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| Wabco in mysterious deal with Brazilian engine maker | | 21 January 2012 | | | | | | | | BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 19, 2012 – WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, says it has entered into a new agreement with a leading Brazilian manufacturer of diesel engines for commercial vehicles worldwide. | | Read more |
| | Cargowise, CompuCleating in strategic SA deal | | 20 January 2012 | | | | | | | | CargoWise, a global leader in technology solutions for logistics service providers has further expanded its presence in the South African market with another successful operation for Sturrocks Shipping. | | Read more |
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| Rating agency may downgrade Sanral | | 20 January 2012 | | | | | | | Ratings agency Moodys announced on Thursday that it had placed the global A3 long-term rating and its national-scale Aa2.za rating of the South African national roads agency (Sanral) under review for a possible downgrade
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| | Peugeot moots taxi assembly plant in SA | | 20 January 2012 | | | | | | | | Peugeot South Africa (PSA) has big plans to increase sales in South Africa, says PSA MD Francis Harnie, and these may include the semi-knockdown assembly of minibus taxis. | | Read more |
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| Cape Town to host new Cool Logistics Conference | | 20 January 2012 | | | | | | | | Cool Logistics Africa, the new conference for the perishable logistics industry, has confirmed that senior officials from a number of leading companies will participate as speakers at the upcoming event, which takes place in Cape Town on 24-26 April this year. | | Read more |
| | DoT on a mission: 13 000 drivers arrested last month | | 19 January 2012 | | | | | | | The reduction in road deaths is not just desirable; it is an urgent non-negotiable, and has become our daily mission... says the DOT in a statement issued today
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| New African railway line mooted | | 19 January 2012 | | | | | | | Ncondezi Coal Company Limited (AIM: NCCL), a coal exploration and development company with coal assets in the Tete Province in Mozambique, announces the signing of a new rail and port infrastructure agreement as part of the Companys strategy to export coal from its Ncondezi Project.
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| | Fuel shortages loom in SA | | 18 January 2012 | | | | | | | Motorists across South Africa could face crippling fuel shortages as the countrys largest refinery shuts down for unplanned repairs.
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| RFA welcomes delay on e-Tag system | | 18 January 2012 | | | | | | | The Road Freight Association (RFA) welcomes the newly-appointed board of SANRAL’s decision to suspend the implementation of the toll roads until stakeholder concerns have been addressed.
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| | Truck sales to slow down in 2012 - UD Trucks | | 18 January 2012 | | | | | | | The South African truck market is expected to grow by 12.3% to 29 358 units during 2012, indicating a slight decline from the 17.39% growth experienced in 2011.
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| Reconstruction of Beira rail link begins | | 17 January 2012 | | | | | | | Maputo, Mozambique, 17 Jan – Reconstruction work on the Beira-Machipanda railway began a few days ago in the most critical parts of the route where equipment is obsolete and derailments have occurred, the director for Transport and Communication of Mozambique’s Sofala province said.
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| | SAA expansion into Africa continues | | 17 January 2012 | | | | | | | The first flight to mark the opening of national carrier South African Airways’ (SAA’s) new Burundi and Rwanda service, departed from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on Tuesday.
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| Improvement in Eskom power supply | | 13 January 2012 | | | | | | | The performance of the Eskom power supply system has improved since Monday, when it warned of a "very high" risk of rolling blackouts, the utility reported on Thursday, but it warned that the system remained constrained.
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| | Gauteng toll fee introduction postponed | | 13 January 2012 | | | | | | | Pretoria – The e-tolling system in Gauteng, which was due to commence next month, has been placed on hold. Many Gauteng motorists have been threatening to boycott the entire tolling system by refusing to pay the fees or register for their e-toll accounts to get their e-tags. Numerous petitions against the system were circulated.
