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| Kazangula bridge to ease Botswana-Zambia border crossing | | 07 May 2013 | | | | | | | | The construction of the US$ 248-million Kazungula Bridge will infinitely improve the quality of life for the thousands of people who are currently reliant on a ferry to travel to and from Zambia and Botswana. | | Read more |
| | Plaza toll fees to go up March 7 | | 28 February 2013 | | | | | | | | The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has announced that the toll tariff adjustments for conventional toll plazas will be effective on (inclusive) 7 March 2013. | | Read more |
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| Enhanced Gauteng corridor to create more jobs - premier | | 27 February 2013 | | | | | | | | Several key projects, such as the eThekwini-Free State-Gauteng freight and logistics corridor - which seeks to improve the movement of goods - the infrastructure development on the provinces roads and the refurbishment of the rolling stock fleet by Prasa, will generate and contribute massively towards job creation in the province. | | Read more |
| | 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 |
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| Serengeti Road: Tanzania loses bid to stop law suit brought by wildlife organisation | | 31 August 2011 | | | | | | | The East African Court of Justice has dismissed an attempt by the Tanzanian government to block a case filed by Africa Network for Animal Welfare seeking to restrain it from building a highway across the Serengeti National Park.
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| | EAC seeks funds for major road link upgrade | | 29 August 2011 | | | | | | | | With the Arusha-Namanga-Athi River road completed, the East African Community (EAC) is now turning to the development partners for funds to upgrade the road linking its headquarters and Mombasa. | | Read more |
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| Revised toll road tariffs approved by cabinet | | 26 August 2011 | | | | | | | | Cabinet has approved the final toll tariffs for the roughly 200 km of road improved in the first phase of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), with taxis and buses the big winners as they are to be exempted from paying toll fees. | | Read more |
| | Cosatu slams minister over toll road statement | | 19 August 2011 | | | | | | | COSATU has expressed its anger at the statement on 18 August 2011, by Transport Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, that “the new toll gate system on major Gauteng roads is a done deal and that it is just a matter of time before it is implemented.”
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| Cape Town to take legal action against tolling of roads | | 17 August 2011 | | | | | | | Cape Town’s transport authorities are fighting the introduction of tolls on the city’s major roads, lodging a formal dispute with the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral).
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| | Toll tariffs: RFA warns about consequences | | 13 August 2011 | | | | | | | The Road Freight Association (RFA) on Friday said it welcomed the reduction in Gauteng toll fee tariffs as approved by Cabinet this week, but added that it still believed the fees to be “too expensive”.
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| Toll tariffs still angering unions | | 12 August 2011 | | | | | | | South Africa’s plan to charge tolls on highways in Gauteng may boost business costs, adding pressure to inflation and angering labor unions.
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| | Old Mutual to fund Beit Bridge Border Post upgrade by US90-million | | 10 August 2011 | | | | | | | Old Mutual’s Infrastructure, Developmental and Environmental Assets Fund has financed the equity requirements for the South African Infrastructure Investment Company to upgrade the Beitbridge Border Post.
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| Satawu slams lack of consultation on toll roads | | 03 August 2011 | | | | | | | The biggest issue around the drive to toll the freeways refurbished under the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) is the lack of consultation, says South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) general-secretary Zenzo Mahlangu.
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| | New road for Eastern Cape | | 02 August 2011 | | | | | | | New Road for the Eastern Cape
Written by Sivuyile Delihlazo
Monday, 01 August 2011 11:27
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has approved and given go-ahead for the construction of the N2 Wild Coast Road, this after 10 years of consideration through government processes and public participation.
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| Minister approves Wild Coast road | | 01 August 2011 | | | | | | | | The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has approved and given go-ahead for the construction of the N2 Wild Coast Road, this after 10 years of consideration through government processes and public participation. | | Read more |
| | N3 open but some lanes closed | | 28 July 2011 | | | | | | | | Pretoria - The stretch of N3 between Van Reenens Pass and Villiers has been re-opened with lane restrictions after it was closed for two days following heavy snow falls in the area. | | Read more |
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| UK to provide practical support for North-South Corridor - Cameron | | 19 July 2011 | | | | | | | | British Prime Minister David Cameron has committed his government to providing practical support to the new African tripartite free trade area (T-FTA), which, once concluded, could span from Cape to Cairo and include 27 countries, should Africa’s newest country, South Sudan, decide to join one of the three blocs. | | Read more |
| | Zimbabwe to roll out toll road project | | 13 July 2011 | | | | | | | Zimbabwe Transport will soon start building new permanent computerised tollgate structures with enhanced security features that will minimise pilferage, a Cabinet minister has said.
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| Large chunk of Gauteng budget to go to roads | | 07 July 2011 | | | | | | | THE Gauteng provincial government has allocated R1,2-billion to maintain roads in the province, out of an overall budget of R6,2-billion.
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| | Sanral raises R300m for road projects | | 07 July 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) raised R300m during July in its fourth bond auction of 2011, the agency said on Wednesday.
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| The benefit of e-tags | | 06 July 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - Motorists do not need e-tags on their cars to be recognised when the controversial tolling of Gautengs major freeways is implemented, but it’s going to cost them more money, the Transport Department said on Wednesday.
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| | The e-toll card benefits | | 06 July 2011 | | | | | | | Gauteng motorists will be recognised by their number plates or e-tags when the provinces freeway tolling system is implemented.
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| Paying a higher price for super roads | | 06 July 2011 | | | | | | | | The State adopted the user-pays principle in 2007 — now it must make it work, writes Nicky Smith in Business Day | | Read more |
| | ZIM needs $10bn for roads | | 06 July 2011 | | | | | | | Cash strapped Zimbabwe needs $10 billion to rehabilitate its road network that has suffered over a decade of neglect due to economic problems.
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| Gauteng Transport Budget Vote - full speech | | 05 July 2011 | | | | | | | SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE MEC FOR ROADS AND TRANSPORT TO THE GAUTENG LEGISLATURE
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| | Cosatu threatens major strike over (revised) e-toll fees | | 02 July 2011 | | | | | | | | The Congress of South African Trade Unions has noted yesterday’s statement by the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) Steering Committee recommending a small reduction in the proposed road tolls in Gauteng, from 66c/kilometre to 40c for light vehicles. | | Read more |
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| Six-point road revitalisation plan proposed | | 28 June 2011 | | | | | | | THE South African Road Federation, which represents transport providers including the South African National Roads Agency, has proposed a six-point strategy to revitalise the country’s provincial and municipal road infrastructure.
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| | Six-point strategy for road revitalisation proposed | | 28 June 2011 | | | | | | | THE South African Road Federation, which represents transport providers including the South African National Roads Agency, has proposed a six-point strategy to revitalise the country’s provincial and municipal road infrastructure.
