With a few days and counting to the imposition of e-tolling, Fedusa has entered the fray - along with a range of other bodies - in an effort to halt what must be ranked as one of the most deeply unpopular moves on the part of government.
Fedusa has addressed an open letter to Zuma after, apparently, an earlier letter to him went unanswered - maybe he was busy on those wedding plans.
On the education front, we didn't come out of the recent World Literacy Summit in the UK smelling of roses because when it comes to literacy,
SA comes bottom of the class. Apparently the experts are puzzled as to 'how can this be?' Well, here are a couple of ideas for discussion... Under-trained teachers, bad management, lack of discipline in the classroom, lack of textbooks, a teachers' union that often seems more intent on striking than teaching... that sort of thing?
There's good news for those in ICT -
Cape Town is to host the international ICT Indaba 2012 and strategies on how Africa can be developed to be become the next boom market in the ICT sector look to be high on the agenda.
For our e-tag carrier enthusiasts, our motoring editor Henrie Geyser waxes lyrical on the Kia Optima, which Henrie describes as
smart, sensible and stylish... again, very much like our Henrie, then.
Surprise - some good news for a change from the Eastern Cape... If you're planning on flying anywhere in the next few years, there's good news for you... the man (or woman - must be PC) at the sharp end up at the front should be pretty good as an Eastern Cape pilot training school has linked up with Boeing to
train pilots.Finally - and still up in the air - kulula feels deeply for those of us who are brave enough to have four wives. So, appreciating that the cost of lugging her along with you can be heavy, the airline has just launched a
'4th wife flies free' offer. The only drawback we can see is that the offer is open to all fourth wives when the family travels together on the Joburg to Cape Town leg - so if you live in Durban, hard cheese.
Rod Baker, content director
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TNT Express Worldwide South Africa has won the Diamond Arrow Award and Golden Arrow Award at the 2012 Professional Management Review (PMR) Awards, which are for best foreign-owned company operating domestically and best foreign-owned company operating internationally. 
According to Kenya's Businessdailyafrica.com, Kenya Airways is aiming to recruit an additional 100 pilots to join its present roll of 377, but that won't come easy because of competition from rival airlines that have similar needs. 
In an open letter to President Jacob Zuma, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) says it has referred the issue of tolling prices, and how they are calculated, to the Competition Commission. Fedusa is seeking an urgent meeting with the president to discuss the issue. 
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. 
Government has formally invited manufacturers in South Africa and outside of SA to submit their bids to win the right to build 7224 metro coaches estimated at R123bn. 
There has been a significant increase of e-tag registrations in Gauteng, the SA National Roads Agency Ltd said on Wednesday. Most of the registrations had taken place at mall outlets, it said in a statement. 
Short-term planning and political uncertainty could slow down its R800bn infrastructure spending plan, the government admits. 
Durban International Airport is set to be dug out and converted into the city's second sea port following approval from the Competition Tribunal, the Mercury newspaper reported on Monday. 
The cost to administer and enforce the regulations for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), or e-tolling, just added to motorists' burden and a simple fuel levy would have reduced this, say the Cape and Durban chambers of commerce. 
