Pathway to 193MT
The 193Mt served as an internal ‘stretch target’ beyond the official 170Mt goal for 2024/25. Transnet moved 161Mt by March 2025, showing progress from the 151.7Mt achieved in 2023/24. However, performance remains well below the 193MT stretch target and even the 170MT official target and, despite gradual recovery, remains well behind the record 226Mt in…
read more >>Corridor recovery teams
Corridor recovery teams (CRTs) have been established, which include Transnet’s managing executives, Operation Vulindlela, the Department of Public Enterprises, industry representatives and independent experts. These teams have developed delivery plans with specific actions and timeframes to achieve targeted freight volume increases. The CRTs are tasked to develop a detailed delivery plan to improve safety and security as…
read more >>TFR OEM partnerships for locomotives
TFR has experienced significant locomotive availability challenges, with 394 new generation locomotives standing idle due to derailments, collisions and a shortage of spare parts after the withdrawal of the OEM agreement. Since May 2024, Transnet Engineering has successfully returned 86 of these locomotives to service after securing support from alternative suppliers in Germany. The locomotive…
read more >>SAPS Rail
The South African Railway Police force, established in 1934, was dissolved and integrated into the South African Police Service in October 1986. Theft and sabotage of railway lines, copper and other equipment have plagued Transnet and contributed significantly to the dysfunctionality of both cargo and passenger rail routes. The freight logistics roadmap calls for the…
read more >>Integrated Energy Plan (IEP)
As a result of legal action brought by The Green Connection and SAFCEI against the President and the DMRE minister, government announced in the Gazette of April 2023 its decision to bring Section 6 of National Energy Act (NEA) into operation with effect from 1 April 2024. Section 6 requires the minister to publish an…
read more >>Gas Utilisation Masterplan (GUMP)
The DoEE minister indicated that the plan needs to be reworked following heavy criticism received through public commentary of its first iteration. The goal is to establish baseline information for South Africa’s natural gas development and explaining the Gas Master Plan roadmap. The baseline information provides an overview of the gas value chain and regulatory…
read more >>UPRDA
On 29 October, the President assented to the Upstream Petroleum Rights Development (UPRD) Act. The implementation date is to be determined. There are two separate licensing phases, each governed by ministerial notices, guarantee openness and flexibility by permitting a minimal work commitment and providing an open-door system for potential investors. Additionally, it demonstrates the government’s…
read more >>National Petroleum Company Bill (aka Eskom 2.0)
Early in October 2024, the Cabinet approved submitting the South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) Bill of 2024 to Parliament. The bill establishes the State Petroleum Company, as contemplated in section 34 of the UPRD Act, through a merger of PetroSA, the South African Gas Development Company (iGas) and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF). The…
read more >>Production – Boegoebaai
Stuck at the feasibility stage. The Boegoebaai development was categorised as an industrial development project and a strategic integrated project in the National Development Plan 2030. As part of the proposal, in 2021 Sasol and the Industrial Development Corporation funded a feasibility study to determine whether building a global export centre for ammonia and green hydrogen at…
read more >>Freight logistics roadmap
The Fright Logistics Roadmap (FLR), approved by cabinet in December 2023, is being implemented by the National Logistics Crisis Committee (NLCC) with corridor-specific teams. The newly established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Management (TRIM) has published a Network Statement, introduced a slot process and deployed recovery teams. The Department of Transport’s PSP Unit has been established as…
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