Irma Venter
Irma Venter is a Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
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... →