At this rate there will be very few, if any, of the current SAA board left after
CEO Siza Mzimela quit, closely followed yesterday by the resignations of
commercial general manager Theunis Potgieter, and legal and risk head Sandra Coetzee.
On the technology front, America's National Science Foundation has created a new program to
find new paths forward for sustainable energy.
Many people reckon she deserves an 'F' - despite Angie Motshekga awarding herself a very good pass mark after the Limpopo textbook debacle. Now she has to
give a report on the issue. What's the bet she comes out smelling of roses.
Think of El Nino and you usually think of wild weather. Well, according to Santam,
El Nino offers an opportunity for SA farmers.
Still on the agriculture front, in a way, Goodyear, the tyre manufacturer, has announced plans to
replace petroleum oil in tyres with soya oil.
Still on the automotive front proper, our intrepid motoring editor Henrie Geyser rates the new Chevrolet Cruze hatches as
nifty - which is just the way we rate Henrie ourselves.
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October is the second month in a row that South African consumers suffered a substantial blow to their wallets with another increase in the fuel price. The up and downstream impact on the pricing of consumer goods will be significant and it is expected that the domestic travel industry will not exit the current swathe of fuel price increases unscathed. 
Kenya Airways flights to the Kenya's fast-growing town, Eldoret, are scheduled to begin on 17 October, 2012, with 10 flights a week into the Rift Valley Province town. 
Workers at railways and ports will know by Friday whether they can join an ongoing strike by truck drivers, the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said. 
A safe and reliable transport infrastructure is a key basis for the country's efforts to accelerate economic growth and social development, Transport Minister Ben Martins said on Thursday. 
Business Unity SA expressed concern on Monday at the economic effects of the road freight industry strike. 
ATLANTA, US: Long-term forecast projects 5.2% annual growth over next 20 years; world freighter fleet to expand to nearly 3,200 aircraft by 2031. 
The Presidential Infrastructure Commission (PICC) will address the pace of infrastructure development in the country, which is lagging behind what the country needs, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. 
