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Partnership Award - KZN Top Business Awards 2025

The winning project reflects the importance of teamwork and effective inter-agency collaboration.


Adv Pria Hassan; Fikiswa Pupuma, EDTEA; Farah Goolam, Invest Durban; Russell Curtis, Invest Durban; Thuli Galelekile, TIKZN; Hamish Erskine, Dube TradePort; Xoli Shabalala, Dube TradePort and Oscar Sibisa, Standard Bank
Adv Pria Hassan; Fikiswa Pupuma, EDTEA; Farah Goolam, Invest Durban; Russell Curtis, Invest Durban; Thuli Galelekile, TIKZN; Hamish Erskine, Dube TradePort; Xoli Shabalala, Dube TradePort, and Oscar Sibisa, Standard Bank

WINNER

Durban Direct is a coordinated multi stakeholder initiative focused on enhancing KZN’s global air connectivity through King Shaka International Airport. Durban Direct is led by the KwaZulu Natal Route Development Committee and exemplifies the power of public-private collaboration in unlocking economic potential.


FINALISTS

Ensure Next Generation Security is a security service provider with nearly 50 years of continuous service in the South African security sector. Their recent partnership with the eThekwini Municipality in the Inner-City Regeneration project (Ensure Ubuntu) is a testament to their deep rooted commitment to revitalising our communities.

Nos Media House, through its creative expertise and digital platforms, and Wearyourbrand aim to showcase how an SME agency and a grassroots NGO can co create value – demonstrating that strategic synergy, when rooted in mutual trust and shared objectives, can yield outsized impact.


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