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| How Group 5 faces got the Zim road contract - Sunday Mail | | 25 June 2011 | | | | | | | | Tthe signing of a deal between Zimbabwe and SAs Group Five for the rehabilitation of the Plumtree-Mutare highway has been viewed as the single largest infrastructural development project after the countrys 10- year recession. | | Read more |
| | End of a bottleneck: Gauteng celebrates opening of Allandale interchange | | 23 June 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg – Motorists using the N1 highway between Johannesburg and Pretoria in Gauteng can look forward to improved traffic flow as the newly constructed Allandale Interchange was officially opened today by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL).
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| Decision on e-toll fees expected end of July - DoT | | 22 June 2011 | | | | | | | Pretoria - A final announcement on the implementation of Gautengs controversial e-tolling system is expected by the end of July, the Transport Department said.
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| | Chinese building super highway in Kenya | | 21 June 2011 | | | | | | | Three Chinese companies are building a massive superhighway in Kenya linking Nairobi with the city of Thika. The road, as wide as 16 lanes, is the biggest of its kind in East Africa.
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| Economist slates e-toll tariffs | | 20 June 2011 | | | | | | | Gauteng continues to pay the bulk of taxes in the country and can ill afford the planned tolls in the province, economist Mike Schüssler said.
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| | New Chinese-built road to open up Western Zambia | | 17 June 2011 | | | | | | | | FOR a long time now, the Western part of Zambia has continued to lag behind in terms of development. Part of the reason for this drawback is the poor infrastructure in the area especially roads. | | Read more |
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| Another four major road projects mooted for SA | | 15 June 2011 | | | | | | | | Four major road projects were presented to potential investors by South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) CEO Nazir Alli on Tuesday, who said the involvment of the private sector could take various forms, from debt funding to concession contracts. | | Read more |
| | Scientists reject Egyptian north-south corridor | | 09 June 2011 | | | | | | | monumental “corridor of development” project proposed by Egyptian-American scientist Farouk El-Baz is still causing a stir within the Egyptian science community, which reiterated its unanimous rejection of the project during a two-day conference held at the Geological Survey premises in Abbasseya on 5 and 6 June.
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| Ndebele reveals more toll roads plans | | 27 May 2011 | | | | | | | | Seven planned toll roads would help to cover a R149-billion backlog in strengthening and re-gravelling the country’s worst roads, the Minister of Transport Sibusiso Ndebele, said on Thursday. | | Read more |
| | Sanral disputes toll road cost claims | | 27 May 2011 | | | | | | | | The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) categorically states that there has been no “ballooning of costs” in terms of the original contract as awarded for the operations of the Gauteng Open Road Tolling (ORT) project. | | Read more |
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| Beitbridge-Harare road project runs into conflict | | 22 May 2011 | | | | | | | | ORDINARY Zimbabweans will emerge as the ultimate victims of the bureaucratic seesaw between the Government and ZimHighways, a consortium of local construction companies, over the rehabilitation and dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge road. | | Read more |
| | Why Gauteng toll tariffs should be stopped - Cosatu | | 17 May 2011 | | | | | | | The Congress of South African Trade Unions has submitted the following notice to NEDLAC, under Section 77 of the Labour Relations Act, in connection with the Gauteng Open Road Tolling System:
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| China lends Zim US$180m for road upgrade | | 16 May 2011 | | | | | | | | LUSAKA (Reuters) - A state-owned Chinese bank will lend Zambia $180 million to upgrade a road that should help boost trade with Africas Great Lakes countries, an official said on Monday. | | Read more |
| | Zambia gets $71m for roads upgrade | | 15 May 2011 | | | | | | | | THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has released US$71 million to the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) to finance the upgrading of five major roads in Zambia to tarmac standard. | | Read more |
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| Floods create havoc in Northern Namibia | | 29 March 2011 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
| | Sanral raises toll fees nationwide - except for Gauteng | | 10 March 2011 | | | | | | | The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), the national road agency that is part of the Transport Department, announced on Thursday that it had increased toll road fees in accordance with the 12-month consumer price index.
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| New Eastern Cape road welcomed | | 07 March 2011 | | | | | | | | Eastern Cape MEC for transport, roads and public works Thandiswa Marawu said the opening of the Ugie to Langeni road was expected to change the economic landscape of the region and the province at large. | | Read more |
| | E-toll system to be rolled out nationwide - SANRAL | | 13 February 2011 | | | | | | | Get used to the idea that you will soon be billed electronically for using national toll roads across the country.
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| ROAD maintenance fund: Questions arise | | 03 February 2011 | | | | | | | Cape Town - A proposed road maintenance fund is likely to win favour, but questions remain over how it will be operated as current legislation does not make provision for ring-fenced funds such as this.
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| | Big boost for Zambian roads | | 27 January 2011 | | | | | | | The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), South Africas premier development bank has concluded a historic loan agreement of USD 262 million with the Zambian Road Development Fund Agency (RDFA) for the rehabilitation of five priority roads, three of which form part of the Trans African Highways (TAH) route running from Cape Town to the DRCs Katanga Province and onwards to Kinshasa.
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| New toll road system to hit Joburg in June | | 26 January 2011 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - The Open Road Tolling (ORT) system is scheduled to be officially up and running as from June, meaning motorists in Gauteng will soon be paying to drive on provincial freeways.
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| | R150-million to erase SA potholes | | 25 January 2011 | | | | | | | | Pretoria - The Department of Public Works has set aside around R210 million to fix the country’s potholes, build low bridges and maintain garden services. | | Read more |
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| More one-stop border posts on the way | | 07 December 2010 | | | | | | | | Windhoek - Namibia will implement the one-stop-border post (OSBP) concept at all its entry and exit points with Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia in a move meant to open up the country to trade with its regional neighbours. | | Read more |
| | New solution for potholes | | 05 December 2010 | | | | | | | Pretoria – Guidelines covering the causes, prevention and repair methodology of potholes were unveiled as the country braces itself for more rainy weather.
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| TRUCKING: SA truckers to receive toll road discounts - Sanral | | 26 October 2010 | | | | | | | | South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) CEO Nazir Alli says truck operators will receive significant discounts – directly and indirectly – once most of the Gauteng province’s freeways become toll roads in April 2011. | | Read more |
| | INFRASTRUCTURE: Support for N2 Wild Coast toll highway | | 21 October 2010 | | | | | | | | The Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA) has expressed its support for the proposed N2 Wild Coast Toll Highway in response to the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) issuing a Record of Decision (RoD) for the construction of the 560km toll road between the Gonubie interchange near East London, in the Eastern Cape, and the Isipingo interchange, near Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal recently. | | Read more |
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| Palaborwa takes another route after bridge collapse | | 04 October 2010 | | | | | | | | Palabora Mining, which operates South Africas largest copper mine, is using alternative rail routes to export magnetite and vermiculite after a trail derailment caused a bridge collapse last week. | | Read more |
| | Nacala Corridor gets financial boost | | 02 October 2010 | | | | | | | | Tunis, Tunisia - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the soft loan window of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a loan of US$96.6 million for Zambia to finance the second phase of the Nacala Road Corridor Project (NRCP) in Zambia, according to an AfDB statement issued in Tunis on Friday. | | Read more |
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| 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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| | 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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| About strikes and rotten roads | | 06 August 2010 | | | | | | | While Statistics South Africa has consistently reported solid increases since December last year in income from freight transportation, volumes of freight transported and payloads transported, road freight companies are loath to confirm a corresponding hike in their practical experience on the ground.
