TFR concludes repair work on North Corridor

State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) states it concluded the repair on its North Corridor in a record time of 15 hours on September 7. Earlier in the day, TFR provided a media declaration stating it would take 18 hours to repair the damage it suffered owing to...

Blue Train to resume services

State-owned Transnet has completed investigations into events that resulted in the suspension of the Blue Train service in the latter part of the 2021/22 financial year, which paves the way for services to resume. "" Transnet has actually also conducted a full...

Thelo DB inks $3.2bn rail management deal with Ghana govt

African railway business the Thelo DB consortium signed a $3.2-billion rail management arrangement with the federal government of Ghana, through the Ghana Railway Company in Accra, Ghana, on August 22 to establish and operationalise the Western Railway Line. As such,...

Transnet and unions declare wage deadlock, strike looms

South Africa’s Transnet announced on Friday a deadlock in wage negotiations, with two labour unions raising the prospect of a strike that could further cripple the State-owned logistics company and impact Africa’s most advanced economy. Transnet has been...