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Off-track: Prasa’s operating deficit has ballooned from R2.3bn to R8.3bn, with material losses of R1.3bn due to write-offs of property, plant and equipment. Photo: Prasa Group
ANDILE SANGQU

State capture still stinging SOEs

Transnet and Prasa face financial, operational and governance challenges despite recovery efforts

  • Brian Sokutu
6 min read
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
BARBARA CREECY

Transport Minister Creecy reports 18% drop in Easter road fatalities

Easter road fatalities fall from 356 to 291 thanks to intensified enforcement and 321 roadblocks nationwide

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Road carnage: Twelve learners were killed when the scholar transport vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a truck in Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal. Photo: Timothy Bernard / Independent Newspapers
BARBARA CREECY

SA binges on lawlessness, impunity

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says South Africa’s tolerance for “just one drink” has become a licence for mass death

  • Marlan Padayachee
7 min read
Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy
BARBARA CREECY

Barbara Creecy: Transport

SCORE: E The department of transport gets an E because its leadership has decided to manage chaos rather than regulate a crisis. The department might point to some wins like the…

  • MG Reporter
1 min read
South Africa accounts for 54% of all exports to the US under Agoa — a trade law which gives eligible African countries duty-free access to the US market for thousands of products including clothing, agricultural goods, crafts and manufactured items.
AFRICA

South Africa-US trade faces uncertain future as Agoa renewal stalls

Business and economic leaders warn that diplomatic tension, tariffs and shifting global alliances could shape whether the country remains part of the renewed agreement

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
6 min read
Signs are that the transport sector is on the path to recovery.
BARBARA CREECY

Three factors that could drive a turnaround in SA’s transport sector

Developing infrastructure, expanding investment and giving professionals crucial skills will boost the sector, to the benefit of all South Africans

  • Rayner Canning
5 min read
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
BARBARA CREECY

Vehicle accidents down but pedestrian deaths on the rise, says Creecy

Civilians on foot caught up in road accidents present a new challenge for the department of transport

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
3 min read
Transport minister, Barbara Creecy during Monday’s media briefing on the release of the preliminary 2024/2025 Festive Season Statistics in Pretoria. (Supplied)
BARBARA CREECY

Deaths on South African roads during the festive period up 5.3%

KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Eastern Cape were the hotspots for crashes

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy.
BARBARA CREECY

Barbara Creecy

SCORE: C Minister Barbara Creecy succeeded the inept Sindisiwe Chikunga when the seventh administration began in July. The baggage she has to sort out is plentiful. The…

  • MG Reporter
1 min read
In its budget review, the treasury flagged Transnet’s high debt levels, saying it needs to make faster progress on its plan to improve operations and finances
BARBARA CREECY

No lifeline for Transnet or other ailing parastatals in medium term budget

Instead, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana promised steps to ease the requirements for public-private partnerships

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
Creecy said there were no private equity offers “on the table”. (Photo by Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
BARBARA CREECY

Debt-free SAA still looking for private equity and a loan, says Creecy

The minister also wants to secure capital inflow for Transnet

  • Emsie Ferreira
6 min read
The case challenges the government’s failure to enforce regulations that would protect people from air pollution in the Highveld Priority Area. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)
AIR POLLUTION

Landmark ‘Deadly Air’ case heads to supreme court of appeal

Environment organisations groundWork and Vukani Environmental Justice Movement argue that regulations are necessary to save lives on the polluted Highveld

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
According to the department, a variety of illegal motorised devices were being used by recreational anglers to “illegally catch fish as well as sharks”. (Photo by Peter Titmuss UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ANGLING REGULATIONS

Appeal court rules against use of drones in SA recreational fishing

The ban on drones and remote-controlled boats is viewed as a win for marine conservation efforts by the environment department

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
Dire: Sasol has been allowed, for years, to exceed the minimum emission standards despite sulpher dioxide and other pollutants contributing to ill-health and death. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images
LIFE AFTER COAL CAMPAIGN

Creecy’s Sasol decision ‘makes a mockery’ of air pollution laws

Life After Coal slams the environment minister’s decision to allow the company further leniency

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Developing countries that are the most vulnerable to climate change are angry about a new text released at COP29 on Friday, which says developed countries must pay $250 billion a year until 2035 for climate action.(Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
REGULATORY RED TAPE

Explainer: How new government standards will affect solar and battery energy bidders

One of the biggest difficulties the sector faces is securing permits and licences crucial for project commencement

  • Mandisa Makgakga
4 min read