The Bakwena Drama for Change school project this year educated 17 schools and thousands of learners on the dangers associated with alcohol abuse and other risky behaviours. This campaign is now in its fourth year. Charmaine van Wyk, public relations manager of Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, operator of the N1N4 highway, says the highly successful…
DetailsAs part of its Arbor Week (1s t to 7t h September) educational drive among primary schools along its routes, Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, operator of the N1N4 highway, in partnership with The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has donated and planted indigenous trees at four schools in Hammanskraal. “Planting trees is largely symbolic, but through…
DetailsBakwenaiscontinuingitsplannedupgradestotolplazasalongtheBakwenaN1N4tolroad,with a total planned investment value for the project of approximately R160-million over a two year period.These upgrades are being implemented to increase capacity at the N1N4 plazas in response to increased traffic volumes along the coridor.
DetailsBakwena N1N4 Toll Concessionaire recently celebrated the birth of three leopard cubs to Brandy one of the leopards under its protection through a leopard conservation project, which it has supported, alongside North West’s Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development, since early 2014. As leopards are indigenous to the area along the N1N4 concession…
DetailsBakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire, operator of the N1N4 freeway, assisted with 121 volunteers at 26 voting stations during South Africa’s local government elections held on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Some of these volunteers formed part of the Disaster Management Teams, which Bakwena, with the assistance of the South African Red Cross Society has trained since…
DetailsSouth Africa’s national road infrastructure provides a fundamental network that delivers a wide range of economic and social benefits. Adequately maintaining road infrastructure is imperative and essential to preserving and enhancing those benefits. Bakwena N1N4 toll concessionaire’s commercial manager, Liam Clarke, explains why this is more cost effective and saves millions of Rands in the…
DetailsBakwena, the N1N4 Toll Road Concessionaire, has invested in an Air Liquide Liquid Nitrogen Biotank, to assist in local wildlife conservation. The biotank will form a key link in biomedical conservation research initiatives in South Africa, by establishing a library of very specific collections of biodiversity biospecimens. Project manager of the Biobank is Dr Paul…
DetailsIt is a validation of the userpays principle of road maintenance that Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire had a section of the N4 cleared and traffic freely moving again within hours of a horrific collision on July 1. The driver of a tanker carrying 16,500 litres of diesel on the N4 West slammed into the back…
DetailsAs hundreds of thousands ZCC pilgrims head to Moria for their annual Easter gathering, Bakwena, the concessionaire of the N1N4 toll routes, urges all travellers to take extra care on the roads over the long Easter weekend by following these safety tips and suggestions: 1. Peak travel times are expected on N1 northbound on Thursday,…
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