East London manufacturing facility takes silver in JD Power and Associates IQS Survey For the fourth consecutive year the Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) manufacturing plant in East London has proven its dominance in the Europe-Africa region in...
The perfect storm: As oxygen masks continue to drop; talk of the aviation industry navigating a perfect storm, is a bitter reality. Enormous challenges are rising for the entire travel industry, thanks to the combined effects of the Global economic...
Government and the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) have agreed to continue consulting with each other on the Gauteng freeway improvement project. Following a meeting between Deputy President, Kgalema Motlanthe, and OUTA chairman, Wayne...
Gregory Mofokeng, secretary of the Black Business Council in the Built Environment (BBCBE), shook up the 2012 Public Private Infrastructure Forum with his presentation on the lack of black-owned companies in construction and the unfair treatment...
According to Andrew Etzinger, senior general manager at Eskom, 54 million CFLs have been fitted across South Africa from 2004 to 2012 – adding up to a 2 173MW demand savings. In full support of energy efficiency in infrastructure, Eskom has rolled...
With the rollout of its national infrastructure plan, Transnet is expected to create employment for 588 000 people and direct jobs will ramp up by a significant 25%. “Transnet’s market demand strategy (MDS) will promote localisation, transformation...
A video showing how to water ski…the eco-friendly way.
After a nearly five years wait, engineers responsible for the reconstruction of Nairobi-Thika Highway are all smiles after conquering one of the most challenging engineering feats, constructing a super highway while it is used by motor and human...
Lack of developed transportation network in the region is among the hurdles hindering landlocked countries from maximising the benefits from the African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA). This was highlighted during the just concluded AGOA forum,...
The world’s eight largest development banks said on Wednesday they will invest $175 billion over 10 years to support low-emission transportation programs, such as car sharing or rapid bus systems, in Asia, Latin America and Africa, whose...
