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#Blisters4Bread: Heroes against hunger
#Blisters4Bread: Heroes against hunger
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The PSFA's 49th #Blisters4Bread Charity Family Fun Walk in association with Lucky Star will take place on 27 August... read
R150m allocated to upgrade Gauteng road
R150m allocated to upgrade Gauteng road

The Gauteng Department for Roads and Transport will upgrade the R511 which is located north-west of Johannesburg for R150m... Read

Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduates 337 aviation professionals
Ethiopian Aviation Academy graduates 337 aviation professionals

Ethiopian Aviation Academy has graduated 81 aviation maintenance technicians, 186 cabin crew and catering professionals, and 70 commercial and ground service professionals... Read

Africa to launch single air transport market in 2018
Africa to launch single air transport market in 2018

An African single air transport market will be launched in January 2018, with 40 plus countries expected to be signatories by then... Read

Logistics & Transport
Physical internet: rethinking logistics
Physical internet: rethinking logistics
Sending goods through open channels as easily as information via the internet - that is the vision of the physical internet (PI). It applies the principle of exchange of standardised data packets to material flows... read
Aviation
Qatar Airways says flights now exempt from US laptop ban
Qatar Airways says flights now exempt from US laptop ban
Qatar Airways announced that it has won exemption from a US ban on passengers taking laptops and tablet computers on flights from its Doha hub... read
Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief
Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief
According to specialist drone firm Airborne Drones South Africa, we can expect to see drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), taking on an increasingly important role in firefighting and disaster management... read
Cargo & Storage
Swissport to invest Sh6.2bn in equipment, training
Swissport to invest Sh6.2bn in equipment, training
Swissport Tanzania plans to invest Sh6.2bn in equipment and training this year. It will do so despite a drop in cargo revenue in 2016 due to unfavourable economic conditions... read
East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017
East Africa containerised trade volumes grow 1% Q1 2017
The 2017 First Quarter East Africa Trade Report issued by Maersk Line Eastern Africa reveals that aggregate trade levels in the region have improved slightly since 2016... read
Fleet Management
Sygic Truck is the most used truck navigation app worldwide
Sygic Truck is the most used truck navigation app worldwide

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Sygic Truck Navigation just reached one million installations on Android, strengthening its position of the most used truck navigation app worldwide... read
Vehicle sales grow 0.9% in June
Vehicle sales grow 0.9% in June
New-vehicle sales showed welcome resilience in June, with a total industry sales figure of 45,369 vehicles - representing year-on-year growth of 0.9%... read
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R400m facelift for central Joburg transport hub
The Bree Street intermodal transport hub in Johannesburg is undergoing a R400m facelift... read
Taxi strike is off the table... for now
Taxi strike is off the table... for now
Millions of South Africans can breathe a sigh of relief after the nationwide taxi strike was called off yesterday... read
uGoMyWay carpooling app releases pilot project results
uGoMyWay carpooling app releases pilot project results
uGoMyWay, a South African developed and maintained carpooling app that is tackling the traffic congestion, has released the results of its pilot ‘corporate carpooling project'... read
Ride-hailing company partners with Orange Business Services
Ride-hailing company partners with Orange Business Services
Ride-hailing company Careem has joined forces with Orange Business Services to provide network and contact centre services as it continues expansion into other regions... read
Railway
NRZ gets $5m for fleet repairs
NRZ gets $5m for fleet repairs
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has secured a $5m loan from a local bank to repair part of its fleet and is also negotiating with a Russian firm to supply it with 100 new wagons... read
New programme aims to ensure safer rail transport in South Africa
New programme aims to ensure safer rail transport in South Africa

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The Railway Occurrence Investigation Programme (ROIP) has been developed to assist in eliminating the escalating and repetitive nature of incidents through proper investigation... read
Transport
ParkFind app solves Cape Town's parking woes
ParkFind app solves Cape Town's parking woes

Ilse van den Berg

NEWSWATCH: If you've tried to find a parking spot in Cape Town's CBD on a... um, ever; you'll know full well that it can lead to your not-so-pretty self making an appearance... read
International
EasyJet new member of international airline association in Germany
EasyJet new member of international airline association in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany: EasyJet has officially become a member of the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG)... read
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Five steps to cracking cashflow

Richard Mukheibir

Cashflow is one of the cornerstones of your business because if you can't get it right, your business will crumble... read
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Water shortages in Cape Town are here to stay. What the city can learn from others https://t.co/Aof9Rdrk5t via... https://t.co/sFAaaBBQHr
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