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| R17-billion Swazi-SA rail link to open new coal capacity | | 12 January 2012 | | | | | | | South African freight logistics group Transnet and Swazi Rail confirmed on Thursday that they planned to move ahead with a R16-billion to R17-billion greenfield railway project between Lothair, in South Africa, and Sidvokodvo, in Swaziland
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| | Transnet to increase capex drastically - Gigaba | | 12 January 2012 | | | | | | | | An announcement of a "radical increase" in the capital expenditure of Transnet, the state-owned freight and logistics company, will be made in the near future, Public Enterprise Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. | | Read more |
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| Vale plans railway line though Malawi | | 12 January 2012 | | | | | | | | Vale has approached the Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Transport and Public Infrastructure with a proposal to construct a railway line from Moatize coal mine through Malawi to the port of Nacala as part of the logistical solution for the export of about 18 million tonnes of coal annually. | | Read more |
| | Table Mountain to attract more tourists | | 11 January 2012 | | | | | | | | Table Mountain Aerial Cableway experienced a record number of visitors during December 2011, with a total of 116 000 visitors riding the cable cars during the festive season, with almost 80% of those making the trip being domestic visitors. | | Read more |
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| Grindrod warns on lower shipping earnings | | 11 January 2012 | | | | | | | | Logistics specialist Grindrod warned on Thursday that its earnings a share and headline earnings a share for the year ended December could fall by between 35% and 45%. | | Read more |
| | Blackout risk very high - Eskom | | 10 January 2012 | | | | | | | | Eskom has warned of a "very high" risk of rolling blackouts around the country, but was doing everything it could to avert it. | | Read more |
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| Hino upbeat about 2012 prospects | | 09 January 2012 | | | | | | | The team at Hino SA is upbeat about its growth prospects in the SA truck market in 2012 after a difficult 2011. “Although the general forecasts are for comparatively small growth in the local truck and bus market we are determined to regain the market share we lost during the previous 12 months,” explained Hino vice-president Dr. Casper Kruger.
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| | Western banks ramp up African presence - Financial Times | | 03 January 2012 | | | | | | | | In spite of the cloud hanging over western banks amid concerns of a double-dip recession and the eurozone crisis, several international institutions have been increasing their presence in Africa to tap the continent’s fast growth rates. | | Read more |
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| Nigerian car and CV market on a roll | | 03 January 2012 | | | | | | | As Africa’s supposedly largest automobile market continues to open its doors to new players, more dealerships are in collaboration with their principals seeking ways to explore inherent opportunities in the industry.
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| | Beitbridge border post congested again | | 02 January 2012 | | | | | | | Beitbridge — CONGESTION, which had eased at the Beitbridge Border Post in the last few days, returned yesterday as Zimbabweans based in South Africa started trooping back.
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| Santaco to buy an airline now? | | 02 January 2012 | | | | | | | | plans to start flying in November never quite took off, despite getting President Zuma on a launch flight in September, and Carte Blanche providing coverage of the “Air Taxi”. According to reports they ran into the little issue of not being able to obtain an operating licence. | | Read more |
| | Limpopo considers air base conversion | | 02 January 2012 | | | | | | | Limpopo is considering converting the Lephalale military airstrip into a full civilian airport, provincial transport officials said on Monday.
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| Petrol price to come down, but diesel to go up | | 03 December 2011 | | | | | | | South Africas petrol pump prices in the main inland commercial region Gauteng will decrease by 11c or 1.02% on December 7, the Energy Department said on Friday. The new pump price for 95 grade petrol will be R10.66 a litre in that region, from R10.77 last month, while the wholesale diesel price will rise by up to 4.7% to R10.49.
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| | Scania now using GPS to reduce climate impact | | 03 December 2011 | | | | | | | | Scania has developed a cruise control system that uses GPS to determine a vehicle’s position and to predict the topography of the road ahead. | | Read more |
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| Gautrain CEO to head African transport body | | 02 December 2011 | | | | | | | Gautrain Management Agency CEO Jack van der Merwe has been elected president of the African Association of Public Transportation.
