News / Analysis: On the wrong track – Transnet's rail freight reform

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Transnet’s rail reform proposal is on the right track, but in its current form it likely won’t reach its intended destination.  

Background  

South Africa has long struggled with archaic supply chain operations that have meant delays, backlogs and congestion across its ports and rail network are a daily experience for shippers and forwarders, and which is largely attributed to failings at the government-owned port, rail and pipeline company Transnet, which has neglected investment into South African transport infrastructure for well over ...