Regulations, cartels and crumbling infrastructure raise the cost and delivery times of imports and exports across the continent. New railway plans will help to bring more competition to the transport sector. Pity the East African truck driver, upon...
South Africa’s trade deficit for July 2012 increased by R1bn to R6.7bn, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Friday. Exports in July increased by 2.9% (R1.8bn) to R63.5bn. A country reaches a trade deficit when it imports more goods than it...
A report on the Sustainable Corridor Management Institutions workshop, held in Walvis Bay from 2to 4July 2012, by Barney Curtis. It was agreed, some years previously, that corridor management institutions and regional associations should have a...
Pi Shurlok, a Proudly South African automotive electronics company, is an absolute gem of a company. Nestled near the Natal Midlands, Pietermaritzburg is home to high-tech company Pi Shurlok, perhaps one of the best  kept secrets of South Africa’s...
Despite a softening of cargo categories, Transnet is going ahead with its infrastructure build programme. “In the earlier months of the current financial year, we have seen a softening particularly with the container volumes – imports...
With South African importers and exporters handling millions of tonnes of cargo via sea every month, amounting to a value of billions of Rands, it is crucial that these businesses fully understand the major risk factors involved in the transport of...
South African exporters are upbeat about current increased revenue due to the continued weakness of the rand, despite warnings over the long-term effects of higher costs. Over the last 12 months the rand has weakened by 20% to ZAR 8.39 (US$1),...
South Africa outperformed the rest of Africa, as well as its upper middle-income economy peers, in a World Bank survey of trade efficiency, improving its previous performance despite a general slowdown in trade logistics performance in the wake of...
