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Transport union
aims to change
‘lily-white’ transport
ownership model
The South African
Transport and Allied
Workers’ Union (Satawu)
is working with the
Department of Transport
to review current freight
business contracts, as
they stand under the
Broad-Based Black
Economic Empowerment
Charter, and ensure they
offer more meaningful
entrepreneurship
opportunities for small
and emerging transport
operators and truck
drivers.
Bidvest to build
world’s largest LPG
terminal in SA
South Africa’s largest bulk
liquid storage provider,
Bidvest Tank Terminals,
and liquefied petroleum
gas (LPG) logistics major,
Petredec, have entered
into an agreement to
develop the world’s largest
pressurised LPG import
terminal.
Outa calls out Sanral
for ‘misrepresenting
e-toll debts’
The Organisation for
Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa)
has accused the South
African National Roads
Agency Limited (Sanral)
of misrepresenting their
outstanding debt with
regard to e-tolls.
Container market
shows solid first
quarter growth
While economic
uncertainty has made for
a turbulent start to 2017
within many sectors,
the country’s container
market has shown solid
growth across both
imports and exports
during the first quarter,
resulting in strong yearon-
year growth of 10%.
Airports company
latest Moody’s
victim
Ratings agency Moody’s
Investors Service
has downgraded the
Airports Company
South Africa (Acsa) to
Baa3 from Baa2.