Port operator Transnet Port Terminals will spend R33-billion (US$4.3-billion) over the next seven years on upgrading and expanding South Africa’s ports, as part of a massive state-led infrastructure drive aimed at boosting the country’s...
The Chirundu pilot project is paying off for traders and travellers, writes Wyndham Hartley A Ground-breaking one-stop border post (OSBP) at Chirundu between Zambia and Zimbabwe has demonstrated how the cost of trading in Southern Africa can be...
Zimbabwe’s export trade promotion body, ZimTrade, has warned against over-reliance on South African imports, stressing that Harare could plunge into a serious economic crisis should its southern neighbour experience unexpected production and...
With the continuing economic crisis in Europe, South Africa’s shipping industry is taking strain. So says Safmarine’s CEO, Grant Daly. This, the high cost of oil and the growing piracy scourge, has cost the global shipping trade more than $9bn a...
