South African households spend over 20% of their income on transport expenses for long commutes, a burden largely rooted in apartheid-era spatial dislocation and inefficient land-use planning. Compounding this economic strain is the ageing and...
A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991...
With a road infrastructure network stretching 27 478 kilometres, South Africa’s national roads are an important lifeline of the economy. A safe, efficient and reliable road network is vital to the health of the nation’s economy, much like the...