Road building industry grinds to a halt

The South African road building industry almost came to a halt on Friday, 14 October 2011, after months of desperate attempts to find a solution for the ongoing shortage of the petroleum product bitumen have proved fruitless. The slowdown spells difficulties for thousands of contractors, who will have to cover the costs of unproductive workers and machinery. Read more >>

Ulundi airport to be upgraded

The Prince Mangosuthu Airport at Ulundi is to benefit from a multi-million rand investment to bring an economic and tourism boost to the people of KwaZulu-Natal. The airport will be extensively upgraded and refurbished. Read more >>

UPS: digital customs clearance for international air freight

UPS, the largest express carrier and package delivery company in the world and a leading provider of specialised transportation and logistics services, announced it was offering its air freight customers the ability to electronically clear customs in more than 90 countries, including South Africa. Read more >>

Fuel distribution best left to the experts

Caltex appointed Caltex Eastern Cape Marketers (CECM) as local distributors in the Eastern Cape. CECM intensified its focus on higher safety, health, environment and quality (SHEQ) standards, and formed Uzuko Carriers - a joint-venture with JSE-listed Cargo Carriers. In the past, fuel companies were in complete control of the entire process from exploration to retail. Read more >>

Prasa invests R1.9 billion to improve train signalling

Speaking at the Railway Safety Imbizo in Mamelodi East, as part of October Transport Month, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) Group CEO, Lucky Montana, announced that Prasa has set aside R1.9 billion to install a modern signalling system in order to help trains operate more smoothly. Read more >>

CT city council asks high court to stop Winelands toll project

DA-led Cape Town city council has applied to the Western Cape High Court for an interdict to stop the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) from proceeding with the R10bn N1-N2 Winelands toll road project, arguing that road users will overburden the city's streets as they try to avoid paying tolls. Read more >>

Eqstra launches the Best Lift Club portal

Eqstra Fleet Management (EFM) has launched the Best Lift Club portal, during National Transport Month, which is intended to deliver convenience and savings to commuters, while improving safety on the roads. With COP 17 being hosted in Durban this year and the Carbon Tax Green Paper, which was open for public discussion, it is imperative that companies find initiatives that will assist to offset their carbon emissions. Read more >>

EXCLUSIVE: New Brand Council of SA announces office bearers

The board of the new Brand Council of South Africa (BCSA) has elected HKLM's Sean McCoy as chairman, and Interbrand Sampson's Jeremy Sampson and Brand Leadership's Thebe Ikalafeng as joint vice chairs. The BCSA, incorporates the Brand Design Council (formerly known as THINK), was constituted after extensive debate around the need for a collective voice to represent, strengthen and advance the interests of the wider branding and design industry in SA, and it. Read more >>

Rolling Stone South Africa: the first in-depth interview

[Johann Smith] "Rolling Stone" - it was the writing on the wall found backstage at Rocking the Daisies. It was a hint, a secret, that the writer wanted musicians to know first, before anyone else. There is no way of saying it better: Rolling Stone magazine is coming to South Africa in November 2011. Johann Smith and Ruth Cooper of Bizcommunity.com's BizLounge speak to Miles Keylock, editor-in-chief of RS SA. Read more >>

South Africans are overweight - survey

South Africans weigh in as the third fattest nation on earth. A survey done in 2010 by Glaxo SmithKline has found that 61% of the South African population are overweight or morbidly obese. In addition to this survey, a study done by the Medical Research Council in 2007 found that 56% of adult women and 29% of adult men in South Africa were overweight or obese. Read more >>

Unions to picket at Wal-Mart/Massmart hearing

The Congress of SA Trade Unions' (Cosatu) and the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) on Monday announced their intention to embark on "mass pickets" at the Wal-Mart-Massmart appeal hearing in Cape Town set for Thursday and Friday, 21 - 22 October 2011. Read more >>