There is no doubt that public-private partnerships have an increasingly vital role to play in South Africa but are these partnerships as clear-cut as they seem? Unfortunately not. Dial Direct […]
Archive | Road freight
East Africa eases flow of imports with new tax model
The East African Community (EAC) heads of state have endorsed a revenue management model where tax will only be collected at the point of entry and imported goods transported to […]
Logistics and transport costs affect fruit growers
Fruit South Africa (FSA) has called on logistics and transport providers to help ensure industry survival, as South African fruit growers are at risk unless export supply chain services and […]
Dedicated rail freight could cut road carnage
As South Africa and SADC champion for the UN Decade of Road Safety Action, Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele sees a partial solution to cutting the carnage in the provision of […]
Costs drive SA exporters onto roads
Maputo - South African mining operators prefer to send their mineral exports to the port of Maputo by road because of the prohibitive fees charged by the South African authorities […]
Fuel: A rude awakening
Professor Emile van Zyl, Senior Chair of Energy Research: Biofuels at Stellenbosch University, speaking at the Transport World Africa business breakfast held at the Killarney Country Club on 19 April […]
Justifying Transnet’s “Back to Rail’ strategy
Transnet’s CEO, Siyabonga Gama, speaking at the FACE2FACE 3S MEDIA interactive Forum on the 19 April 2024 highlighted the cost of logistics in doing business in South Africa. Albeit being […]
Partnering for volume growth
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is keen to partner with the road, sea and air transport modes to provide end-to-end supply chain solutions for customers. This, according to Siyabonga Gama, Transnet’s […]
Transnet’s planned R300 billion infrastructure spend
As was announced by Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s State President, earlier this year, R300 billion of the massive infrastructure development drive would be spent upgrading Transnet over the next seven […]
Demystifying Transnet’s “back to rail” strategy
Transnet’s much publicized “back to rail” strategy is a much talked about concept within the transport industry, particularly the road freight industry, but with very little understood as to the […]