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| | November vehicle sales up by 11.7% | | 02 December 2011 | | | | | | | Vehicle sales in November improved by 11.7% to reach 49 499 vehicles sold, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (NAAMSA) said.
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| Transport minister to decide on e-tolling funding method | | 30 November 2011 | | | | | | | | A report detailing the publics view on the Gauteng highway tolling system will be forwarded to Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele after a vote by the provincial legislature on Tuesday. | | Read more |
| | Toyota to resume local taxi assembly | | 29 November 2011 | | | | | | | oyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) will again, in future, assemble minibus taxis at its Durban plant, confirms TSAM president and CEO Dr Johan van Zyl.
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| Toll enforcement unit to cost R80m yearly | | 29 November 2011 | | | | | | | The proposed ‘National Traffic Police Freeway Unit’, which would be managed under the Road Traffic Management Corporation and be responsible for traffic policing on the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), was likely to cost about R80-million yearly.
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| | Cosatu to call for strke over tolls | | 25 November 2011 | | | | | | | | Cosatu will hold mass action at the end of February against Gautengs toll roads, its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Thursday. | | Read more |
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| Cape Town awards 190 unit feeder bus tender | | 24 November 2011 | | | | | | | The City of Cape has announced that Busmark 2000 has been awarded the tender to supply the city with 190 feeder buses to boost the existing fleet of MyCiTi vehicles.
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| | KLM to serve Zambia next year | | 23 November 2011 | | | | | | | | On 15 May 2012 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will make its first flight to Lusaka, Zambia. Starting today passengers can book the flights through KLM’s reservation system at www.klm.com. Lusaka will become KLM’s 72nd intercontinental destination. | | Read more |
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| New general rail freight services aim to recoup road freight | | 16 November 2011 | | | | | | | | In a move that could put more freight back on rail instead of by road, Transnet is introducing scheduled rail services to replace a taxi-like system whereby the train would leave only when full. | | Read more |
| | DHL to increase intra-African operations | | 15 November 2011 | | | | | | | DHL Global Forwarding plans to develop its intra-Africa operations in 2012, said its outgoing and incoming CEOs on Tuesday.
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| Ndebele to receive huge anti-tolling petition | | 14 November 2011 | | | | | | | A joint petition against the planned Gauteng highway tolling system will be sent to Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele within 14 days, the Gauteng legislature said on Monday.
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| | SA tops modern high-way robbery list | | 12 November 2011 | | | | | | | (CNN) -- They may no longer ride on horseback with long black capes and a pistol in their belts, but highway robbers are far from a thing of thing of the past.
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| Toll road issue escalates | | 12 November 2011 | | | | | | | Cosatu’s provincial secretary says transport is the heartbeat of the economy and increases in transport costs will have a knock-on effect on jobs
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| | Tata to set up assembly plant in Kenya | | 08 November 2011 | | | | | | | | Tata Africa Holdings, a subsidiary of Tata International, is planning to set up a motor vehicle assembly unit in Kenya to enhance presence in the east side of the continent. | | Read more |
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| Ndebele halts e-tolling launch by defiant Sanral | | 07 November 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele feels “left out in the cold” about his hardline stance on the implementation of the expensive e-tolling system for South Africa’s roads.
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| | October truck sales hold steay at September levels - Hino | | 03 November 2011 | | | | | | | | The South African Truck Market has followed up on its strong performance in September, 2011 with a virtually identical overall result in October,says Hino. | | Read more |
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| Huge North African solar project gets underway | | 03 November 2011 | | | | | | | | Morocco has been chosen as the first location for a German-led, €400bn project to build a vast network of solar and windfarms across North Africa and the Middle East to provide 15% of Europes electricity supply by 2050. | | Read more |
| | New financing schemes mooted for railway expansion | | 02 November 2011 | | | | | | | | South Africa will interrogate the possibility of establishing ‘special funding vehicles’ to channel private sector resources into programmes designed to revitalise and expand the country’s railway network, as well as other public infrastructure, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba reported on Tuesday. | | Read more |
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| Fuel price increases bring anger and taxi fare hikes | | 01 November 2011 | | | | | | | The hike in the price of petrol of 23 cents a litre, which comes into effect at midnight on Tuesday night, will bring the price to its highest since 2008 and is bad news for both vehicle owners and consumers.
