titleSouth Africa Industry <subtitle type="text"></subtitle> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://marcopolis.net"/> <id>https://marcopolis.net/</id> <updated>2024-04-27T19:54:53+00:00</updated> <author> <name>Marcopolis</name> <email>info@marcopolis.net</email> </author> <generator uri="http://joomla.org" version="1.6">Joomla! - Open Source Content Management</generator> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://marcopolis.net/south-africa-industry/feed/atom.htm"/> <entry> <title>“We Need to Encourage the Development of Industry, Manufacturing and Mining in South Africa” – Invicta Holdings 2016-04-30T10:08:04+00:00 2016-04-30T10:08:04+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/we-need-to-encourage-the-development-of-industry-manufacturing-and-mining-in-south-africa-invicta-holding.htm <p><img src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/videos/invicta/invicta-industry.jpg" alt="“We Need to Encourage the Development of Industry, Manufacturing and Mining in South Africa” – Invicta Holdings" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"South Africa is not developing its manufacturing base, the mining base is also stagnating," explains Arnold Goldstone, Executive Deputy Chairman of Invicta Holdings.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p><img src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/videos/invicta/invicta-industry.jpg" alt="“We Need to Encourage the Development of Industry, Manufacturing and Mining in South Africa” – Invicta Holdings" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"South Africa is not developing its manufacturing base, the mining base is also stagnating," explains Arnold Goldstone, Executive Deputy Chairman of Invicta Holdings.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> South Africa, an Emerging Force in Global Film-Making - Commentary by Cape Town Film Studios 2016-04-29T19:40:33+00:00 2016-04-29T19:40:33+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/south-africa-an-emerging-force-in-global-film-making-commentary-by-cape-town-film-studios.htm <p><img src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/videos/film-studios/south-africa-film-making.jpg" alt="South Africa, an Emerging Force in Global Film-Making - Commentary by Cape Town Film Studios" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"The main challenge is how things are perceived. South Africa was regarded as a great location but not necessarily known for manufacturing and high-tech innovation in film," explains Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p><img src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/videos/film-studios/south-africa-film-making.jpg" alt="South Africa, an Emerging Force in Global Film-Making - Commentary by Cape Town Film Studios" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"The main challenge is how things are perceived. South Africa was regarded as a great location but not necessarily known for manufacturing and high-tech innovation in film," explains Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Industrial Development of the Western Cape 2016-04-26T17:53:04+00:00 2016-04-26T17:53:04+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/industrial-development-of-the-western-cape.htm <p><img src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/videos/premier/industrial-dev.jpg" alt="Industrial Development of the Western Cape" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"We put a very strong emphasis on hi-tech, and indeed, that is precisely what our broadband rollout has been about. We want to enable ICTs, Information and Communication Technologies, as the bedrock of why services work so well in the Western Cape," explains Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <p><img src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/videos/premier/industrial-dev.jpg" alt="Industrial Development of the Western Cape" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 20px; float: left;" height="110" width="200" />"We put a very strong emphasis on hi-tech, and indeed, that is precisely what our broadband rollout has been about. We want to enable ICTs, Information and Communication Technologies, as the bedrock of why services work so well in the Western Cape," explains Helen Zille, Premier of Western Cape.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> A TV and Film Industry Boom for Cape Town - Cape Town Film Studios 2016-04-20T08:44:53+00:00 2016-04-20T08:44:53+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/a-tv-and-film-industry-boom-for-cape-town-cape-town-film-studios.htm Scherzando Blaise Karasu scherzando@marcopolis.net <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios" src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/interviews/film-studios/Cape-Town-Film-Studios-Nico-Dekker-CEO.jpg" height="110" width="200" /> <p>Productions look to capture South African scenery, exchange rates and rebates.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <img style="border: 0px none; margin: 5px; float: left;" alt="Nico Dekker, CEO of Cape Town Film Studios" src="images/stories/south-africa-report/western-cape-2016/interviews/film-studios/Cape-Town-Film-Studios-Nico-Dekker-CEO.jpg" height="110" width="200" /> <p>Productions look to capture South African scenery, exchange rates and rebates.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>