Rand Water chairman in Professor Jannie Maree has received a United States patent for an acid mine water treatment process. “The magnesium-barium-hydroxide (MBO) process, which removes metals and sulphate from mine water, offered South Africa a...
South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has defended a bonus it awarded to its CEO Nazir Alli stating his job is far wider than managing just e-tolling. Questions have been raised about R2-billion of “irregular spending” in...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the National Housing Finance Corporation of South Africa have announced investments of more than US$63 million in International Housing Solutions’ IHS Fund II, which will support the development of...
The government of South Africa’s North West province is conducting a feasibility study for the development of a freight hub at Mahikeng International Airport. The study will form part of a wider freight transport strategy,including a...
By Brian Dames, CEO of Eskom Eskom has learnt some painful lessons over the past few years during our first massive expansion programme in 20 years and the largest ever undertaken in South Africa. It would be hard to overstate the size of the...
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has defended its management of the agency’s finances despite the auditor-general highlighting R3.3 billion in irregular expenditure in its latest financial statements. This irregular...
Construction of a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant near Upington, in the Northern Cape, has started with a projected completion date of 2015. The project will employ up to 600 people from the surrounding communities during construction...
Of the 1.7 billion tonnes of cargo moved around South Africa during 2012, 88.5% was transported on road versus the 11.5% carried on rail. Although rail’s portion is only slightly up from its comparative 11.1% share in 2010, projects like the fuel...
The South African Association of Freight Forwarders (SAAFF) will host its fifth annual congress, from 8-9 October 2013 at the Hilton, Sandton. David Logan, CEO of SAAFF, says, “The freight forwarding market has been a major beneficiary of an...
Imperial Logistics has acquired a 60% stake in bulk transporter KWS Carriers with the new acquisition slotting into the group’s Bulk Commodity Services division. KWS Carriers, an accredited RTMS haulier provides short, medium and long haul bulk...
