At the opening ceremony of the WISA2012 conference, the Director General of the Department of Water Affairs, Maxwell Sirenya provided a comprehensive insight into the department’s goals. Here is a brief introduction to the DG’s speech entitled...
Our main competitor on the African continent is Nigeria. South Africa ranks top among upper middle-income economies in a World Bank survey that measures how efficiently countries trade. South Africa is also the highest ranked African country,...
Last night (Monday, 14 May), the Lawhill Maritime Studies programme – a South African educational programme wholly-funded by the shipping industry and pioneered by shipping line Safmarine – won the international Seatrade ‘Investment in People’...
In 2011 SARS replaced its Manifest Acquittal system (MAS) with a revised Automated Cargo Management (ACM) System as part of a far-reaching Customs Modernisation Programme. Interactions between SARS, industry representative bodies, road hauliers,...
The Japanese fishing vessel, the Eihatsu Maru, which ran aground at Clifton’s First Beach during heavy fog on Saturday, has become an issue of national importance. So says South Africa’s Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) after the second attempt to...
The Africa 2012 Aviation Safety Summit, currently underway in Johannesburg, is being convened by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in conjunction with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), to adopt the required...
Passenger Rail Agency of SA says more than 60 rolling stock manufacturers and their partner companies bought tender documents for the R120bn rolling stock fleet renewal programmes. More than 60 rolling stock manufacturers and their partner...
Five people were killed when an SA Roadlink bus overturned on the N1 while travelling towards Bloemfontein early on Wednesday morning, the Free State transport department said. “I can confirm the bus veered off the road around 04:45. It was...
The 6-year old Modder River Bridge is receiving required some cosmetic “surgery”. Engineering company Aurecon was responsible for the 637m2 operation and instantly specified Sika products to be used. The project commenced in January 2011 with...
