Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi says his department has successfully implemented the first phase of its turnaround strategy aimed at stabilising the department and improving its lease management. The Minister said earlier this week that the...
Adrian van Tonder, senior manager of Road Transport Management Systems (RTMS) and Performance Based Standards (PBS) at Barloworld Logistics gives an overview of the latest amendments to the National Road Traffic Regulations, which have major...
RTMS is an industry-led, voluntary self-regulation scheme that encourages consignees, consignors and transport operators engaged in the road logistics value chain to implement a vehicle management system that preserves road infrastructure, improves...
Water has moved to the top of the business risk agenda according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2015. At the current pace, demand for water will increase by 55% globally by 2050, projects the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
A wildcat strike at the building site of South African electricity utility Eskom’s Medupi power station entered its sixth week on Wednesday, disrupting construction of the crucial plant. Thousands of workers at Medupi, which started producing...
Main sections of the Johannesburg highway system will soon undergo world class upgrades – but none of these roads will be tolled. This was the assurance given by the Executive Mayor, Parks Tau, in his 2015 State of the City Address today. “It will...
The City of Johannesburg will soon launch a campaign to ensure adherence to all aspects of occupational health and safety in the public transport sector. This is according to Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Councillor Parks Tau, who believes that the...
The third round of the national wage negotiations for the civil engineering industry was held over the past few two days. Parties included the Building, Construction and Allied Workers Union (BCAWU), the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the...
The Deputy Minister of Energy, Ambassador Thembisile Majola, says transformation in the petroleum sector remains a critical imperative of the Department of Energy (DoE). “We should never lose sight of the important goal of transformation....
