The cost of doing business in East Africa still remains high, driven by the high cost of transport.Thats according to a research conducted by the Kenya shippers council, which indicates […]
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Driver badly hurt as truck, ploughs into house
A truck driver evaded death by a whisker when his eight-ton truck overturned and slid almost 20m before ploughing into a house in Buitenkant Street on Thursday afternoon. Loaded with […]
EAC chief impressed with road to Rwandan border
East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Dr Richard Sezibera, has said that he has been impressed by the progress of road works linking Arusha and Rwanda via Rusumo border. Dr […]
Large number of buses taken off the roads
Twenty-five buses were taken off the roads following a thorough inspection in an initiative between the Road Traffic Management Corporation and Johannesburg Metro Police on Saturday. About 45 buses were […]
Traffic to double at port of Maputo, in Mozambique, by 2018
The port of Maputo, Mozambique’s largest, is seeing “string growth in traffic,” which will more than double over the next six years, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). According […]
AfDB to fund Rubavu-Gisinzi road to boost regional trade
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government yesterday signed a financing agreement for the construction of the Rubavu-Gisinzi road to boost regional trade. “The multinational road will promote regional […]
NDP4 to transform Namibia
The next five years could see huge investments in the expansion of the Port of Walvis Bay, which government has identified as “of critical importance”. In its quest to realise […]
Ghana heads ECOWAS Road Transport Body
The 13th general meeting of Inter State Road Transport (ISRT) ECOWAS National Guarantors ended in Abidjan last week, with the election of Ghana as its new president. Ghana is represented […]
Water over road in East Africa
A better developed water transport system for the East African community is what’s needed if obstacles such as non-tariff barriers associated with road transport are to be overcome. The best […]
Velocity chooses Mercedes-Benz Axor for solution to potholes
Mercedes Benz-Benz South Africa (MBSA) delivered a fleet of 5 Mercedes-Benz Axor 2628 trucks to Velocity Road Rehabilitation South Africa, a subsidiary of Mvelaserve, on 20 July 2012. The trucks […]