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| | RFA warns members about premature e-Tag registration | | 01 November 2011 | | | | | | | | The Road Freight Association has cautioned its members to be careful about purchasing and registering with Gauteng’s E-Tag toll road system, saying the whole tolling issue still needs to be officially resolved. | | Read more |
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| Toll roads: How Gauteng government ignored expert advice | | 31 October 2011 | | | | | | | | The Gauteng government ignored expert advice four years ago warning that the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Scheme should not be implemented without public transport first being improved. | | Read more |
| | New rail line to challenge SA gateway to Africa status | | 29 October 2011 | | | | | | | A heavy haul rail network stretching from Botswana, through Zimbabwe and into Mozambique and Malawi could prove a game changer in regional logistics and exports and challenge South Africas dominance in this area.
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| The Climate Train is on its way | | 29 October 2011 | | | | | | | The Climate Train will start its month-long journey across South Africa on late Friday, with the aim of documenting the impact of climate change on communities, as well as establishing expectations and solutions for climate change along the train route.
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| | Plan needed for future Gauteng road infrastructure - MEC | | 29 October 2011 | | | | | | | Road infrastructure in Gauteng remains a challenge and the province needs a plan to tackle issues related to the future outlook and layout of road infrastructure and expansions, as well as road safety and upgraded public transport systems
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| Eskom gets another $250-million for renewable energy projects | | 28 October 2011 | | | | | | | The World Bank has granted an additional $250-million for Eskom’s 100 MW Sere wind farm, to be located 300 km north of Cape Town, and the 100 MW Upington concentrating solar power (CSP) project.
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| | Lesotho in huge energy deal | | 27 October 2011 | | | | | | | | MASERU — Lesotho has signed a $15 billion (11 billion euro) renewable energy deal with a South African company in the countrys largest-ever private investment, officials said on Thursday. | | Read more |
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| Gautrain buses back on duty | | 27 October 2011 | | | | | | | Pretoria - Gautrain feeder buses will resume their operations on all routes on Thursday.Gautrain feeder buses have not been operating for the past two days because bus drivers had embarked on an illegal strike
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| | Durban bus system goes cashless | | 27 October 2011 | | | | | | | Durbans public transport system is about to get a 21st century face-lift with the introduction of a large-scale cashless transit tariff system featuring a smartcard to pay for bus fares.
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| Transnet to start on huge rail, ports capex drive | | 26 October 2011 | | | | | | | State-owned power utility Eskom was sticking to its warning on Wednesday that there may be a 9 TWh shortfall in electricity supply during 2012, despite a far lower-than-expected recovery in electricity demand, owing to the slowed recovery of the domestic economy.
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| | Eskom repeats warning about 2012 power deficit | | 26 October 2011 | | | | | | | State-owned power utility Eskom was sticking to its warning on Wednesday that there may be a 9 TWh shortfall in electricity supply during 2012, despite a far lower-than-expected recovery in electricity demand, owing to the slowed recovery of the domestic economy.
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| Three new freight hubs considered for Gauteng | | 25 October 2011 | | | | | | | | Development agency Blue IQ has a number of new projects on its books as the majority of its first round of projects have come, or are coming to end, such as the Gautrain rapid-rail link and Cradle of Humankind development. | | Read more |
| | Gauteng toll roads to go live in Feb - Sanral | | 25 October 2011 | | | | | | | The first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), which will introduce an e-toll system to most of Gauteng’s highways, is continuing as planned and will go live in February, South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Monday.
