Blue Drop results 2012
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa releases the results at the WISA 2012 conference at the CTICC.
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Surprise resignation another blow to SANRAL
South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)’s CEO, Nazir Alli, has resigned. This surprising development comes a week after Judge Bill Prinsloo put the brakes on the controversial e-tolling system being rolled out on Gauteng’s highways....
COMESA cuts transport costs
The Common Market for East and Southern Africa member states have now come up with a joint venture to reduce cost of doing business within the region. Comesa said is reviewing transit costs and simplifying custom procedures across borders. The move...
Cabinet to look into funding of Gauteng’s roads
Cabinet has said that an inter-ministerial committee set up to deal with e-tolling, “will move with urgency to ensure that South African National Roads Agency’s (Sanral’s) financial stability is not affected in any way.” The committee, to be...
Transnet National Ports Authority believes “TODAY’S YOUTH ARE TOMORROW’S FUTURE”
“The youth of today are the future of tomorrow” –TNPA has embraced this philosophy and believes with it comes the responsibility to mould and shape our country’s youth to create the best possible future for everyone. Transnet National Ports...
R33bn upgrade for South Africa’s ports
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...
One-stop shop at borders speeds up trade
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...
Dependence on SA Imports ‘Risky’
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...
Shipping industry in rough waters
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...
