Africa plans to create a 26-nation free trade area by integrating three existing African trade blocs by July 2014 are on track and the only major sticking point is likely to be harmonising rules of origin, the three blocs have said. In recent...
On 30th June-1st July and 4th to 6th July, I travelled by road on the Trans Kalahari Corridor, from Johannesburg to Walvis Bay, to attend the UNCECA workshop. Some points noted along the route: Widening of the road is taking place in the hills near...
Rail analyst John Batwell brings readers his recent interview….. Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) CEO Siyabonga Gama is confidently upbeat about ‘the rebirth’ of South Africa’s railway system. This has been brought about by TFR unveiling its plans...
It is traditional, in many parts of East and Southern Africa, for transporters to fit “bullbars” onto the front of their trucks. As you know, this is also common practice in Australia, where they are referred to as “rooguards”; to fend off...
