A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Emfuleni Water Conservation Project has recently been signed bythe Emfuleni Municipality and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German, British and...
African Sanitation Outsourcing, a BBBEE Cape Town-based company, is the principle distributor of the Afrisan Solar Powered Urine Diversion toilet, the S.P.U.D., in South Africa. The S.P.U.D was developed over a period of six years, during which...
Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing African airline, is pleased to announce that is has received the second next-generation Boeing 737-800 Sky Interior Aircraft. The airline placed a firm order for 10 of its kind back in December 2009. “As a...
Because of bad road infrastructure and long waiting times at borders posts, 90% of intra-Africa freight is transported by air. Charles Brewer, MD of the sub-Saharan African operations of DHL Express, says this is why logistics in Africa can be as...
Retailers need to realize the days of making a 20-30% guaranteed mark-up are no longer sustainable, South African fruit growers claimed at the inaugural Cool Logistics Africa Conference last week. Delegates heard that with 38-40 service providers...
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) remained silent on Tuesday over the ruling by the Pretoria High Court which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt. On Saturday, Judge Bill Prinsloo granted an urgent interdict to...
The fight against toll roads was a hot topic on Workers’ Day on Tuesday as the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) promised to step up their campaign against the government’s plan to...
By Tony Stone Only once before in South Africa have the majority of people been so united against injustice. This time it is not against the evils of apartheid but against the hugely unpopular e-toll system. But, is the e-toll system corrupt and/or...
Corruption robs the poor of their dignity, Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale stated at the recent launch of Klarinet Integrated Housing Project. The R3,5 billion mixed housing project will produce 12 000 houses over the medium to long...
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is in the process of establishing a Nile Basin Decision Support System (NB-DSS) to support water resources planning and investment decisions in the Nile Basin. Funded by a World Bank-managed multi-donor Trust Fund,...
