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Logistics major
announces senior
promotion
Kate Stubbs has been
appointed managing
executive business
development and marketing
at Barloworld Logistics.
She was previously
executive: marketing and
communications.
Poultry producers
launch legal action
against US imports
The South African Poultry
Association (Sapa) has
launched a legal challenge
against the substance of
the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (Agoa)
agreement between the US
and South Africa on the
grounds that it lowers the
health safety standards
(specifically the level of
salmonella).
Zimbabwe
re-examines
controversial import
bill
Following widespread
criticism of its import control
bills, the Zimbabwean
government is setting up a
monitoring and evaluation
team to assess the effects
of Statutory Instrument 64
of 2016 (SI64) on the local
business sector.
Amended Solas
guidelines released
The latest guidelines from
the SA Maritime Safety
Authority (Samsa) on the
Solas verified gross mass
(VGM) of containers clarify
certain uncertain areas of
the previous ruling.
Africa’s secondlargest
dam running
dry
The Katse Dam, Africa’s
second-largest dam, is
running dry, with the
level currently reaching
about 63.4%, according to
Tatuku Maseatile, Katse
acting branch manager
for the Lesotho Highlands
Development Authority
(LHDA).
New SA number plates
not a hoax – DoT
Although the proposal for
new, standardised and
“safer” number plates has yet
to be presented to Cabinet,
the plans are on the cards
and are not a hoax.