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| East African bloc launches joint tourism iniative | | 25 October 2011 | | | | | | | | A new initiative to jointly market EAC tourism has been unveiled in Kenya - the Mashariki Holiday Festival (MHF) has been launched in Kenya to promote tourism within the East African Countries. | | Read more |
| | Taxi training academy is next - Santaco | | 24 October 2011 | | | | | | | Having introduced its own airline recently, the taxi industry is launching a training academy which, it’s hoped, will further help to clean up its image and make taxis a safer commuter transport option.
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| Customs streamlines cross-border procedures | | 24 October 2011 | | | | | | | SA Customs is in the final stages of implementing the electronic manifests, clearance procedures and streamlining processes relating to the movement of cargo across borders.
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| | Katanga border post introduces new tariffs | | 24 October 2011 | | | | | | | From the RFA: We have just been informed that the tariffs for crossing the border at Katanga (DRC) have been increased with effect from 26 October 2011. The full schedule of tariffs is available on the website.
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| Ndebele halts toll road projects | | 23 October 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - The minister of transport, Sibusiso Ndebele, has instructed the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) to halt all road projects processes related to the tolling of national roads.
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| | Call for state to fund railways | | 22 October 2011 | | | | | | | | Senior railwaymen have called for state funds to be set up to maintain Africas rail systems. Speaking at a media briefing ahead of next weeks Southern African Railways Association conference in Johannesburg | | Read more |
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| North West taxi strike averted | | 21 October 2011 | | | | | | | A looming strike by taxi operators in the North West Province was averted after North West Premier, Mme Thandi Modise, intervened in the impasse between the Provincial Taxi Council and the Provincial Department of Public Works, Roads, and Transport.
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| | Stellenbosch venue of meeting on road emergencies | | 21 October 2011 | | | | | | | | The Department of Environmental Affairs plans to hold a meeting on road emergencies in Stellenbosch next week, RFA members have been invited to attend. | | Read more |
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| Scania premiers new city buses in Belgium | | 20 October 2011 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
| | Three railway branchline concession bids approved | | 20 October 2011 | | | | | | | | State-owned rail utility Transnet Freight Rail (TRF) has received 50 bids for concessions to operate about 3 350 km of disused branch lines in South Africa, CEO Siyabonga Gama said on Thursday, adding that three would be approved by December. | | Read more |
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| Treasury defends proposed carbon taxes | | 19 October 2011 | | | | | | | South Africa’s National Treasury said its proposed carbon taxes are an appropriate tool to cut emissions, rejecting opposition to the levy from steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd. and other companies.
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| | RFA to hold a Dinner Dance on November 11 | | 19 October 2011 | | | | | | | | The Road Freight Association is to hold its annual dinner dance at the Hilton Hotel, Dandton, on November 11 | | Read more |
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| Toll road controversy rages on | | 16 October 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) is on a collision course with its political master over toll roads.
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| | Santaco shopping for jets | | 16 October 2011 | | | | | | | Boeing executives are anxiously awaiting a call from the SA National Taxi Council (Santaco) airline management to discuss the possible purchase of planes.
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| Gautrain shuttle service for The Wanderers cricket game | | 14 October 2011 | | | | | | | The Gautrain will provide a shuttle bus service to the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium this Sunday 16th October for the 2nd MAD T20 international between the Proteas and Australia.
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| | Isuzu, FAW to build assembly plants at Coega | | 14 October 2011 | | | | | | | | Chinese vehicle manufacturer FAW and Japan’s Isuzu Trucks have both announced plans to build production facilities at the Coega Industrial Development Zone, with FAW SA confirming on Thursday it was building a $100m truck and car assembly plant. | | Read more |
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| Road projects threatened by bitumen shortage | | 14 October 2011 | | | | | | | | A disaster is looming in the local asphalt industry as supply of bitumen from South African refineries has all but dried up, says Much Asphalt CEO and Southern Africa Bitumen Association chairperson Phillip Hechter. | | Read more |
| | Massive changes reported at Beitbridge | | 13 October 2011 | | | | | | | Massive changes were implemented at the weekend at one of Africa’s busiest border posts, Beitbridge. It was a bid to facilitate the flow of trade at the border “better and faster”, SARS announced yesterday.
