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| LABOUR: Motor workers strike set to continue into next week | | 03 September 2010 | | | | | | | | Indications are that the wage strike in the tyre manufacturing industry will continue into next week. | | Read more |
| | TOURISM: Polana Hotel re-opens this month | | 01 September 2010 | | | | | | | | September 2010 will mark the completion of an extensive multi-million dollar expansion and refurbishment project to the Polana Serena Hotel in Maputo. | | Read more |
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| MOZAMBIQUE: Maputo rocked by riots over soaring food and fuel prices | | 01 September 2010 | | | | | | | Six people are reported to have been killed during riots in Mozambiques capital Maputo over rising food and fuel prices.
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| | TRUCKS: Scania and Porsche join in cab design venture, new wind tunnel development | | 31 August 2010 | | | | | | | Scania has selected Porsche Engineering Group GmbH as its partner in the development of the next generation of truck cabs.Scania has also started a new wind tunnel development.
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| INTERNATIONAL: Sinotruk records profit surge | | 31 August 2010 | | | | | | | | China’s biggest heavy-duty truck maker, Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd., said its first-half income surged 77% on higher demand for commercial vehicles, Bloomberg reported. | | Read more |
| | ENERGY: Eskom keen to shift coal transport to rail | | 31 August 2010 | | | | | | | | JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africas power utility Eskom expressed concern on Monday over the quality of coal it receives from domestic suppliers, which might affect the operations of its coal-fired plants. | | Read more |
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| RAIL; Moz and Zambia now linked by rail | | 30 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Development Corridor in Mozambique has since Friday been linked to Zambia with the inauguration of a section of railway between Mitsinje, in Malawi, and Chibatam, in Zambia, Mozambican newspaper Notícias reported. | | Read more |
| | RAIL: China-SA in talks over $30-billion JHB-DBN high-speed railway line | | 29 August 2010 | | | | | | | | South Africa has signed an agreement with China Railway Group for railways and other transport-related projects in the country. China Railway has been in discussions with the South African Government over the construction of a $30bn high-speed rail network between Johannesburg and Durban, according to khl.com. | | Read more |
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| LABOUR: Why strikes are good for GDP | | 29 August 2010 | | | | | | | By Cees Bruggemans, Chief Economist of FNB.
Regarding the public sector strike currently fully underway, a few inconvenient truths may perhaps have escaped the general notice.
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| | TRADE: Coca-Cola sets Africa, India as its growth market | | 28 August 2010 | | | | | | | | RELIANCE on road transport has raised the cost of the country’s exports making their price uncompetitive, Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) chairman Saviour Chibiya has said. And the Coca-Cola Company has set Africa and Asia as its growth areas in the next 10 years. | | Read more |
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| VEHICLES: FAW lands 1380 unit Angolan truck order | | 28 August 2010 | | | | | | | | FAW has won an Angolan order for 1380 medium and heavy trucks after two years’ of efforts. The initial product has been exported to overseas from Shandong Longkou port, according to Chinatruck. | | Read more |
| | Petrol to go down, diesel up | | 27 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Pretoria - Motorists will be given some relief when the price of petrol decreases next Wednesday, but diesel will go up by a few cents. | | Read more |
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| Fuelcell bike made in SA | | 27 August 2010 | | | | | | | | South Africa has unveiled its ‘Ahi fambeni’ (or ‘A hi Fambeni’) hydrogen- fuel-cell-powered bicycle. | | Read more |
| | INFRASTRUCTURE: China to invest$13bn in Mozambique | | 27 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Aug 27 (Reuters) - China plans to invest $13 billion in industrial, tourism, mining and energy projects in Mozambique over the next five years, a state-controlled newspaper said on Friday. | | Read more |
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| TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Broadband boom beckons | | 26 August 2010 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
| | TRUCKING: New agreement on work permits | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Following a meeting of the RFA with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on 18 August agreement has been reached on work permits for foreign drivers. | | Read more |
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| FLEET FINANCING: Carbon tax on double cabs delayed | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | | South African consumers would start paying carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions tax on new double-cab pick-ups in the first half of next year, with the implementation of the tax on single-cab pick-ups delayed indefinitely. | | Read more |
| | TOURISM: Zimbabwe looking at 15% contribution to GDP | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Harare — The tourism sector is on course to contribute 15 percent towards the national Gross Domestic Product by 2014, the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has said. | | Read more |
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| TOURISM: Kenyan hotel group reports gradual recovery | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- TPS Eastern Africa Ltd., the Kenyan holding company of the Serena hotel chain, headed for the highest close in three weeks after saying first-half profit doubled as sales climbed. | | Read more |
| | FLEET OPERATORS: Imperial on the acquisition trail | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | | The JSE-listed Imperial Group spent around R750-million on acquisitions in the 2010 financial year, ended June 30. The list of newcomers to the group include Pragma Holdings (with Imperial acquiring 36%), e-Logics (51%), Provaart (55%), Midas (75%), MiX Telematics (25%), and Loubser Transport (65%). | | Read more |
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| AIRPORTS: Mthatha Airport back in business | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | AFTER numerous safety and security concerns at Mthatha Airport in July, measures have now been put in place and the problems have been resolved.
