Vehicle manufacturers in South Africa have welcomed the launch of the Electronic Vehicle Industry Road Map, which aims to introduce electric vehicles into the South African market.

The seasonally adjusted Kagiso Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) increased in April after a slight decline in March, according to figures released on Thursday.

A new study by the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA) shows that boards appraised by the Institute since 2009 are showing a steady, measurable improvement in performance.

South Africa has won the European Outsourcing Association (EOA) Offshoring Destination of the Year Award, confirming its status as a leading BPO destination.

BP yesterday announced plans to invest in excess of R5 billion in South Africa and Mozambique over the next five years in new and on-going infrastructure upgrade projects to improve business efficiency and assist Government’s objectives to enhance energy security and enable the transition to cleaner fuels.

South Africa has broken ground by becoming the first country to allow companies to be registered within one day of opening a bank account, in a collaboration between the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and First National Bank.

Small-scale fisheries of the West Coast region are poised for economic revitalisation, with the Department of Trade and Industry’s support of more than R11million in the sector for the region through its Fishing Cluster Project.

The Procter and Gamble Company (P&G) has announced a significant new investment of more than R1.6 billion in South Africa.

South African technology company Tellumat has opened a fully modernised electronics factory in Atlantis north of Cape Town, following a multi-million rand investment supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Industrial Development Corporation.

The South African Breweries (SAB) has announced the Top 15 national finalists for this year in its youth entrepreneurship programme, SAB KickStart.

Cape Town based entrepreneur, Kent Lingeveldt, who started the customised longboard business, Alpha Longboards, has been named the recipient of The Jupiter Drawing Room (Cape Town)’s 2013 Constructus Award.

South African companies are taking the lead globally in voluntarily committing to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), with twelve companies becoming signatories in the current 2013 financial year.

Local producers of electrical and telecommunication cables, as well as components of solar water heaters are set for a major boost.

Following a few very tough years, the South African wine industry is optimistic on the back of record export levels, good prospects for this year's harvest, the penetration of new markets, and growing praise from high-profile wine critics, says Wines of South Africa CEO Su Birch.

Business confidence improved in December as the economy began showing signs of recovery, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Wednesday.

The Department of Trade and Industry has withdrawn proposed changes to the Broad - Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) codes on socio-economic development.

Last week, Capitec Bank Holdings scooped the coveted title as South Africa’s top company at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards banquet held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Capitec won in 2010 and was ranked second last year.

On the 25th of October 2012, South Africa was announced as the winner of the National Outsourcing Association’s (NOA’s) Offshoring Destination of the Year Award. The award ceremony took place in London, and brought together the biggest Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) players from across the globe.

South African product design consultancy, Ideso, has beaten thousands of international products to win the coveted Red Dot ‘Best of the Best 2012’ Design Award for its transportable PowerPac invention that stores human-generated energy generated during cycling for later use, for charging or providing power to household and personal electronic devices.

The national Pitch & Polish entrepreneurial competition reached a thrilling culmination at a glitzy final event at The Venue in Melrose Arch last week. The 2012 competition clearly reflects the rapid growth in South Africa’s social entrepreneurship sector, and in particular, the abundance of entrepreneurs who identify opportunities in socio-environmental enterprises. All three of the finalists; Alan Butler, Bhongolwethu Sonti and winner Criytone Revanewako fall into this category of "greentrepreneurs".

South Africa’s top employers are unanimous in their open policy of employing women of child-bearing age in senior positions, a recent survey reveals.

In a first for the continent for Africa, the 2012 International Business Congress (ISBC) will be held in South Africa – and the proudly South African Buy Local campaign is ready to show the world why "local is lekker".

Business expansion faces fewer constraints in South Africa than in the rival high-growth BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China, according to a new survey.

Young South African entrepreneurs now have access to funding and assistance through the Youth Technology Innovation Fund, which was launched by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) in Pretoria last week.

Small business development is South Africa’s economic lifeblood. So says The Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship, Virgin’s non-profit foundation that, in an effort to boost entrepreneurship and job creation, has launched an initiative called Open for Business. It provides community-based businesses with a family-friendly environment to market their goods and services to their neighbours, as well as trade.