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| Durban shipping hit by strike | | 11 October 2011 | | | | | | | A strike at Pier One at Durbans container terminal has halted all movements at the port.
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| | Sanral names preferred bidder for controversial Winelands toll route | | 10 October 2011 | | | | | | | Cape Town - The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has named its preferred bidder for the N1/N2 Winelands highway toll project, despite a legal challenge by Cape Town city over the project.
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| Tolls: Farmers warn of higher food prices | | 09 October 2011 | | | | | | | | As the City of Cape Town stepped into the ring to take on the South African National Roads Agency in court to stop construction of the highly controversial N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project, farmers claim toll charges are going to cause a spike in food prices. | | Read more |
| | September vehicle sales surprise again | | 05 October 2011 | | | | | | | | Naamsa vehicle sales figures for September have again surprised the market, with further gains reported in all sectors | | Read more |
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| Concargo appoints top energy expert | | 04 October 2011 | | | | | | | Concargo (Pty) Ltd South Africa has appointed the exceptional expertise of energy, oil and gas specialist Shawn Fraser to head up the company’s Johannesburg branch and also the designation of National Operations Manager.
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| | Port fees under attack again | | 01 October 2011 | | | | | | |
Leaked Wikileaks cable shows that the state-owned entity regards its port operations as a "cash cow" that it uses to cross-subsidise its underperforming business units | | Read more |
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| Navistar, Caterpillar enter 2nd phase of JV | | 29 September 2011 | | | | | | | In June of 2008, the two companies announced plans to form an alliance for the on-highway truck business. This led to the creation of a 50/50 joint venture called NC(2) Global LLC.
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| | FAW to set up plant in Eastern Cape | | 29 September 2011 | | | | | | | FAW South Africa (FAW SA) will start construction of a $100-million truck and passenger car plant in the Eastern Cape in the first quarter of next year, says FAW SA operations manager Mehdi Abbas.
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| JIMS: GMSA to feature new Corsa Utility | | 29 September 2011 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
| | JAC to woo SA truckers - again | | 29 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Heifei, China 29 September, 2011 - JAC Motors, a leading global car manufacturer, intends to move into the South African automotive market within the coming months. | | Read more |
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| Algoa Bus Company sold to top bosses | | 27 September 2011 | | | | | | | Striking Algoa Bus Company drivers blocked busy intersections by parking buses along the busy Kempston Road in PE during rush hour traffic, in protest against the controversial sale of the company to three of its executives.
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| | New Mazda pickup to debut at JIMS | | 27 September 2011 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
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| Moratorium on high cube containers announced | | 27 September 2011 | | | | | | | | The Department of Transport has finally committed itself to a moratorium on High Cube containers. The moratorium is in the form of a blanket exemption to all operators carrying ISO containers that will have an effect on the overall height of the vehicle exceeding 4.3 meters. | | Read more |
| | SA firms build niche plane | | 27 September 2011 | | | | | | | Two South African companies are attempting to elbow their way into the global defense market with an unusual new aircraft developed on home soil.
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| Accident data reporting under the spotlight | | 25 September 2011 | | | | | | | Tansport officials are to clean up years of questionable data on South Africas roads with a new crash information system slated for next year.
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| | Speed-up call for African road infrastructure | | 25 September 2011 | | | | | | |
Friday 23 September 2011
Experts conclude on speeding up Trans African Highways to accelerate development The experts reviewed conditions of development of road infrastructure and road transport in Africa, including issues related to design, construction and operation, particularly those on the movement between the African regional road networks.
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| DTI still has no electric vehicle strategy | | 23 September 2011 | | | | | | | There may be a small delay in the submission of South Africa’s draft strategy on electric vehicles to Cabinet, as the technology remains “unchartered territory”, says Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) automotives chief director Mkhululi Mlota.