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| | MAN, Sinotruck to launch new heavy truck brand for Asia, Africa | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | MAN Trucks is to launch a new heavy truck into China and emerging markets next year. The Man Group will build the new truck in co-operation with its Chinese Sinotruck partner, although the vehicle will not bear either existing companies branding.
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| LOGISTICS: Freightworld (Zim) in big partnership deal | | 26 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Freight World (Pvt) Limited, Zimbabwe’s largest local customs-clearing and warehousing company, last month sealed a partnership deal with shipping line agent SDV International Logistics Limited — formerly AMI — the largest logistics service provider and freight forwarder in Africa. | | Read more |
| | Foton reveals global strategy | | 25 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Shanghai August 25 (Gasgoo.com) Beiqi Foton Motor is planning to set up a production base with an annual capacity of 100,000 vehicles in Russia in 2012, and to gradually spread its wings to the entire Europe with its light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, big buses, big and small vans, pickups, SUVs and so forth, media reported Wednesday. | | Read more |
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| TRADE: China-SA sign major transport agreement | | 25 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele has signed a ground-breaking agreement on railways and other transport related matters with his counterpart Minister of Railways Mr Liu Zhijun in China. | | Read more |
| | ROADS: Gauteng toll road system to become the national standard - report | | 25 August 2010 | | | | | | | When Gautengers are tolled for using the province’s busiest freeways in early 2011, the system will work somewhat like a prepaid cellphone contract.
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| ROADS: 1700km Libean highway attracts 20 Italian bids | | 24 August 2010 | | | | | | | RIMINI Italy (Reuters) - Italian builders have presented 20 offers for a 1,700 km motorway across Libya, the biggest project of its kind in Africa, Italys infrastructure minister Altero Matteoli said today.
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| | AIR TRAVEL: CAA supports Comair bid to keep old Durban airport open | | 24 August 2010 | | | | | | | The South African Civil Aviation Authority supports Comair’s call to keep the old Durban International Airport operative, says Commissioner, Capt. Colin Jordaan.
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| HANNOVER 2010: Mercedes creates topline Actros models | | 24 August 2010 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
| | RAIL: Transnet and Prasa in spat over train service suspension | | 23 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Transnet on Friday said it was concerned about misleading and false statements in the media made by officials from the Passenger Rail Agency of SA following Prasas unilateral decision to suspend its long distance passenger train service without consulting Transnet | | Read more |
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| TRADE: SA President Jacob Zuma in China to boost trade | | 23 August 2010 | | | | | | | South African President Jacob Zuma has arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing ahead of his two-day state visit to the worlds second biggest economy.
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| | TOURISM: Route 66 - the new KZN attraction | | 20 August 2010 | | | | | | | | The Zululand Heritage Route (Route 66) in KwaZulu Natal is a new tourism route following the R66 between Ginginglovu and Phongola. The project is a joint initiative between uThungulu District Municipality, Zululand District Municipality, Tourism KZN and uMlalazi Tourism Association. | | Read more |
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| VEHICLES: Great Wall Motor targets exports to Africa and other markets of 60 000 units | | 20 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Great Wall Motor Co., China’s largest maker of pickup trucks, more than tripled profit in the first half as government incentives stoked demand for vehicles. | | Read more |
| | INTERMODAL; Sharp increase in use of containers | | 20 August 2010 | | | | | | | | The use of shipping containers, a barometer of the global economy, has risen sharply this year, surpassing even the record levels of 2008. | | Read more |
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| AIRLINES: LAN (Chile) and Tam (Brazil) announce plan to merge | | 20 August 2010 | | | | | | | | Leading Latin American airlines LAN of Chile and Tam of Brazil have announced merger plans in a bold bid to position themselves for future growth a fast-consolidating global industry. | | Read more |
| | INTERNATIONAL: GM crawls back out of bankruptcy | | 20 August 2010 | | | | | | | | General Motors or GM has filed the first batch of paperwork required to hold an initial public offering (IPO) of stock within months. However, the filing did not reveal the exact timing of IPO and the number of shares to be sold under the IPO. | | Read more |
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| ENERGY: Zambia to get $430m loan to build power station | | 20 August 2010 | | | | | | | | POWER: A Chinese bank and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will lend state-owned power utility Zesco $430-million to raise the capacity of a hydropower station by 360 MW, a minister said on Thursday. | | Read more |
| | TNT News to report in Afrikaans as well - Welkom TNT Nuus! | | 10 July 2010 | | | | | | | | TNT News/Nuus gaan van nou af ook in Afrikaans verslag doen oor belangrike ontwikkelinge wat in die vragbedryf, toerisme en ander verbandhoudende bedrywe plaasvind. | | Read more |
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