Embracing contradictions We live in a world of the quick fix and instant gratification. Yet our industry, by its very nature, requires long-term investment. Forestry companies must plant large tracts... read more →
The government is underestimating South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) by at least 10%, or as much as 20%. This means that our GDP, the most often cited barometer of... read more →
Bundu Poles founder Alewyn Janson taught his son Teunis that it takes hard work over time to build a good reputation, which can be lost extremely fast. The Dolphin Bay... read more →
The work of inspection bodies is critical for a healthy industry. However, we have started to see a concerning trend in which the industry has developed a false sense of... read more →
Dolphin Bay is pleased to be offering our products and services to timber treaters in Kenya, following the completion of a long-awaited product registration process. Our representatives Darren Marillier and... read more →
Scientists and foresters are keeping their eyes peeled for evidence of the destructive polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) in plantations. The beetle has been spotted on one eucalyptus tree in... read more →
Many African countries have no official standards on wood treatment, and there is massive variation among those standards that do exist. In most countries that have standards there are no... read more →
Our industry has been consolidating, simplifying, and updating the specifications governing wood treatment, in a massive undertaking expected to be finished by the end of July this year. The revisions... read more →
Illegal timber treaters are becoming increasingly blatant and fearless, even advertising their poles on social media, as the authorities continue to fail to take action against them. This booming trade... read more →
It is vital that government sees private business, with its good management skills, as a friend and not an enemy, in order to address the problems in SOEs such as Eskom... read more →
