Regulars

FOcus on transport and Logistics

Our regular columns and sections are all contributions from leading industry figures.

September 12, 2018

Driverless trucks ready to hit the highway!

Highway maintenance personnel take their lives into their own hands – quite literally – when working on German highways. As we all know, many...

September 12, 2018

Coolest bakkie ever?

My dear friend, Jarlath Sweeney, editor-in-chief of Ireland’s Fleet Transport magazine, brought this incredible vehicle to our attention. Sadly, it’s just a concept – but...

September 12, 2018

Snap on target

Regular readers of this column will recall that I visited ZF, in Friedrichshafen, Germany, last month in order to attend the company’s Technology Day....

September 4, 2018

Engineering road safety

How do we create safer roads? The road safety workshop at the 2018 Southern African Transport Conference tried to find some answers by looking...

August 15, 2018

Transport pricing: private sector safe for now

Road hauliers have apparently ignored the government’s invitation to comment on the Economic Regulation of Transport Bill 2018, probably because it does not seem...

August 15, 2018

The Madness of King Trump

The global effects of the US import tariff hikes have already been felt in South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa must have thought he had it...

August 15, 2018

Border Bouquets and Brickbats

Want to know which are the best corridors and borders for travelling within Africa? Read on Travel by road in the sub-Saharan region of...

August 15, 2018

The Menace of False Driving Licences

Because of the number of drivers in South Africa who use our roads with false and illegally obtained driving licences, it has become necessary...

August 15, 2018

Of batteries, buses and boardroom buddies

Have electric buses gone backwards? A recent controversy involving a potential MyCiTi supplier might suggest so In January the City of Cape Town suspended...