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| | Trucker union slams lower road speed proposal | | 22 September 2011 | | | | | | | | The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) has slammed the Transport Ministers call for a reduction in the speed limit to curb road accidents. | | Read more |
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| More than 800 buses, taxis taken off the road | | 22 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Pretoria - More than 800 unroadworthy buses and taxis have been taken off South Africas roads over the past two weeks. | | Read more |
| | VW Jetta Sport crowned best UK Caravan Tow Car | | 21 September 2011 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
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| ABB to build two Eskom solar plants | | 20 September 2011 | | | | | | | Zurich, Switzerland, ---ESI-AFRICA.COM --- 20 September 2011 - Leading power and automation technology group ABB is to construct two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants for South African national power utility Eskom Holdings.
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| | Lower speed limits for SA? | | 20 September 2011 | | | | | | | The Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele says the road carnage on our countrys roads is fastly reaching a crisis point and has that it will soon escalate the matter to cabinet with the intention of requesting a review of the current legislation governing the speed limits on our roads.
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| Zimbabwe airline not to be closed down - Minister | | 20 September 2011 | | | | | | | HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe will not shut down its bankrupt state airline, an official said Wednesday, and is seeking foreign partners to rescue the debt-ridden service
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| | Santaco now also eyes coastal sea routes, rail | | 19 September 2011 | | | | | | | | The SA National Taxi Council (Santaco), which is taking to the skies with its own low-cost airline, plans to enter the shipping sector as well. | | Read more |
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| Transnet to move away from roads | | 19 September 2011 | | | | | | | Transnet National Ports Authority is working on measures to move away from a reliance on road usage for freight movement in SA, CE Tau Morwe said on Friday.
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| | 5000 MW Northern Cape solar park study to be completed by end 2012 | | 19 September 2011 | | | | | | | | The full feasibility study into South Africa’s proposed 5 000 MW solar park project, which could be developed in phases in the Northern Cape, should be completed by the end of 2012 and could stimulate the development of a larger solar corridor across Southern Africa. | | Read more |
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| Law enforcement projects has removed over 50 000 vehicles from SA roads | | 15 September 2011 | | | | | | | | One year since the announcement of the new National Rolling Enforcement Plan (NREP) by Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on 10 September 2010, more than 18,000 drunk drivers have been arrested and 50,000 un-roadworthy vehicles removed from the countrys roads. | | Read more |
| | Eastern Cape urgently needs stable railway line - Mercedes Benz | | 15 September 2011 | | | | | | | Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) is in urgent need of a “very reliable railway connection” between Port Elizabeth and East London, where its plant is based, says newly appointed CEO Dr Martin Zimmermann.
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| NorthWest:: Driver arrested for gross overloading | | 13 September 2011 | | | | | | | North West MEC for Human Settlements, Public Safety and Liaison, Desbo Mohono says that Provincial Road Traffic Management authorities are part of the special public transport operations focusing on load management in order to reduce accidents on public roads.
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| | Group 5 preferred bidder for Winelands Toll Road | | 12 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Construction firm Group Five has announced that the South African National Roads Agency Limited had selected the Protea Parkways Consortium as the preferred bidder for the circa R10 billion Winelands Toll Road project in the Western Cape. | | Read more |
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| BRT strike far from over - Sowetan | | 12 September 2011 | | | | | | | THERE is no end in sight to the seven-week Rea Vaya BRT strike as the labour court in Johannesburg has dismissed Piotranss application to force its bus drivers to return to work.
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| | Moz hopes to revive coastal shipping | | 11 September 2011 | | | | | | | Maputo — The Mozambican government intends this year to resume regular coastal transport of passengers and cargo, after an interruption of more than 20 years.
