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This morning, FOCUS attended the 2017 budget review, hosted by Econometrix and Grant Thornton, where the overall feeling was that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan seems to have done a pretty good job, despite political pressure and the continued threat of a downgrade posed by the ratings agencies. 

“Escalating expectations, new competition, a lack of transport infrastructure and warehousing, complex and intertwined market places, as well as a move back to regional trade are threatening the transport and logistics industry,” says Paul Stone, chief executive at DHL Supply Chain South Africa.

Two fully equipped trailers, for use in Mpumalanga as mobile testing centres for learner driving licence tests, have been custom built by Serco. The 12,5m-long trailers were built for PCubed, and feature a main examination section comprising an examiner’s desk and 15 workstations where applicants sit their tests. The back section houses a registration desk, the generator and a server room.

TomTom has released the results of the TomTom Traffic Index (TTTI) 2017 – the annual report which provides details on the cities around the world with the most traffic congestion. In a study of 390 cities, Johannesburg – South Africa’s most densely populated city – stood out for its implementation of effective traffic-management systems across the city, earning special recognition from an international panel of traffic experts.