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Hope for the trucking sector

Driver training can salvage the tarnished image of the transport sector. This is according to Toni Fritz, Head of Vehicle and Asset Finance – Business at Standard Bank, who says there is no doubt that poorly developed and maintained driving skills...
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Selling South Africa’s future

Our future is not literally in our hands. This somewhat alarming news can be allayed, to some degree, with the good news that our future is being sold to investors, hopefully of good reputation, by a group of upstanding South African public and...
Tina Joemat-Pettersson

Agreement is “new” but not “clear”

Following the signing of an Inter-Governmental Framework Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation yesterday between South Africa and France the stage has officially been set for a collision of lofty ambitions and financial pragmatism. This, along with the...
Tina Joemat-Pettersson

Nuclear agreement given the green light

President Jacob Zuma has authorised Energy Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, to sign an agreement securing the safe use of nuclear energy with France. “President Jacob Zuma has granted authority to the Minister of Energy, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, to...
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R33 billion for Western Cape ports

The Western Cape’s Saldanha Bay and Cape Town port terminals are in line to benefit from a R33 billion investment by Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) on regional terminal upgrades. TPT also intends to refurbish South Africa’s terminals spread across...
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District municipalities to be empowered

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Pravin Gordhan, says national government has looked at ways of strengthening municipalities at district level in order to improve the overall performance of local government. “There are...