Transport costs in SA rose 16,2% in 2010 compared with the year before, largely as a result of higher fuel prices, and this negatively affected SA's logistics system, according to the eighth annual state of logistics survey compiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the University of Stellenbosch and Imperial Logistics.
24 May 2012 13:38
Transnet will cover two-thirds of its R300bn infrastructure programme with "retained earnings", Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said, adding that R100bn would be raised "by the market", Fin24 reports.
18 May 2012 13:57
The private sector will have to be involved in helping state-owned logistics group Transnet to meet its capital expenditure requirements, says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba.
17 May 2012 09:52
PRETORIA: Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday, 15 May 2012, unveiled a plaque at the Salt River Engineering Works, the oldest railway plant in the country and the southern hemisphere.
16 May 2012 12:00
Speaking at the CoalTrans Southern Africa conference held in Johannesburg recently, Kiren Maharaj, Eskom's divisional executive for primary energy said that Eskom has been moving some 30 million or so tonnes of coal a year to its power stations by road, ESI Africa reports.
16 May 2012 08:23
Measures to improve the flow of commuters at Pretoria's main Bosman train station would soon be implemented; an official said, following a stampede which left 18 people injured, Independent Online reports.
11 May 2012 13:49
[Linda Ensor and Natasha Marrian] The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) will meet its financial obligations for the next six months, but only by making "huge sacrifices" and jettisoning projects, the Treasury warns.
9 May 2012 13:46
State-owned transport logistics company Transnet told parliament yesterday that its R300bn infrastructure programme would create more than 588 000 direct and indirect jobs.
9 May 2012 13:41
CAPE TOWN - The manufacturer that wins the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) contract to build R123bn of new rolling stock over the next 20 years will be forced to accept a black economic empowerment partner chosen by the agency.
2 May 2012 06:11[Helmo Preuss] When Athenian orator Demosthenes was asked what were the three tests of a great action, he replied that it was "action, action, action." This is how Danie Schoeman, the MD of terminal operator FTP Group concluded his presentation at the Cool Logistics Africa conference in Cape Town last week.
30 Apr 2012 14:58 
Preliminary estimates indicated that R500bn would be required for the construction of the Gauteng-to-Durban corridor, of which an estimated R100bn would be needed for the development of the port precinct, Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele said in Parliament late last week.
30 Apr 2012 07:57
Home Affairs Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has called for greater connectivity between African countries, saying it would aid trade and improve relations.
24 Apr 2012 12:20
According to
Business Report, Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has again sailed into an environmentally-charged storm over its plans to build a R300 million railway line north of the Soutpansberg in the Limpopo River basin.
24 Apr 2012 08:45
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 for use of the rail system, Mozambique's AIM news agency reported.
23 Apr 2012 13:52
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