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Weekly top stories
Futuristic trucking developments from drawing board to road
[Toni Fritz] We all know that the trucking industry in South Africa faces serious challenges... read


Logistics & Transport
Risky business: China's economic slowdown and Sub-Saharan Africa supply chains
According to the latest CIPS Risk Index, global supply chains suffered from growing risk in Q4 2015, led by the slowdown in China's economy... read

Design Month
#DesignMonth: #weDream #weChase #weLocomute

Cari Van Wyk

In June 2015, Ntando Kubheka and Tumi Marope launched Locomute, Africa's first car sharing network. What started as an MBA project soon turned into a legitimate business... read
#DesignMonth: Mellowcabs to hit SA streets in 2016

Sindy Peters

Mellowcabs are low-cost, emissions-free, electrically powered vehicles that you'll find noiselessly zipping through South African city streets in the coming months... read
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Aviation
Cape Town Airport Aerotropolis to unlock growth
It was revealed that the development of an Aerotropolis surrounding Cape Town International Airport has the potential to create thousands of jobs... read
Distribution
Click-and-collect solution to disrupt traditional logistics
A new logistics solution in South Africa, click-and-collect, is a growing trend and is confirmed by companies such as Pargo. Online retailers are using this convenient delivery method... read
Fleet Management
Role-players must strategise to reduce truck accidents

Mornè Stoltz

Although small motor vehicles and minibus taxis accounted for over half the accidents over the 2015/16 festive season, light delivery vehicles and trucks were also responsible... read
Railway
Rovos Rail gets on the Shongololo Express
Rovos Rail purchased the Shongololo Express train of 19 coaches early in January 2016. Operating a three-star train had always been at the back of Rohan Vos's mind... read
Shipping
New sectors explored in focus on SA ports' role in economy
New sectors like ship repairs and yacht building are just some of the possibilities being explored to enhance the blue economy in South African ports... read
Transport
The car of the future: a challenge for traditional business models

Ntando Kubheka

The car of the future is connected. Event though it's the car of the future, the use of the present tense here is quite intentional because the car of the future is already in testing... read
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