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Enormous potential and massive uncertainty; these are the forces the South African flag carrier is weighing up as its home country embarks on fundamental reform. Trevor French reports from Johannesburg. [...]

Deregulation has been detrimental to South Africa's transportation industry. Urban planners and politicians should be blamed for their lack of foresight in imposing deregulation. Unscheduled minibuses have supplanted trains and feeder buses. Another adverse effect of deregulation is the complete bus service cessation in some places due to unfair competition. Evidently, the recently implemented transportation policy has proven to be more of a bane than a boon to mass transit operation.

Southern Africa's economic growth and job creation could be significantly higher if governments were to lift their limits on airline flights between their countries. This is the conclusion of a [...]

South Africa's transport minister shares his view on the transport system of Africa with special emphasis on the aviation sector. He believes in providing timeframes to ensure that aircraft purchased, leased and operated by African countries would be maintained and supported in Africa, by African companies, and African mechanics and engineers.

THE chief executive officer of Spoornet, Mr Braam Le Roux, has confirmed that South Africa's famous Blue Train is to be privatised, although the method of privatisation to be adopted [...]

In addition to existing air traffic and navigation service charges, foreign airlines serving South Africa will have to pay IATA-approved fees totaling nearly $3 million over the next 18 months [...]

The South African shipping community has urged their government to initiate reforms aimed at transforming the country into a maritime business center. They have submitted a number of ambitious proposals, including the creation of an international register and a better crewing environment. South African shipping executives admit that their goals will take time to achieve and they are calling on the government to start the effort at the earliest possible time., Propose international registry and more competitive tax and currency environment. But they want to keep it respectable. South Africa's shipowners would like to see their nation transformed into a maritime [...]

Flitestar, the leading South African independent, has called on the country's transport authorities to end alleged subsidy of South African Airways' domestic operation or face the collapse of the country's [...]

Southern African states have taken the first major steps towards establishing joint bilateral negotiations with South Africa and European countries. The region's weak carriers have become increasingly concerned that South [...]

The South African Government has approved a new, liberal aviation policy for scheduled and non-scheduled international services. The driving force behind the change of policy was a perceived need to [...]

If the 10 Southern African Development Coordinating Conference (SADCC) airlines want to survive international competition from the global mega-carriers, they will have to consider seriously an alliance with South African [...]

SAA split likely The South African Government is to appoint a private-sector consultant to investigate ways of splitting up South African Airways to smooth the way for deregulation and privatisation. [...]

The South African Government's plans to create competition after the deregulation of the domestic aviation industry will fail unless far-reaching concessions are made to South African Airways' potential competitors. One [...]