Taxi drivers will soon have the first aid skills necessary to save lives and offer assistance to accident victims, thanks to an initiative launched on Monday. The initiative aims to equip taxi drivers with first aid skills that so that they can...
A restoration of agricultural rail lines is on the cards as part of Transnet’s R300 billion upgrade plans for railways, ports and pipelines, which will address the huge delays caused by bottlenecks that are affecting the economic growth of the...
In a constant pursuit of adding value to customers, Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) introduces TruckMobility, an innovative product offering that gives operators additional piece of mind for choosing Mercedes-Benz products. Introduced in 2010,...
Are the poor subsidising transportation costs for the rich? Why, in South Africa, should the poor subsidise air transport for the rich? At a time when national air carriers around the world are being found to be too costly for any government and...
The 7th of June 2012, marks the International Level Crossing Awareness Day. In a bid to celebrate and mark this day, Transnet Freight Rail, a division of Transnet Limited is embarking on a National Level Crossing and Safety Awareness Campaign with...
Two of South Africa’s most pressing needs, namely the need for sustainable, low-cost housing and the need to divert recyclable materials away from the country’s landfill sites which are rapidly approaching their fill capacity, have found an...
Despite stated plans to rebalance its energy mix, Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, outlined coal’s importance to SA’s future. “There can be no doubt of the critical role coal will continue to play in our country’s...
A lack of sufficient, reliable electricity generating capacity has been plaguing South Africa’s economy, while heavy reliance on coal to generate electricity brings all the financially unaccounted for environmental and health costs and risks...
Water boards were owed debts by municipalities to the tune of about R1 billion a year, but the Water and Environmental Affairs Ministry does not believe that this is a train smash as the entities are paid about R8.8 billion a year, thus the loss of...
