Cosatu president, Sdumo Dlamini, says the union will be submitting a strike notice to the National Economic Development and Labour Council in another bid to prevent the tolling of Gauteng’s freeways. Cosatu has been against e-tolling from the start...
The Kenyan Government is going to implement an initiative that will see the private sector assist in providing operation and maintenance of the Nairobo-Thika Highway. The aim is to ensure that the road is maintained properly and that the level of...
Amidst great excitement and enthusiasm, John William’s Motors Bloemfontein, delivered a fleet of 44 Freightliner Columbia truck tractors to 27 owner drivers and 17 drivers of Barloworld Logistics, at the Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) factory...
The new locomotives purchased by Transnet Freight Rail from the United States’ General Electric, are expected not only to benefit the SOC (State Owned Company), but its operational areas and South Africa as a whole. This move is also part of TFR’s...
After staying in the cold for about four years, Seafarers Union of Kenya (SUK) has now been reinstated to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF). The union had been suspended from the world body in 2009 following leadership wrangles...
Angola has become one of China’s biggest trading partners in 2012, with trade totalling 17 billion euros in the first seven months of the year, the Chinese ambassador to Angola said in Luanda. Gao Kexiang, the Chinese ambassador in Luanda, said at...
Plans by Transnet’s National Ports Authority to apply for a tariff hike in the next financial year to help fund the upgrading of South Africa’s ports are necessary and will be good for the country’s economy in the medium- to long-term future. So...
Top international infrastructure companies are competing for a Sh24 billion commuter rail improvement project in Nairobi. The project has attracted tenders from 17 companies which include the likes of Hyundai, Samsung and POSCO from Korea. Bids...
The government expects the Gauteng e-tolling to be operational before the end of the year. Merry Christmas! Although the new proposed e-toll fees are not signed off and could in fact be further reduced – this is small comfort for motorists in the...
