Johannesburg-based RAC Group has embarked on a critical road transport safety initiative, using a specially designed rig to train tanker drivers to avoid roll-over accidents. Initially the training will be for the drivers of the large Afrox fleet....
TruckStore, the used commercial vehicle specialist from Daimler has been launched by Mercedes‐Benz South Africa (MBSA) in Centurion – Gauteng amid great anticipation and enthusiasm. MBSA is the first market performance centre (MPC) in the world to...
The finals of the very successful annual BKS-SAICE International Bridge Building Competition organised by the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) were held at the St Albans College in Pretoria. BKS has once again provided the...
Aveng reduced its headcount by 350 people in the past year through a restructuring of its South African construction and manufacturing businesses, the listed construction and engineering group said yesterday. Roger Jardine, Aveng’s chief executive,...
After two years, the only road connecting an Eastern Cape village with the rest of the province has finally been reopened following the completion of a bridge. Qongqotha village and the communities surrounding the village were cut off from the rest...
Most South Africans are oblivious to the fact that we are in the worst grip of a crisis that has major negative implications for every one of us both now and in the future. People are ignorant of the electricity crisis because “the lights are still...
The global professional services firm KPMG recently released its list of 100 most innovative and inspiring urban infrastructure projects in the world. Among the projects listed were six African infrastructure projects. “This is a very proud...
At the end of June this year, the end of the 2011/2012 financial year, metro municipalities in South Africa were owed R46.1 billion. The amount for all municipalities in the country is R77.5 billion. Households remain the biggest culprit,...
Murray & Roberts (M&R) has positioned itself to provide operation, maintenance and efficiency enhancement services to the power sector. Last week M&R chief executive Henry Laas said the group had entered into a joint venture...
Regulations, cartels and crumbling infrastructure raise the cost and delivery times of imports and exports across the continent. New railway plans will help to bring more competition to the transport sector. Pity the East African truck driver, upon...
