In a bid to shore up capital for the beleaguered state entity, Transnet has announced a number of reforms that will spearhead access to the company’s rail network for the private sector – but the ...

State-owned logistics operator Transnet sees the entry of private operators into its monopoly on rail and ports in SA as an ...

On Christmas Eve 2024, the Department of Transport released a final network statement that sets out the process of ending Transnet’s monopoly on rail and bringing in private-sector players to ...

Transnet has told Daily Maverick that the move to open its doors to the private sector was encouraged by the National Rail Policy, which was approved by cabinet in March 2022. “It introduces various ...

The 10-year timeline to fix the network is less daunting once the project is spliced into more manageable outcomes. It may cost R80 billion and take 10 years to fix Transnet’s core rail network, ...

South African coal and iron-ore exporters aim to sign agreements with state-owned logistics company Transnet next month that could pave the way for them to spend billions of rand to help fix crucial ...

TFR and BR will also engage in the construction of a connecting line from Mamabula in Botswana to Lephalale in Limpopo. Credit: Peter H from Pixabayx. South Africa and Botswana have agreed to support ...

Coal in South Africa, which has the largest proven reserves of the fuel on the continent, is at risk of becoming stranded following a plunge in prices and collapse of the nation’s rail network. Prices ...

Transnet has launched a 4-km-long production train to transport manganese from the Northern Cape to Saldanha Bay. Camerawork: Dylan Slater; Editing: Nicholas Boyd. Photo by Creamer Media's Dylan ...