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October 30, 2023 | Freight

Transnet unveils recovery plan to reverse freight decline

Plan includes separating infrastructure from operations and enabling third-party access.

October 3, 2023 | Freight

Portia Derby resigns as Transnet CEO

CFO Nonkululeko Dlamini has also stepped down at South Africa’s state-owned freight operator.

July 13, 2023 | Africa

New initiatives illuminate the path to growth in Southern Africa

Phillippa Dean reflects on the implications of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Trade and Transit Facilitation Project, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the African Integrated High-Speed Railways Network (AIHSRN) initiatives for railway development in Southern Africa.

June 9, 2023 | Policy

Prasa chairman dismissed

Mr Leonard Ramatlakane was found to have misused property owned by Prasa in Cape Town.

May 11, 2023 | Signalling

Siemens completes South Africa’s largest resignalling project

Work included replacing obsolete relay-based signalling, some of which predated World War II.

April 5, 2023 | Fleet

Transnet seeks partner to establish rolling stock leasing company

Company would lease locomotives and wagons to new freight operators.

April 3, 2023 |

Aria calls for collaboration to revive beleaguered South African network

Both freight and passenger traffic on the network have fallen in recent years.

February 9, 2023 | Freight

Transnet plans to cut network by 35%

CEO plans to concentrate on more profitable freight flows.

February 3, 2023 | Financial

Spain ratifies Luxembourg Rail Protocol

International rolling stock registry operational by late 2023.

February 2, 2023 | Africa

Transnet seeks private sector investment in Container Corridor

Request for Qualifications aims to identify potential operators for Durban - Johannesburg rail freight.

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