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One MAN Kann

Digital divide

Digital media and MAN Truck & Bus South Africa have brought African road transport to living rooms across the world. Tristan Wiggill provides a One Man Kann update to the halfway point. By the time you read this, adventurer Riaan Manser and...
Durban port

Situation terminal

Transport World Africa learns that infrastructure investments alone won’t improve efficiency at South Africa’s busiest port. With modern road and rail infrastructure, the Port of Durban is the most popular, by usage, facility of its kind in South...
Dangerous goods

Danger decoded

As the world reels from the Tianjin, China, warehousing disaster, local companies are reminded to familiarise themselves with dangerous goods standards, suggests Tristan Wiggill. South Africa has a dangerous goods storage standard – SANS 10263 Part...

It’s time to stop talking and start doing

Young water professionals from around the continent are set to gather for the fourth Young Water Professionals (YWP) ZA Biennial Conference taking place in Pretoria from the 16th to 18th of November 2015. As an Africa-wide event the Conference will...

Historic touchdown at St Helena Airport

History was made recently as the first ever aircraft touched down on St Helena Island in the South Atlantic Ocean representing a momentous milestone in the St Helena Airport project which was officially announced by the St Helena Government in...

Is this the greenest dairy in SA?

While the rest of the country battles a drought a local free range dairy continues to forge ahead to cement its place as the Greenest Dairy in the Eastern Cape, with an R8 million investment. As users of between 2- to 300 000 litres of water per...

Used tyres clog landfills

Used tyres clog landfills not only locally but the problem is global. Rainwater gets trapped in the rims causing mosquitoes to breed. For this reason and other health-related issues, tyres can be considered a hazardous waste. Source: Africa...