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Predict, prevent, protect: How data is rewriting the rules of road safety in Africa’s logistics sector

Transport

Predict, prevent, protect: How data is rewriting the rules of road safety in Africa’s logistics sector

Issued by Unitrans 28 Apr 2026

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Logistics & Transport

Green logistics gains ground as Africa trade expands

24 Apr 2026

Ramaphosa outlines plan to transform SA’s transport network

Transport

Ramaphosa outlines plan to transform SA’s transport network

17 Mar 2026

#BizTrends2026 | CDH’s Vivien Chaplin & Haafizah Khota: SA’s rail reform as a catalyst for African logistics

Trends

#BizTrends2026 | CDH’s Vivien Chaplin & Haafizah Khota: SA’s rail reform as a catalyst for African logistics

Vivien Chaplin and Haafizah Khota 17 Feb 2026

Railway

Rolling into recovery: SA's railways on the path to revitalisation

Vivien Chaplin and Haafizah Khota 13 Nov 2025

Modernising rail for Morocco’s digital future, as 2030 Fifa World Cup beckons

Railway

Modernising rail for Morocco’s digital future, as 2030 Fifa World Cup beckons

Zineb Kamri 23 Sep 2025

Veronic Mocwagole is driving a revolution in South African transport

How To Start Up

Veronic Mocwagole is driving a revolution in South African transport

Issued by Brandscapers 19 Aug 2025

Transport

$10m funding drives growth, youth empowerment in SA ride-hailing sector

10 Jun 2025

12th Transport Evolution Africa Forum & Expo set for June

Logistics & Transport

12th Transport Evolution Africa Forum & Expo set for June

18 Mar 2025

#BizTrends2025: A vision for the future – transforming transport education and shaping the logistics economy

Trends

#BizTrends2025: A vision for the future – transforming transport education and shaping the logistics economy

Maphefo Anno-Frempong 16 Jan 2025

New whitepaper drives efficiency and sustainability in SA transport

Logistics & Transport

New whitepaper drives efficiency and sustainability in SA transport

16 Aug 2024

New technology enhances safety, compliance in cross-border trade

Logistics & Transport

New technology enhances safety, compliance in cross-border trade

22 Jul 2024

Creecy sets SA transport reform agenda at SATC

Transport

Creecy sets SA transport reform agenda at SATC

8 Jul 2024

Challenges ahead for SA fleets: Port congestion, road degradation, and the call for road safety education

Logistics & Transport

Challenges ahead for SA fleets: Port congestion, road degradation, and the call for road safety education

Justin Manson 19 Dec 2023

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Public Liability & Personal Injury

Court dismisses Prasa commuter application for delictual damages

2 Nov 2023

Prasa promises full service on Cape Town's Northern Line by December

Railway

Prasa promises full service on Cape Town's Northern Line by December

Tariro Washinyira 31 Aug 2023

SA hosts Southern African Transport Conference

Transport

SA hosts Southern African Transport Conference

10 Jul 2023

Trends defining mobility in our cities

Logistics & Transport

Trends defining mobility in our cities

Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar 14 Feb 2023

Transnet's port, rail operations normalising after strike

Shipping

Transnet's port, rail operations normalising after strike

Nelson Banya 19 Oct 2022

Transnet agrees 3-year wage deal with majority labour union

Railway

Transnet agrees 3-year wage deal with majority labour union

Nelson Banya 18 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters.

Energy

Transnet strike is bringing SA's economy to its knees

13 Oct 2022

Unions reject Transnet's revised wage offer, continue strike

Railway

Unions reject Transnet's revised wage offer, continue strike

13 Oct 2022

Transnet strike to hit production and exports, says Kumba Iron Ore

Markets & Investment

Transnet strike to hit production and exports, says Kumba Iron Ore

Nelson Banya 11 Oct 2022

Transnet strike may impact manganese exports - Jupiter

Railway

Transnet strike may impact manganese exports - Jupiter

Nelson Banya 7 Oct 2022

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Railway

Transnet workers go on strike

Kopano Gumbi and Nelson Banya 6 Oct 2022

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90km north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 April 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Transport

SA rail, port workers to strike over wages - unions

Nelson Banya 4 Oct 2022

Transnet and unions declare wage deadlock, strike looms

Railway

Transnet and unions declare wage deadlock, strike looms

Nelson Banya 26 Aug 2022

Let foreign truckers drive

Road Freight & Fleet Management

Let foreign truckers drive

Nicholas Woode-Smith 15 Jul 2022

Container ships wait to load and offload goods in Cape Town, South Africa, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo

Logistics & Transport

Logistics group acquisition promises increased investment

Joe Bavier and Promit Mukherjee 5 Apr 2022

A multi-modal approach to public transport is key to unlocking SA's economic growth

Transport

A multi-modal approach to public transport is key to unlocking SA's economic growth

Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar 13 Dec 2021

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Logistics & Transport

Knowledgeable, reliable drivers a necessity to ensure transport industry survival

28 May 2021

Solar minibuses for Africa? Data seen as key to green transport switch

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Solar minibuses for Africa? Data seen as key to green transport switch

Megan Rowling 14 May 2021

Logistics & Transport

SA's transport sector - a roadmap to economic recovery in the age of Covid

26 Jan 2021

Public Transport

Revitalising South Africa's public transport sector

13 Oct 2020

Why operational subsidies are key to reforming South Africa's minibus taxi sector

Public Transport

Why operational subsidies are key to reforming South Africa's minibus taxi sector

Benjamin H. Bradlow 12 Oct 2020

Unions accept SAA severance packages

Labour Law & Unions

Unions accept SAA severance packages

8 Jul 2020

#UniteBehind takes Minister of Transport to court over Prasa

Legal

#UniteBehind takes Minister of Transport to court over Prasa

5 Feb 2020

AfDB provides €345m in road construction support to Tanzania and Kenya

Logistics & Transport

AfDB provides €345m in road construction support to Tanzania and Kenya

27 Dec 2019

Establishing a green economy for the taxi industry makes good business sense

Logistics & Transport

Establishing a green economy for the taxi industry makes good business sense

Vincent Raseroka 29 Aug 2019

All set for annual SABOA Conference

Logistics & Transport

All set for annual SABOA Conference

19 Jul 2019

Industrial action has negative impact on citrus exports

Agro-processing

Industrial action has negative impact on citrus exports

16 Jul 2019

SA must rewrite the rule book for future mobility

Logistics & Transport

SA must rewrite the rule book for future mobility

15 Jul 2019

SATC sheds light on SA's road maintenance backlogs

Logistics & Transport

SATC sheds light on SA's road maintenance backlogs

12 Jul 2019

#SATC2019: Day 1 focuses on digital disruptions in transport

Logistics & Transport

#SATC2019: Day 1 focuses on digital disruptions in transport

8 Jul 2019

SATC 2019 to debate transport-related issues

Logistics & Transport

SATC 2019 to debate transport-related issues

5 Jul 2019

Bus drivers have retained the right to strike following a ruling by the Essential Services Committee. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Labour Law

Transport is not an essential service, committee finds

Zoë Postman 10 May 2019

The future of freight is moving into the digital fast lane

Distribution

The future of freight is moving into the digital fast lane

15 Apr 2019

Services to resume as #BusStrike comes to an end

Public Transport

Services to resume as #BusStrike comes to an end

Ilse van den Berg 15 May 2018