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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Transnet is pushing ahead with plans to boost private participation in South Africa\u2019s ports and freight-rail networks as the state-owned logistics company\u2019s operational performance deteriorates.<\/p>\n

By the end of October it plans to create an infrastructure manager to allow private companies to run trains on key freight tracks, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, South Africa\u2019s minister in the presidency, said in a statement on Tuesday. Those rail lines move cars, metals and coal to ports and import fuel and automotive parts.<\/p>\n

The company also expects to form partnerships with private operators at the Durban Pier 2 Container Terminal, part of Africa\u2019s biggest container port, and at the Ngqura Container Terminal in the coming months.<\/p>\n

The drive to increase private-sector investment in South Africa\u2019s logistics and power industries comes as government struggles to arrest the declining performance of its state-owned companies and deliver basic services to citizens.<\/p>\n

The government is also helping Transnet to seek additional locomotives and is pushing law enforcement agencies to reduce the cable theft that\u2019s idling sections of the Container Corridor, which carries goods to and from the port at Durban and the industrial hub of Gauteng.<\/p>\n

Ntshavheni also said:<\/p>\n

A Water Partnerships Office has been established in the state-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa to boost private participation in water re-use, wastewater treatment, desalination and sanitation projects<\/p>\n

More than 10 000 megawatts of private power projects are now in various stages of development<\/p>\n

“These reforms are necessary both to address the immediate challenges that we face, and to drive a fundamental transformation of our economy in the months and years to come,” she said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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