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Aviation
MTHATHA: Government officials in the Eastern Cape have told President Jacob Zuma that while they are working hard to speed up the improvement of poor infrastructure at Mthatha airport, they will need about R300 million to complete the work. Read more >>
Cargo & Storage
Plans are underway to improve the turnaround time of containers at Pier One and Pier Two at Durban's container terminal, which will introduce a "pre-advice" system that will require shipping lines or packers to inform terminal staff of the serial numbers and mass of the containers before they are offloaded. Read more >>
Distribution
 South African media logistics company On the Dot was awarded the distribution contract for the Forbes Africa title, launched by ABN Publishing, to complement its media presence across the continent. The first edition of Forbes Africa will have an initial print run of 37 000. Read more >>
Shipping
 SINGAPORE: DHL Global Forwarding, the Deutsche Post DHL Group's specialist for air and ocean freight, has established three new direct connections between Germany and the African continent. Transit times for Less Than Container Load (LCL) shipments on the three new lanes between Bremen and Tema (Ghana), Cape Town (South Africa) and Mombasa (Kenya) will be shortened by 5-6 days. Read more >>
 South Africa is planning to introduce incentives and a new regulatory framework that will make the country attractive for shipping companies to register their vessels under the South African flag, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa). Read more >>
 A new harbour planned by Mozambique - that will be built 20 kilometres north of the KwaZulu-Natal border - is situated in the heart of an international tourism and wilderness conservation area. Read more >>
Transport
The passenger bus operational scenario in South Africa has entered an exciting new era of technical advancement, following an extended period when most local vehicles were built to an extremely basic ladderframe, front-engined design layout, dictated by engineers and with very little consideration given to the comfort or convenience of passengers. Read more >>
Environmental Management
A huge new transfrontier park that will stretch from Angola in the west to Zimbabwe in the east - and estimated to be 15 times larger than the Serengeti in Tanzania - is being planned for Africa. Read more >>
Human Resources & Recruitment
 Workers who have been with Kumba for five years or more will get a R500 000 bonus in December as part of a generous employee share option scheme that will see the company paying out more than R2,5-billion to its employees. Read more >>
Retailers
 Pick n Pay, late last week, announced the opening of latest addition to its expanding African footprint - its first Mauritian store in Bagatelle's Mall. The company will open a further two stores in Mauritius in the next year. Read more >>
Women's health
 PRETORIA: With October being International Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is encouraging all women to invest in their health by learning how to detect various female cancers early. Read more >>
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