Covid pandemic | Harbour | Pier 2 | South Africa | Transnet
SA’s harbours are slowly recovering
Cape Town port hit record numbers in 2024.
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Major own goal for South Africa
Operational failures at the Port of Cape Town have become a major own goal for South Africa’s export economy.
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One of South Africa’s world-class state companies went from hero to zero
Fifteen years ago, Transnet was widely regarded as one of South Africa’s strongest state-owned enterprises.
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5 Things | atms | Eskom | Nelson Mandela | Transnet
Eskom severe storm warning for South Africa, and major banks shutting branches and ATMs
Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Wednesday, 31 December 2025.
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Billionaire-backed company signs deal with South African state-owned giant
Transnet has signed a concession agreement with a company headed by Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon to expand the main terminal at the continent’s top container hub in Durban.
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End of an era for 120-year state monopoly in South Africa
Private South African freight-rail operator Traxtion will invest R3.4 billion in locomotives and wagons, almost doubling its fleet as the country’s more than century-old state rail monopoly comes to an end.
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Nedbank pays R600 million to Transnet in final settlement
Nedbank and state-owned group Transnet and have agreed a confidential commercial settlement of their ongoing litigation around state capture-era transactions.
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Gijima | Government | Robert Gumede | state-owned enterprises (SOEs) | state-owned entities | Transnet
Transnet in court to cancel R1.5-billion IT contract
Gijima’s contract with Transnet came to an end on 30 November 2024, but it has refused to hand over control of the systems to Transnet’s internal staff due to concerns over service continuity.
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Eskom | Government | Prasa | Stats SA | Transnet
Eskom spends extra R10 billion as state spending shoots up
Public sector organisations have increased infrastructure spending by R42 billion in one year, with Eskom leading the charge.
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Eskom | Government | Press Pulse | SA Post Office | SABC | Transnet
Eskom much worse than SABC, Transnet, and SA Post Office in media sentiment rankings
Press Pulse’s latest online media sentiment report revealed that Eskom had the worst reputation of all large South African companies, including other SOEs.