Busmark, HySA and partners to provide Gautrain with hydrogen fuel cell bus. The first locally developed hydrogen fuel cell bus has found a home. The bus was developed in partnership with Busmark, a number of universities, government departments, the Council for Scientific and...

AMSA shares fall on job cuts warning. Primary steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa's (AMSA's) share price on the JSE fell by 10.4% on Wednesday morning after it said it could possibly cut more than 2000 jobs. In a trading update for...

Africa's vehicle policies threatening its air quality, warns Nissan's Dando. If not regulated, Africa could become one of the world's fastest developing polluters, says Nissan Group of Africa sales and operations director Jim Dando. There are currently about 45-million vehicle...

'Weak' carbon tax to be significantly strengthened from 2023. A leading National Treasury official has warned industry to prepare for a significant strengthening of South Africa's carbon tax during the second phase of implementation, which will begin in January 2...

Durban rail corridor to benefit most from addition of standard gauge track. The freight corridor between Durban and Gauteng would benefit most from a standard gauge railway track being constructed next to the current narrow gauge track. The addition of the line would aid in t...

Conference presentations tackle spatial development, transport planning issues. University of Johannesburg Professor Steven Friedman has called for an "urgent conversation" between people with technical expertise who understand planning and transport issues, to debate ways in whic...

UCT researchers say road maintenance backlog exceeds 400 billion rand. The cost of South Africa's road maintenance backlog is nearing 417-billion rand, research undertaken by the University of Cape Town's School of Economics academics Don Ross and Matthew Townshend has found....

Task team to look at future of e-tolling, completion date set for August. A governmental task team will produce a report on the future of electronic tolling (e-tolling) in Gauteng by August. Speaking at a media conference at the Southern African Transport Conference in Pret...

Denel asks for 2.8 billion rand State cash injection - CEO. State arms company Denel has asked the government for a 2.8-billion rand cash injection to help it emerge from a financial crisis and secure lucrative export deals, its chief executive said. Denel, a corn...

Marubeni seeks sites and partners as it gears up for next renewables bid window. Japanese multinational Marubeni has issued an expression of interest (EoI) notice calling on entities with 'bid ready' wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) project sites in South Africa to approach it with...