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Bus tour operators plead for help

The tourism transport sector was hammered during Covid-19 levels four and five and is asking the government for financial assistance

Principal officer, Joe Letswalo, holds the overall winner’s trophy which the Transport Sector Retirement Fund received from IRFA earlier this year. (Photo: IRFA)

A transformative approach to investment

The fund’s investments assist in infrastructure development

Picturesque view of the Highway Junction Truck Stop in Harrismith. (Photo: Anita Heyl)

Africa’s largest truck stop

The Harrismith Highway Junction Truck Stop is designed to give truck drivers a well-earned rest, for the safety of all road users

Safs Narker, chief investment officer and head of equities for Vunani Fund Managers and portfolio manager of the TRSF. (Photo: Ayanda Ndamane)

Responsible partnerships

Vunani Fund Managers is helping the TSRF perform above the benchmark

Cool: If industries, like this steel plant in Inner Mongolia, become more efficient, warming will be limited. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Mission possible: Polluters can change

A new report shows that the world’s biggest emitters of carbon dioxide could stop — and cheaply too

Electrifying the transport system offers numerous benefits

The electrification of transport could transform our future

Electric vehicles can store off-peak energy and return it to the system when required

Awie de Swardt, managing director of Futura SA Administrators

High rate of compliance allows for rapid investment

Compliance with pension payments is high, despite high staff turnover

Joe Letswalo, the principal officer of the Transport Sector Retirement Fund. (Photo: Clinton Friedman)

Retirement fund a reliable constant in members’ lives

Governance is good because the trustees worked in the industry, are fund members and undergo training during the year

Truck accidents cost billions each year. Truck stops allow drivers to rest properly, eat well and access a range of services, including medical services

Truck stops promote driver safety and responsible investment

The Harrismith Highway Junction Truck Stop is creating vital skills and employment

Trevor Morgan

Infrastructure due for overhaul

With the fortunes of a nation resting on its back, local transport infrastructure needs a serious cash injection and a major overhaul

Taxi drivers won’t revolt against second BRT rollout

BRT lauded as the solution

Despite all its teething problems, the system offers an ideal opportunity to shape the transport sector.

Turbulence over Africa

Turbulence over Africa

Although open-skies policies on in Africa bode well for the airline industry, ageing fleets and tight margins are significant challenges.

Paris goes green with Bluecar

Paris goes green with Bluecar

Capital trials new electric car-sharing scheme — and hopes to have 5 000 vehicles on the roads by 2013.

EU firm on airline carbon tax

United States airlines are wrong to think that they can force the European Union to back down on plans to make carriers pay for emitting carbon.

World Cup fans face transport hurdles

World Cup fans face transport hurdles

Soccer World Cup fans still won’t find it easy to get between and around the nine host cities, some analysts say.

Transport road map

The consensus among most industry players is that the "road versus rail" rivalry that characterised the transport sector seems to be receding.

From a lump of coal into a diamond

Maria Ramos is a small woman, but her formidable track record as both a government and business leader is, well, big. Very big.