According to South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) boss Nazir Alli, the key to South Africa’s economic growth is in the continued maintenance and upgrading of the road infrastructure. “In future, we will be travelling on safe...
Trademark East Africa (TMEA) is investing Sh4.5 billion ($ 53.05 million) over the next 5 years (2012 -2016) on improving the efficiency of the Mombasa port. TMEA is proposing specific technical and grant support that would target both capacity and...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has expressed concern about the Auditor General’s (AG) findings regarding the woes plaguing the Department of Public Works, which led to the department getting another disclaimer for the 2011/12 financial...
The maritime industry in Africa may see a ‘maritime development bank’ be introduced to assist in financing the industry. One of the outcomes of the African Maritime Administrations and Ship Registrars’ conference in Mombasa was that the...
Transport industry experts have slammed the government for giving the South African Airways a R5-billion guarantee, labelling as being the decision anti-competitive. The Treasury this week awarded the R5-billion guarantee to the ailing state-owned...
Polystyrene is an almost overlooked material when it comes to recycling and the Polystyrene Packaging Council of South Africa (PSPC) has made an urgent appeal to households and businesses in the Pretoria region to make sure that they are recycling...
The plan by Transnet SOC Ltd. to build a harbor on the old Durban airport site may be dashed should the Virginia airport be moved to there. With container traffic expected to increase six-fold, Transnet saw the old airport site as great location to...
The condition of roads and railways in Zimbabwe continue to worsen as government are unable to secure finance for important rehabilitation work with this is putting the country at a big risk of losing billions of dollars in potential revenue....
An estimated R250 billion will be invested on upgrading the Port of Durban, as part of Transnet’s new Market Demand Strategy (MDS). The MDS will see the state-owned company pump R300 billion into infrastructure spend across South Africa in an...
