One of the Industrial Development Corporation agro-industries unit’s pride investments is the 36.5% stake it holds in Karsten Group Holdings.
Private sector and government policy determine the success of emerging farmers
Poultry abbatoir gives Free State workers shares and employment
The marine aquaculture sector is a strategic imperative for the IDC’s agro-industries strategic business unit. It playa a developmental role.
The IDC has again demonstrated the weight it can lend to emerging industries.
An important role in maintaining South Africa’s agricultural competitiveness
The IDC’s agro-industries strategic business unit supports a wide range of food and other production activities in the agricultural value chain.
Investments develop and support production capacity
N’taba River Lodge is a three-time recipient of funding from the IDC’s tourism special business unit.
Limpopo province offers a great many tourism activities and opportunities that take advantage of the region’s natural heritage.
A new focus on projects byt the IDC that benefit their surrounding communities is paying off.
Developing tourism projects outside of SA seems incongruent with the Industrial Development Corporation’s mandate of developing local industries.
The tourism industry is a notoriously capital-intensive sector that requires access to funding, preferably from someone with an appetite for risk.
The travel business can boom — and benefit local development — if entrepreneurs take advantage of funding offerings.
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/ 10 February 2012
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) was recently recognised with four Public Sector Excellence awards.
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/ 10 February 2012
The Advisory Council of the Public Sector Awards selected Dr Brigalia Bam as a recipient of the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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/ 10 February 2012
No government can deliver on the required public goods to ensure a better life for all without the votes of citizens and the paying of taxes.
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/ 10 February 2012
The Advisory Council of the Public Sector Awards selected Dr Samuel Mokheti Motsuenyane as a recipient of the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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/ 10 February 2012
Public Sector Excellence is an independent non-profit citizen-centred brand-driven initiative to assess and celebrate excellence in the public sector.
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/ 3 February 2012
The intervention of government and the Land Bank has allowed an re-invigorated community to bring Coromandel back from the brink.
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/ 3 February 2012
The 240-metre long Manor House is the only building in South Africa designed by renowned creative Marco Zanuso.
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/ 3 February 2012
The official handover was a memorable ceremony for the 248 beneficiaries, who attended along with former MECs and ministers.
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/ 3 February 2012
In 2008, the Mpumalanga DARDLA embarked on a full audit, identifying each and every land reform project under its jurisdiction.
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/ 9 December 2011
Newcomer Terrence Dalisu Ngobese was named the M-Net Cares Rising star winner for his PSA <i>Cellphone Abuse</i>.
M-Net does not only create magic on screen — it also brings about important change behind the scenes with several M-Net Cares projects.
The M-Net TAG Public Service Announcements (PSAs) which will be screened on M-Net from January 2012.
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has been doing work in the healthcare sector for quite some time focused on policy direction.
A key factor for Ravi Naidoo, group executive of development planning at the DBSA, was having excellent and visionary health Ministers in government.
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/ 2 December 2011
The Development Bank of Southern Africa’s (DBSA) Health Roadmap.
"Our focus lies on infrastructure and clinical service will remain within government," says Mohale Rakgate, investment banking manager at the DBSA.
Free State University Vice-Chancellor challenges everyone to embrace change.