Granite project to boost manufacturing, logistics sectorsFour variants of granite have been discovered in the Butterworth area which have never been mined before.. Read More...
 
Ectour members sweep Adventure Province Tourism AwardsTourism establishments Areena Riverside Resort in East London, Coffee Shack in Coffee Bay, Tsitsikamma Backpackers and Tub n Axe, Fernery Lodge and Chalets in Storms River, Buccaneers Lodge and Backpackers in Chintsa and the Tsitsikamma Lodge score honours in regional awards . Read More...
 
ECDC gives heat to East LondonQueenstown entrepreneur makes his move as ECDC provides financing. Read More...
 
ECDC gives heat to East LondonTapping into Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) resources has seen Thami Manona’s ice business heat up, now plans are afoot to expand into the rural market within one year of starting.. Read More...
 
Joule fleet now ready for marketing, testingFour marketing vehicles will be used in demonstration.. Read More...
 
New solar water heater manufacturer for the Eastern CapeSouth Africa's first licensed IDZ signs up its first renewable energy investor. Read More...
 
ECDC support for SMMEs soarsAn additional 107 small medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) received direct financial support from provincial development financier, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), from 800 last year to 907 in 2009/2010.. Read More...
 
Stellenbosch University’s outreach programme launched in the Eastern CapeThe HOPE Project of Stellenbosch University (SU) offers alumni various opportunities of supporting their alma mater and helping to address South Africa’s problems. . Read More...
 
Elephant park celebrates 79 years with expansionThe Addo Elephant National Park took a giant step forward yesterday, lowering the southern fence between the old and new sections of the park and opening the way for its burgeoning jumbo herd to return to their ancestral home.. Read More...
 
Former Transkei produces bumper cropAsgiSA Eastern Cape’s Saphukanduku village near Mount Frere crop outstrips national average.. Read More...
 
Buffalo City competitive in sports tourismOutgoing Tourism Buffalo City (TBC) CEO Peter King believes sports tourism is a key area the city needs to develop if it hopes to grow its tourism industry.. Read More...
 
Another four EC women are awardedFour of the Border region’s leading businesswomen were celebrated this weekend at this year’s Regional Business Achiever Awards in East London.. Read More...
 
EC movie is releasedTHE locally produced movie Themba – A Boy Called Hope opens tomorrow at cinemas and tells the story of a young boy growing up in rural Eastern Cape.. Read More...
 
Mercedes-Benz wins top global production awardThe award went to the East London plant because it had yielded the fewest defects and malfunctions of any plant serving the US market.. Read More...
 
National arts festival’s popularity still on the increaseSome 22 countries were represented at the ever-popular festival.. Read More...
 
Alicedale farmer takes his farming heritage down a different roadAn Eastern Cape man with a dream, a bakkie and a handful of farm workers has managed to successfully transform his farm outside Alicedale into a thriving olive farming and processing centre.. Read More...
 
ECDC solar power investment positions Eastern Cape as a leader in renewable energyA R20 million Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) investment into solar water heater manufacturer, Matla Solar in the East London Industrial Development Zone (IDZ,) has positioned the Eastern Cape as a leading player in the renewable energy sector.. Read More...
 
EC ahead in economic growthThe Eastern Cape’s economy is currently showing the fasted growth in the country.. Read More...
 
EC Health on the mendThe Eastern Cape continues to, albeit at its own pace, to root out corruption in its health department.. Read More...
 
Exports are the key to APDP incentives for GMSAGeneral Motors SA is to invest R700-million in its Port Elizabeth plant to tool up for assembly of the next generation of Isuzu KB bakkies and Corsa Utilitys. . Read More...
 
EC crafters impress international audienceThe L'Artigiano de Fiera - one of the biggest of its kind - is held at the Fiera complex on the outskirts of Milan. The six artists returned home having sold out their crafts which included soft furnishings such as cushions and curtains, mohair products, African dolls and recycled glass jewellery. The crafters were part of a 34 member craft team from all over South Africa put together by the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).Two of the best sellers in the country hailed from the Eastern Cape. . Read More...
 
Six Eastern Cape crafters wow audiences at annual International craft festival in MilanSix Eastern Cape crafters recently wowed an international audience at the annual International L'Artigiano de Fiera Milano (correct) craft festival at the world's fashion capital in Milan, Italy. . Read More...
 
ECDC sees light at the end of the recession tunnelThe 2010 World Cup is expected to increase traffic into the province’s coffers through tourism.. Read More...
 
Eastern Cape economy to pick up in 2010The Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) believes that while the Eastern Cape economy has been affecting by a seemingly unrelenting global economic recession, there is hope beyond the storm for the provincial economy in 2010. A number of sectors such as tourism, and the struggling general manufacturing sector, led by automotives, are likely to pick up next year as the country eases out of the recession.. Read More...
 
