24 Aug 2011The massive volumes of freight being moved across South Africa by road rather than rail came under the spotlight at Parliament on Tuesday.
"The road freight sector carries 87% of the total freight in the country," senior transport department official Clement Manyungwana told MPs.
Briefing members of the transport portfolio committee, he said that in 2003, about 720m tons, out of a total 900m tons of surface freight transported, had moved by road.
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