Sep 02

PRO-TREAT APP: “YOUR PLANT IN YOUR POCKET”

Our new Pro-Treat mobile app gives you “a treatment plant in your pocket,” with superpowers of perception on every aspect of your timber treatment process. Managers are often far from their treatment plants, and their oversight is limited due to the vastness of their treatment operations. When they are at... read more →
  • September 2, 2026
Sep 02

DARGLE POLES JOINS THE QUALITY PLEDGE

Dargle Poles is a shining example of a well-run timber treatment business – a reputation bolstered even further by their recent signing of the Dolphin Bay Quality Pledge. Based in the Dargle Valley in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, close to Midmar Dam, Dargle Poles is owned and operated by husband and... read more →
  • September 2, 2026
Sep 02

OPERATION VULINDLELA RAISES HOPE FOR RAIL REFORM

South Africa moves too much freight by road rather than rail. This is a financial burden for businesses with large volume haulage, such as timber. With fuel-price volatility continuing, businesses are watching the country’s embattled rail system and asking when it will improve. Progress has begun. Rail reform is a... read more →
  • September 2, 2026
Sep 02

COULD A BRICS+ CURRENCY REPLACE THE DOLLAR?

Ever since Brazil, Russia, India and China held the first BRIC summit in 2009, there have been whispers among economists that this emerging market bloc might form its own currency. Those whispers amplified in 2011 when South Africa officially joined the group (making it BRICS), got louder in 2024 and... read more →
  • September 2, 2026
Sep 02

MEGACITY BOOM: BUILDING AFRICA’S FUTURE

Drive north from Johannesburg to Pretoria (Tshwane), weaving between the trucks and taxis as you pass that glittering monument to consumer culture that is the Mall of Africa, and you’ll find that you aren’t really driving from one city to another. Not anymore. Recent urban expansion has swallowed up Midrand,... read more →
  • September 2, 2026
Sep 02

ON MUSIC, BY TIMOTHY THE OTTER

I’ve been watching these humans for days now and I’m worried about them. So much arguing, so much fighting. They’re clearly not coping - don’t even know how. Honestly, they’re incredibly clever creatures in some ways, not only satisfying my otter’s curiosity but also astounding me. Firstly, they have built... read more →
  • September 2, 2026
Jun 17

PRO-TREAT BOOKS – BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE IMAGINED

Most of our customers are now using Pro-Treat Books, our digital treatment platform, which has grown into a tool more powerful, intuitive, and useful than we could have imagined − thanks to your positive feedback and suggestions, which we continue to integrate. Pro-Treat Books is as big a leap for... read more →
  • June 17, 2026
Jun 17

IS THE INFORMAL ECONOMY MOPPING UP UNEMPLOYMENT?

One in every three South Africans is unemployed. That’s the official tally – 32.7%, to be exact – based on the Quarterly Labour Force Survey for Q1-2026. It is the worst unemployment rate among major economies and one of the world’s highest. But is that number exaggerated? Capitec CEO Gerrie... read more →
  • June 17, 2026
Jun 17

ARE UNIVERSITIES BECOMING OBSOLETE?

Universities have long been accused of being “ivory towers” – expensive and elitist institutions disconnected from the real world. Is any such disconnection growing? Are universities keeping up with the pace of change in the real world as the digital age advances, and is this even possible? In short, is... read more →
  • June 17, 2026
Jun 17

SA’S RENEWED OPTIMISM

There’s a new mood in South Africa. It’s hard to measure, but we certainly feel it. Across our towns and across the country, the people we encounter on the streets, interact with socially, and do business with, are showing a new confidence and optimism. Not too long ago, there was... read more →
  • June 17, 2026