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Mikatekiso Kubayi

Mikatekiso Kubayi is a research fellow at the Institute for Pan African Thought and Conversation at the University of Johannesburg and a doctoral candidate in political studies at its department of politics and international relations.

Transnet is falling well below its target of shifting 200 million to 220 million tonnes of freight a year, at which point — it is estimated — it will begin to make a meaningful contribution to the economy. Its current target is 170 million tonnes a year. Photo: (Karel Prinsloo/Bloomberg)

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA

29 JUL 2024

African Development Bank rescue of Transnet has national, regional and continental implications

This investment, used as a facilitator of local production, can also help develop regional value chains and access upstream global value chains

Siphumelele Duma
Mikatekiso Kubayi

5 min read

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose for the G7 group photo on the first day of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau on June 26, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

AFRICAN UNION

27 JUN 2022

It’s time for the G7 to deliver on Africa

South Africa and Senegal, as AU chair, are attending the important summit of the leaders of the big industrialised nations

Mikatekiso Kubayi

9 min read