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Accelerating owner-driver project

The latest phase in an innovative scheme giving drivers ownership of a business, whilst realising a company’s enterprise development objectives is bearing fruit. Adcock Ingram Critical Care recently handed owner-drivers the keys to their vehicles...

DAF here to stay

The distribution contract between the Babcock International Group and DAF Trucks of the Netherlands has been renewed for a further five years. The signing ceremony took place in Amsterdam at the beginning of September and was witnessed by a group...

SA-DRC energy agreement a potential game changer

Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson has signed an historic agreement with her counterpart Kapandji Kalala, Minister of Hydraulic Resources and Electricity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This inter-governmental agreement paves the...

The Value of the Truck Driver

By Rory Schulz, acting managing director, UD Trucks Southern Africa Role-players in the transport industry often spend a lot of time dealing with the purchasing, operating, servicing and support of their fleet of trucks. In many instances, not a...

New COO tackles SA’s port efficiency

Ensuring operations at South Africa’s eight ports are effective, efficient and affordable is now the responsibility of Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, Phyllis Difeto. She is however is no stranger...
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Carbon system alignment possible

There is potential alignment between the proposed carbon offset trading scheme and the Carbon Budgeting approach, a new report reveals. According to the Promethium report Potential alignment between the proposed South African carbon offset trading...

Progress at Northern Aqueduct

Construction of approximately R250 million worth of urgently needed bulk water infrastructure is now underway to the north of Durban. Martin Bright, project manager for the Northern Aqueduct Augmentation (NAA) project, explains that a second...
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Eastern Cape working to eradicate bucket system

The Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements is studying the recent report released by the Statistics South Africa which records an increase in number of buckets toilets in the province.  The department says it is studying the contents of the...