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| | Tanzanian government backs down (a little) on proposed Serengeti road | | 02 August 2010 | | | | | | | | The Tanzanian government has partly bowed to pressure from international organisations and rescinded its decision to pave the entire road running across the world-famous Serengeti National Park (Senapa). Instead, it will leave 50km untarred for migrating wildebeest to cross | | Read more |
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| Japan agency grants $80-million for Tanzanian road | | 19 July 2010 | | | | | | | | The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a grant worth USD $80 million with the United Republic of Tanzania to improve the countrys road networks. | | Read more |
| | Moz to build $132m bridge over Zambezi | | 11 July 2010 | | | | | | | | Mozambiques government has announced plans to build a $132m (£87m) bridge across the Zambezi River. It will allow access to the inland province of Tete, and some of the worlds largest coal deposits. | | Read more |
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| East African states look to integrate road and rail infrastructure | | 08 July 2010 | | | | | | | NAIROBI - The East Africa Community trade bloc is focusing on
upgrading the regional infrastructure, which is seen as a major impediment to
the common market that came in to force July 1, EAC secretary general Juma
Mwapachu has said.
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| | Boost for Transnet capex by African Development Bank | | 25 June 2010 | | | | | | | Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a senior loan up to USD 400 million as a contribution to the financing of Transnet’s five-year R93.4 billion Capital Investment Program (Investment Program).
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| Heavy snowfalls block passes, roads and cause accidents in SA | | 15 June 2010 | | | | | | | Heavy snowfall was reported in the Free State and the Cape on Tuesday, causing several road accidents and road closures. On the brighter side, people built snowmen and adorned them with vuzuvelas.
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| | SANRAL raises R400m for SA road infrastructure | | 04 June 2010 | | | | | | | | The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has raised R400-million in its fifth auction for the year, under its Domestic Medium Term Note Programme. | | Read more |
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| Zambia, Tanzania meet over $50m one-stop border post | | 01 June 2010 | | | | | | | | THE Zambian and Tanzanian governments will this week hold discussions aimed at sourcing US$50 million under the North-South Corridor initiative to complete the Tunduma-Nakonde one-stop border post. | | Read more |
| | R160m transport centre opens in Cape Town | | 28 May 2010 | |  | | | | | | | | Read more |
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| AfD Group committed $6bn to African infrastructure in 2009 - report | | 26 May 2010 | | | | | | | | The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved USD 6 billion (UA 3.9 billion) for the provision of modern and affordable infrastructure in regional member countries in 2009. | | Read more |
| | Infrastructure dominates EAC conference | | 25 May 2010 | | | | | | | Infrastructure development will be top on the priority list of the East Africa Community member states, following the signing of the common market protocol last year.
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| New ring-fenced Road Maintenance Fund in the pipeline | | 24 May 2010 | | | | | | | Johannesburg - A plan is in the works to develop a ring-fencing mechanism through the creation of a Road Maintenance Fund, says Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.
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| | Coming up: Regional conference on African roads preservation | | 24 May 2010 | | | | | | | | The South African Roads Federation will be holding its 4th Regional Conference on road preservation in Africa in October in Somerset West this year. | | Read more |
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| R1,2bn boost for Mpumalanga roads | | 22 May 2010 | | | | | | | | Nelspruit- Mpumalangas Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport has budgeted R1.243-billion for the construction and maintenance of roads in the province over the next 10 months. | | Read more |
| | New initiative to link Malawi with Indian Ocean | | 22 May 2010 | | | | | | | A committe comprising representatives from Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, the Southern African Development Community secretariat and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa secretariat has been put together to identify a new firm to undertake the feasibility study for the proposed $6-billion Shire–Zambezi waterway project, which will link landlocked Malawi to the Indian Ocean.
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| R11bn earmarked for KZN infrastructure and upgrades | | 14 May 2010 | | | | | | | The treasury of KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN’s) provincial government has set aside a total of R11,09-billion for capital expenditure for infrastructure development in the 2010/11 financial year, 49% being earmarked for maintenance.
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| | Tripartite fund created for North-South Corridor | | 06 May 2010 | | | | | | | | THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East African Community (EAC) have established a tripartite infrastructure trust account which is hosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) with a grant funding of 67 million pounds to support infrastructure projects. | | Read more |
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| Transport department submits R750bn transport plan for 2050 | | 05 May 2010 | | | | | | | A three quarters of a trillion rand transport master plan, which includes linking Johannesburg to Durban and Polokwane via rapid train networks, has been presented to Parliament by the transport department.
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| | New 9 900km Trans-Saharan road almost complete | | 28 April 2010 | | | | | | | A road cutting through the Sahara, connecting several African countries, is now on its last stretch.The Trans-Saharan road, stretching through Algeria to Nigeria, and extended to Chad, Mali and Tunisia, covers 9,900 kilometres.
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| Botswana gets Arab loan to finance airport | | 26 April 2010 | | | | | | | | GABORONE - Botswana has received a P55 million loan from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) to finance the development of Kasane airport. | | Read more |
| | SA roadfreight - UK report raises concerns | | 23 April 2010 | | | | | | | A quarterly UK market report on the South African road freight industry has some reservations about an upswing in the market.
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| AfDB signs $233.3-million loan agreements for Tanzanian infrastructure | | 21 April 2010 | | | | | | | Tunis – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Tanzania have signed two loan agreements amounting to USD 233.3 million to finance a major rail and road transport project in the country.
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| | Arabs lend $90-million for Zambia -Angola road link | | 17 April 2010 | | | | | | | The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa has approved a $90-million loan to Zambia to build a road that will link it to Angola and boost regional trade, the banks CEO said on Friday.
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| COMESA countries launch customs transit guarantee system | | 13 April 2010 | | | | | | | | KAMPALA, UGANDA - The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched the first regional customs transit guarantee scheme in Africa known as the COMESA CARNET (RCTGCARNET). | | Read more |
| | SA provides $4-million towards upgrading Sani Top road | | 11 April 2010 | | | | | | | Lesotho on Friday received $4 million from the South African government for the upgrading of a 47.4 km road at Sani Top, 340km north of the capital Maseru, to Mokhotlong, 270 km from Maseru the capital.
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| Tanzania to spend trillions on infrastructure | | 10 April 2010 | | | | | | | The government plans to spend about Sh4.76 trillion for special infrastructure projects annually from the 2010/2011 financial year, it has been learnt.
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| | Africa lags behind on integration projects | | 09 April 2010 | | | | | | | Nam News Network-New Ziana, Harare - A meeting of ministers from eight countries that form the North-South Corridor (NSC) initiative was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, this week to discuss ways of strengthening the organisation amid concerns that it has implemented only one project since its establishment two years ago.
