Cape Corridor News Today

Transnet Freight Rail, whose once-celebrated standing as a pillar of South African society has been almost entirely eclipsed by its unrelenting tendency to disgrace itself, opened its atrophying arms, inviting a private sector suitor, in possession of a good fortune, to revitalise the rail netw...

Blow to plan by the government for Transnet to embrace the private sector, which would be allowed to auction rail slots from the state-owned enterprise.

Transnet 'going off the rails'? Ditch the cadres, rehire experts squeezed out of the company, and get the private sector in.

Siza Mzimela has been facing enormous pressure to resign as Transnet’s rail network, has become inefficient and unreliable for big industry.

Two top executives have resigned from South Africa's state-owned ports and rail company amid a deepening crisis that is proving to be a drag on Africa's most industrialized economy

South Africas logistics utility Transnet on Wednesday said severe weather had disrupted rail services on its Cape Corridor, the main line for manganese exports and agricultural commodities. ... -September 27, 2023 at 08:39 am EDT - MarketScreener

Services had been halted on some sections of the rail network, while delays were being experienced on others, Transnet added.

The derailment is the latest in a string of such incidents which continue to trouble Transnet's network, frustrating operational performance.

Transnet will be engaging with the private sector to help encourage investment and growth in TFR intermodal freight business..

South Africa’s policy to open up its rail freight network to third-party operators has had a troubled start, as Phillippa Dean reports.