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Road deaths

Festive season road deaths shock

Nearly 1 800 people died in accidents during the festive season, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. A total of 1 755 people lost their lives between December 1, 2015 and January 11 this year, she told reporters in Pretoria. This was...
Dripping tap

Polokwane hit by severe water shortage

Most of the reservoirs in Polokwane, Limpopo are empty and the water levels at the remaining few are running critically low, the municipality said on Saturday. “The shortage is caused by rapid increase in consumption during the heat wave,”...
Southern Africa logistics

SADC logistics research project underway

Stephan Hofmann, research assistant at the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, is busy conducting research on the binding constraints of logistics and manufacturing in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. This research is...
N4 toll road

N4 accidents, fatalities down

Trans African Concessions (TRAC) says the number of accidents and fatalities on the N4 Toll Route during the 2015/16 festive season decreased compared to the previous year. During the 2015 December holidays, 112 accidents were recorded compared to...