Launching its new on-board services for the South African perishable and pharmaceutical market, IAG Cargo and British Airways took the brand new airbus A380 on its first flight over South Africa during the first week of February. Replacing the B747...
South Africa is not averse to bilateral investment treaties says Dr Rob Davies, minister of trade and industry. “In fact, if there is a compelling economic or political reason why we need another bilateral investment treaty, we will consider it....
An increase to Sanral’s network may put pressure on the road agency’s budget. Limpopo will ask Sanral to take more than 1 600km of road off of the province’s books. The roads will be incorporated into Sanral’s network in April, extending the road...
Africa’s power development challenge is enormous, with more than 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa lacking access to electricity. “In this modern world electrification cannot be overemphasised and therefore all countries must endeavour to...
The Zimbabwe government says it needs $27 billion to fund the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation (ZimAsset). The bulk of the money will go towards the energy, water, sanitation and social sectors. The five-year economic...
The global demand for water treatment chemicals is forecast to rise nearly 6% per annum, reaching almost $31 billion (R342 billion) in 2017. This is according to the new World Water Treatment Chemicals Market report. Rising water quality standards...
Nairobi’s $314 million (R3.5billion) waste-to-energy project is scheduled to launch later this month. The solid waste recycling plant that will turn millions of cubic tonnes of solid, organic and inorganic waste into electricity is expected to take...
In order to strengthen the automotive industry in KwaZulu-Natal , the provincial government is considering establishing an automotive supplier park. Speaking at the launch of the new Toyota Corolla at the vehicle manufacturer’s plant in Durban, KZN...
Truck sales during January showed a slight decline of 5.39% compared to the same month in 2013. According to the latest combined results released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), Associated Motor...
