Those businesses interested in supplying Spar can now liaise directly with one of the supermarket chain’s nationwide franchised stores instead of having to go through the company’s the head office.. With more than 850 branches nationwide, Spar Group Ltd, is one of the biggest retailers in South Africa. Many of these branches are franchise stores… [Continue Reading]
Lufefe Nomjana’s approach to healthy eating was met with a contract to supply Spar and assistance from the supermarket chain to help him start his own bakery. After being contracted as a supplier a year ago, he now runs an organic bakery from his Khayelitsha-based business, Espinaca Innovations. Nomjana is a keen baker who graduated… [Continue Reading]
Being a Shell supplier is not just about delivering the goods. Just ask Oliver Romer, director of National Oilwell Varcos, who has benefited from becoming part of the Shell supply chain. “Every day brings about new challenges in this very fast and high risk industry. Logistic support is crucial to ensure products get to customer… [Continue Reading]
Businesses in the oil and gas industry who are accepted into Shell South Africa’s Supplier Development Programme stand the chance of being part of the multi-national’s global supply chain. Annelien Herringer, procurement manager at Shell SA, says the opportunities for those who show they have what it takes, can be endless. Suppliers do, however, first… [Continue Reading]
About 30 South African business owners received the opportunity to sell their wares and market their services to a global market. This thanks to an annual international trade show in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, earlier this year. The trip held in April was organised by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), which helped the group of… [Continue Reading]
Businesses contracted as suppliers to conservation authority South African National Parks (SanParks) are not only seeing an increase in their bottom line, but are also emerging as champions in combating unemployment in their communities. Mfundiso Ngetu, owner of Mfurs Alien Clearing, has been contracted by the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) since August 2012 to… [Continue Reading]
South African National Parks (SanParks) spends millions of rands each year on procuring goods and services from small businesses to help maintain the 20 national parks across the country under its curatorship. SanParks’ general manager of infrastructure and special projects Antoinette van Wyk says the conservation authority makes use of small businesses for projects under… [Continue Reading]
Each month, Small Business Connect receives requests from business owners to cover their businesses. “We try to feature as many business owners with stories that are newsworthy, but we have limited space, specific requirements as well as deadlines, and cannot feature all our readers,” says News Editor Nabelah Fredericks. A new Reader of the Month… [Continue Reading]
Elliot Mokone’s turnover increased by 15% while he operates from a rent-free office. Mokone is the owner of Morena Corporate Services, a company that provides South African Airways (SAA) in Cape Town, Durban, East London and Johannesburg with cleaning services such as window and carpet cleaning. These are two of the benefits he has seen… [Continue Reading]
As a supplier , business owners will have two of their top ten concerns taken care of. This is a promise by the South African Airways (SAA) to its small suppliers. So, what are these concerns, you may ask? According to Tlali Tlali, SAA spokesperson, business owners will be paid on time, and their rent… [Continue Reading]
