The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is a Government-owned enterprise, responsible for majority of the passenger rail services in SA. PRASA reports to the Minister of Transport and is made up of four branches: Autopax, Intersite, Shosholoza Meyl and Metrorail. PRASA, founded in the year 1990, provide commuter rail services within South Africa’s… Read More »
British American Tobacco plc (BAT), founded in 1902, is a British multinational tobacco company and is the biggest global publicly traded tobacco company. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, BAT operates in approximately 180 countries and is a leading company in over 50 countries around the world. British American Tobacco (BAT) began operating in South Africa… Read More »
The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA), founded in the year 1961, promotes and represents the interests of more than 1000 individual members, including municipal engineers and companies within the municipal engineering and built environment industry. The companies mission is to promote and encourage excellence within the engineering profession, to help benefit communities… Read More »
iThemba Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences (iThemba LABS), is a National Research Facility managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF). It is the biggest facility for particle and nuclear research on the African continent, as well as being one of only a few facilities which produces radionuclides for commercial, research and medical applications, across the… Read More »
The Citrus Academy was established in 2005 and is a non-profit company, founded by the Citrus Growers’ Association (CGA) of Southern Africa as a way to develop human resources within the citrus industry of Southern African. The Academy is responsible for addressing issues and challenges faced by the citrus industry, namely scarce and critical skills;… Read More »
Hillary Construction was founded by 2 members – Bill Hillary and Irene Hillary. What originally started as an earthmoving company in 1963, was later registered in 1967 as a Civil Engineering Contracting company. The company is headquartered in Polokwane but operates across South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. The construction companies’ main activities include: bulk… Read More »
Hulamin is one of South Africa’s biggest non-mineral beneficiating exporters and is the only major aluminimum rolling operations throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The history of the company dates back to 1935, when Aluminium Limited of Canada (Alcan) first opened a sales office in the country. However, it wasn’t until the year 1940 that the Aluminium Company… Read More »
Gast was established in 1961 in Pretoria, South Africa. The company started out by manufacturing waterproofing coatings for dams and reservoirs – today they provide numerous other services within the Civil & Construction industries. The company has firm roots within the chemical industry, including specialty chemicals for industrial and cosmetic markets. Gast is headquartered in… Read More »
The Access Trust is a non-profit organization, whose goal is to select suitable applicants and fund their studies in job fields that are scarce within the country. Access Trust is currently funding students who will take up studies within a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college within the Western Cape. ABOUT THE BURSARY Bursaries… Read More »
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) (previously known as “SKA SA”) is managed by the National Research Foundation (NRF). SARAO will soon be known as the creator of the biggest multi-radio telescope ever constructed, which will produce science that provides a greater understanding of the universe. The SARAO will be collocated in Africa and… Read More »