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| Malawi granted $17.5-million by African Development Bank | | 08 April 2010 | | | | | | | | The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a US $ 17.5 million grant to assist the Malawian government in implementing its Growth and Development Strategy aimed at reducing poverty. | | Read more |
| | IFC to invest $100-million in sub-Saharan infrastructure | | 08 April 2010 | | | | | | | | International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, said it has agreed to help sub-Saharan Africa expand its infrastructure following an agreement to invest $100 million in the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund 2 (AIIF2), an equity fund that will promote the development of basic infrastructure in the continent. | | Read more |
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| Burundi to benefit from $5.8-billion economic growth plan | | 07 April 2010 | | | | | | | | A $5.8-billion economic growth plan has been launched to connect Burundi to the growing east-African economy. The plan, which will be implemented during the next 20 years, hopes to lure investors to one of Africas poorest nations. | | Read more |
| | AfDB grants loan for West African Benin road | | 07 April 2010 | | | | | | | Tunis, 7 April 2010 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a CFAF 23.9 Billion loan and grant to Benin to finance a road project linking the country with its neighbours.
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| SA army redeployed at border posts | | 03 April 2010 | | | | | | | | Cape Town – The defence force is being redeployed to assist law enforcement agencies in patrolling the borders of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the South African ministry of defence and military veterans said on Thursday. | | Read more |
| | DA query reveals staggering drop in the state of road repairs | | 01 April 2010 | | | | | | | | A reply to a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question has revealed that only 8% or 5 303 km of the 64 346 km of the entire South African road network is in an optimal state. | | Read more |
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| West Africa - new borderless agency created | | 01 April 2010 | | | | | | | | It’s well known that trucking costs in West Africa are among the highest in the world. A new Trade Hub study shows why the costs are so high on one corridor and what can be done to lower them. | | Read more |
| | Angola opens new bridge in Namibe province | | 30 March 2010 | | | | | | | | Namibe, Angola – A new bridge over the river Giraúl, in Angola´s Namibe province, was opened Monday, re-establishing the link of the Namibe-Benguela-Luanda road corridor, Angolan news agency Angop reported. | | Read more |
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| MAN Latin America establishes showroom in Angola | | 30 March 2010 | | | | | | | Sao Paulo, Brazil, 30 March – MAN Latin America, a subsidiary of German group MAN, has opened a showroom in Angola to sell Volkswagen trucks produced in Brazil.
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| | World Bank approves $258-million for Abidjan-Lagos trade and transport link | | 25 March 2010 | | | | | | | The World Bank yesterday approved the sum of US$258 million for the first phase of the Abidjan-Lagos Trade and Transport Facilitation Programme.
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| Angolan bank provides $60-million for Bengo province tourism projects | | 25 March 2010 | | | | | | | | Caxito, Angola - Angolan bank, Banco de Desenvolvimento de Angola (BDA) has provided US$60 million to support projects in Bengo province, the chairman of the bank, Paixão Franco said yesterday in Caxito. | | Read more |
| | EAC can raise $20-billion for rail network - claim | | 23 March 2010 | | | | | | | | KAMPALA, UGANDA - It is possible that the five member states of the East African Community (EAC) can raise the required $20 billion to upgrade the railway system as they plan for a new railway network that is estimated to cost $900 billion. | | Read more |
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| Summit to reveal new road and rail map for Africa | | 23 March 2010 | | | | | | | An "ambitious initiative and sustainable plan to boost and lay out a 21st century road and rail transport infrastructure in Africa" is to be unveiled at the inaugural Africa Roads and Rail Infrastructure Summit 2010 in Kigali, organisers promise.
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| | Zambia to dualise Kitwe-Chingola road | | 22 March 2010 | | | | | | | The Zambian government is in the process of engaging contractors to carry out feasibility studies, which will result in the expansion of the Kitwe-Chingola road into a dual carriageway.
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| EIB and DBSA in joint venture to promote African infrastructure | | 18 March 2010 | | | | | | | | The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) today agreed to set up a joint technical assistance programme to improve the preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects. | | Read more |
| | Major infastructure investment conference planned for EAC | | 18 March 2010 | | | | | | | ‘EAC Common Market: The preferred Investment Destination’will be the topic of a conference to be held in April.
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| SA roads fast becoming the most dangerous in the world - AA | | 17 March 2010 | | | | | | | | South African roads were fast becoming known as the most dangerous in the world, the Automobile Association (AA) said yesterday. | | Read more |
| | How Cronin climbed into Sasol and other bitumen producers | | 17 March 2010 | | | | | | | | Deputy transport minister Jeremy Cronin has launched a devastating attack on Sasol and oil companies for making the cost of bitumen, used in road construction and maintenance, so expensive. This is what he had to say: | | Read more |
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| Zimbabwe to spend $100-million on roads | | 12 March 2010 | | | | | | | Harare - Zimbabwes government has allocated 100 million dollars to refurbish the countrys dilapidated infrastructure, part of the funds granted by the IMF last year, the finance minister said yesterday.
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| | Heavy rains slow goods transport in East Africa | | 12 March 2010 | | | | | | | KAMPALA (Reuters) - Heavy rains have collapsed sections of a highway in southwestern Uganda linking it to Rwanda, slowing goods transport between the two landlocked countries, a roads official said yesterday.
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| Ndebele confirms need for ring-fencing of budget allocations to road construction and maintenance | | 12 March 2010 | | | | | | | | Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has joined calls for the ring-fencing of budget allocations for the construction and maintenance of road infrastructure. | | Read more |
| | Zambia lands $1-billion loan from China for infrastructure improvements | | 11 March 2010 | | | | | | | ZAMBIA has secured a concessional loan of US$ 1 billion from the government of China for investment in development projects in hydro power, housing, road infrastructure and other sectors.
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| EU grants to total 200-million euros | | 10 March 2010 | | | | | | | In 2009, a total of 11 grant operations were approved by the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund to build large-scale energy, transport and information and communication technology infrastructures of regional importance across Africa.
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| | Africas economic transformation - an IMF view | | 08 March 2010 | | | | | | | An Address by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund,
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| Infrastructure spending not for farms - view | | 06 March 2010 | | | | | | | A negligible percentage of finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s increased allocation for public transport, roads and infrastructure in the 2010 budget will be used to maintain and improve roads from farm gate to market.
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| | Upgrade of congested Gaberone road to be completed by October | | 05 March 2010 | | | | | | |
The upgrading of the Gaborone-Metsimothlabe 13.7 km stretch, which is expected to significantly ease the current bumper-to-bumper congestion on this route is well on course and expected to be complete in October.
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| East Africa not benefiting from North Corridor - report | | 04 March 2010 | | | | | | | The EAC-USA Trade and Investment Council held its inaugural meeting in Kampala, Uganda on 15 February 2010 to discuss challenges of trade-related infrastructure and ways to expand investment and trade opportunities within the region.
