learing agent lays bare inhumane reality faced by drivers during border post chaos
There is hope that the public sector border post officials who attended yesterday’s Transport Forum will pay attention to the presentation by Lin Botha, a clearing agent based in Musina.
Questions raised about political motivation after trucks are torched
Not for the first time questions are being raised about why truck torching on South African roads tends to flare up every time revelations of rot about the country’s state-capture years under Jacob Zuma grab the country’s attention.
Eskom is in a death spiral – IRR
"Eskom wants South Africans with solar panels to pay more for electricity" – this is a cry for help from a power monopolist in a utility death spiral.
SA aviation infrastructure at risk of collapse
Aviation industry experts are questioning the logic of the government’s fixation on bailing out SAA at a time when the prevailing economic conditions mean that state-owned aviation infrastructural entities are bleeding. The collapse of the latter would put South Africa’s aviation industry and all our air connectivity at risk.
Revamped SEZ policy lays groundwork for Ford’s R16-bn investment
The new R16-billion investment by Ford at the manufacturer’s Silverton plant, when completed, will pump R1.3 billion in wages and salaries annually into the Tshwane economy, according to an announcement by the Department of Trade and Industry (dtic) yesterday.
BORDER BEAT: Kazungula Bridge opening still a well-kept secret
Months after the much-hyped Kazungula Bridge across Zambia’s touch-point with Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia’s Caprivi Strip was finalised, transporters are nowhere near knowing when the bridge will be handed over to the respective road authorities for use.
BORDER BEAT: Transporters vent as Livingstone-Vic Falls news spreads
There’s been a groundswell of opposition from the ranks of cross-border transporters ever since Zambia’s Road Development Agency (RDA) decided to prevent road hauliers from using the Livingstone-Vic Falls border with Zimbabwe from March 1.
Expediting global distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to developing countries
In a bid to speed up distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate, Dubai has launched the Vaccine Logistics Alliance
BA scraps SA flights until April
British Airways has extended the cancellation of its flights between Johannesburg and Heathrow and between Cape Town and Heathrow until April 16, inclusive. This is according to a communication to travel agents. The carrier says this could be subject to change.
Maersk Essen – discharge of damaged containers under way
The Maersk Essen arrived at APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico at the weekend and is scheduled to depart February 12-16 (subject to change) for Los Angeles, resuming regular scheduled calls, according to an advisory from the line.
