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Put you in Youth Month
Put you in Youth Month
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] To coincide with Youth Month and CSI Month we're publishing a two-month Content Highlight burst aiming to provide our 464,000 local and global readers with a comprehensive snapshot of the state of CSI projects and programmes in our region... read
Western Cape vs Joburg: traffic fine differences will shock you
Western Cape vs Joburg: traffic fine differences will shock you

Megan Ellis

Different municipalities and provinces have different traffic fine legislation. But you may be surprised at just how big the difference is... Read

Call for applications for paid internship at Boeing
Call for applications for paid internship at Boeing

South African students in a business-related field are invited to apply for a paid six-month internship program at Boeing in Seattle... Read

The K53 testing may be scrapped!
The K53 testing may be scrapped!

Sherryn de Vos

In May, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) announced to Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Transport that the scrapping of the K53 driver's licence testing system is under consideration... Read


Africa Month
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#AfricaMonth: Internal trade barriers show signs of falling

Ilse van den Berg

While the road ahead may still present significant challenges, some of Africa's most long-standing internal trade barriers are beginning to show signs of falling. We interview David Williams, Maersk Line Africa chief executive and global head of Safmarine to find out more... read
#AfricaMonth: Improving civil aviation safety can boost African air travel
#AfricaMonth: Improving civil aviation safety can boost African air travel

Bennie Langenhoven

African civil aviation is said to be five to nine times riskier than the global average. Therefore, investment in regional air and ground safety can contribute to the continent's attractiveness... read
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Logistics & Transport
Grindrod CEO taking early retirement in July
Grindrod CEO taking early retirement in July
Transport and logistics group Grindrod has announced that CEO Alan Olivier would take early retirement in July after 10 years at the helm... read
Aviation
FlySafair to connect KZN, Eastern Cape
FlySafair to connect KZN, Eastern Cape
FlySafair will be launching new routes between Durban's King Shaka Airport and East London as well as Durban and Port Elizabeth... read
SA Tourism joins Cape Town Air Access to further boost international routes
SA Tourism joins Cape Town Air Access to further boost international routes
“Air access is critical to the successful development of destinations, thus SAT is delighted to collaborate with the Cape Town Air Access team and will work closely to ensure South Africa's status as a preferred destination to the world.” read
Fleet Management
Eicher trucks arrive in South Africa
Eicher trucks arrive in South Africa
Volvo Group and Eicher Motors under the joint venture, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), have announced the arrival of Eicher trucks in South Africa... read
Hino moves to automatic transmission to save fuel
Hino moves to automatic transmission to save fuel
According to Ernie Trautmann, vice president of Hino SA, there is a significant swing by the operators of trucks in South Africa towards alternative transmissions instead of a manual gearbox... read
Public Transport
The value of investing in location-based services
The value of investing in location-based services
Digitalisation is a trend offering many opportunities both for private individuals and for enterprises. Gartner already puts the number of devices connected via the internet at over 8.4 billion. And the figure is rising rapidly... read
Elaine Jack
End in sight for Sandton Central traffic woes?
According to the Johannesburg Road Agency, on average roughly 50 of Johannesburg's 2,135 intersections experience signal downtime each day... read
Supply Chain
Digitising your supply chain
Digitising your supply chain

Miguel Jorge

The combination of cloud computing, mobility, and digitisation enables businesses to be proactive and improve logistics processes cost effectively... read
Harnessing digital innovation to enable smart supply chains
Harnessing digital innovation to enable smart supply chains

Issued by Barloworld Logistics

To identify the impact of digitisation, Barloworld Logistics explored two specific digital trends as part of its 2017 supply chain foresight report... read
Clem Sunter
Future gazing at SAPICS conference with Derek Watts, Clem Sunter
Derek Watts and Clem Sunter will be key speakers at the annual SAPICS conference, being held on 4-7 June 2017 in Cape Town... read
Africa
Kenya unveils first new railway in a century
Kenya unveils first new railway in a century
More than a century after a colonial railway gave birth to modern Kenya, the country is betting on a new Chinese-built route to cement its position as the gateway to East Africa... read
Dar Rapid Transit Agency reopens second BRT tender
Dar Rapid Transit Agency reopens second BRT tender

Hellen Nachilong

The Dar Rapid Transit Agency (Dart) in Tanzania has renewed its the search for the second operator on the bus rapid transit (BRT) system after initially failing to find an investor... read
Posta to test bus service for SGR train passengers
Posta to test bus service for SGR train passengers

Muthoki Mumo

Posta will over the next one month run a pilot project to provide last-mile connections for standard gauge railway (SGR) passengers, the latest bid in the company's efforts to diversify its revenue sources. read
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Raimund Snyders, CEO of Old Mutual Insure
Goodbye Mutual & Federal, hello Old Mutual Insure
As of today, Mutual & Federal will be known as Old Mutual Insure... read
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