Air Zimbabwe suspends flights

Air Zimbabwe has been placed under judicial management and City Press says that it appears likely the airline will be declared bankrupt as it struggles with debts of US$140m and also owes its workers US$35m. 6 Feb 2012 10:52

Mango takes flight against crime

Mango steps up anti-fraud procedures and asks travellers assistance - CEO takes hard line against dishonesty. 9 Feb 2012 07:50

dti moots small business census

The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses. 9 Feb 2012 09:09

SONA in a nutshell

Union and business representatives have welcomed President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address to Parliament and, while the speech was held by some observers to be uninspiring it contained a lot of detail about the government's plans to boost jobs and invest in infrastructure. 10 Feb 2012 10:06

Warning to motorists ahead of SONA

Several streets will be closed to traffic in the Cape Town city centre ahead of the State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, authorities have warned. President Jacob Zuma will deliver the annual speech during a joint seating of the National Assembly to be broadcast at 7pm. There will also be parking restrictions around the Parliamentary precinct on Plein Street. 7 Feb 2012 08:07

SAA to improve Central Africa connections

Aviation Industry's Centre for Aviation (CAPA) reports that, while launching a non-stop service to Beijing, South African Airways (SAA) has also been striving to improve its connections in Africa, and has recently launched service to three Central African destinations: Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo, Kigali in Rwanda and Bujumbura in Burundi. 8 Feb 2012 11:42

Incoterms 2010R released

The International Chamber of Commerce has released "Incoterms 2010R: a trend towards international multi-modal transport", which has introduced two new rules, DAT (Delivered at Terminals) and DAP (Delivered at Place). 15 Oct 2010 10:11

Transnet delay costs SA billions: DA

The DA has accused the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) of "dragging its feet" and losing out on potentially billions of rands from Africa's lucrative west coast gas and oil-platform repair business. 6 Feb 2012 07:21

Prasa to invest R136bn on trains, infrastructure

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is to spend R136bn to acquire about 7000 new trains and upgrade and modernise train stations. 15 Feb 2012 07:45

Transnet wants 40% share of transport market

Transnet Freight Rail TFR) wants to increase its market share of the logistics' chain from 10% to more than 40% and Business Report says that it is hoping to achieve this within the next seven years. 14 Feb 2012 13:53

Cape business welcomes R1bn port tariff cut

[Paul Vecchiatto] The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the announcement in the state of the nation speech that port tariffs are to be reduced by about R1bn. 13 Feb 2012 12:21

Zuma announces Transnet's R300bn expansion plan

During his State of the Nation address in parliament, President Jacob Zuma announced that state-owned transport and logistics group Transnet will spend R300-billion in a capital-expansion programme to move the transportation of minerals such as coal from roads to rail, Times Live reports. 10 Feb 2012 11:57

Full steam for Bloem to Maseru train

[Michael Thakadu] Free State MEC for roads and transport Butana Khompela has unveiled plans to introduce a mainline train between Bloemfontein and Maseru, in neighbouring Lesotho. 6 Feb 2012 07:10