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Industry outrage
over planned
Durban port
blockade
Wednesday’s (April
27) threatened
blockade of Durban
port by the South
Durban Community
Environmental Alliance
(SDCEA) has more than
raised the hackles of the
local freight industry.
Sapo fined
R125 000 for failure
to deliver
Questions have been
raised about the ongoing
business viability of
the South African Post
Office amid threats of
another Communication
Workers’ Union (CWU)
strike if the African
National Congress
(ANC) does not respond
to the union’s demands
around salaries and
other staff concerns.
Mozambique to
invest $11.6 billion
in transport
Mozambique’s Minister
of Transport and
Communications, Carlos
Mesquita, announced
this morning that
his government was
planning to invest
US$11.6 billion in
the building of roads,
bridges, railway lines
and airports in 2016,
with the help of South
African investors.
New Transnet
CEO reveals plans
for ‘refreshed’
operating model
Transnet is to seek
opportunities in fastmoving
consumer-goods
(FMCG) volumes in order
to make up for a decline
in Chinese demand
for South African
commodities such as coal
and iron ore, according
to Siyabonga Gama, who
was officially confirmed
as the Transnet CEO on
Monday.
Zuma leads SA
Customs Union
visits
President Jacob Zuma
travelled to Botswana,
Namibia and Swaziland
to consult with the heads
of state of the Southern
African Customs Union
(Sacu).
R1.2bn coffee plant
opens in KZN
Nestlé South Africa
officially inaugurated
its instant coffee
manufacturing plant in
Estcourt on April 19, after
a R1.2-billion investment in
the expansion of the factory.