South Africa’s three major timber treatment certification bodies have given the green light to Dolphin Bay’s Pro-Treat digital treatment books. All three believed this would benefit the timber treatment industry,... read more →
Picture the scene: you’re driving to work in Johannesburg, and the traffic lights on the major artery William Nicol Drive – like on most roads in the city – are... read more →
We’re delighted that the National Business Initiative (NBI) has launched a drive to build ethical supply chains, and that forestry giant Sappi is nailing its colours to the ethics mast.... read more →
On 3 April 1846, Michael Faraday stood up to deliver the traditional Friday evening lecture at London’s Royal Institution. He was a last-minute fill-in. The speaker he’d invited, physicist Charles... read more →
Shipbuilder Donald McKay was called a genius in his time, building clipper ships that broke records in the years of the Californian Gold Rush. Yet his empire collapsed as the... read more →
The super-rich of the world are struggling with a shortage of butlers, and butler training schools can’t keep up with the demand. Sound like trivia? It did to us too... read more →
The good times are back in South Africa… or there’s at least a glimmer that the bad times are ending. This is the upshot of our investigation into the improved... read more →
When Dolphin Bay’s Braam Rust was deciding what to study as a young man, his choices were agriculture or forestry. He came from farming stock and would have chosen agriculture,... read more →
The process of applying for Pest Control Operator (PCO) certification is well under way in the timber treatment industry, with help from the South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA). Dolphin... read more →
It has been an interesting year – a phenomenal one, really – and a year of reflection. In previous years, my letter focused on what happened during the year. This... read more →
