6 Aug 2013

Logistics

MTV lives on

While MTV no longer stands for Music Television, the essence of the 32-year-old channel lives on, supported by a shiny new market segment - an audience that requires much more than music videos. In order to keep them satiated, the channel has launched its first localised interactive magazine programme for South Africa's youth - MTV Choice; it's been dubbed "pop-tastic"...

Want to start your own business? Easier said than done, I'm afraid - ask any successful entrepreneur about the trials and tribulations they experienced before finding the winning formula. Problemio.com, creator of business planning apps, has outlined five steps to starting a business.

Even if you have been in HR management for some time, it's not easy to pick out a fraudulent medical certificate. Once you have, or have your suspicions, what do you do then? Lia Marus advises on the best course of action in "How to deal with fraudulent medical certificates".

I, and I suspect many others, have a severe case of arms deal fatigue. We're going on two years since the commission was set up to determine whether there was any corruption involved in procurement contracts that were awarded in the '90s. The public hearings, were underway in Pretoria, this week, but have since been postponed for two weeks to allow for the declassification of certain documents. Here's hoping it'll be smooth sailing from there on...

Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content

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Weekly top stories

Longer trains boost coal exports 30%
[Nicky Smith] Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), the largest business unit in the state-owned freight and logistics group, is increasing its capacity to export coal by 30% with a new 200-wagon train that will run between the Mpumalanga coal fields and the Richards Bay Coal Terminal. Read more >>

Aviation
Serbia's national airline gets a makeover
Serbia's national airline is undergoing the largest transformation of its 86-year history. The airline is now called Air Serbia, and has a new logo and colour scheme. Read more >>


Distribution
SAB justifies its distribution model
[Amanda Visser] South African Breweries (SAB) gave its appointed distributors exclusive territories‚ shielding them from competition from its own depots‚ in an effort to ensure their sustainability in exchange for the investments they were asked to make in terms of land‚ buildings and vehicles‚ SAB's distribution services manager testified this week. Read more >>

BMW South Africa implements dual port export model
BMW South Africa has implemented a dual port export model as part of an integrated Southern African supply chain, to facilitate its expanded export programme. Read more >>


Railway
Prasa's coach contract has strong BEE element
[Linda Ensor] The winning bidders for the 30% black economic empowerment (BEE) slice of the R51bn deal by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA's (Prasa) to buy new commuter trains was presented to the company's board for a decision on Friday (2 August). Read more >>

Minister to announce BEE details of Prasa contract
On Thursday, 1 August 2013, the minister of Transport, Dipuo Peters, is expected to make an announcement on the details of the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) component of the R51 billion Gibela rail consortium, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) chief executive Lucky Montana said on 30 July. Read more >>


Shipping
Ship arrested with suspected hijacked oil
ACCRA, GHANA: Ghana said it had seized a ship suspected of being involved in the heist of some 3,500 tons of fuel from a tanker off Gabon, one of many such pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea. Read more >>

Maputo to export 14,000 BMWs a year
[David Furlonger] BMW SA is to export cars through the Mozambican port of Maputo because the Durban Harbour cannot cope with the increased production from the Rosslyn, Pretoria plant since BMW began building the 3-Series sedans last year. Read more >>

Shipping industry risks mitigated through container weight regulation - Henley
On 17 June 2013, the MOL Comfort vessel split into two. This incident emphasises the need to urgently implement global shipping regulation to monitor and control the weighing and declaration of weight of containers when loading onto ships. Shipping industry bodies continue to seek the establishment of regulation to mitigate further risks. Read more >>


Transport
DA wants stringent transport inspections
The Democratic Alliance on Monday (5 August) called for more inspections of vehicles transporting school pupils. Read more >>

Passing the bus
[Chris Barry] In respect of the Johannesburg bus rapid transit (BRT) system, could someone please inform the public as to what is actually going on? Read more >>

Steynsburg's had no water for eight months
Residents of Steynsburg in the Free State are praying for rain every day because for the last eight months the town had been without a drop of water, except for what is trucked in from Kroonstad, 51km away. Read more >>


International

Somali pirates get life imprisonment in USA
WASHINGTON, USA: Somali pirates dodged the death penalty last week when a US jury sentenced them to life in prison for the high-seas murder of four Americans on a yacht in the Indian Ocean. Read more >>

Profits down 31.9% for Japan Airlines
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan Airlines (JAL) announced on Wednesday (31 July) that its net profit in the April to June quarter dropped 31.9% to ¥18.33bn (US$187m), after rival All Nippon Airways reported a loss, which it attributed to rising fuel costs. Read more >>


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