fastjet Tanzania has been given clearance by the Kenyan government to operate flights between Kenya and Tanzania. Two new routes – Dar es Salaam to Nairobi and Kilimanjaro to Nairobi, have been added. From 11 January 2016, fastjet Tanzania...
Markus Geyer has replaced Geoff du Plessis as managing director of German commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN in South Africa and the sub-Equatorial Region. Geyer was previously the regional head of the Middle East and Africa, a position he held...
The port of Nacala, in Mozambique’s Nampula province, should start receiving trains loaded with coal from Moatize in Tete soon. Inspection and testing of the railway line was conducted in November last year, with a train made up of four locomotives...
Striking municipal bus drivers used buses to block Durban’s N2 highway on Monday, the city’s metro police department said. Sibonela Mchunu said the strike began around noon. Drivers were also blocking roads adjacent to the N2. “It...
This was a tumultuous year for South Africa as the country faced off against load shedding, a shaky currency, a drought and a string of protests from the man on the street right up to parliament members. In case you were under a rock this year,...
A well-known soft drink company recently released a study that aims to contribute towards recycling and diverting waste to landfill through the support and development of waste pickers. On 29 September this year, the Department of Environmental...
Over 100 enthusiastic young participants on the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Youth Environmental Services (YES) Programme are equipped to pursue careers in the green economy after having received their graduation certificates at a ceremony...
Cleaning up the water left over from mining operations can literally take generations — 25 to 50 years on average — leaving billions of gallons of the precious resource locked up and useless. Now, a University of Florida (UF) researcher...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says Cuban experts in the water and sanitation sector, which have been contracted to work in South Africa for two years, continue to be productive. The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane...
