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Transnet has taken delivery of a R892 million fleet of straddle carriers and rubber tyre gantry (RTG) cranes at the Port of Durban. (Lyse Comins/M&G)

Transnet takes delivery of R892m of cargo equipment at Port of Durban

The new rubber-tyred gantry cranes and straddle carriers will boost efficiency at the port, Transnet chief executive Michelle Phillips said

Place in the sun: eThekwini has contracted companies to redevelop Durban’s Golden Mile beachfront.

Durban is undergoing quite a revival

eThekwini metro is pulling out all the stops to make the Durban area once again attractive for business and leisure

Siyabonga Gule

Durban entrepreneur is a finalist for African award

His business has been recognised for its role helping Transnet fix its equipment woes to clear port backlogs

Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Transnet forges ahead with R89bn logistics hub in KZN

Plans are underway to develop new container terminals at the ports of Richards Bay and Durban, and to relocate the SA Navy Base from Salisbury Island

The AfCFTA creates the world’s largest free trade area by number of countries, and has the potential to be a catalyst for the transformation and growth of African economies and businesses.  (Photo by Veronique DURRUTY/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

South Africa’s first exports under AfCFTA set sail

The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement creates the world’s largest free trade area by number of countries

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Unions threaten legal action over jobs at Durban port

Dock workers are demanding transparency over Transnet’s partnership with the Filipino container company and an assurance there will be no retrenchments

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

Transnet unveils ‘immediate interventions’ to clear Durban Port backlog

Recently, there were 63 vessels at anchorage, of which 20 were awaiting a berth at the container terminal

Rooikat vehicles formed part of the army’s response to the July 2021 riots. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/ AFP/Getty

CORRECTED: KZN business leaders need ‘hope’ to grow economy

Toyota vice president Nigel Ward says the province has developed resilience in the face of disease, civil unrest and floods

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. (Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images)

Transnet board going nowhere, Gordhan tells Durban business chamber

eThekwini businesses have urged the minister to fire executive members of the board, saying they are responsible for service delivery failures at the port

Severe floods in KZN.
(Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)

Durban floods: Transnet’s focus shifts to rail damage

Ships are going in and out of the harbour and and the backlog of 8 000 to 9 000 containers is expected to be cleared in the next five to six days

The politicians won’t save us. We will save each other if we begin to engage and just try. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)

Businesses count the cost of devastating KwaZulu-Natal floods

Companies are having to deal with operational and supply-chain disruptions that come less than nine months after the riots in July.

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril’s industrial reboot will not drive economy to success

The president disclosed a development U-turn but the Special Economic Zones and China’s carbon intensive interests are likely to prevail