Transport costs in landlocked African countries account for a “staggering” 70% of the value of exported goods due to the lack of infrastructure, Roelof van Tonder, CEO of the Built Environment Professions Export Council, said on...
A reliable and efficient transport system is essential to the functioning of society, Transport Minister Ben Martins said on Monday. “It has great influence and bearing on the location and range of economic and leisure activities,”...
Infrastructure in the East African region needs urgent attention if the East African partner states are to see an improvement in the economy and a growth of trade within the region. The deputy minister for works, Charles Tibeza,spoke at the third...
Ambassador Ronald Kirk, United States Trade Representative, speaking at the Brookings Institution on the African Growth and Opportunity Act: There are several persistent challenges that have prevented full implementation of AGOA in nearly every...
The government will do everything in its power to avoid power outages, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday. “We do have long-term plans. Government remains resolute that the country should never go through another period...
KwaZulu-Natal motorists may have watched the unfolding disaster of Gauteng’s e-tolls from afar, but the problem of crumbling roads – and paying to build and maintain them – will hit much closer to home. Delivering his provincial transport budget...
“The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) applauds Nazir Alli for withdrawing his resignation to remain the head of SANRAL,” says SAICE president Dr Martin van Veelen. The withdrawal is in the best interest of SANRAL and would...
The articulation among the air, maritime and rail and road sub-sectors will facilitate Angola’s integration in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) market. This was said Thursday in Luanda by Angolan minister of Transport, Augusto...
Eskom might face difficulties in raising funds for its coal-fired projects in future if environmental organisations kept challenging decisions to fund coal plants, Econometrix’s chief economist, Azar Jammine, said yesterday. Jammine was reacting to...
