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Free State’s water crisis

The fact that Free State rates in the bottom three provinces in the country for water quality and supply, along with Northern Cape and Mpumalanga, shows the total neglect of this crisis by the provincial government. The Blue Drop Report of 2012...
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SADC leaders commit to trade plan

Following the recent summit held in Lilongwe, Malawi, the heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are positive the Tripartite Free Trade Area, to be established by 2015, will enable greater intra-African...
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Sanral maintains Aarto is sound

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has hit back hard at claims that the Administration Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) system is failing. It had been reported that between the 2012 and 2013 financial years, 89%...
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Gauteng’s R11billion solar plans

Gauteng plans to spend R11 billion installing solar panels on all its state-owned buildings. This is according to Gauteng Infrastructure Development MEC Qedani Mahlangu. Mahlangu says there are approximately 8-million m2 of roof-top space available...
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Dams overflow due to heavy rain

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) in the Western Cape Region has called on residents near dams to be cautious as dams, canals and reservoirs in the province are at full capacity due to the persistent heavy rains.The soil in the Western Cape is...

PPC CEO puts his money where his mouth is

PPC, in compliance with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listings requirements, announced that its group CEO, Ketso Gordhan, has purchased 200 000 shares valued at over R6 million. With his Forfeitable Share Plan allocation earlier this year,...

South African Trade Statistics for July 2013

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for July 2013 that record a trade deficit of R14.21 billion. Summary             The R14.21 billion deficit for July 2013 can be attributed to exports of R75.69 billion and...
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Quickshop convenience to Africa

In its drive to change the fuel market landscape in sub-Saharan Africa Engen is introducing convenience shopping in its fast-growing service station network in the region. Starting with Namibia and Botswana, Project Reinvigorate has since...
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Rob Doe appointment

Heading up two portfolios for freight forwarding and logistics company Savino Del Bene SA, Rob Doe takes over as the company’s African Business Development Manager and Export Manager. Rob says, “My experience in West Africa and Namibia will be...
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Saving costs and boosting profitability

Procuring fuel efficient fleets through reviewing supply chain management systems is how large operations are tackling the high fuel prices due to the volatile oil price. These fleets will not only cushion the operations against high oil prices but...