Minister of Public Works and Transport Ntuthuko Dlamini says there’s a need to engage local content in material, equipment and technical expertise in the E17 billion cross-border 146km rail link […]
Archive | Freight rail
Tracks may never meet
Transnet expects to double grain tonnages transported over the seven years of its expansion plan. Even so, this will still fall short of industry requirements. Albert Swart, Transnet Freight Rail […]
International level crossing day
The 7th of June 2012, marks the International Level Crossing Awareness Day. In a bid to celebrate and mark this day, Transnet Freight Rail, a division of Transnet Limited is […]
SA ups stakes in trade dominance battle
South Africa intends to build a new railroad for coal exports linking Mahalapye, the centre of Botswana’s coalfields, through the Limpopo Waterberg to the sea as the country seeks to […]
Transnet’s ‘Back to Rail’ Strategy videos
Click below to view videos from ‘Back To Rail’ breakfast Siyabonga Gama, CEO of Transnet speaks at FACE2FACE’s ‘Back to Rail’ breakfast about Transnet’s Back to Rail strategy ” Siyabonga […]
Fuel: A rude awakening
Professor Emile van Zyl, Senior Chair of Energy Research: Biofuels at Stellenbosch University, speaking at the Transport World Africa business breakfast held at the Killarney Country Club on 19 April […]
Justifying Transnet’s “Back to Rail’ strategy
Transnet’s CEO, Siyabonga Gama, speaking at the FACE2FACE 3S MEDIA interactive Forum on the 19 April 2024 highlighted the cost of logistics in doing business in South Africa. Albeit being […]
Partnering for volume growth
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) is keen to partner with the road, sea and air transport modes to provide end-to-end supply chain solutions for customers. This, according to Siyabonga Gama, Transnet’s […]
Rail transport opportunities in South Africa
Siyabonga Gama, Transnet’s CEO, speaking at the FACE2FACE 3S MEDIA interactive Forum on the 19 April 2024 said that the total South African transport demand over the next 30 years […]
Transnet’s planned R300 billion infrastructure spend
As was announced by Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s State President, earlier this year, R300 billion of the massive infrastructure development drive would be spent upgrading Transnet over the next seven […]