Recently, the City of Cape Town partnered with University of Cape Town engineering students to find “creative ways to complete” the highways. “What we’re asking them to do is to assess whether [we should] complete them,...
The poor state of repair of national roads 1 and 6 in Mozambique, along the Inchope-Caia and Beira-Inchope sections, respectively, is leading some transport companies to transfer their cargo from the port of Beira to the port of Durban, in South...
Zambia, Africa’s top copper producer plans to upgrade their infrastructure over the next five years by building new roads. According to President Michael Sata’s spokesman, George Chellah, the initial phase of the project will see 2300 km of...
September 17, 2012 Dare say the following will not go unnoticed by South African authorities. The bottom line in all of this is the question of effective enforcement. News that the government intends to go ahead with plans to introduce a charging...
Arusha, Kigoma and Rumonge ports in Tanzania and Burundi respectively may get funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for their upgrading plans, according to the East African Community (EAC) secretariat. The Bujumbura Port, the main...
Durban- South Africa’s third largest city will spend about R25bn upgrading its public transport system in the next 10 years, the Mercury reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network would be...
Many parts of the country were covered in snow today. The South African weather service says today is possibly the first time that snow has fallen in all nine provinces. The weather service says it’s not unusual to have snowfall just before...
The shipping industry in East Africa will later this month launch a new body to lobby for policy decisions for faster transportation and clearance of goods in the region. The move is spearheaded by the Kenya Shipping Council, under the Chief...
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has signed a new traffic law in a move to ensure the safety of lives and properties on Lagos roads, establish order and improve the efficiency of the state’s transport network. The traffic law prohibits...
