# The Special Tribunal has ordered former Nkandla project architect Minenhle Makhanya to repay the National Treasury 147.2-million-rand. This is for losses linked to unlawful conduct during the security upgrades at former president Jacob Zuma’s private residence. The tribunal found that Makhanya’s appointment was unlawful and that he authorised work beyond the security requirements for […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has criticised the uMkhanyakude District Municipality’s plan to spend 15-million-rand on five specialised water tankers. According to Buthelezi, the deal is unnecessary and could worsen the municipality’s financial problems. The department’s Siboniso Mngadi says the MEC has urged the municipality to cancel the planned purchase:
# Die LUR vir Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake in KwaZulu-Natal, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, het die uMkhanyakude-distriksmunisipaliteit se plan gekritiseer om 15-miljoen-rand aan vyf gespesialiseerde watertenkwaens te bestee. Volgens Buthelezi is die transaksie onnodig en kan dit die munisipaliteit se finansiële probleme vererger. Siboniso Mngadi van die Departement sê die LUR het die munisipaliteit versoek om […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrag- en Logistiekvereniging en die Padvragvereniging vra ‘n verenigde herstelplan om voorspelbare vragvloei deur die Durbanse houer-terminaal te herstel. Die bedryfsliggame sê weeklikse stelselprosesse het met 26-persent gedaal ná die NAVIS-stelselverandering middel Augustus, terwyl vertragings met vaartuie en vragmotors toegeneem het. Die organisasies vra ‘n openbare herstelplan van 30-dae, verbeterde toerusting en […]
# Die Durbanse houer-terminaal doen stappe om agterstallige vrag op te klaar en gewone bedrywighede te herstel ná die instel van sy nuwe NAVIS-terminaalbedryfstelsel. Bedryfshoof Grant Bahlmann sê die stelsel is bestendig, maar beperkings met toerusting en terrein-opeenhoping vertraag die proses. Tydelike beperkings bly intussen van krag terwyl ingevoerde vrag verwyder word. Bahlmann sê bergingsfooie […]
# South African Freight and Logistics Association and the Road Freight Association are calling for a unified recovery plan to restore predictable cargo flows through the Durban Gateway Terminal. The industry bodies say weekly system processes fell 26-percent following the mid-August NAVIS N4 system change, while vessel and truck delays increased. The organisations want a […]
# The Durban Gateway Terminal says it is working to clear a backlog and restore normal operations following the implementation of its new NAVIS terminal operating system. Chief Operating Officer Grant Bahlmann says the system is stable, but equipment constraints and yard congestion are slowing the recovery. Temporary restrictions remain in place while import cargo […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Vrag- en Logistiekvereniging en die Padvragvereniging vra ‘n dringende herstelplan om die vloei van vragte op die Durbanse hawe-terminaal te herstel. Woordvoerder Gavin Kelly sê skepe het verlede maand gemiddeld 80-uur voor anker gelê en wag en die hoeveelheid gehanteerde vrag het met 26-persent gedaal ná die oorskakeling na die NAVIS N4-stelsel, […]
# ‘n Man van KwaZulu-Natal gaan die volgende aantal jare in ‘n Amerikaanse tronk deurbring nadat hy skuld erken het op aanklagte van die verspreiding en besit van inhoud wat die seksuele misbruik van kinders uitbeeld. Die 45-jarige Marcell Meyer het op ‘n plaas in Sackets Harbor, New York, gewerk. Die Distrikshof in Albany het […]