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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)
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Coal miners knuckle down to find solutions to Transnet failings

According to the Minerals Council, logistical constraints induced by the railway’s setbacks have cost mining industry R51 billion in exports

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read