Prepare your drivers for inclement weather and possible dangerous road conditions. This is the warning from N3 Toll Concession (N3TC) as the first real cold front of the winter season starts moving inland. N3TC and the related N3 Toll Route...
A new hero will soon be motoring along the roads because Johannesburg-based emergency medical service provider, Buthelezi EMS, has chosen to use Ford’s 2.2-litre Duratorq-powered van as the basis for its fleet of ambulances. Buthelezi EMS...
A R55 million investment in a new truck plant for Hino trucks in Prospecton, near Durban, is confirmation of the importance of these commercial vehicles to Toyota SA. This was the message from Toyota SA’s president and CEO Dr Johan van Zyl at...
An articulated truck on the evening of 4 June collided with a RAV 4 and a bus on the R40 just outside White River on the Hazyview road, Mpumalanga. All vehicles have burnt almost beyond recognition. According to preliminary reports the incident...
The World Bank Group Boards of Executive Directors today approved up to $261 million in guarantees issued by the International Development Association, its concessional financing arm to Mauritania ($130 million), Senegal ($99 million) and Mali ($32...
The Lafarge Group has announced its intention to transfer all of its shares in its businesses in Nigeria and South Africa into Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc which will become Lafarge Africa Plc. Lafarge Africa, owned 73% by Lafarge Group, will...
Water Purification Chemicals & Plant (WPCP), a multidisciplinary water treatment specialist, manufactures a range of pressure filters designed for the removal of suspended solids and other impurities from water and wastewater in industrial and...
Geodesy expert Richard Wonnacott, an Umvoto Africa Associate, has been awarded honorary membership of the South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI). The award was made at the SAGI Eastern Cape Branch 2014 AGM, held in Grahamstown. It acknowledged...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a Unit of Account (UA) 70 million (about $109 million) loan to the Government of Uganda. Uganda has received a $109 million loan to finance its Road Sector Support...