EC agency explores maize milling businessAsgiSA Eastern Cape (EC) has set aside R7 million for the construction of silos at strategic sites in the former Transkei, an investment it believes will up further opportunities like in the area of milling.. Read More...
 
ECDC move from traditional to contract based finance pays dividendsEastern Cape business follows global move to microfinance. Read More...
 
Mdantsane fashion duo make impressive debut at national exhibitionECDC’s crafters show off their prowess at landmark exhibition. Read More...
 
Mthatha’s tourist centre gets underwayA multimillion rand state-of- the-art tourism centre will soon be opened in Mthatha to assist local and international visitors.. Read More...
 
Fort Hare’s East London campus get R56-million injectionThe University of Fort Hare was extending its East London Campus, with what was hailed an “undoubtedly twenty-first century initiative”, which would focus on green building design and sustainability.. Read More...
 
Mdantsane fashion duo make impressive debut at national exhibitionVisions are literally “becoming” for a duo of Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) funded Mdantsane young designers who wowed an international audience at the annual Department of Trade and Industry (dti) South African Handmade Collection exhibition with their new line of kitchen accessories.. Read More...
 
Japan’s auto recovery signals hope for EC’s sectorJapan may be in another hemisphere, but its first signs of economic growth since being ravaged by the world-wide recession may impact positively on the Eastern Cape, especially on the province’s vital motor components industry.. Read More...
 
R25 million boost for women of the Eastern CapeWomen cooperatives equalling to 50 in the Eastern Cape have received a financial boost from the Department of Social Development.. Read More...
 
Eastern Cape photographic exhibition now “globe trotter”Europeans love the Bathurst “Big Pineapple”, Hole in the Wall, Bird Island and bottle nosed dolphins says Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) which recently returned from its third photographic exhibition on the continent.. Read More...
 
ECDC trials new crop pilot with Majola communityThe Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) is helping the Majola community of Port St John’s trial a new crop called Cassava, a root plant of Amazon origins and belonging to the sweet potato family.. Read More...
 
Property sector to benefit from new East London IDZ schemeBrokers can earn up to a maximum of R4,3 million for the successful and settlement of a manufacturing investment into the IDZ.. Read More...
 
Shamwari scores another awardThe Eastern Cape nature reserve recognized for its environmental efforts. . Read More...
 
Eastern Cape site of successful water-neutral schemeThe World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) and government’s Working for Water (WfW) programme launched a fully quantitative water neutral scheme, and has achieved significant results at the South African Breweries (SAB) pilot project site in the Eastern Cape. . Read More...
 
EC “home to almost 10% of all known plants”ECDC medicinal and aromatic plants sector manager says opportunities abound as users move to healthy alternatives now valued at R270 million.. Read More...
 
Eastern Cape ad takes to the airAn ECDC funded and managed ad, showcasing the province’s tourism and business potential, produces favourable response.. Read More...
 
Four communities lead crop charge in former TranskeiThe planting of 6,000 hectares of maize, using land last cultivated 20 years ago, is helping to improve food security for the communities of Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo, Chris Hani and Amathole districts.. Read More...
 
EC farmers need more rainAlthough weekend rain has brought relief to some drought- stricken towns in the Eastern Cape, others have not yet had significant rainfall.. Read More...
 
24 September is Hemingways Mall’s big dayNew mall said to be the “biggest mail in the Eastern Cape”. . Read More...
 
200 Eastern Cape SMME’s meet global standardRigorous ISO training programme should build competitiveness of small businesses. Two hundred Eastern Cape Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) received International Standards Organisation (ISO) certificates allowing them to compete in international markets and for big contracts at an awards ceremony held at the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) yesterday. . Read More...
 
Eastern Cape takes robust approach to investment promotionCEO Mxolisi Matshamba shares the corporation’s thinking on promoting the province in the current economic climate. Like all investment promotion agencies across the world, current negative market sentiment has also challenged the Eastern Cape. Furthermore, previous incentives like low electricity and labour rates have also been lessened over time. . Read More...
 
East London IDZ’s investors tally grows to 21Seven new investors with investors worth R239 million have signed up with the Eastern Cape’s second IDZ.. Read More...
 
AsgiSA Eastern Cape shows off its implementation credentialsHigh impact priority projects in former Transkei take shape. Eleven months since the appointment of the AsgiSA Eastern Cape CEO, the organisation has made significant progress and is now only days away from full steam implementation of one of six high impact priority projects says AsgiSA Eastern Cape (EC) chairman Saki Macozoma. . Read More...
 
New tourism horizons for the Eastern Cape lure investorsCEO Mxolisi Matshamba says that one of the most exciting sectors for the Eastern Cape, both pre and post World Cup, is tourism.. Read More...
 
