Six state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800s will be flying in South African skies by the end of 2015, thanks to a R2, 5-billion investment made by Kulula.com operator Comair. The low-cost airline is expecting their fifth new aircraft to arrive from...
By Frances Ringwood Experts claim that disposable nappies take up to 500 years to biodegrade, making these one of the most intractable materials regularly deposited in landfill sites. Vanishing reusables In South Africa, some of our mothers and...
South Africa’s 45 million barrel strategic crude reserve depot is filled to capacity as oil traders hoping prices will rise in the future snap up storage capacity, two industry sources told Reuters. The state-run Strategic Fuel Fund...
South African manufacturers have made a compelling business case for energy efficiency by cutting R1.1 billion in energy costs, reducing consumption by 1 340 GWh and mitigating 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions. Now the driver of these...
The proposed truck ban from public roads will have another negative impact on South Africa’s gateway status. By Patrick Corbin We, as the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are vitally concerned about promoting South Africa as a...
“Fleet managers grapple with a wide range of issues that lead to sleepless nights. Not only are their diverse operations exposed to outside risk, but they often have to juggle the needs of machines as well as humans in a dynamic, changing...
In May 2013, the Namibian Government announced that oil had been discovered in the Walvis Bay Basin. Although millions of dollars have been spent in exploration drilling, there is no oil production to date. Although this marks the beginning of the...
Lesotho’s entire petroleum requirements are met through imports as the country does not have any established reserves of crude oil. The country is a mountainous enclave surrounded entirely by South Africa. Ninety-five percent of its fuel is...
Although Botswana’s energy requirements are dominated by petrol fuels, the country does not have any petrol reserves and has to import all required petroleum in refined form from neighbouring South Africa. In addition, the country does not have...
