NIGERIA: Oando to introduce electric buses on Lagos roads

In Nigeria, energy solutions provider Oando has signed an agreement with the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) to deploy electric buses in the economic capital. This partnership will contribute to the decarbonisation of the transport system in this West African country. (From Afrik21)

AFRICA: BYD to acquire 6 lithium mines to make EV batteries

Chinese carmaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) is in the process of signing agreements to acquire six lithium mines on the African continent. The mining of this key battery metal will enable the company to expand its range of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles by 2029. (From Afrik 21).

SOUTH AFRICA: 15 dead, 37 injured in bus collision in S Africa

Fifteen people were killed and 37 injured Friday when a bus and a truck collided on a South African highway near the capital Pretoria, an emergency services spokesman told AFP. (From New Age World).

South Africa: Taxi 'mafia' blamed for deadly attacks on long-distance buses

  • Attacks on interprovincial bus operators, have intensified, with a driver recently killed and passengers injured.

  • Bus company Intercape says taxi associations are stoking violence over routes and fare disputes.
  • The company accuses the police and the Department of Transport of inaction, while disruptions and violence put lives at risk and cost millions.

(From News24)

Nigeria: Nigeria Prepares for Electrification of Transport System

Nigerian renewable energy firm Oanda Clean Energy (OCEL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with government agency, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), to work together in planning, implementing, regulating and managing a sustainable and integrated public transportation system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while fueling economic growth. (From Energy Capital & Power)

South Africa: South African government slams Ryanair's Afrikaans language test as a 'backward profiling system,'
  • The South African government has attacked Ryanair’s decision to quiz passengers in Afrikaans.
  • The Department of Home Affairs in South Africa said it was “taken aback,” Reuters reported.
  • Ryanair previously said customers would be refused travel if they cannot complete the test.

(From Business Insider)

South Africa: Additional Security Deployed to Protect Rail Infrastructure

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has contracted and deployed additional security along the Central Line in Cape Town following the shooting of two security guards protecting the recovery work between Bonteheuwel and Lavis Town. The security guards are receiving treatment at a local hospital. (From All Africa)

South Africa: Rickety rail put South Africa on a road to nowhere, getting off it will be a long and complicated project

The ideals in the government’s White Paper on National Rail Policy are ambitious but not far-fetched. The shortcomings of rail are well ventilated and the solutions proposed are rooted in reality. (From Daily Maverick).

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