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Tesla to reveal all-electric truck next month
Earlier this year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company would reveal its Tesla Semi truck this month. Musk has since announced that the reveal date has tentatively moved to 26 October 2017... read

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Treasury bails SAA out to save it from defaulting on loans

Linda Ensor

Government has approved the transfer of funds from the National Revenue Fund to bankrupt airline South African Airways so that it can meet its debt obligations and avoid a default of R3bn... read
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Etihad Aviation Group appoints Tony Douglas as CEO
Tony Douglas has been appointed as the new CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, effective January 2018... read
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Karl-Ludwig Kley appointed Lufthansa supervisory board chairman
Wolfgang Mayrhuber has resigned as the chairman of Lufthansa's supervisory board. Consequently, Karl-Ludwig Kley has been selected as the new chairman... read
Drone industry expected to create thousands of jobs
Drone industry expected to create thousands of jobs
According to economic expert, Dr Roelof Botha, the largely untapped drone industry is expected to create 33,000 jobs this year alone... read
Elon Musk's BFR will fly from London to Cape Town in just 34 minutes
Elon Musk's BFR will fly from London to Cape Town in just 34 minutes

Andy Walker

His space exploration company SpaceX is pondering a new method of transporting people from one corner of the Earth to the other. And it involves a space vehicle/rocket system called the BFR... read
Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways expand fleets
Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways expand fleets
Both Japan Airlines (JAL) and Qatar Airways have announced that they are expanding their fleets - the first with four 787-8 Dreamliners and the latter with two Boeing 747-8 Freighters and four 777-300ERs... read
Fleet Management
New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter a leap in design, fleet efficiency
New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter a leap in design, fleet efficiency
Mercedes-Benz recently released a design sketch of the forthcoming Sprinter model... read
Tata launches Tata Ultra light trucks
Tata launches Tata Ultra light trucks
Tata Motors has launched its new generation range of light commercial vehicles - Tata Ultra... read
Public Transport
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Ambition and partnership key to driving smart city adoption

Edwin Diender

AI and other technologies, in conjunction with the innovative implementation of ICT, can improve the quality of life across a broad range of factors, improve workforce efficiency, and create new jobs... read
Nigeria's GoMyWay to close
Nigeria's GoMyWay to close

Gabriella Mulligan

Nigerian ridesharing platform GoMyWay has announced its closure at the end of October, citing lack of funding to continue operations... read
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Ride-sharing driver numbers to reach 8.6 million by 2022
A new study from Juniper Research has found that a surge in shared transport will continue, with driver and passenger numbers seeing substantial growth over the next five years... read
Railway
Railway to distribute 1.8-million litres of petrol products nationwide
Railway to distribute 1.8-million litres of petrol products nationwide

Kingsley Jeremiah

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has indicated readiness to deploy its 40 tank wagons for distribution of 1.8-million litres of petrol nationwide if contacted by marketers... read
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Maritime Education and Training conference set for November
Maritime Education and Training conference set for November
The first Maritime Education and Training (MET) conference, hosted by the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI), will take place from 14-17 November 2017 in Cape Town... read
Supply Chain
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African SMEs need to prioritise supply chain management
According to John Lucas, country manager of DHL Express South Africa, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) need to make supply chain management part of their business plan if they want to succeed... read
Transport
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Corrupt SOEs threaten SA's economy
After suspending KPMG, BLSA has announced it has done the same with Eskom and Transnet... read
International
Electric car-sharing service to roll into Singapore
Electric car-sharing service to roll into Singapore
SINGAPORE: An electric car-sharing service will be launched in Singapore in December, in what the company behind the scheme said on Wednesday was a first for Southeast Asia... read
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2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
The 24 finalists in this year's SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and Disability Empowerment Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at an official awards ceremony on Monday, 23 October... read
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