As it battled for a $2-billion South African railway deal, Bombardier Inc. left nothing to chance. Its lobbying strategy was so intimately detailed that it even noted the cigar and jazz tastes of a top South African politician. The inner workings...
One of South Africa’s brightest, richest and most well-connected entrepreneurs, Sandile Zungu, has taken on the head of the passenger rail service, Lucky Montana, over its R126-billion fleet renewal programme. Zungu, who runs his own...
In just a few days Gautrain commuters will finally be able to climb aboard at Johannesburgs’s Park station. Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi, in presenting his R4.36 billion budget in the provincial legislature on Tuesday, announced...
Transnet Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state rail and port operator, will move its manganese export terminal to Ngqura from Port Elizabeth by 2014-15, Transnet Port Terminals Chief Executive Officer Karl Socikwa said. Transnet has completed a...
