The cost of driving freight on South Africa’s roads increases by 32.96 cent per litre on Wednesday 7 August. Thandiwe Maimane, spokesperson for the Department of Energy says, “The increase is due to the rise in the price of crude oil, which in turn...
When your truck is trying to avoid the potholes along the secondary roads that serve the coal belt in Mpumalanga, or bouncing over corrugated dirt roads in the Northern Cape, have you ever wondered how much these roads cost? Not cost as in build....
Green is increasingly the new gold standard in road building, and South African roads are set to get “greener” as our road builders and associated organisations recognise the value of more environmentally-friendly asphalt technologies. This is...
In a concerted effort to make South Africa’s roads safe, 910 248 vehicles were stopped and checked by law enforcement officers across the country during the month May 2013. This forms part of the National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP) and during...
Significant fuel savings of more than 5% in test runs in the Eastern Cape have been achieved by two Mercedes-Benz Actros 6×4 truck-tractors, fitted with the latest Mercedes-Benz RT440 hypoid rear axles as standard. What makes this saving...
Roads in the North West province are a lot safer after 120 000 potholes and 800 km of tarred road were repaired on the public roads network in the past six months. Briefing provincial stakeholders on the Strategic Infrastructure Programme (SIP) 4...
“OR Tambo International Airport is the busiest airport in Africa and the perfect location for the continent’s first aerotropolis,” says Ismail Vadi, the Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport. “Work on the development of this aerotropolis, centred at...
Following a two-day visit to areas in Limpopo ravaged by the recent floods, the minister of transport, Ben Martins, says the destruction of roads and bridges has exacerbated the infrastructure backlog in the region. “The affected communities are...
Motoring costs are rocketing from month to month with rising fuel and tyre costs, yet many motorists still ride around with underinflated tyres which contribute both to tyre wear and higher fuel costs, in addition badly underinflated tyres are a...