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| | SA infrastructure: What upgrading is being done | | 02 March 2010 | | | | | | | | South Africa is undergoing an upgrade in transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure like never seen before. The facts are given in a speech made by Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele yesterday. | | Read more |
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| Maputo corridor a Mozambiquan priority | | 02 March 2010 | | | | | | | | According to Grindrod Freight Services CE Dave Rennie, quoted in Engineering News, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has between 550 to 600 wagons allocated to the Maputo corridor running east through Komatipoort, but he would like to see this figure increased by a further thousand. | | Read more |
| | DA welcomes Zuma decision to look at ring-fenced road maintenance proposal | | 02 March 2010 | | | | | | | | The Democratic Alliance, in a statement by Stuart Farrow, shadow transport minister, has welcomed a proposal for ring-fenced fund for roads. Farrow says government is moving to adopt an opposition policy. | | Read more |
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| DA calls for urgent road maintenance fund | | 01 March 2010 | | | | | | | - The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for an urgent national audit of South Africa’s dilapidated road network, and wants the Transport Ministry to create a dedicated maintenance fund to ensure upkeep.
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| | Gauteng premier announces major labour-intensive road projects | | 22 February 2010 | | | | | | | Pretoria – The Gauteng provincial government has identified infrastructure development, in the form of intensive labour projects, as key to the province’s job creation strategy.
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| African bank to finance $10-billion worth of energy and infrastructure projects | | 22 February 2010 | | | | | | | THE African Development Bank (AfDB) estimated it would finance up to 10bn in infrastructure projects in the next three years, with the energy sector central to this, a bank official said yesterday.
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| | Mauritius to get $50-million road upgrade | | 20 February 2010 | | | | | | | The French Development Agency (FDA) has released a sum of US$ 50 million to help the Mauritian government ease traffic congestion in the island and build new roads, APA learned in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on Friday.
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| SA infrastructure financing unclear | | 20 February 2010 | | | | | | | | Johannesburg - The outlook for public investment in SA infrastructure beyond 2010 has become increasingly uncertain, and so has the prospect for an increase in infrastructure maintenance expenditure, which is now urgent, Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) has warned. | | Read more |
| | Work on Gauteng freeways 70% complete | | 19 February 2010 | | | | | | | On average, phase one of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) is around 70% completed, says South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) GFIP project manager Alex van Niekerk.
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| Western Cape: How we will run transport,etc. - Zillie | | 19 February 2010 | |  | | | | | | | Read the full speech... | | Read more |
| | SA toll road prices to go up again | | 19 February 2010 | | | | | | | Toll road costs across the country would go up from March, the SA National Roads Agency said today.
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| SA roads comparable with the best in the world - SANRAL | | 17 February 2010 | | | | | | | The Chief Executive Officer of the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral), Nazir Alli says the countrys national roads network is in a very good condition and is comparable to anywhere in the world. Alli revealed this during his media briefing at the Cape Town press club yesterday afternoon.
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| | Zimbabwe: New transport and tourism ministers named | | 14 February 2010 | | | | | | | | Zimbabwe has a new transport minister and a environment and tourism minister following a cabinet reshuffle. | | Read more |
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| SA achievements as outlined by F.W. de Klerk | | 13 February 2010 | | | | | | | By F. W. de Klerk
We are currently commemorating the 20th anniversary of the remarkable events of February 1990 that changed South Africa for ever. | | Read more |
| | AfDB | | 11 February 2010 | | | | | | | Tunis - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Togo have signed a USD 36.2 million grant agreement for the rehabilitation of a major road link which constitutes part of the Trans-African highway.
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| State of the Nation address promises expansion of road network, more reliable railway network | | 11 February 2010 | | | | | | | SA will maintain and expand its road network and ensure that its rail network is reliable, competitive and better integrated with the countrys sea ports, President Jacob Zuma said in his State of the Nation address today.
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| | Maputo rail corridor draws 200 delegates | | 11 February 2010 | | | | | | | More than 200 stakeholders from the public and private sectors participated in a workshop organised at Nelspruit, South Africa, on 4 and 5 February by the Maputo corridor operational efficiency working group. “Critical” issues covered included the operational efficiency of the corridor, particularly with regard to the border post, customs issues and the servicing of the corridor by rail.
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| Transnet seeks R93.4-billion for expansion and maintenance over the next five years | | 04 February 2010 | | | | | | | Transnet plans to hike investment in infrastructure to R93.4 billion over the next five years and intends to float bonds in Europe and the US to attract foreign capital.
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| | African Development Bank delegation visiting China | | 04 February 2010 | | | | | | | Africa’s Relations with China will benefit immensely from the 3-6 February 2010 African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s high-level visit to the country.
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| Pressure mounts for one-stop Beitbridge border post | | 31 January 2010 | | | | | | | The success of the Chirundu one-stop border post being commissioned between Zambia and Zimbabwe, near Kariba, is putting pressure on the Southern
African Development Community (Sadc) to speed up the establishment of a similar operation at Beitbridge.
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| | Chinese are upsetting Kenyan firms - report | | 29 January 2010 | | | | | | | | Kenyan contractors say the Chinese get big easy deals and could drive them out of business. | | Read more |
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| Eskom, Transnet study new coal railing options | | 29 January 2010 | | | | | | | Power utility Eskom had set up a work group with fellow State-owned enterprise Transnet to interrogate rail logistics solutions as part of a long-term coal-supply strategy for its power stations, chief officer Brian Dames told lawmakers this week. Long-term road and conveyor options were also being pursued.
Currently, only its Majuba facility, in KwaZulu-Natal, had rail-offloading facilities, but work was also under way on a range of other possible developments, including a containerised rail solution for the Camden plant, which was being returned to service. | | Read more |
| | Weak transport plans will not attract finance - AU | | 29 January 2010 | | | | | | | African countries must develop clear infrastructure improvement plans to tap soft finance available for investment in the transport and energy sectors, an African Union official said on Friday.
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| New MOU will boost North-South Corridor | | 28 January 2010 | | | | | | | | At a meeting in London yesterday, UK Minister for Trade and Development, Gareth Thomas and the Tripartite Task Force (a coordination mechanism for three regional economic communities in eastern and southern Africa) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to deepen regional integration and strengthen cooperation between donors, the East Africa Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). | | Read more |
| | China to invest $700-million in Mauritius on hub into Africa | | 27 January 2010 | | | | | | | | Chinas state-led approach to foreign investment is muscling India aside in its traditional backyard by investing $700m in a special economic zone on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius to service Beijings expansion in Africa. | | Read more |
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| $150-million road project will link Ethiopia with Kenya | | 16 January 2010 | | | | | | | | The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a loan agreement with Ethiopia of about $150 million for road projects, which will help to connect Ethiopia with neighboring Kenya. | | Read more |
| | World Bank report highlights plight of poor countries | | 15 January 2010 | | | | | | | BERLIN (IDN) - Global development cooperation backed by financial grants or extremely low-interest and long-term loans, has for long been considered vital to overcoming the woes of middle-income and poor countries. But this can only be a drop in the ocean.