200 Eastern Cape SMME’s meet global standardTwo hundred Eastern Cape Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) received International Standards Organisation (ISO) certificates allowing them to compete in international markets and for big contracts at an awards ceremony held at the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) yesterday.. Read More...
 
ECDC view on the Eastern Cape's investment promotion prospectsCEO Mxolisi Matshamba shares the corporation's thinking on promoting the province in the current economic climate.. Read More...
 
EC crafters excel at DTI eventEleven Eastern Cape individual crafters recently saw off tough competition to claim the best crafts stand award at the recent South African Handmade Collection exhibition at the Gallagher Estate.. Read More...
 
Eastern Cape ad takes to the airAn ECDC ad, showcasing the province’s tourism and business potential, produces favourable response.. Read More...
 
VW pulls in six component manufacturerVehicle manufacturer Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) has attracted a number of key national and international components manufacturers to set up operations in Uitenhage, in the Eastern Cape. The company, which unveiled this initiative this week, said the supplier plan was in line with the new Automotive Production Development Programme (APDP). . Read More...
 
Garden Route gets Big Five reserveA new game reserve set to open near Mossel Bay soon will boast Africa‘s “Big Five” animals. Stocking of the 10000-hectare Gondwana Game Reserve with a wide selection of indigenous animals is nearing completion. . Read More...
 
EC crafters excel at DTI eventEleven Eastern Cape individual crafters recently saw off tough competition to claim the best crafts stand award at the recent South African Handmade Collection exhibition at the Gallagher Estate. The group was part of an Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) delegation to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) event. . Read More...
 
Country estate set to transform townFive-star boutique hotel is part of a development which is expected to create about 12,000 jobs. A R1-billion country estate development is set to transform and breathe new life into the sleepy town of Somerset East in the Karoo. The development will take place on 2500ha of land at the foot of the Boschberg Mountain, behind Somerset East. About 10000 temporary and 2000 permanent jobs will be created during the different phases of the development. . Read More...
 
Asgisa EC spells out importance of agriculture for initiativeAsgisa EC CEO says that the optimal use of arable land in the province could spell the difference between wealth creation and sinking further into poverty. The current global food shortage which is pushing up South African food prices could have been minimised if the country’s rural residents grew their own crops, said Asgisa Eastern Cape chief executive, Simphiwe Somdyala. . Read More...
 
ECDC offloads its residential propertiesEconomic development agency is to offload 900 properties with tenants getting first preference. Tenants in good standing with their rental payments will have first option to buy the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) residential units they live in. . Read More...
 
ECDC tenants get first option to buy ECDC residential unitsTenants in good standing with their rental payments will have first option to buy the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) residential units they live in. ECDC head of properties Luyanda Tsipa says this is part of the corporation’s broader strategy to sell assets that don’t generate revenue, including residential properties. . Read More...
 
ECDC improves access to business financeCorporation launches six product to ramp up business opportunities in the province. . Read More...
 
EC aquaculture Industry shows strong growthMassive investments into the Eastern Cape’s aquaculture industry, running into billions of rands, have placed the province in pole position to challenge the Western Cape’s dominance of this infant industry.. Read More...
 
ECDC improves access to business financeThe Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has launched a set of six short and long term business finance products which aim to support viable business ideas in the province.. Read More...
 
EC aquaculture Industry receives faceliftMassive investments into the Eastern Cape’s aquaculture industry, running into billions of rands, have placed the province in pole position to challenge the Western Cape’s dominance of this infant industry.. Read More...
 
Mercedes-Benz’s market resilence should hold off job cutsThe East London-based OEM says that “no broad scale cost reduction programmes were planned by the carmaker in the short term”. Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) is not expecting to cut jobs at its East London manufacturing plant in the short term, despite a national slowdown in car sales. . Read More...
 
Eveready takes SA’s innovation awardA 70-year-old Mandela Bay company has been named winner of the major business category in the hotly contested 2008 Proudly South African campaign.. Read More...
 
ECDC Export Platform facilitates global tradeEastern Cape Development Corporation’s (ECDC) intention to become a provincial one stop export shop has taken a significant step forward with the establishment of an Export Platform to enable local manufacturers to get their goods into global markets.. Read More...
 
SA design exports snapped upSOUTH African design exports ranging from recycled bottle top mats to bath plug chain chandeliers are being snapped up internationally, contributing to local job creation and wealth generation.. Read More...
 
Coega – you’re the best, say employeesSurvey gives development corporation its second accolade in two months. Read More...
 
Work on R1,2bn mega-mall on track for late 2009 openingWORK on a major Border-Kei regional shopping mega-mall is gaining momentum, with the arrival of special heavy equipment at the 70 000 square metre site for the R1,2-billion development.. Read More...
 
George to build 2010 Cup stadiumTHE George municipality is to invite private developers to build a 35 000-seater soccer stadium to be used for practice matches during the 2010 Soccer World Cup.. Read More...
 
