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PE Business News: Port Elizabeth Residents Recycle Plastic Bags as Sleeping Mats for the Homeless

13 July 2019 By Port Elizabethan

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Port Elizabeth Residents Recycle Plastic Bags as Sleeping Mats for the Homeless: Thanks to chance and kindness, homeless people in Port Elizabeth, South Africa … collect plastic bags to make something so that it will not end up in the ocean”. Business and schools in the area …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Mango spreads wings from Joburg to PE: Mango Airlines has started operating between Lanseria airport in Johannesburg and the Port Elizabeth Airport. The low-cost airline says the introduction of the new route comes as passenger numbers and …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Retailer SPAR launches 2nd phase of campaign to cut plastic use in Eastern Cape: said at the launch in Port Elizabeth. The campaign will kick off on Saturday with a promotion where SPAR customers will get a free paper bag for every 10 plastic bags they bring to a shop. Since …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Ghana business delegation visit Eastern Cape for trade, investment mission: The delegation, which is expected to meet 40 Port Elizabeth companies, held business to business discussions with 35 companies from the Buffalo City Metro with a view to exploring trade and investment …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Protesting Port Elizabeth residents close ANC ward councillor’s office: Protesting residents closed the office of ward councillor Mzuvukile Tom in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, on Friday, GroundUp reported. About 200 people from Shukushukuma, Tyoksville, Endlovini, …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Security Gates – Port Elizabeth: Exclusive franchise rights for Port Elizabeth areas available to the right applicant. This highly profitably opportunity is for sale at only R1,25 m. Call Louis at (012) 346-6147/8 or 082 680 2438 for …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

How Two Entrepreneurs Have Built a R700-million Business on SMSes: Charles Stretch and James Pearce were students when they launched SMSPortal from a garage in Port Elizabeth in 2002 … months they realised the system held enormous potential for the business sector: …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Giant pothole ‘swallows’ municipal bus in Port Elizabeth: A municipal bus got stuck in a huge pothole in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday morning. Democratic Alliance councillor in the Lorraine area, Gustav Rautenbach, said there had been a burst water pipe in …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

Fly Mango announces flights between Port Elizabeth and Lanseria International: Labuschagne added, “We are expecting that the route will capture a combination of business and leisure travellers originating from the Southern and Northern parts of Johannesburg, the wider Gauteng …
Source: “Port Elizabeth” business – BingNews.

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