Dr Niefer Praises Mercedes-Benz Plant
Dr Hansgeorg Niefer, president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz South Africa was the guest speaker at the Border-Kei Chamber of Business Annual Dinner. Dr Niefer reminded the guests that the Mercedes-Benz plant has been a key manufacturing entity in the city as far back as 1948. Back then it manufactured a large variety of models and makes. Amongst them were Fiat, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, Auto Union, DKW, Land Rover, Hino, Prince, Commer and Nash vehicles. The Mercedes-Benz production started in 1952. Read more
50 days to go!
East London, 22 April marked 50 days until the kick-off of the first FIFA Soccer World Cup match. Celebrations were held across the country to mark this milestone in the countdown to the biggest sporting event in the world.
Although Buffalo City will not be actively involved in the hosting of any World Cup matches or hosting any teams, leaders in the city are extremely excited to get Buffalo City involved in the hype and excitement surrounding the sporting spectacle.
Oxford Street was the venue for celebrations in East London, where a partisan crowd was entertained by DJ’s and the Guild Theatre dancers. The event was attended by Executive Mayor Zukisa Faku, BCM Councillor T. Nondala, and our very own Terry Taylor, President of the Border Kei Chamber of Business. Read more
Courses and Workshops
Rhodes University Investec Business School presents Financial Modelling using Excel Workshop to be held in East London on 12 – 15 April 2010. For more information please contact Nicole Craig on 046 603 8852 or 046 603 8617 or email n.craig@ru.ac.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rhodes University Investec Business School presents Project Management Workshop to be held in Grahamstown on 19 – 24 April 2010. For more information please contact Nicole Craig on 046 603 8852 or 046 603 8617 or email A HYPERLINK “mailto: n.craig@ru.ac.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ” n.craig@ru.ac.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Global Business Solutions presents: EE / SDF to be held at the East London Golf Club on 21 April 2010. For more information please call Zuki on 043 7211030 or e mail HYPERLINK “mailto: telesales@globalbusiness.co.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ” telesales@globalbusiness.co.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Global Business Solutions presents: Disciplinary Enquiry to be held at the East London Golf Club on the 22-23 April 2010. For more information please contact Zuki on 043 7211030 or e mail HYPERLINK “mailto: telesales@globalbusiness.co.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ” telesales@globalbusiness.co.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rhodes University Investec Business School presents Environmental Law Workshop to be held in Grahamstown on 26 – 30 April 2010. For more information please contact Nicole Craig on 046 603 8852 or 046 603 8617 or email n.craig@ru.ac.za This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Leadership Development Institute presents Supervisory Leadership Workshop to be held in East London on 11 – 13 May 2010. For more information please contact Unati Mtongana on 043 743 7053 or visit www.ldi.org.za
The Leadership Development Institute presents Moderator Award Workshop to be held in East London on 25 – 27 May 2010. For more information please contact Unati Mtongana on 043 743 7053 or visit HYPERLINK “http://www.ldi.org.za” www.ldi.org.za
The Border-Kei AGM
What a catastrophe it would be for our CBD to be without water every night; the repercussions of this would be enormous for Queenstown!
As a result of the many concerns raised by our members regarding the drastic water cuts facing Queenstown, as well as a meeting the Border Kei Chamber of Business (Mark Wilson and Bongani Khatshwa) held with Piet Bezuidenhout, the CBD of Queenstown has not been facing the daily water cuts as previously indicated. Approximately 600 jobs would be on the line if we got to the point where the CBD had to face daily water cuts. WSSA worked around the clock to ensure that water would still be supplied to the business sector during this time. In addition, the daily water cuts which started on 8 February for the rest of Queenstown, have been running from around 21h30pm until 04h30am.
Queenstown is far from out of the woods yet and we remain in a precarious position regarding this water crisis, so the appeal continues for households / businesses and individuals to conserve water wherever possible!
Thanks to all those members who raised their concerns with the Chamber -Together we really can make a difference!
