The ease of moving goods and services across borders is an important indicator of the quality of trade and transport facilitation in a country but unfortunately Zimbabwe is still weak […]
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Report on the SADC private sector meeting
Held in Gaborone, one the 24TH April 2013 The meeting was organized and funded by GIZ, the German donor agency. The objective was to agree on how the private sector […]
Logistics skills gap hampering SA ability to trade
The supply chain skills gap is widening considerably, even over a short time span, severely impacting the competitiveness of the South African economy. Rose Luke and Gert Heyns, researchers at […]
East African community parliament passes one-stop border bill
At this week’s sitting of the East African Legislative Assembly, the regional legislators passed the One Stop Border Posts Bill 2012 which now goes to the EAC heads of state for […]
The non-tariff barriers
The total number of non-tariff barriers affecting business within the Comesa, EAC and SADC regions is 566. Sixty of these are dealt with by Fesarta (Federation of East and Southern […]
Transport dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa
Pictured: Dr Dinesh Kumar, Associate Director, Head of Supply Chain & Procurement,Management Consulting for KPMG Supply chains are becoming global and complex. The logistics, especially the transport functions, are equally […]
Botswana and South Africa sign infrastructure agreement
The Botswana Minister of Transport and Communications, Nonofo Molefhi and South African Minister of Transport, Ben Martins, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for two infrastructure projects. The two ministers signed the […]
600 trucks stranded at Zambia, DRC border
About 600 trucks are marooned at a border entry between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following a protest by drivers who have boycotted going into DRC due […]
Railway concessions failed – Magande
FORMER Finance minister Ng’andu Magande says he agrees with a Southern African Development Community (SADC) technical report that railway concessions in the region have generally been characterised by declining performance. The […]
Report on the South Africa CBRTA multi-lateral meeting, held in Pretoria on 29th August 2012
The meeting brought together representatives from South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and DRC. This was a first-of-its-kind meeting, as the CBRTA normally organized bi-lateral meetings between South Africa and […]