Corporate Affairs
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Durban port functional, backlog to be cleared in days – Gordhan
South Africa’s major port of Durban, where operations were disrupted by severe flooding last week, is now functional and a backlog of thousands of containers will be cleared within five to six days, the public enterprises minister said on Tuesday. The …
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Comair’s fleet grounded indefinitely
South Africa’s civil aviation regulator grounded Comair’s planes indefinitely on Sunday over unresolved safety issues, in a move that also affects low-cost airline Kulula and British Airways, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. A spokesperson for …
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Comair’s fleet grounded indefinitely
South Africa’s civil aviation regulator grounded Comair’s planes indefinitely on Sunday over unresolved safety issues, in a move that also affects low-cost airline Kulula and British Airways, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. A spokesperson for …
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Progress made in disposal of stake in airline SAA
The South African government said on Thursday that further progress had been made in the disposal of 51% of shares in national airline South African Airways to the Takatso Consortium. A cabinet statement read: “The Sales and Purchase process has now been concluded and signed by the Department of Public Enterprises and Takatso Consortium. The next step involves the approval of this transaction by various regulatory bodies.”
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Progress made in disposal of stake in airline SAA
The South African government said on Thursday that further progress had been made in the disposal of 51% of shares in national airline South African Airways to the Takatso Consortium. A cabinet statement read: “The Sales and Purchase process has now been concluded and signed by the Department of Public Enterprises and Takatso Consortium. The next step involves the approval of this transaction by various regulatory bodies.”
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Egypt lengthening two-way portion of Suez Canal by 10 km
Egypt is working to improve the Suez Canal by making an additional 10 km accessible to two-way traffic, while widening and deepening another 30 kilometres, the chairman of the authority managing the waterway said on Tuesday. Suez Canal Authority Chairm…
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Egypt lengthening two-way portion of Suez Canal by 10 km
Egypt is working to improve the Suez Canal by making an additional 10 km accessible to two-way traffic, while widening and deepening another 30 kilometres, the chairman of the authority managing the waterway said on Tuesday. Suez Canal Authority Chairm…
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No cruise ship cheer for Cape Town tourism amid Omicron alarm
The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was meant to be a ribbon-cutting celebration marking the official start of the cruise ship season in South Africa’s top tourist hub, the first since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. But international travel curbs on southern Africa, where the new Omicron variant was first identified, have blown expectations of a bumper tourist season out of the water.
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No cruise ship cheer for Cape Town tourism amid Omicron alarm
The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was meant to be a ribbon-cutting celebration marking the official start of the cruise ship season in South Africa’s top tourist hub, the first since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. But international travel curbs on southern Africa, where the new Omicron variant was first identified, have blown expectations of a bumper tourist season out of the water.
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African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road
Deep in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, members of the National Youth Service tirelessly swing machetes to clear dense shrubs obscuring railway tracks more than a century old. It’s a distinctly low-tech phase for China’s Belt and Road drive in Africa to cre…