<![CDATA[TheMercury RSS feed]]> http://www.iol.co.za:80/cmlink/1.1101992 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 +0200 <![CDATA[SwitchedON: A vital safeguard for browsers]]> http://www.iol.co.za/switchedon-a-vital-safeguard-for-browsers-1.1519477

Last week I described the SmartScreen Filter, a feature first introduced in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 browser. Similar protection is available for other web browsers. When enabled, these can help to detect suspicious websites or outright scams you have inadvertently accessed, by checking the website address against regularly updated databases.

]]> 1.1519477 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Cranes to boost productivity]]> http://www.iol.co.za/cranes-to-boost-productivity-1.1515944

The Durban Container Terminal is set to see a "massive jump in productivity" with the commissioning into service of seven of the biggest container cranes in the southern hemisphere.

]]> 1.1515944 Wed, 15 May 2013 08:15:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Tongaat Hulett accord with Ingonyama Trust]]> http://www.iol.co.za/tongaat-hulett-accord-with-ingonyama-trust-1.1508968

JSE-listed sugar giant Tongaat Hulett has signed a landmark agreement with the Ingonyama Trust Board to develop the sugar sector on tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal.

]]> 1.1508968 Wed, 1 May 2013 15:28:48 +0200 <![CDATA[Hoteliers to gather in Durban]]> http://www.iol.co.za/hoteliers-to-gather-in-durban-1.1508958

Durban will host the Hotel Investment Conference Africa (Hica) event for the third consecutive time next week ahead of South African Tourism’s annual Indaba travel trade show.

]]> 1.1508958 Wed, 1 May 2013 15:07:27 +0200 <![CDATA[Speculators move in over Durban port]]> http://www.iol.co.za/speculators-move-in-over-durban-port-1.1508704

Unscruplulous property speculators are trying to buy up properties around the proposed R100 billion dig-out port.

]]> 1.1508704 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:15:00 +0200 <![CDATA[Durban gets International Aids Congress for second time]]> http://www.iol.co.za/durban-gets-international-aids-congress-for-second-time-1.1506502

Durban has beaten London and the Turkish capital, Istanbul, in the race to host the International Aids Congress in 2016, the Durban KwaZulu-Natal Convention Bureau revealed on Tuesday.

]]> 1.1506502 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:09:08 +0200 <![CDATA[PV solar start-up opens in Durban]]> http://www.iol.co.za/pv-solar-start-up-opens-in-durban-1.1505271

Durban is now home to the first locally owned photovoltaic (PV) solar panel manufacturing plant in South Africa and the most advanced facility of its kind in Africa.

]]> 1.1505271 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:50:49 +0200 <![CDATA[Willowton’s cricket sponsorship reaps rewards]]> http://www.iol.co.za/willowton-s-cricket-sponsorship-reaps-rewards-1.1505265

Burgeoning Pietermaritzburg-based fast moving consumer goods company Willowton Group has upped the marketing of its pupular brands, like Sunfoil, in recent years with major multi-million rand sponsorships and marketing activities. The move, the company says, is paying off.

]]> 1.1505265 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:41:17 +0200 <![CDATA[KZN to look for more money]]> http://www.iol.co.za/kzn-to-look-for-more-money-1.1502141

The KwaZulu-Natal government was looking at other funding sources to finance provincial infrastructure and government-led economic development projects to mitigate the effect of its reduced share of the national budget, the head of the KZN Treasury, Simiso Magagula, said yesterday.

]]> 1.1502141 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:31:54 +0200 <![CDATA[Durban Air Mauritius flights back]]> http://www.iol.co.za/durban-air-mauritius-flights-back-1.1498391

Durban’s King Shaka International Airport is back on the radar of Air Mauritius. with the airline planning to re-introduce scheduled flights between the Indian Ocean island and the city from July.

]]> 1.1498391 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:35:27 +0200