Green light for the new MercedesEast London plant now has the highest technology in the world. Read More...
 
Race is on for ideas to develop EL’s Grand Prix circuitTHE race is on to give East London’s famous Grand Prix motor racing circuit a long-awaited facelift.. Read More...
 
The Eastern Cape Development Corporation - Working hard for job creation and developmentBy working closely with the Eastern Cape Provincial and National government to boost economic development for the region, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) has identified sectors that will have the great impact on job creation, empowerment and growth. Read More...
 
Rainy Bay festival makes a SplashNELSON Mandela Bay Tourism (NMBT) has dubbed this year‘s Splash Festival a success despite the cold and rainy weather.. Read More...
 
State-of-art, R14m edifice for Aquatic BiodiversitySCIENCE and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena will unveil a world-class science building in the Eastern Cape today.. Read More...
 
Buffalo City set to get R18m faceliftOVER the next four months Buffalo city Municipality will resurface its worst roads, install new street lights and plant more trees.. Read More...
 
EC to launch women’s platformTHE Eastern Cape will next month become the first province to launch a provincial chapter of the Progressive Women’s Movement of South Africa.. Read More...
 
Nguni cattle project is stampeding to successAN Eastern Cape empowerment project initiated and developed by the University of Fort Hare that has already changed the lives of thousands of emerging farmers in the province, is now being successfully exported across the country.. Read More...
 
Municipality acts to hold on to scarce skillsIN an effort to retain the “scarce and critical skills” which are leaving the institution in droves, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has formulated a skills retention policy.. Read More...
 
Alice’s looking glass shows brighter outlookTwo big projects and a new policy at Fort Hare to benefit the community. Read More...
 
New holding tank facility to cater to East Coast Rock Lobster FisherThe development of a formal East Coast Rock Lobster fishery is gaining momentum at Port St Johns on the Eastern Cape coast where the nod has been given for the construction of a holding tank facility.. Read More...
 
Bhisho set for international airportBhisho airport invites airlines, car rental depots, restaurants and accommodation enterprises to submit proposals. Read More...
 
Cacadu uses new technology to grow local businessDistrict presents new brand and marketing prospects to emerging and established tourism, trade and investment enterprises in the area. Read More...
 
Reality game show launched in PE“Game show is providing entertainment that promotes nation building through programming that celebrates and reflects the South African community”. Read More...
 
Local building industry experiences major boomIncreasing demand for townhouses contributes to the rapid property developments in the province. Read More...
 
47% capacity development proposed for Buffalo ParkExpansion prepares BC to host major cricket matches. Read More...
 
DoA awards woman farmerThe winner of the provincial award runs a tomato project in its second year, employs 12 locals cultivating over 20 000 plants. Read More...
 
New Nando’s for NMBNando’s restaurant to be opened at The Boardwalk to reflect a unique feel of the brand. Read More...
 
Cruise-liner season presents promising tourism prospectsTourism Board, Tourism Buffalo City and the municipality draw up plan on maximising benefits from cruise tourism. Read More...
 
Mthatha crafters represent province in GermanyEC, Lower Saxony partnership reaches out to local communities. Read More...
 
ECDC, Services Seta Offers 10 Candidates Access To New SkillCorporation equips learners with project management skill and its application in different environments . Read More...
 
Black-owned company secures new VWSA truck and bus contractFormer VWSA employees’ emerging company, Mzantsi Truck and Bus, up for the challenge of assembling new range and will increase employees by 60 per cent for sufficient capacity. Read More...
 
Local skills program targets disadvantaged pupilsMunicipality paves the way to expose pupils to engineering and ICT, and gets buy-in from local business and university. Read More...
 
Municipality donates R500 000 to service excellence campaignOver 1 000 employees from 22 companies have been accredited, setting the trend to improve service in the city. Read More...
 
New economic plan targets former homelandsProposed strategy to see former Transkei and Ciskei transformed into a vibrant economy. Read More...
 
Local skills program targets disadvantaged pupilsMunicipality paves the way to expose pupils to engineering and ICT, and gets buy-in from local business and university. Read More...
 
Municipality donates R500 000 to service excellence campaignOver 1 000 employees from 22 companies have been accredited, setting the trend to improve service in the city. Read More...
 
New economic plan targets former homelandsProposed strategy to see former Transkei and Ciskei transformed into a vibrant economy. Read More...
 
Government funds IT SMMEs in PE townshipsFormer unemployed youths receive R500 000 to start-up small businesses. Read More...
 
ECDC, DEAET help establish Butterworth bakeryBakery already secured major deal to supply up to 12 000 loaves of bread. Read More...
 
Sweet smell of success for KeiskammahoekLocal farmers engage in a skills transfer programme to successfully plant rose geranium. Read More...