wood
Sawmilling in the shadow of the dragon
The magnificent Drakensberg Mountain range straddles the eastern side of the southern African escarpment like a giant reclining dragon. The tail in the Eastern Cape, the body in KwaZulu-Natal, also called uKhahlamba (Barrier of Spears in Zulu), and the head 1 000 km away in the Limpopo Province, draws[...]
From small to strong: Boosting growth with sawmilling systems
You’re cutting timber six days a week. Orders are stacking up faster than you can process logs. You know there’s more money to be made. The demand is there, but your current setup has hit its ceiling. What do you do? Buy a second identical mill? Hire another full[...]
Three Brothers, Three Fortresses
The title, a Portuguese proverb, tells of three brothers uniting against the world. The Three Brothers Business Group is an equally inspiring story of three Mozambican immigrant brothers seeking a better life in SA and uniting to build an amazing timber business success story. Phineas Sitoe, together with his[...]
Untapped resources of wood on your land?
Trees and bushes on land to be cleared for agriculture may be a potential source of income just waiting to be exploited. It often happens that land-clearing or deforestation projects on new agricultural land leave the wood largely unused. The same goes for wood sources on established farms. If[...]