditional beer styles using innovative ingredients and techniques to develop new styles. Importantly, craft brewers, are majority South African-owned and operated. What started as a niche market has now blossomed into a mature and vibrant industry, reflecting not just a change in consumer preferences but also a deep-rooted cultural shift towards appreciation for quality, variety, and innovation in beer. This maturation of the craft brewing market is a milestone in South Africa's beer industry, as it shows an increased…

The 2023 Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Report provides a crucial snapshot of the state of women’s leadership and advancement in South Africa’s workplaces – public and private sector. Read with the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2023, the findings show that while we are making (very slow) progress on women’s leadership representation in South Africa, we are actually also regressing on major indicators related to women’s advancement. The 2023 CEE Report notes that women still make up less than 30% of top management in South Africa. This percentage has only increased by a measly 3.6% between 2017 (22.9%) and 2022/23 (26.5%). The private sector is especially pathetic at 25.3% while the public sector has at least broken the 30% threshold with women being 36.9% of top…

IN AN international world order whose multipolarity has been systematically undermined by the rise of Western-led unilateralism, developing states have been held hostage by their wealthier counterparts. The UN Charter, which was founded on the principle of equality and consensus, has been substituted in our contemporary times by the so-called “rules-based world order”. For the global south, or majority world, there has been little or no room for ventilation. Although the global governance system appears perfectly acceptable on paper, beneath the surface there has been growing discontentment. Vocal nations such as South Africa, Brazil and others have called for the reformation of the UN system, particularly the UN Security Council, where global unilateralists such as the US, the UK and France often exercise their archaic veto power to maintain their…