Irma Venter
Irma Venter is a Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
R5bn-plus to be spent on public transport in 13 cities
1st October 2013 In the 2013/14 financial year, more than R5-billion would be spent in 13 South African cities on planning, building and operating integrated public... →
As road carnage bill reaches R306bn, govt focuses on engineering, enforcement
18th September 2013 Research indicated that road accidents cost the South African economy at least R306-billion a year, said Transport Minister Dipuo Peters on... →
Gauteng Transport Commission could be in place by end October, says Vadi
13th September 2013 The Gauteng Roads and Transport Department hopes to launch the Gauteng Transport Commission in October, says Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Dr... →
Increasingly politicised and militant trade unions damaging SA’s reputation, says Naamsa
11th September 2013 South Africa’s vehicle assemblers faced another challenging week as a strike in the component industry started to take its toll on production. In... →
Auto assemblers back to work, strike starts at component makers
9th September 2013 The three-week strike at South Africa’s truck, bus, bakkie and car assembly plants was over, confirmed the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa)... →
E-tolling Bill 'under consideration', says Presidency
5th September 2013 The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) was awaiting President Jacob Zuma’s signature on the Transport Laws and Related Matters... →
Vadi unveils 25-year Gauteng transport plan, seeks funding leap
19th August 2013 Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Dr Ismail Vadi has unveiled the province’s proposed 25-year integrated transport master plan (ITMP25), set to guide... →
Toll portfolio – and only toll portfolio – in distress, says Sanral
25th July 2013 Recent media reports that the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) was insolvent, were “factually incorrect”, the roads agency said... →
E-tolling has its merits, says Imperial’s Rossouw
11th July 2013 The roll-out of e-tolling on Gauteng’s freeways was a “good workable system”, said Imperial Logistics chief integration officer Cobus Rossouw on... →
Taxi recap to end in September, govt mulls introduction of subsidies
8th July 2013 First approved by Cabinet in 1999, the taxi recapitalisation programme (TRP) would come to an end in September, said Deputy Transport Minister... →
Gauteng toll system awaits President’s signature
8th July 2013 All that stood between Gauteng motorists and the start of e-tolling on the province’s major highways was President Jacob Zuma's signature.... →
Gautrain needs more rolling stock if it wants to increase capacity
8th July 2013 The Bombela Concession Company (BCC) can double only one more morning train to eight cars on the Pretoria-Johannesburg line before it has provided... →
New technologies, old-fashioned tracking blended as rhino poaching battle heats up
5th July 2013 It’s an ominous sound, and a surprising one: a loud boom on a late Wednesday afternoon that ripples across the vast, quiet grassland next to the... →
Prasa set to spend R150bn over next ten years as it upgrades, expands
1st July 2013 The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is to spend an estimated R150.3-billion on key capital programmes over the next ten years, says... →
Prasa to sign R51bn rolling stock deal by end July
26th June 2013 Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana said on Wednesday that he “was confident” the agency would ink the deal for the... →
July set as publishing date for Gauteng’s 25-year transport plan
26th June 2013 If everything went according to plan, Gauteng’s 25-year integrated transport master plan (ITMP25) could be “published by the end of July”, said... →
Govt pays R830m in Gautrain subsidies
18th June 2013 Government had paid a monthly ridership guarantee to Gautrain operator, the Bombela consortium, since June 7, last year, amounting to... →
Call for SA’s road admin units to restructure
10th June 2013 There exists an inability in South Africa, with some exceptions, to deliver the country’s road programme effectively, says South African Road... →
R18.85bn for road maintenance, tolling to remain policy
28th May 2013 The Department of Transport (DoT) has a budget of R42.3-billion for the 2013/14 financial year, of which R18.85-billion would be transferred to... →
Mercedes-Benz SA starts work on R300m-plus BRT contract
24th May 2013 Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s (MBSA’s) Sandown Motor Holdings has won the tender to provide the 134 buses necessary for the roll-out of the 18 km... →
Stefanutti fined R323m in Comp Comm investigation
13th May 2013 Construction group Stefanutti Stocks said on Monday that the proposed penalty it had to pay the Competition Commission in this body’s nationwide... →
Govt’s Gautrain bill shrinks to R70m a month as ridership jumps
9th May 2013 The patronage guarantee government paid to Bombela, the operator of the Gautrain system, had dropped from between R80-million and R85-million a... →
Motorists to foot R40bn cleaner fuels bill in SA
8th May 2013 The R40-billion in costs required for South Africa’s refineries to produce cleaner petrol and diesel by 2017 would have to be passed on to the... →
Gautrain 2012 ridership up 60%, placing ‘severe strain’ on capacity
9th April 2013 Average weekday ridership on the Gautrain in March has jumped by 60% compared with the same month last year, says Bombela spokesperson Kelebogile... →
Bombardier Africa Alliance wins R1.1bn Prasa signalling contract
27th March 2013 The Bombardier Africa Alliance consortium had won a R1.1-billion contract to complete a conventional mainline resignalling project for the... →
Men, Swedes most aggressive drivers; SA drivers most likely to drive drunk – survey
25th March 2013 Young South African drivers were quite reckless compared with their counterparts in Europe, tyre maker Goodyear’s third yearly Road Safety Survey... →
Tshwane metro unveils first station in its A Re Yeng bus rapid transit system
19th March 2013 The Tshwane metro on Tuesday showed the media what its purple and green Tshwane rapid transit (TRT) system stations would look like, while it also... →
Gautrain arbitration case may only be resolved in 2015
25th January 2013 The arbitration case between Bombela and the Gautrain Management Agency has been ongoing for 18 months and will, in all likelihood, take another... →
Longer than planned Gautrain trips limit passenger growth
21st January 2013 The Gautrain system is currently carrying around 40 000 train passengers a day, and between 14 000 and 16 000 bus passengers a day, says Gautrain... →
