Uncategorized Transnet and the Game of Thrones 21 Jul 2017 Yesterday the Minister of Transport, Joe Maswanganyi, toured the Port of Durban with the Chief Executive of Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) ahead of the official launch of the Comprehensive Maritime…
Uncategorized Weekly Press Review – 8 May 2017 8 May 2017 PetroSA remains under fire this week. According to the press, Energy Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has lashed out at the executives of PetroSA for paying themselves millions of rand in bonuses…
Uncategorized Weekly Press Review – 14 September 2016 14 Nov 2016 According to the press Transnet, the state-owned freight and logistics company, has set aside R20 million to spend in mergers and acquisitions both inside and outside of South Africa. Transnet’s…
Uncategorized… Weekly Press Review – 23 October 2015 27 Oct 2015 While the student protests have dominated the South African newspapers, only one small maritime headline managed to surface. Last week five suspected perlemoen poachers were trapped within the marine protected…
Uncategorized… Weekly Press Review – 11 September 2015 11 Sep 2015 The SA Navy’s SAS Umhloti has a new commander. The press has reported that Lieutenant-Commander Zimasa Mabela took command of the mine counter measures vessel in Simon’s Town this week…
Uncategorized… Weekly Press Review – 5 December 2014 6 Dec 2014 Recreational deep-sea fishermen celebrated a victory in the press this week with the Pretoria high court advising the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Senzeni Zokwana, to reconsider a decision…
Uncategorized… Weekly Press Review – 25 October 2013 25 Oct 2013 South Africa has made headlines this week as one of the first countries to sign the Minamata Convention. The convention is a new global treaty aimed at phasing out mercury…
Uncategorized Identifying maritime leaders 20 Sep 201320 Sep 2013 Identifying maritime leaders Having attended an interesting workshop on maritime leadership as part of the Third International Conference on Strategic Theory; we have decided to try and identify our current…
Uncategorized… Weekly Press Review – 24 August 2012 25 Aug 2012 The hate-hate relationship between Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and DA fisheries spokesman Pieter van Dalen has once again be covered in the press this week;…
Uncategorized… Weekly Press Review – 25 June 2012 25 Jun 2012 Am I the only one experiencing a strange sense of deja vu as the Eihatsu Maru becomes the latest ship to be abandoned by its owners and financiers after experiencing…