Placing emphasis on the size of the railway system to be used in Dar es Salaam is of great importance if it is to be more productive. This advice was given to the Railway Transport Advisory Committee (RTAC) by the minister for Transport, Dr...
The air transport industry, which is one of the most profitable sectors, had an estimated turnover of more than US$3,800 billion and created more than 28 million direct or indirect jobs in 2005. However, Africa’s share in the global air transport...
In the last financial year (2011/2012), Transnet spent an incredible R2.4 billion on repair and maintenance work to its freight rail system, said Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. According to Minister Gigaba, eradicating Transnet’s total...
The participation of women in the world’s shipping industry must be increased, says Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Speaking at the 3rd Women in Shipping Conference in Durban, Dlamini Zuma, who is also the chairperson of the...
SAA was facing growing competition from foreign airlines on its key African routes and its low-cost division, Mango, would be called on to fly to regional destinations, Siza Mzimela, the national carrier’s chief executive, said in Parliament...
The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE) has announced that Prof LJ Grobler is the winner in the Green Industry Leader category of the Green Supply Chain Awards. Grobler is a founding member of the Southern African Association...
Nigeria will continue to have problems with its energy sector because of its inability to develop a long-term vision that links energy access with industrial transformation, says Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the director general of the United Nations...
Two South African projects have been chosen in the 100 most innovative and inspiring urban infrastructure projects in the world in the KPMG Global Infrastructure Practice. This is a remarkable feat for the country as sustainable urban...
Camilla Howard and Michael Baretta will be spending seven months from October 2012 to April 2013 traversing 3Â 300km of South African coastline on foot. With bins on their backs, these social-change adventurers plan to clean up the beaches and put a...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has announced that the deployment of energy efficient technology has started paying off for the metro. Several programmes have been put in place and retrofitting or the addition of new technologies, has seen...
