DA challenges Ramaphosa to retract misleading rail remarks and end Transnet’s stranglehold on South Africa’s rail network. 18 March 2026. The DA challenges President Ramaphosa ...

Last Monday the German rail-workers’ trade union Transnet held a congress which agreed a change of leadership. The longstanding union executive member, Alexander Kirchner, was elected the union’s new ...

Transnet saw a steady operational improvement in the six months to 30 September as higher rail volumes and increased tonnage throughput breached the 80 million tons, helping to narrow losses. The ...

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), the state-owned logistics company’s biggest of six operating divisions with reported revenue of R39.4bn ($2.5bn) in 2021, announced the commencement of a rail slots sale ...

South African coal exporter Thungela Resources on Thursday said it had agreed to amend a long-term haulage contract with Transnet after the state-owned rail operator declared force majeure in April.

Coal in South Africa, which has the largest proven reserves of the fuel on the continent, is at risk of becoming stranded following a plunge in prices and collapse of the nation’s rail network. Prices ...

Transnet SOC Ltd. said it’s in talks to run additional trains between a port in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province and the country’s commercial hub of Gauteng to better link the two automotive ...

The government is planning to restructure Transnet Freight Rail. Credit: Lisa Johnson från Pixabay. South African state-owned logistics firm Transnet is set to reduce its freight rail network by ...

South Africa’s Transnet aims to revolutionise African rail and launch the country onto the international stage. Rowan Watt-Pringle reports on South Africa's ambitious plan to invest $36bn to create a ...

South Africa's state rail company Transnet on Friday invited bids from the private sector to operate sections of its freight network, seeking a cash injection to improve the service. April 1 (Reuters) ...

FILE: Transport Minister Barbara Creecy. Picture: Department of Transport/@Dotransport on X JOHANNESBURG - Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said the decision to allow private train operating ...