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Taxi industry calls for subsidies at public transport market inquiry, bemoans planning weakness

By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th June 2018 The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) on Monday voiced its concerns about the state of the taxi industry on the first day of the Competition Commission’s land-based public passenger transport market inquiry, which is in its information gathering phase. The inquiry will look at various... →

Competition Commission to host public hearings into public passenger transport sector

By: Marleny Arnoldi 1st June 2018 The Competition Commission will hold public hearings into the land-based public passenger transport market from June 4 to 6, at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg, and from June 7 to 8 at Manhattan Hotel, in Pretoria. →

JDA undertakes R52m public transport facility upgrades

By: Simone Liedtke 1st June 2018 The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has appointed Alberton-based road construction company Boitshoko Construction Road & Surfacing to undertake the first phase upgrade of the Merafe railway station, in Soweto. →

More pain at the pumps: Huge fuel price hikes for June – AA

By: News24Wire 31st May 2018 Fuel prices will jump to record highs in June on the back of stronger international oil prices, and a deficit carried over from April. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), which was commenting on unaudited month-end fuel data released by the Central Energy Fund (CEF). The Rand... →

Uber adds new safety features for drivers

By: News24Wire 25th May 2018 Ride-hailing service Uber hopes the launch of its latest safety feature will further improve the safety of drivers and passengers. It announced on Thursday that it was partnering with Aura, a security technology service that would allow Uber drivers to be connected to the closest private security... →

R3bn Rosslyn Hub to create 160 000 jobs

By: Nadine James 16th May 2018 The R3-billion mixed-use Rosslyn Hub development was launched at the African Smart Cities Summit, co-located with the African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo, at the Gallagher Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, on Wednesday. The Rosslyn Hub is a crucial step towards the creation of the... →

Commission invites participation in public passenger transport market inquiry

By: Marleny Arnoldi 14th May 2018 The Competition Commission will, from June to August, hold public hearings as part of its inquiry into the public passenger transport market and is inviting market participants, the public and other interested groups to take part. →

Alstom completes tram line in Algerian city

By: Marleny Arnoldi 9th May 2018 French multinational Alstom has completed the first tram line for the city of Sétif, in Algeria. →

Alstom tram line for Ouargla, Algeria

Firm sees taxis and mine trucks as logical hydrogen transport pioneers

By: Schalk Burger 4th May 2018 Hydrogen transportation technology can serve the local taxi industry and be used in large opencast mines where several haul trucks operate in a limited radius. One hydrogen fuelling station could serve an entire fleet. Such applications would eliminate the need for a dispersed suburban and urban... →

Gautrain rolling stock tender delayed ‘by complexities’, says Van der Merwe

By: Irma Venter 3rd May 2018 Technical and legal complexities are delaying the announcement of the preferred bidder in the three-horse race to provide twelve new four-car trains to the Gautrain system, says Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO Jack van der Merwe. The deal was expected to reach financial close at the end of... →

Bus strike: Fresh hope as unions, employers head back to negotiating table

By: News24Wire 2nd May 2018 There was fresh hope for commuters dealing with Day 15 of the national bus strike, as unions and employers agreed to meet again to try and break the deadlock, the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBC) said on Wednesday. 'It's D-Day," said SARPBC secretary general Gary Wilson,... →

Passengers stranded as national bus strike revs towards third week

By: African News Agency 1st May 2018 Labour unions involved in a bus strike, which has left thousands of commuters stranded across South Africa, were meeting on Monday to map the way forward as the protest neared its third week. South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) spokesperson Zanele Sabela told the African... →

Parties in bus drivers' strike still 'far apart' - unions

By: African News Agency 27th April 2018 The five unions involved in the national bus drivers' strike have slammed efforts at resolving the almost two-week long impasse, saying despite interventions at the highest levels the parties remain "far apart" and that the strike action will continue into the long weekend. In a statement issued... →

