The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) have signed a €5 million grant agreement in a bid to deal with climate change. Aly Abou-Sabaa, AfDB’s Sector Operations Vice-President in charge of Governance, Agriculture...
Johannesburg’s R47 billion 2014/15 budget makes provision for significant investments in new and upgraded infrastructure as well as housing development. The budget ranks as the biggest ever delivered by a South African municipality. Member of...
Between 12 and 21 June the railway line between Komatipoort and Mpangeni will be closed for the annual line closure. The purpose of the shut down is to catch up on maintenance backlog and to replace obsolete, problematic infrastructure and upgrades...
A new interactive web and mobile interface has been launched providing a solution to manage shipment and transport needs. According to Mark Goodger, acting CEO of GMLS South Africa, “LoadSmart, is a website-based networking platform developed by...
Revitalising the economy, improving the investment climate, strengthening the manufacturing sector and job-creation. These according to minister of trade and industry Dr Rob Davies will result following president Jacob Zuma signing the Special...
President Jacob Zuma announced the establishment of a new Ministry of Water and Sanitation this weekend. “We have made an undertaking to significantly improve the provision of water and sanitation to our communities in the new term. In this regard,...
Africa is viewed as a critical area for growth and businesses expanding into the continent need to understand the countries they are going into and adapt their business model to suit the demand and demographics of each country. This is the view of...
By Abbas Jamie, Aurecon’s Transport Leader for South Africa, Africa and the Middle East While road tolling has become a controversial topic recently in urban settings in South Africa, the use of tolling concessions has underpinned much of the world...
The minister of transport Dipuo Peters says no decision has been taken to introduce electronic tolling in KwaZulu-Natal. Peters said in a statement, “Any decision to introduce any form of tolling in any part of the country will and can only...
