Dolphin Bay Brief
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2026
September 2026
This newsletter ranges deep and wide, from how our Pro-Treat app is transforming timber treatment to Operation Vulindlela’s overhaul of our rail system and the power of music to repair our mental state.
Newsletter stories:
- Pro-treat App puts your plant in your pocket
- Dargle Poles joins the Dolphin Bay Quality Pledge
- Operation Vulindlela raises hope for rail reform
- Could a BRICS+ currency replace the Dollar?
- Building Africa’s future with a megacities boom
- Reflections on music, by Timothy the Otter
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
April 2026
This edition of the Dolphin Bay Brief brings you insights on what the rising fuel price means for our industry; an issue close to our hearts – whether children should have cellphones, and more.
Newsletter stories:
- Welcome to family business RF Gevers
- Pro-Treat Intelligence catches errors before they happen
- Should I give my child a cellphone?
- No easy fix to the fuel price problem
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
June 2026
The theme of this newsletter is the enormous power of our human interactions – in politics, business, and our personal lives – to improve the world around us.
Newsletter stories:
- Pro-treat books – better than we could have imagined
- Is the informal economy mopping up unemployment?
- Are universities becoming obsolete?
- SA’s renewed optimism
- How friendships change the world
Enjoy the read!
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD
February 2026
Our first newsletter of 2026 describes new global trends, how to understand them, and what they mean for your business success.
Newsletter stories:
- Forging your niche
- What’s driving the high copper price?
- The mystery of modernisation
- Digitalisation should serve our concrete reality
- Emerging from fire (flashback story)
We hope you will find the stories useful.
Sincerely,
Bertus Coetzee – MD