PRASA steps in as union calls for payment of Autopax employees’ salaries

By: Marleny Arnoldi 26th April 2018 The United National Transport Union (Untu) on Thursday demanded the South African government ensure that the employees of bus operator Autopax receive their salaries. →

Commuter bus firm Hosken lists on the JSE

By: Nadine James 24th April 2018 Commuter transport company Hosken Passenger Logistics and Rail, which operates the Golden Arrow bus service, on Tuesday became the second company this year to list on the JSE’s main board. Welcoming Hosken to the exchange, JSE primary markets head Prejelin Naggan said that the listing should... →

Metrorail delays hit Cape Town commuters, as bus strike continues

By: News24Wire 20th April 2018 Commuters in Cape Town already in the midst of a bus strike have to contend with a near breakdown of train services, after Metrorail announced massive delays across its network on Friday morning. The company said there were delays of more than 60 minutes on all lines heading into Cape Town, due... →

Those who can afford to pay for toll roads, must pay – Nzimande

By: News24Wire 17th April 2018 The funding of road infrastructure development for the next 15 to 20 years worries Transport Minister Blade Nzimande, the portfolio committee on transport heard. The Department of Transport (DoT) on Tuesday briefed Parliament’s committee on the annual performance plan for the 2018/19 financial... →

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Transport Minister Blade Nzimande

Ride-hailing kilometres predicted to grow dramatically to 2030

By: Irma Venter 17th April 2018 Today, ride-hailing accounts for 4% of all miles driven globally. By 2030 it will be 25%, says Uber Technologies public policy head Yolisa Kani. In South Africa, Uber has proven most popular when people spend an evening out. →

Nationwide bus strike to start on Wednesday

By: News24Wire 17th April 2018 A nationwide bus strike is set to start on Wednesday, the South African Road Passenger Bargaining Council (SARPBC) said on Monday. The strike will put at least 80% of the country's passenger buses on lock-down over a pay dispute. "The impact is going to be felt right across the republic," Gary... →

Alstom-led consortium to build complete driverless light metro system for Montreal

By: Marleny Arnoldi 13th April 2018 Groupe des Partenaires pour la Mobilité des Montréalais (PMM), a consortium comprising Alstom and SNC-Lavalin, has signed a contract with infrastructure developer CDPQ Infra to deliver a complete automatic and driverless light metro system for the Réseau Express Metropolitan (REM) project in... →

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Large volumes of traffic expected on SA roads on Monday

By: African News Agency 2nd April 2018 South African authorities said they were expecting large volumes of traffic on the country's roads on Monday as travellers return home following the Easter weekend. "Law enforcement will be on high alert and will deal appropriately with traffic offenders," the Road Traffic Management Corporation... →

Trams enjoy renewed interest in growing cities

By: Anine Kilian 16th March 2018 The exponential growth of cities worldwide raises many challenges for urban authorities, including reducing road traffic congestion, combating pollution, noise in cities and redeveloping urban zones. Addressing delegates during a media tour of Alstom’s La Rochelle manufacturing centre, in... →

High levels of crime may force PRASA to cancel services on certain routes

By: Irma Venter 14th March 2018 Continued high levels of crime on certain urban rail corridors may “eventually leave the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) with no choice” but to cancel its services on these routes, says the agency. The State-owned PRASA says while it continues to engage with the dedicated rapid... →

Durban on track to open public transport network

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 13th March 2018 The City of Durban is on track to start its GO!Durban integrated public transport network from Pinetown’s central business district (CBD) to KwaMashu’s Bridge City in the latter part of this year. Aligned to the eThekwini municipality’s vision to be Africa’s most caring and liveable city by 2030,... →

Columbus aims to export competitively, while growing local market consumption

By: Simone Liedtke 6th March 2018 Columbus Stainless is positioned well to export competitively to the international market, while remaining committed to growing domestic demand for stainless steel. With market consumption of about 120 000 t/y of flat production, CEO Lucien Matthews says South Africa is the largest consumer of... →

Undoing State capture in South Africa will face stiff resistance, sabotage – Gordhan

