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An overwhelming number of qualifying applications have been received from businesses hoping to get funding from government's R1.2 billion Tourism Equity Fund (TEF) - a whopping R5.6 billion, to be exact.
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While impact sourcing is gaining traction internationally, this hasn’t necessarily been the case in South Africa, with some still sceptical about whether such business models are effective in the long term. Work by several NGOs have however shown this to be a misconception, with impact sourcing having numerous positive benefits for businesses.
Impact sourcing is a business practice where organisations look toward previously disadvantaged communities to identify and develop high potential talent, and then place them in jobs that provide them with a sustainable income, and pathway to social upliftment.
Huhtamäki Oyj: Huhtamaki invests in new fiber packaging capacity in South Africa
Huhtamaki invests in new South Africa
Huhtamaki, a global key advanced manufacturer of sustainable packaging solutions, is setting up a new manufacturing unit in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to serve its existing and new egg packaging customers in the KwaZulu-Natal area with a broad range of locally produced packaging solutions. The new facility will be located close to one of South Africa s main export ports, enabling competitive exports of egg packaging for customers across East Africa. The addition of a unit in KwaZulu-Natal is an important addition to our fiber packaging footprint in South Africa not only providing efficiencies in our service to customers in South Africa but an additional benefit in terms of proximity to a major port which will drive access to markets across East Africa. The new facility sets us up to better meet the growth of the fiber packaging sector and future demand fo