CAPITAL: The Voice of Business Issue 1, 2015 | Page 7

CONTENTS 60 WINNERS We take a look at the three PCB members named best of 2014 at the Nedbank PCB awards. 66 MORE WINNERS In a competition between five KZN business chambers, the PCB’s candidate emerged as the best. 60 69 OPINION LEADER: FINANCE It’s not all doom and gloom, says Nedbank Business Banking’s area manager John Bush. He has seen interesting developments come from the tough business environment we have all had to adapt to. 70 MIRACLE METAL To improve the health of its staff, a local company is using what NHS hospitals in Britain are calling an ‘emerging technology’. In fact, it’s an ancient knowledge, the benefits of which are only now being fully realised. 76 GROWING ENTREPRENEURS 76 Enactus students at the University of KwaZuluNatal are bringing their newly acquired academic knowledge, experienced businesspeople and community members in rural Mophela together, to solve social and business challenges for the benefit of all. 84 PEOPLE Pietermaritzburg is the city with the world’s longest Nando’s branch name. It is also the home town of Nando’s SA’s general manager for marketing communications. We speak to Lindani Mnyandu about her career and the role Maritzburg played in it. 90 OPINION LEADER: TECHNOLOGY 84 Cloud computing – how this alternative to buying and maintaining costly in-house infrastructure can bring efficiencies to your business while saving you money. 91 LAST WORD Finding it tough to have a good day, every day? Doc Groovy prescribes some ideas to remedy that. Capital | Issue 1 | 7