By: African News Agency 6th March 2018 Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday said the new political dispensation in South Africa and the reversal of the “bad things” which led to the capture of key state institutions by private interests will be regularly opposed by the beneficiaries of the corruption. “I think we all... →

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan

City of Cape Town extends N2 Express Joint Venture contract

By: News24Wire 2nd March 2018 The City of Cape Town has announced that it has extended its operating contract with the N2 Express Joint Venture (JV) vehicle operating company. Mayoral Committee Member for Transport and Urban Brett Herron said in a statement that the contract was extended on Wednesday and that it was effective... →

Inside Metrorail’s cable theft and commuter crisis

By: News24Wire 22nd February 2018 Brazen thieves, who have effectively brought a critical rail route in Cape Town to a standstill for nearly six weeks, leaving thousands of commuters in the lurch, have become the focus of intense and unprecedented operations to squeeze out criminals who target beleaguered Metrorail's... →

Vandalism threatens Cape Town public transport – Councillor Herron

By: African News Agency 15th February 2018 The latest statistics on vandalism of Cape Town's bus services MyCiTi, Golden Arrow, and Prasa - the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa – indicate that public transport faces an onslaught, Councillor Brett Herron said on Wednesday. Herron, a member of the mayoral committee for transport and... →

MyCiTi commuters to bear brunt of attacks on bus stations

By: News24Wire 12th February 2018 The City of Cape Town has condemned what it termed "orchestrated attacks" by protesters on two MyCiTi bus stations. Brett Herron, Mayoral Committee Member for Transport and Urban Development, said the attacks on the MyCiTi bus stations would cause major inconveniences to commuters. →

Joburg aiming to complete assessment of feasibility of electric buses by end-2019

By: Irma Venter 9th February 2018 The City of Johannesburg hopes to conclude a near-term feasibility study on the use of battery electric and fuel-cell buses by the end of 2019. With this done, it could be possible to introduce an electric bus to the city’s bus fleet in a pilot implementation project in 2023, says City of... →

New dawn for platinum mining – Robert Friedland

By: Martin Creamer 7th February 2018 New cars being produced in Japan have platinum- and copper-intensive fuel cell drives that outdo battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) in cold climates as the EV batteries drain when the heaters are switched on, Ivanhoe Mines executive chairperson and founder Robert Friedland said on Wednesday.... →

Manufacturing trials of first locally made train car under way

By: Irma Venter 2nd February 2018 Gibela has initiated manufacturing trials of the first locally made train car at the Gibela train factory, in Dunnottar, on the East Rand. The first train’s car-body shell – essentially, its panel-clad metal frame – is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2018, with the... →

Brown says boards of State-owned enterprises must shape up

By: African News Agency 30th January 2018 Embattled Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown on Tuesday told MPs she expected the boards of South Africa's corruption-stricken, cash-strapped parastatals to perform or be replaced. "The message to the boards of all SOCs is that they must shape up or ship out. If they are unable to instill... →

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Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown

Unprecedented number of MyCiTi buses stoned over the weekend

By: News24Wire 30th January 2018 The stoning of eight MyCiTi buses along the N2 express routes in Langa, Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain over the weekend – the highest number in a single weekend according to the City of Cape Town – has led the city to believe that the public transport system is being sabotaged by criminals. City... →

Project to lift station platforms proving challenging, PRASA admits

By: Irma Venter 26th January 2018 Commuters making use of the 18 new X’Ttrapolis Mega commuter trains, supplied by Gibela to the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) are “extremely happy” with the new rolling stock, says PRASA strategic asset development group executive Piet Sebola. The Gibela Rail Transport Consortium... →

City of Cape Town transport head Melissa Whitehead suspended

By: News24Wire 19th January 2018 A senior transport head in the City of Cape Town has been suspended as a result of the alleged covering up of irregularities in which embattled Mayor Patricia de Lille is implicated. Council members met for a special sitting on Friday to discuss, among other things, allegations of fraud and... →

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