Edcon, South Africa’s largest non-food retailer, made a commitment in 2016 to a localised cotton initiative – from ‘farm to shelf’ – by participating in the Sustainable Cotton Cluster (SCC). […]

I remember when I was in matric with dreams of having a house, a car and a family by the time I was 25. But once I got my first […]

I drove past a new development in the northern suburbs recently and was struck by the boast that the units’ kitchens were “wholly imported from Italy”. This goes back to […]

When one of our own captures the attention or imagination of the world we immediately sit up and take note, congratulating not only that person but ourselves for acknowledging their […]

I have been privileged to be part of the launch of two very exciting investment projects by Proudly SA members into their local operations in the last two week The […]

Land reform is one of the political hot potatoes of our time and remains one of the more contentious policy issues. However, for the existing 250 000 or so emerging […]

The Imperative to re-industrialise in order to help grow the South African economy and create much-needed decent and sustainable jobs supposes that there is a local market for manufacturers. One […]

Last year we wrote about the massive spending that comes with elections. Now that we know the date of this year’s general election, manifestos are being launched, rallies organised, cadres […]

Today we are launching the eighth edition of our annual Buy Local Summit & Expo, an event at which local products, manufactured by companies that have and are invested in the […]