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By Liesl Venter Source: RTMS The Road Transport Management System (RTMS) and Performance Based Standards (PBS) programmes are gaining traction as industry and transport stakeholders look to reduce costs and improve heavy vehicle safety. “Road safety...

In the presence of the Presidents of the French and Kenyan Republics, M. Emmanuel MACRON et M. William RUTO, this signature positions Kenya as a major regional gateway for East and Central Africa. Source: CMA CGM CMA CGM has signed a strategic partnership...

11 May 2026 – By Liesl Venter Pauline Kumlehn, a partner at Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys. Source: Shepstone & Wylie Attorneys Stricter import enforcement measures introduced by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition could lead...

By Eugene Goddard Source: iStockphoto While a fragile ceasefire in the Persian Gulf has brought some measure of calm to the Middle East conflict, the supply chain industry in South Africa is facing a much older assault that seems to have drifted out...

By Ed Richardson Source: Maps The dominance of copper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Zambia is both a risk and an opportunity. An April 2025 World Bank report prepared by a team headed by Bekele Debele points out that the risk...

By Lyse Comins Road Freight Association chief executive Gavin Kelly. The Road Freight Association (RFA) has reacted with scepticism to Transnet Port Terminals’ (TPT) announcement of a new container handling fuel surcharge, dubbed the “fuel neutrality...

 By Ed Richardson Angola’s Lobito Corridor into the Copperbelt region between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Source: The Habari Network. The energy transition supports a shiny 10-year copper price outlook, AI infrastructure roll-out...

 By Ed Richardson Zambian energy minister Makozo Chikote. Source: Mwebantu Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produce about one-sixth of the world’s copper, making consistent power a global supply chain issue. The region...

Source: BCCI Truck queues of up to 17 kilometres, resulting in week-long delays, turned an African beacon of One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) efficiency into one of the continent’s worst corridor crossings in the sub-Saharan region. To make matters...

In a dramatic turn of events, Botswana Police have recovered a consignment of copper that went missing about a week ago, along with the truck and another suspect. The copper was reportedly destined for Durban, South Africa. The main suspect, a Zambian...