Tinashe Chiwanza, General Manager at CFR Clearances highlights recent congestion at Chirunda to TWA saying that the queue was brought to his attention on 16 November (the attached photographs on the 17th and 18th). “We started noticing long queues...
There are unconfirmed reports of five drivers burnt to death at the Kasumbalesa border post in Zambia. According to a report from FESARTA the incident occurred at around 17:00 Zambian time on Monday, 24 November. Unconfirmed reports allege a petrol...
Trade capacity in Tanzania will be boosted with the construction of a major seaport in 2015. The planned Indian Ocean port at the small town of Bagamoyo is 75 kilometres north of Dar es Salaam. This follows the signing of deals in China with...
Promoting road safety in Africa is the aim of a two-month journey through Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. The trip will be undertaken in two Iveco Daily 4x4s. Daily4Africa is a project...
Zambia’s Time Trucking is one of the first fleet operators in southern Africa to take delivery of the new Volvo Trucks FH model. Three of these models join the company’s fleet of 54 Volvo Trucks which are used to transport freight and goods to...
For an Ebola update affecting the DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe borders along with a statement from Transnet National Ports Authority and the South African government on the prevention of the spread of the Ebola virus please click here.
The Zambian Embassy in conjunction with the Zambian government and the Nepad Business Foundation are planning an outbound trade and investment mission to Zambia. The Zambian economy continues to exhibit strong growth potential and is being...
A number of infrastructure projects in southern Africa were presented at the recent Dakar Financing Summit for implementation under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). PIDA is a blueprint for African infrastructure...
Support is growing for the proposed second phase of the Northwest Rail project linking Zambia directly with Angola. The current project for the first phase of NWR comprises a new 290 kilometre railway from Chingola in the old Copperbelt, running...
