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Sandock Austral Shipyard CEO Prasheen Maharaj; KZN MEC for Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs, Musa Zondi; Launch Boats Lady Sponsor TNPA Acting Port Manager for Cape Town Ophelia Shabane, and eThekwini Municipality EXCO Member and Chairperson of Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs, Cllr Thembubuhle Ntuli.
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SA shipbuilding industry has potential to chart new waters and cause economic waves

Transnet christens two new locally built launch boats at Durban shipbuilding yard

Unions have said the trend of making workers casual and the use of brokers to source labours on a three-month contract basis was rife in the logistics sector. Photo: grindrod.com

Grindrod Logistics workers strike over retrenchments

Unions say the company is keeping its workforce as casual labour to grow profits, in line with a trend in the transport sector

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

Overhaul: The harbour and container port and docks in Cape Town. Huge developments are being phased in. Photo: Peter Titmuss/Getty Images

Massive developments phased in at Port of Cape Town

Key players collaborate to build precinct, boost technical equipment for adverse weather, improve import/export truck flow, and more

Transnet faced intense scrutiny in Parliament as MPs raised concerns about rising debt, weak governance and persistent audit failures in spite of signs of recovery

Transnet’s privatisation plans

The 124-page Roadmap for the Freight Logistics System in South Africa sets out the path for expanded private investment in the country’s rail network

Foul business: Supervisor Ted Mngoma (above) and his team are working around the clock to repair the pumps at the Mahatma Gandhi Road treatment plant. (Rogan Ward)

R10m to fix Durban sewage plant

There are other costs. The waste has sunk to the bottom of the harbour and E coli levels are dangerous, which means businesses are hurting

File: Untreated sewage flows into Durban harbour after pumps at the Mahatma Gandhi Road treatment plant broke. Photo by Rogan Ward

Raw sewage overwhelms Durban

The breakdown of a treatment plant has cost businesses millions of rand in lost income, delayed ship maintenance and hammered sea life