South Africa Opens Freight Rail to Private Operators as Mining Demand Grows South Africa Opens Freight Rail to Private Operators as Mining Demand Grows

South Africa Opens Freight Rail to Private Operators as Mining Demand Grows South Africa Opens Freight Rail to Private Operators as Mining Demand Grows

South Africa Opens Freight Rail to Private Operators as Mining Demand Grows South Africa has allocated freight capacity of up to 24 million tonnes a year to 11 private train operating companies, putting one of the country’s most consequential logistics reforms onto the railway rather than leaving it on the policy books. The first operators are expected to begin running on the national freight network from April 2027. They will enter a system tha…