Transnet National Port Authority has been rapped on the knuckles for being expensive and inefficient.
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/ 30 December 2010
Transnet said on Thursday it would reopen on Friday rail lines leading to the export terminal at Richards Bay after a derailment earlier this week.
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/ 8 December 2010
Transnet’s 550km-long pipeline to move fuel from refineries in Durban to Gauteng is expected to cost R23,4-billion.
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/ 8 November 2010
New Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has a lot to pick up, that his ousted predecessor was forced to drop.
Public enterprises minister calls for robust leadership of parastatals.
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/ 19 October 2010
South Africa’s rail network will need private investment to run smoothly, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Monday.
Peter Harris, co-founder and managing director of the Resolve Group, responds to an article by the <i>M&G</i> regarding his company.
The dismissal of Transnet Freight Rail [TFR] chief executive Siyabonga Gama this week has raised the ire of some executives in the company.
Transnet has wasted no time after firing freight boss Siyabonga Gama in identifying candidates for the parastatal’s top job.
Transnet is planning to streamline its operations and reduce the number of executives in all its divisions, the <i>M&G</i> has established.
The would-be chief executive of Transnet, Siyabonga Gama, may have been found guilty for awarding questionable tenders.
Suspended Transnet Freight Rail chief executive Siyabonga Gama is threatening legal action to stave off his dismissal, the company said on Monday.
Siyabonga Gama has been found guilty of a serious breach of governance requirements relating to procurement contracts which he approved at Transnet.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union on Monday issued secondary strike notices to several port-related companies, an official said.
Trade union members who have been striking against Transnet were on Wednesday considering a new offer from management.
Unions have reached a proposed wage deal with Transnet, which if accepted by members will end a strike that paralysed rail and port traffic.
Striking Transnet workers were set to appeal to Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele on Tuesday as wage talks reached a dead-end.
Transnet confirmed on Monday that wage talks between the transport utility and two unions faltered once again, despite the CCMA’s involvement.
The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has promised the government that it would reach a wage agreement with striking unions by mid-week.
Transnet employees are expected to march in Johannesburg on Friday morning as a strike over wage negotiations continues.
A Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration official will meet with Transnet and unions in an attempt to resolve a countrywide strike.
Striking unions at Transnet on Wednesday asked the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to intervene in their wage dispute.
The ANC on Wednesday condemned a suspected act of sabotage by striking Transnet workers that caused a train derailment in KZN.
About 10 000 litres of diesel spilled when a freight train derailed in a suspected sabotage by striking Transnet workers on Wednesday.
Thousands of transport workers joined a national strike on Wednesday, paralysing rail and port operations in the country.
Rail company Transnet on Monday appealed to striking workers to consider in earnest its offer of an 11% salary increase.
The nationwide Transnet strike by the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) would go ahead, the union said on Saturday.
Nersa has given transport parastatal Transnet the green light to raise its tariffs for users of its fuel pipelines by 6,09%.
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/ 4 December 2009
Anonymous employees have mounted a well-orchestrated campaign to bring Transnet into disrepute, the transport parastatal said on Friday.
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/ 27 November 2009
Disgruntled Transnet staff charge that business was awarded to firms in which board members held interests.
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/ 20 November 2009
Senior managers are to call for the entire board to step down after Ramos is accused of victimising Gama.
Transnet will continue with a disciplinary hearing against its Freight Rail CEO Siyabonga Gama, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.