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Driving Africa
Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.
Are quality regulations an exercise in futility?
Are quality regulations an exercise in futility? May 31, 2023 An effective harmonised “quality regulation” system was mooted back in 2010. What has happened...
Transport Skills and the Challenges of the SA School System
Transport Skills and the Challenges of the SA School System May 17, 2023 The transport and logistics systems in South Africa are facing critical...
Road to Rail: The Elusive Holy Grail?
Road to Rail: The Elusive Holy Grail? April 5, 2023 Once again, we’re hearing that South Africa needs to move freight from road to...
Strategic chaos
Strategic chaos March 9, 2023 South Africa’s transport and logistics industry is facing a challenging period of ideologically and politically induced “frictions” and obstacles...
The Future of Freight Logistics in South Africa
The Future of Freight Logistics in South Africa February 16, 2023 The history of South Africa is too often described in terms of conflicts...
Policy or Polly says?
Policy or Polly says? January 19, 2023 As we look forward to 2023, Nick PORÉE reviews the White Paper on National Transport Policy gazetted...
Skills shortage could bring industry to its knees!
Skills shortage could bring industry to its knees! December 15, 2022 It is becoming more and more difficult to find people with the skills...
Transnet: a tale of woeful ways
Transnet: a tale of woeful ways October 28, 2022 The Transnet strike is but one of many reasons to shake one’s head in despair...
The road ahead: freeway or potholed track?
The road ahead: freeway or potholed track? October 5, 2022 From a country without roads to a country without hope. That’s the sad picture...
Showdown looms in the ANC corral
Showdown looms in the ANC corral August 24, 2022 An analysis of the Transnet financial accounts provides gloomy reading, says NICK PORÉE, who believes...
National irrationality
National irrationality August 4, 2022 South Africa is experiencing an economic crisis of devastating proportions, with little evidence of rational analysis or corrective action...
South African economy under threat
South African economy under threat July 7, 2022 Freight transport volumes are a reliable barometer of the level of economic activity in industries or...