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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s National Web-Based Environmental Screening Tool is now fully operational. This was announced on Thursday by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George. “This instrument is a game-changer for South Africa,” he affirmed. “It’s about making processes faster and smarter without compromising our environment.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Schalk Burger
The South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) has issued an update on its Eastern Cape Intelligent Transport System (ITS) project. This was the first such project in the province. The ITS would keep drivers informed of road travel conditions on the national roads, in real time. “The technology that is used on ITS enables us to respond speedily to incidents on our national roads,” said Sanral Eastern Cape Provincial Head Mbulelo Peterson.
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1 week ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Marleny Arnoldi
Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) is pursuing the automation and digitalisation of air cargo, ACSA CEO Mpumi Mpofu assured the inaugural International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Global Air Cargo Summit. (ICAO was the specialist agency of the UN which oversaw global commercial aviation; the summit was being held in Antalya, in Türkiye.)She also called for the streamlining of trade processes and “smarter” infrastructure, to improve efficiency and competitiveness, globally.
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1 week ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Natasha Odendaal
UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance has reported that, perhaps surprisingly, in its latest survey US aerospace giant Boeing remained the most valuable aerospace and defence brand in the world (and for the tenth year in a row). Despite being beset with multiple quality control issues in its commercial airplane, defence and space businesses, Boeing’s brand valuation rose to $18.2-billion, a 12% increase, year-on-year.
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3 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Sheila Barradas |Darren Parker |Schalk Burger |Rebecca Campbell
South Africa's pro-business Democratic Alliance party filed a court case challenging the legality of the budget process on Thursday and sought to block the implementation of a value-added tax increase, widening a rift in the fragile ruling coalition.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Sheila Barradas |Darren Parker |Rebecca Campbell |Terence Creamer
South Africa's pro-business Democratic Alliance party filed a court case challenging the legality of the budget process on Thursday and sought to block the implementation of a value-added tax increase, widening a rift in the fragile ruling coalition.
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3 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Darren Parker |Terence Creamer
South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has been awarded International Air Transport Association (IATA) Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) certification, the carrier announced on Thursday. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry.) This recognises Airlink’s commitment to world-class and global standards for environmental and sustainability practices, and its compliance with the Buckingham Palace Declaration (to counter the illegal trade in wildlife).
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3 weeks ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Darren Parker |Marleny Arnoldi
The consortium seeking to buy beleaguered sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL), Vision Parties, has confirmed to THL’s Business Rescue Practitioners (BRPs) that it has received the credit approval that allows it the meet the rest of its payment obligations to the Lender Group of secured creditors of THL.
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3 weeks ago | 
engineeringnews.co.za | Rebecca Campbell |Sheila Barradas |Darren Parker |Irma Venter
The consortium seeking to buy beleaguered sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL), Vision Parties, has confirmed to THL’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) that it has received the credit approval that allows it to meet the rest of its payment obligations to the Lender Group of secured creditors of THL.
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3 weeks ago | 
newsletter.en.creamermedia.com | Sheila Barradas |Irma Venter |Rebecca Campbell |Natasha Odendaal
MADRID - At least two miners died on Monday and four were missing in an accident in a mine in the northern Spanish region of Asturias, the regional emergency service said. The emergency service said another three people had been injured due to a machine malfunction inside the mine in Degana at 9:32 a.m. (07:32 GMT) local time. Three helicopters and two ambulances have been sent to the scene.
