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Transport Minister Blade Nzimande. (Ikusasa)

Blade gets his man into N West job

The finance minister has cautioned the transport minister about replacing a seasoned incumbent

Uber has suggested that the ministry delay the implementation of clause 66 (7) until the current challenges are resolved. (Reuters)

To save jobs, Uber takes on government over law amendments

Uber believes the transport ministry’s amendments to the National Land Transport Act could mean the loss of 9 000 job opportunities in the industry

Beeld reported on the first court prosecution since e-tolls started in December 2013.

E-tolls: Minister expects smooth process from December 3

At a briefing on the e-tolling system’s readiness, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters says Sanral expects smooth revenue collection through e-tolling.

Transport Minister Ben Martins.

SA needs ships for jobs, says transport minister

Transport Minister Ben Martins says South Africa needs to develop its shipping industry in order to create jobs.

China mourns earthquake victims

From tent cities in stricken Sichuan province to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, sirens wailed and millions of Chinese stood for three minutes on Monday to mourn tens of thousands…

Senegal takes back running of its airports

Senegal is to reclaim control of its airports and air traffic from a pan-African body it has threatened to quit, a Transport Ministry official said on Friday. ”As of May 10,…

Russian oil spill an ‘environmental disaster’

A Russian fuel tanker broke in half during a storm on Sunday, spilling about 1 300 tonnes of oil in the Kerch Strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, a Transport…

Netherlands on full alert as big storm approaches

Shipping traffic to and from Rotterdam harbour is expected to be suspended from 8pm GMT due to an approaching storm, a port spokesperson said on Thursday. Dutch authorities put…

Bus crash kills 23 in Cameroon

A head-on crash at night between two buses killed 23 people and injured 36 others in Cameroon, state radio reported on Sunday. A third bus crushed two people on a motorcycle and…

Cargo plane crashes in Kinshasa suburb

A Soviet-era Antonov 26 cargo plane crashed in Kinshasa on Thursday, smashing through a dozen houses and killing 25 people on board as well as a number of people on the ground,…

Thai plane-crash inquiry probes wind-shear theory

Thai authorities probing a plane crash that killed 89 people in Phuket discovered on Tuesday that a system designed to check for dangerous winds was not fully working, an…

Almost half of Zim bus drivers fail safety test

Petrol shortages mean long and chaotic lines at bus stops for Zimbabwean commuters. On Tuesday, they learned that once they manage to board a bus, chances are 50-50 the driver is…

Two DRC airlines grounded after fatal crashes

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Transport Ministry has grounded two private airlines after a weekend plane crash killed 13 people in the second disaster since June, officials…

Former rebels sworn in to Sudan government

Former rebels from eastern Sudan were on Tuesday sworn in to their new roles in the central government in Khartoum as part of a peace deal that ended a decade of fighting.…