News24 Business | Govt tests private sector appetite for new rail lines to move coal, iron-ore and cars

South Africa Takes Key Step on Rail, Ports Fix With Private Help

South Africa has taken its biggest step yet to invite the private sector to help it fix dilapidated freight-rail lines and ports that are stymieing exports from companies including Glencore Plc, Anglo American Plc and BMW AG.

Minister Barbara Creecy launches initiative to boost private sector involvement in rail and port logistics

Creecy launches request for information process to tackle struggling rail and port infrastructure

To tackle South Africa's struggling rail and port infrastructure, plagued by rampant theft and vandalism, minister of transport Barbara Creecy has launched an online request for information (RFI) process.

News24 Business | Govt tests private sector appetite for new rail lines to move coal, iron-ore and cars

Government to launch an eight-week process to collect market information about private sector interest in developing much-needed rail and port infrastructure.

Port of Cape Town observes Government’s RFI process inclusion

Cape Town: Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis observed the inclusion in government’s Request For Information (RFI) process for Port of Cape Town to test the private sector appetite for partnerships between ports and freight rail lines. Lewis expressed that they are relieved to see the inclusion in Port of Cape Town government’s testing of market appetite for private sector involvement. As the City of Cape Town has been making efforts to take this case to …

Transnet desperate for private sector to fix crumbling rail network

South Africa is making an urgent appeal to the private sector to help revive its collapsing freight-rail lines and ports, which are wreaking havoc on key exports, including coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome and automobiles. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has officially opened the door for private investment, inviting companies to propose ways they can assist in repairing and managing the struggling infrastructure. This comes as exports from m…