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| Durban eyes special freight routes for trucks | | 13 January 2010 | | | | | | | | Special heavy-duty truck traffic lanes, and even some roads through Durban, could be closed off to normal traffic in an effort to reduce the congestion from the harbour. | | Read more |
| | Citadel to invest $400-million in East Africa - including railway line | | 13 January 2010 | | | | | | | Kampala — Uganda will be one of the three countries that will benefit from a planned Shs764 billion fund that Citadel Capital, Africas largest private equity firm, is extending to East Africa.
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| Uganda plans railway revival | | 11 January 2010 | | | | | | | | KAMPALA, Jan 9 (IPS) - The collapse of the Uganda Railway Corporation 15 years ago opened up lucrative opportunities for privately-owned road transporters. But the high cost of maintaining the highways carrying heavy truck and bus traffic is leading government to take a fresh look at the rails. | | Read more |
| | Toll road chaos predicted for Gauteng | | 11 January 2010 | | | | | | | Gautengs fancy new freeway "open-road" toll system is going to be a bureaucratic nightmare.
The provinces more than 4 million registered cars will each have to fit a new R250 set of "intelligent" licence plates, and many regular travellers - upwards of a million drivers - will also have to register their cars for prepaid electronic tags. | | Read more |
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| Chaos reigns at SA-Zim border post | | 28 December 2009 | | | | | | | | Lack of parking on the South African side of the Beit Bridge border post has been blamed for a chaotic situation, with trucks also finding it extremely difficult to get through. This, despite the border post having been beefed up with extra staff for the festive season. | | Read more |
| | Ghana launches advisory board to become transport hub of West Africa | | 25 December 2009 | | | | | | | | ACCRA — A nine-member Ministerial Advisory Board for the Ministry of Transport has been inaugurated to make Ghana the transport of the West Africa sub-region. | | Read more |
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| Investment opportunities - Kenya looks at a 7% GDP growth | | 23 December 2009 | | | | | | | | Entrepreneurs interested in business opportunities in East Africa will find this article - from The Independent - an interesting read. | | Read more |
| | Food Aid : Kenya the transportation hub for East Africa | | 21 December 2009 | | | | | | | | Despite the post-election violence that broke out in Kenya last year, the East African country is widely viewed as an island of stability and economic progress in a region plagued by war and poverty. And because of this, Kenya serves as a transportation hub for international food aid to Uganda, southern Sudan, Somalia and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | Read more |
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| $166-million for Mombasa-Addis Abeba road link | | 20 December 2009 | | | | | | | Plans to connect Mombasa and Addis Ababa are near completion following a Ksh12 billion ($166 million) boost from the African Development Bank.
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| | Transnet, Eskom in major telcoms deal with T-Systems | | 18 December 2009 | | | | | | | T-Systems wins major contracts in South Africa with a total volume of well into the triple-digit millions. Deutsche Telekom’s corporate customers arm, which in the future will have some 2,600 employees, joins the top 3 in the South African outsourcing market and becomes the largest provider of SAP services in the republic.
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| Dar es Salaam to get second container terminal | | 18 December 2009 | | | | | | | DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanias Dar es Salaam port is to embark on an expansion programme valued at $400-650 million, to build a second container terminal at the space-strapped dock by 2013/14.
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| | China, Zimbabwe sign more mining, transport deals | | 18 December 2009 | | | | | | | Harare - ZIMBABWE and two Chinese investors on Monday signed four multi-million dollar deals that will see the Asian companies investing in the mining and transport sectors.
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| Swiss company to build two roads in Kenya | | 17 December 2009 | | | | | | | | Kenya has awarded Switzerland-based SBI International Holdings AG two contracts to build roads in the west of the country at a cost of about $217 million, said the World Bank, which is jointly funding the project. | | Read more |
| | Namibia sees almost doubling of road freight | | 17 December 2009 | | | | | | | | Windhoek — The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) said this week that volumes of cargo transported on its corridors grew by 94% in the 2008/09, financial year. | | Read more |
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| Angolan parliament approves $36-billion spending plan | | 15 December 2009 | | | | | | | | The Angolan parliament on Monday approved a $36-billion spending plan, pledging to use the funds to promote development in a country where two-thirds of the population live in poverty. | | Read more |
| | New anti-bribery initiative for Africa launched | | 15 December 2009 | | | | | | | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have launched a Joint Initiative to Support Business Integrity and Combat Bribery Efforts in Africa.
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| Tarring of Sani Pass (2874m) draws fierce objections | | 13 December 2009 | |  | | | | | | | A R490-nillion project to tar the 33km Sani Pass - a famous South African dirt road called the Gateway to Lesotho - has upset environmentalists, tourists, tour operators - and the local community. | | Read more |
| | DRC gets US$ 624-million grant from IMF | | 12 December 2009 | | | | | | | The IMF announced Friday 624 million dollars in financing to the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo to help support poverty-reduction efforts and promote economic growth.
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| SA, Mozambique in one-stop border control exercise | | 10 December 2009 | | | | | | | Ressano Garcia — Mozambique and South Africa are designing an alternative project for the One Stop Border Post at Ressano Garcia, because of the effects of the global financial crisis.
The new project will cost about a quarter of the budget of the original proposal.
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| | Kenya plans $10-billion bond issue for infrastructure | | 08 December 2009 | | | | | | | | Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said east Africa’s biggest economy will seek to borrow $10 billion next year in its first sale of Eurobonds, helping to pay for improvements in infrastructure. | | Read more |
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| Kenya gets a loan for Mombasa-Addis Ababa highway | | 08 December 2009 | | | | | | | NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 8 - Kenya has received a Sh12.5 billion loan from the African Development Bank in support of construction of phase two of the Mombasa-Addis Ababa highway covering 123 kilometres.
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| | DHL to improve service in EAC | | 08 December 2009 | |  | | | | | | | NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 7 - Logistics company, DHL has announced that it is investing Sh3.4 million ($45 000) to upgrade DHL Express Kenya’s Gateway facility located at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi. | | Read more |
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| Up next: Chinese industrial parks in Africa | | 07 December 2009 | | | | | | | The Chinese government has shown "strong interest" in setting up factories in Africa, helping the continent develop a manufacturing base and boost its economy, the president of the World Bank said yesterday.
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| | Act now to improve infrastructure, says World Bank leader | | 04 December 2009 | |  | | | | | | By Obiageli Ezekwesili
Africa’s economic growth and poverty reduction are closely linked with the quality of its infrastructure – its power, transport systems, water supply and sanitation, and its ICT networks. In the current economic climate, finding the financial resources for Africa’s huge infrastructure needs is an enormous challenge.
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| AfDB approves $245-million loan for Tanzanian road project | | 03 December 2009 | | | | | | | Tunis, 3 December 2009 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development bank Group (AfDB) Group, approved on 2 December 2009 in Tunis, a USD 245 million (152 million UA*) loan to finance a road sector support project in Tanzania. This funding constitutes 66% of the total project coast estimated at USD 371 million (UA 230 million).
