The idea of floating up Karpowerships into Saldanha, Coega and Richards Bay harbours has a certain appeal except it’s not that easy, writes Peter Bruce.
It has been an eight-year headache worth R37m for Stellenbosch University, but finally, it’s time for former SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux to pay back the money.
This resulted in damage to 600 meters of overhead track equipment," the company said. It added that Transnet Freight Rail suffered further damage when heavy rains, hail and high winds caused flash floods that swept through road infrastructure, cutting off access to a 150 km section of the railway reserve.
Transnet was working around the clock to restore the line, the statement said.
Transnet has suspended freight rail on its economically important railway line to Saldanha Bay due to "extreme weather conditions" in the Western and Northern Cape.