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| Toll road tariffs still too expensive - RFA | | 09 September 2011 | | | | | | | | The Road Freight Association (RFA) has welcomed the reduction in Gauteng toll fee tariffs as approved by Cabinet last month, but adds that it still believes the fees to be “too expensive” and threatening small operators existence. | | Read more |
| | Gautrain fails to live up to its promises | | 08 September 2011 | | | | | | | The Gautrain – mooted as a R30 billion world-class rapid rail system and the answer to Gauteng’s public transport woes – has stalled for the fifth time in less than a month
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| Over 8 000 buses checked in one week | | 07 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Cape Town - More than one in every five of the more than 48 000 buses used for the transport of schoolchildren was given notices or fines, while 210 were stopped from operating completely following a crackdown after last months horrific crash that killed 14 pupils in Knysna. | | Read more |
| | Transnet to buy Chinese cranes for Durban port | | 07 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Freight logistics group Transnet confirmed on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement with the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company (ZPMC), of China, for the supply of seven tandem lift ship-to-shore cranes for the Durban Container Terminal’s underperforming Pier 2. | | Read more |
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| New innovation to make tyre pumps obsolete? | | 07 September 2011 | | | | | | | | The days of manually adding air to under-inflated tyres could be a distant memory thanks to a new innovation under development in laboratories at The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company in the USA. | | Read more |
| | Diesel prices to remain the same, but petrol prices to go up next week | | 05 September 2011 | | | | | | | Pretoria - Motorists will be disappointed to learn that all grades of petrol will rise by 9 cents a litre this week.
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| NAAMSA vehicle sales for August show continued growth (UPDATED) | | 05 September 2011 | | | | | | | Vehicle sales figures for August show continued growth in all market segments, according to the latest report by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA.
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| | DHL launches new ocean freight links to Africa | | 02 September 2011 | | | | | | | DHL has announced further expansion of its LCL network from Bremen to Ghana, Kenya and South Africa
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| Gautrain: Claim against Gauteng govt amounts to billions | | 02 September 2011 | | | | | | | The Bombela consortium’s claim against the Gauteng government relating to the release of land on the R26.4-billion Gautrain project, as well as other disputes on the rail project, amounted not to “millions, but billions of rands”, said Murray and Roberts CE Henry Laas yesterday.
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| | Call for extra checks on public transport | | 02 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Transport MEC Robin Carlisle says the Cape Province is already checking vehicles transporting school pupils, after yesterday’s instruction by the national Transport Ministry that all buses and taxis be stopped and checked on South Africa’s roads. | | Read more |
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| KZN could face power otage next week | | 02 September 2011 | | | | | | | | KWAZULU-Natal could face an electricity black-out next week if metalworkers union Numsa embarks on strike action against a seven percent wage increase offer by Eskom. | | Read more |
| | Road closures in Sandton for Springbok sendoff | | 01 September 2011 | | | | | | | Pretoria – Thousands of Bok fans are making their way to Sandton at the Nelson Mandela Square and along West Street to say farewell to the national rugby team as they leave for New Zealand later this evening.
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| Parliament warned about road tolling effects on food prices | | 01 September 2011 | | | | | | | | Transport costs were the biggest cost element in food distribution in South Africa and with the development of new toll roads in Gauteng, additional costs of up to 66 percent could be added when transporting fresh produce locally, the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) said yesterday. | | Read more |
| | ZIM: Pioneer -Unifreight takeover deal approved | | 01 September 2011 | | | | | | | | THE Competition and Tariff Commission has reportedly approved the $7.2 million Pioneer Corporation Africas deal to acquire fellow transport industry player Unifreight Swift. | | Read more |
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| Excellent debut for new Hino race truck | | 01 September 2011 | |  | | | | | |
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| | Cosatu to stage massive one-day stay-away next month | | 01 September 2011 | | | | | | | | MEMBERS of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) are due to stage a series of marches around the country late next month, culminating in a one-day mass stayaway on October 5. | | Read more |
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| Landrover confirms all-new Defender concept for Frankfort Motor Show 2011 | | 01 September 2011 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
| | VW opens R60m training centre in Gauteng | | 31 August 2011 | | | | | | | Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has opened a new 4 000 m2, R60-million training academy in Gauteng.
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