Lesotho border closes temporarily (*)
Maseru Bridge border post between South Africa and Lesotho has been closed temporarily.
Beitbridge water issue resolved
The water crisis at the Beitbridge border between South Africa and Zimbabwe has been resolved, a clearing agent in Musina has confirmed.
BORDER BEAT: Contentious Covid-curbing decision stopped in its tracks
Driver resistance to a decision by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to reject polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results for Covid-19 – a road freight industry norm in the sub-Saharan region – late last week resulted in an eleventh-hour U-turn by the relevant authorities in Kinshasa.
BORDER BEAT: Truck flows through Beitbridge stop as water dries up
Messages are being received via the Transit Assistance Bureau (Transist) that the Beitbridge border between South Africa and Zimbabwe is not operating this morning.
Box ship crashes into jetty
A passenger jetty at the Port of Santos in Brazil has been rammed by a Hamburg Süd box ship, which tore a hole in its portside hull as it veered too close to the quay.
Transnet gets serious about youth employment
Transnet has placed youth employment front and centre of its development plans and has urged institutions of higher learning to tweak curricula in line with changing workplace practices and the digital era.
Agreement reached in Ever Given saga
The impasse between the UK P&I Club and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) over the release of the Ever Given appears to be at an end.
Yantian disruptions replace Ever Given fallout
Following the massive disruption caused by the Ever Given Suez Canal crisis, shipping lines are once again having to do some fancy footwork to keep their schedules intact.
SA to become Africa’s first vaccine manufacturing hub
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with South Africa to establish the continent’s first Covid mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday hailed the move as a landmark initiative.
BORDER BEAT: Kasumbalesa queue grows as DRC tests for Covid
The decision by the government in Kinshasa to test cross-border truck drivers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) itself, rather than risk fraudulent PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test results for Covid-19, is resulting in a queue south of its Copperbelt border crossing with Zambia.
