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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Transnet"”.
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Review of Transnet National Ports Marine Concrete Infrastructure Asset Management and Maintenance
… of safe and well-maintained concrete assets. Transnet is a State-Owned Company (SOC), wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of South Africa and is the custodian of rail, ports, and pipelines. The asset management and maintenance of Transnet's infrastructure assets are, therefore, the …
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Usage of Twitter by state-owned enterprises to communicate with customers: A case of Transnet South Africa
Social media is proving to be a critical factor for firms moving towards digital marketing strategies. Substantial economic advantage is gained when companies make use of social media platforms such as Twitter to modernise their businesses and start interactive communication with their target …
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The performance of non-core property assets held by a state owned enterprise: a case study of Transnet
This research looks at Transnet a State owned Enterprise with a key focus on how it manages its non-core property assets that are currently highly dilapidated and in a poor state of repair with resultant sub-optimal returns being derived. The non-core property portfolio of Transnet is immediately …
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The support women in management positions need to be effective managers
… in South Africa. It used the specific case of Transnet in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal to understand the phenomenon of women’s under-representation in senior management positions within the framework of Critical Mass Theory. The study’s objectives were; to identify challenges of mainstreaming …
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Assessing the economic value of using structural health monitoring systems on South African bridges by studying the Ermelo-Richards Bay Freight Railway line
… study was conducted on railway bridges on the Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) Ermelo - Richards Bay coal route to assess the contribution that a commodities line such as this one makes to the South African economy. This study makes use of data from Transnet to establish economic value. It is …
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Transient Analysis in Pipe Networks
… solved using transient analysis program called TRANSNET. A transient analysis program is developed in Java. This program can handle suddenly-closing valves, gradually-closing valves, pump power failures and sudden demand changes at junctions. A maximum of four pipes can be present at a junction. …
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Exploring the inclusion of women in work-life policy- and practice-making and its influence on career-advancement decisions at a state-owned entity
… influence on their career-advancement choices at Transnet Port Terminals (TPT), an operating division of Transnet Ltd, a State-Owned Entity in South Africa. The main research question was: “What role does inclusion in work-life policy- and practice-making and subsequent work-life integration …
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A mathematical model for least squares point determination from cadastral data
Transnet possesses approximately 60000 land parcels covering the whole of the South African rail network. These parcels, or polygons, will form the base map in a corporate Geographic Information System (GIS) which will be used for property administration and general railroad operations management. …
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Understanding how qualifying-year accounting students construe potential employers when making employer-choice decisions
… were construed similarly for 8 participants. Transnet was perceived distinctly from the other firms by most participants. The most frequently elicited constructs were regarding progression opportunities, international exposure and ethical reputation. The following themes emerged from a …
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Should South African Airways be privatised given the aviation deregulation policy in South Africa?
… to gather the data used in the research. The Transnet and the Competition Board annual reports were other major sources of data. The analysis was accomplished by scrutinising the SAA financial statements as to whether SAA followed all the requirements implemented when deregulation was …
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Critical Analysis of Station Area Development on PRASA owned land: The case of the Northern Corridor Railway Line Cape Town
… owned by PRASA, and the other six are owned by Transnet. The twenty PRASA owned rail stations include a total of 72 hectares of vacant station land parcels along the line with only two stations, with a total of 16 hectares between them, having seen progress towards development to date. This …
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Review of current asset maintenance in South African ports and recommendations for smart port maintenance
Transnet National Ports Authority's (TNPA's) waterside infrastructure is key to facilitating safe port navigation and operations in South Africa. Conflicting information regarding the asset condition of TNPA's infrastructure provides a need for objective asset condition assessments and ratings …
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An analysis of the impact of chloride-induced corrosion on reinforced concrete structures in the port of Cape Town
… life. For infrastructure owners such as the Transnet National Ports Authority, whose infrastructure is mostly civil in nature and is exposed to severe marine exposure conditions, an improved understanding of each port's environment can lead to the design of more durable structures, or the …
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Mathematical Study on the Expressive Power of Machine Learning and Applications in Optimal Filtering Problems
… GAT, we introduce transferable neural networks (TransNet) for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by reducing the optimization difficulty through the idea of transfer learning. The construction of transferable neural feature spaces involves re-parameterization of hidden neurons and …
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Railway Tunnels Management System in South Africa – Concrete Structural Elements
… on the heavy haul lines currently managed by Transnet TFR in South Africa. Additionally, it sustains the current DER rating system and proposes its application to all the defects on the concrete structural elements, instead of the worst defect on the inspected element. As recommendations, the …