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Transnet has been struggling to provide adequate services due to underinvestment.

Transnet: from operations to capital crisis  

How Transnet will finance the next phase of its turnaround is anyone's guess

South Africa risks unbundling public infrastructure know-how  

The state risks losing expertise as it hands public infrastructure to private players

Transnet Eskom stalled. Photo by Gallo Images – Misha Jordaan / Freepik / Rawpixel / Currency collage

How Eskom and Transnet are blocking growth reforms  

Transnet and Eskom are acting as both referee and player, says BLSA, while political interference at municipalities is as bad as ever

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PODCAST: The great South African reboot

From Transnet to Joburg, the times they are a-changin’ in South Africa. At last

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The economic fix: Sarupen’s roadmap to faster growth

Fix the plumbing, slash the red tape and confront our hostile labour market: how to get South Africa back to real economic growth

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Has the economy finally turned? It feels like it

Four consecutive GDP gains signal a tentative recovery as infrastructure improvements take hold – but without private investment, momentum may fade

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Carlton Centre: the skyscraper nobody wants

Transnet’s last Carlton Centre sale attempt bombed – at R900m. Who will step up to buy the former Joburg icon?

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Full steam ahead, or just more smoke?

There are plenty of reasons to hold our breath over Transnet’s brand spanking new ‘open access’ operator model

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Transnet seeks R50bn bailout

Transnet is looking to government to help it manage its debt burden and lure the private sector

McKinsey in the dog box.

McKinsey’s rehabilitation tour bombs

McKinsey’s $122m US settlement for state capture in South Africa is drawing sharp criticism from critics, who say it’s pocket change for the consulting giant

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GNU blow as South Africa’s GDP shrinks

The economy’s shrinking, not growing. Can reforms at Eskom and Transnet turn the tide?

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Orange is back: how a surge in OJ futures saved South African citrus

How this year’s surge in orange juice prices helped save South Africa’s citrus growers from Transnet’s ongoing stumbles