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DATA COMPLIANCE FOR YOUR PAYROLL PROCESSES

PROTECT YOUR RETAIL BUSINESS

Johan van Deventer, KZN this is particularly critical as ensuring that every step meets
Regional Manager, consumer interactions often compliance standards. Regular
LabourNet involve the exchange of personal updates to these policies keep
information, from online your business aligned with the
n the digital shopping to loyalty programmes. latest regulations.
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PLANS ARE AFOOT TO REPLICATE LOS ANGELES’

BLUE ECONOMY PROJECTS IN DURBAN

Thekwini Municipality transport, fisheries, renewable Councillor Thembo Ntuli held think it has so much in common an incubator programme for
is leveraging on energy and tourism. a successful meeting with the with what we are doing. AltaSea business that are linked to the
Einternational best practice This comes after the delegation team from AltaSea at the Port of is a non-profit organisation that blue ocean economy and they
in the blue economy which from the City led by Economic Los Angeles in the United States was established to take over shared with us a number of
encompasses all ocean-related Development and Planning of America (USA). a 35 acre campus in the Port opportunities for developing
industries, such as maritime Committee Chairperson The delegation in USA includes of Los Angeles’ old historic small businesses and have
City Manager Musa Mbhele and warehouse and renovate them shown keen interest to help
various role players in Durban
into a modern blue economy
Head of Catalytic Projects in the campus. So the blue economy to participate meaningfully in
City and Acting Chief Operations encompasses aquaculture both the blue economy. They have
Officer George Mohlakoana.
on land and at sea, including also promised that they will
AltaSea brings together the renewable energy from the support the city in applying for
world’s finest climate and marine ocean, underwater robotics and funding from the Bloomberg
scientists and engineers to anything that has to do with Philanthrophic fund to support
conduct breakthrough research the ocean. We are hoping that the ideas that we have for our
and discover solutions to food we can create a similar AltaSea city,” said Mbhele.
and energy supply, climate facility in Durban and even The engagements with the
change, and ocean exploration. in the port of Durban, where team at AltaSea and destination
we can share what we know
AltaSea President and CEO promotion activations currently
Terry Tamminen said their through our researchers and our underway in Los Angeles form
companies,” said Tamminen.
focus was on investing in part of the city’s aggressive
economic activity that seeks to City Manager Musa Mbhele drive to grow the economy and
sustainably use ocean resources said replicating the AltaSea attract international investors
to promote the wellbeing of project will catapult the growth to the Resurgence Conference
ocean ecosystems, enable trajectory of the City of Durban taking place at the Inkosi
The city delegation concluded a very successful business meeting as part of economic growth, create jobs, to even greater heights. Albert Luthuli International
the Resurgence Conference activation in Los Angeles with the team from and improve livelihoods. Convention Centre (Durban
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles led by President and CEO Terry Tamminen. “We had a very successful
Tamminen played a key role in helping Arnold Schwarzenegger become “We are so excited that engagement at the Port of Los ICC) from 17 to 21 July 2024. 
Governor of California. He was appointed as the Secretary of the California Angeles and met the President
Environmental Protection Agency in 2003, and was later appointed Cabinet representatives from the City W: www.facebook.com/eThekwiniM
Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor. of Durban are here because we of AtlaSea a company that runs

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