The state-owned freight transport and logistics company, Transnet, is seeking private sector partners to refurbish, finance, operate and maintain South Africa’s B-Network railway lines as part of efforts to open the country’s rail network to...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) with its financing partner, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) have reached financial close on USD 786 million in the landmark Lobito Corridor Railway Project, following...
The first eight Wabtec C28 locomotives have arrived at the Port of Durban from New Zealand, marking the first shipment under Traxtion’s R1.8 billion rolling stock investment programme and an important milestone in expanding freight rail...
South Africa’s rail story is often told as one story, when it is really two. There is freight rail, which carries the minerals, agricultural produce, manufactured goods and export cargo that move through the economy. Then there is passenger...
