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New train factory
creates investment
opportunities
The Gibela Rail Transport
Consortium train
manufacturing complex –
on track for completion by
year-end – would create
investment opportunities
in secondary industries
related to the manufacture
of trains, said transport
minister, Joe Maswanganyi.
Durban port
authority denies
allegations of
incompetence
Concerns that fast-tracking
the training of harbour
pilots may have contributed
to recent quayside crashes
in Durban were unfounded,
said Transnet.
‘Current road freight
model must change’
South Africa’s road freight
industry should prepare for
a fast-changing operating
environment where issues
of cost and sustainability
will continue to be driving
factors.
Report claims farmers
only saw 5% of
drought assistance
Agricultural producers
received only 5% of the
billion rand drought
assistance package
promised by the
government last year,
claims lobby organisation,
AgriSA, in a new report.
SA hauliers urged to
comply as deadline
looms for new Moz
border legislation
South African road hauliers
transporting import
goods into Mozambique
through the Ressano
Garcia border post are
advised to comply urgently
with the Mozambican
Revenue Authority (MRA)
legislation which requires
all road carriers to be in
possession of a NUIT
number.
Eight border police
officials arrested on
bribery charges
Corrupt police officers’ days
are numbered. This was the
message from the Minister
of Police, Fikile Mbalula,
following the arrest of eight
border police officers on
charges of corruption.
Zimbabwe tobacco is
booming, but farmers
growing it are not
Farmer Simon Kahari
recently sold tobacco worth
more than $6 000 at an
auction in Zimbabwe, a
small fortune reflecting the
golden leaf ’s resurgence
in this southern African
country.