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| | Alliance unites transport industry on the road to health | | 02 December 2009 | | | | | | | North Star Foundation is pleased to announce that as of 1 December 2009 its name will change to North Star Alliance. The change reflects the growing number of organizations joining the industry-driven public-private partnership addressing the problem of health and mobility in resource-constrained settings.
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| Big UK boost for one-stop border posts in Southern Africa | | 02 December 2009 | | | | | | | | The UKs Department for International Development (DFID) has released 100 million pounds (more than R1.1-billion)for the TradeMark-Southern Africa programme which is meant to support works on reducing delays at five other border posts in the region - the recently opened one-stop Chirundu border post having been the first. | | Read more |
| | African Development to invest $30-million in African infrastructure | | 02 December 2009 | | | | | | | The African Development Bank has disclosed that it will invest $30 million to facilitate infrastructure development in Africa. A statement issued issued by the bank said “The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an equity investment of $30m to the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 2 which is the successor Fund of the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 1 and it will be a closed-end fund with a term of 13 years.
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| New One Stop Border Post to open between Zambia and Zimbabwe this weekend | | 02 December 2009 | | | | | | | Zambia and Zimbabwean authorities will launch a One Stop Border Post at Chirundu over the weekend with a view to harmonise border procedures between the two neighbouring countries.
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| | Zimbabwe to get back into Commonwealth | | 29 November 2009 | | | | | | | British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he hopes Zimbabwe could be re-admitted to the Commonwealth in 2011 if it pushes ahead with reforms.
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| Zambian president promises more roads in western province | | 28 November 2009 | | | | | | | President Rupiah Banda has reiterated his government’s determination to develop the road infrastructure in the Western province despite the bad terrain in the area.
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| | World Bank lends Zambia $75-million for Chirundu road | | 27 November 2009 | | | | | | | The WORLD Bank has lent Zambia US $75 million (about K349.1 billion), part of which will go towards the completion of 50 kilometres of the Lusaka-Chirundu Road, Zambia’s key connection with Southern Africa.
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| EU Commisison head challenges Patel over remarks | | 27 November 2009 | | | | | | | A claim by South Africas Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel that Africa has not benefited from its links with rich nations and should ensure new economic interactions were not one-sided, has been dismissed almost angrily by the head of the European Commission delegation in Pretoria, Lodewijk Briet.
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| | More focus needed on maritime and aviation sectors, NEPAD delegates told | | 26 November 2009 | |  | | | | | | Delegates at the NEPAD summit on transport have been told that more attention should be paid to the maritime and aviation sectors in infrastructure planning.
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| Namibian railway project to continue - despite flack | | 23 November 2009 | | | | | | | | OHANGWENA – The Regional Governor of Ohangwena, Usko Nghaamwa, has strongly defended the multi-million-dollar northern railway extension project, saying it will boost trade between Namibia and neighbouring countries. | | Read more |
| | New East African customs union lauded, but problems remain | | 23 November 2009 | | | | | | | | THE East Africa Business Council (EABC) has praised the East African Community heads of state upon the historical signing of the regional groupings Common Market Protocol. $ | | Read more |
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| Cost of dualising Beit Bridge/Harare road questioned | | 23 November 2009 | | | | | | | WITHIN days of introducing toll fees on the country’s major highways in August this year, more than US$500 000 had been raised from motorists, specifically to rehabilitate Zimbabwe’s deplorable roads.
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| | Mozambique drops Zambesi water way project | | 23 November 2009 | | | | | | | The government of Mozambique has officially announced that it has withdrawn from the Shire-Zambezi waterway project initiated by Malawi President, Dr Bingu wa Mutharika to establish a shipping route from landlocked Malawi to the Indian Ocean.
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| Big stride for EAC as leaders sign protocol | | 21 November 2009 | |  | | | | | | Presidents Museveni, Kagame, Kikwete, Kibaki and Nkurunziza sign the East African Common Market Protocol in Arusha yesterday.
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| | SA Defence Force to take over border patrols | | 19 November 2009 | | | | | | | Soldiers will be deployed instead of police to patrol and protect South Africas borders. Government says the South African National Defence Force members will be better placed to fight cross-border crime.
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| World Bank lends Botswana $186m dollars for infrastructure | | 18 November 2009 | | | | | | | | GABORONE, Nov 18 (Bernama) -- Botswana has received US$186 million from the World bank in loan, to finance its Integrated Transport Project, Chinas Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday, citing official sources. | | Read more |
| | China steps up infrastructure building in Africa in exchange for resources | | 16 November 2009 | | | | | | | | A new feature of the Chinese investment drive in Africa, which is up 77 percent in the first three quarters of 2009 over the same period last year, is the move to public-private partnerships. China now wins more than 50 percent of all new public works contracts in Africa, and Chinese companies dominate road construction in the continent. | | Read more |
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| Comesa countries to get US$ 946mn for trade and infrastructure | | 15 November 2009 | | | | | | | | Kampala — The European Union is giving a total of 653 million Euros to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) member countries to finance projects that will help them to develop capacity in trade with other countries. | | Read more |
| | Experts welcome Chinas pledge to Africa | | 15 November 2009 | | | | | | | | Contrary to Western claims, experts in Sino-Africa relations believe the recent $10 billion pledge in new low-cost loans by China to Africa will further boost trade, commodity exports and infrastructure development rather than plunge the continent into further debt. | | Read more |
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| China interest in funding/building Zim infrastructure projects | | 14 November 2009 | | | | | | | | Chinese companies have expressed interest in two important Zimbabwe transport projects one being the A1 highway from Harare to the Zambezi, the other the rehabilitation of the railway along the same route. | | Read more |
| | China pledges $10bn to Africa | | 14 November 2009 | | | | | | | Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries $10-billion in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Co-operation opened in Egypt a week ago.
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| West Africa blightened by road block bribery - report | | 14 November 2009 | | | | | | | Bolgatanga, Nov. 14, GNA- Bribery, delays and harassment of drivers and passengers at check points in the ECOWAS sub region were blighting regional trade, two pro-poor trade groups have said.
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| | China injects $349 million into Ethiopia’s road link | | 11 November 2009 | | | | | | | Ethiopia became one of the first beneficiaries of the new China-Africa development funding when it signed a US$ 349 million loan agreement to build the countrys first modern highway road.
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| China to build toll roads in Kampala, Uganda | | 10 November 2009 | | | | | | | | China plans to build and manage a toll road from Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport to the capital, Kampala, to reduce congestion, Uganda’s presidency said. | | Read more |
| | Israeli firm to supply video surveillance system for SANRAL highways | | 10 November 2009 | | | | | | | | TEL AVIV, Israel - RADWIN, a leading provider of backhaul and wireless solutions, today announced that the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) chose its systems for highway traffic surveillance. | | Read more |
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| Israeli firm wins video surveyance contract for SANRAL highways | | 10 November 2009 | | | | | | | | TEL AVIV, Israel - RADWIN, a leading provider of Backhaul and Broadband Wireless Solutions, today announced that the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) chose its systems for highway traffic surveillance. | | Read more |
| | China may finance Zim infrastructure upgrade - report | | 09 November 2009 | | | | | | | Chinese companies have expressed interest in dualizing the trunk road linking Zimbabwe and its northern neighbor Zambia, as well in rehabilitating a stretch of the railway line along the same route, a senior government official said yesterday.
