Cosatu have once again urged the department of transport to do away with the plan to go forward with e-tolling. According to Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven, road maintenance funds should be taken from tax revenues and not from road users. He...
SA is irked as a man jailed for taking kickbacks in Lesotho returns to work on Lesotho Highlands project, which supplies water to Gauteng. Tensions are simmering between the South African and Lesotho governments over the appointment of a fraud...
New system will increase operational capacity, provide a higher level of flexibility and safety, and reduce train delays. Siemens, under the leadership of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), is busy with execution of the Gauteng...
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life.” — Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) Knight Piésold understands the importance of giving money intelligently and it one of the company’s goals to...
According to Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven, motorists should resist buying e-tags as Cosatu strongly opposes e-tolling. “The federation rejects the argument for ‘user-pays’ for basic public services like our roads, and...
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...
Unions have warned that the current truck drivers strike could go on for longer and intensify should their demands not be met. “Our strike would be converted to a mass rolling action if we fail to reach an agreement with the employer,”...
Johannesburg, September 26 — A national strike by truck drivers turned violent in Gauteng on Tuesday. The protesters stoned vehicles in the Johannesburg Central Business District. They are demanding a 12 percent wage increase. According to...
On Friday, the SABC reported that Motlanthe had given an indication that the tolls would go ahead during an interview with the broadcaster. Speaking on SABC television, the country’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said: “As a middle road, we...