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| Massive boost for road East African infrastructure | | 08 November 2009 | | | | | | | KAMPALA, UGANDA - Traders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti will have their turnaround time on roads while transporting their goods from within and outside the countries reduced because of the planned improvement in the regions road infrastructure.
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| | Eastern Cape roads in for a revamp | | 08 November 2009 | | | | | | | Eastern Cape roads are due for a revamp as the Department of Roads and Transport received its first batch of vehicles purchased from two vehicle manufacturing companies based in the province.
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| SA, Namibia to discuss strategic partnerships, including Trans Kalahari railway line | | 03 November 2009 | | | | | | | Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma is to host his Namibian counterpart, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, to discuss the consolidation of economic relations between the two countries.
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| | EAC to look at bond issues to finance infrastructure | | 01 November 2009 | | | | | | | East African Community (EAC) member states should consider floating regional sovereign bonds which are state-guaranteed by all the governments to fund infrastructure projects.
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| China starts building Congo highway | | 23 October 2009 | | | | | | | POINTE-NOIRE, Congo (Reuters) - Chinese engineers have started work on a $500 million road linking Congo Republics coastal oil hub of Pointe-Noire, also site of a new potash project, to the capital Brazzaville some 600 km (375 miles) away.
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| | Europe to reinforce transport co-operation with Africa | | 22 October 2009 | | | | | | | The European Commission will be setting up an action plan with its African partners to discuss ways to improve and strengthen transport links between the two continents on an ongoing basis.
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| Botswana creates new transport department | | 21 October 2009 | | | | | | | | GABORONE - Following the just ended elections, the President, Lt Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama has decided to restructure certain ministries and departments. This includes the Ministry of Works and Transport. | | Read more |
| | SA sitting with a R38.3bn road maintenance backlog | | 20 October 2009 | | | | | | | | South Africa has a roads maintenance backlog totalling R38.3bn which would require more tolling of roads to catch up - if ever. | | Read more |
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| Tanzania to close down Mbezi transit checkpoint | | 26 September 2009 | | | | | | | | Tanzania is to close down the Mbezi transit checkpoint by end of September as it is unable to adequately serve trucks destined for hinterland states. | | Read more |
| | Kenya to start corridor project in June 2010 | | 25 September 2009 | | | | | | | The Cabinet has Thursday reviewed progress on the proposed Lamu Port, Sudan and Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project.
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| Major roads upgrade for northern Mozambique | | 18 September 2009 | | | | | | | A major road upgrade project in Mozambique will aim to reduce poverty in the Northern districts of the country by stimulating economic growth in the region.
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| | Sanral awards R1.16-billion toll system contract | | 18 September 2009 | | | | | | | | The contract for the implementation and operations of a multilane free flow tolling system (also known as open road tolling – ORT) has been awarded to the Electronic Toll Collection joint venture (ETC) by the South African National Roads Agency Ltd (SANRAL). The value for the implementation of the toll system is R1,16 billion. | | Read more |
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| Cape Town revises 5-year transport plan - invites comment | | 07 September 2009 | | | | | | | | The City of Cape Town is inviting public comment on the 2009 revision of its five year Integrated Transport Plan (ITP) which forms part of its overarching development plan for Cape Town, the Integrated Development Plan. | | Read more |
| | Road network to take Gauteng into a new era | | 01 September 2009 | | | | | | | SPECIAL REPORT
The Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), an initiative of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) will inject approximately R29 billion into the South African economy and approximately R13 billion into the provisional gross geographic product, creating nearly 30 000 direct jobs over its lifecycle. | | Read more |
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| Zim plans massive upgrade for Beit Bridge border post | | 27 August 2009 | | | | | | | The Zimbabwean Government has intensified efforts to upgrade Beitbridge border post into a world-class urban centre and entry point and massive civil works are expected to commence soon.
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| | Road network to take Gauteng into a new era | | 21 August 2009 | | | | | | | The Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), an initiative of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) will inject approximately R29 billion into the South African economy and approximately R13 billion into the provisional gross geographic product, creating nearly 30 000 direct jobs over its lifecycle.
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| Kenya - Institutions flaunting axle weights to pay for damaged roads | | 21 August 2009 | | | | | | | | Government institutions involved in road transport will be held accountable for damaged roads. President Mwai Kibaki Friday directed relevant ministries to work out modalities certifying compliance with stipulated axle-weights noting that the Port of Mombasa and Kenya Pipeline depots, two of the key sources of cargo vehicles on Kenyan roads must take responsibility for damage caused on new roads due to excess axle-weight. | | Read more |
| | Zimbabwe announces US$1-billion project to dualise Beit Bridge-Zambia highway | | 19 August 2009 | | | | | | | HARARE (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s unity government says it has secured US$1 billion to transform the country’s main highway, running from the South African border in the south to the Zambian border in the north into a dual carriageway.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the 1 000-kilometre road, the busiest in the country, would be developed by different private investors on a build, operate and transfer basis in 200-kilometre segments.
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| Zimbabwe plans to toll roads after two bus accidents | | 12 August 2009 | | | | | | | Following two deadly bus crashes on Zimbabwean highways that claimed the lives of nearly 60 people in recent weeks, the Harare government is moving ahead to introduce toll roads that will generate the revenue needed to make the countrys roadways safer.
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| | Tanzania to spend $5-billion on roads upgrade | | 12 August 2009 | | | | | | | | Tanzania will spend $5 billion over the next five years to upgrade its transport system, Infrastructure Development Minister Shukuru Kawambwa said.The project is part of the East African nation’s transport investment program, which will run over two five-year phases and will develop roads, ports, railways, airports and ferries, Kawambwa said at a conference in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam today. | | Read more |
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| Van Reenens Pass closed due to strong winds | | 05 August 2009 | | | | | | | Three trucks have overturned due to strong winds in Van Reenens Pass this morning and the pass has been virtually closed until about noon for clearing work, according to SABC Morning Live.
Small vehicles are allowed to trickle through, but only in one direction at a time, causing traffic build up at both sides on the N3.
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| | Strong winds cause closure of Van Reenens Pass | | 25 June 2009 | | | | | | | The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport announced that the Van Reenens Pass near Harrismith has been closed to traffic after a truck overturned due to strong winds this morning. Department spokesperson Nonkululeko Mbatha says motorists, and truck drivers in particular, should be aware that strong winds were reported in many areas of the province.
She said drivers should reduce speed and be careful of the strong winds. Truck drivers have been asked to avoid the area until winds had subsided.
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