South Africa is opening its freight rail network to private operators in a bid to expand capacity and improve efficiency as state-owned Transnet faces equipment shortages, maintenance backlogs, and ...

Wage talks between state-owned South African port and rail operator Transnet SOC Ltd. and its biggest labor group have deadlocked, as the company signed a three-year agreement with a smaller union.

The Budget has been postponed to March 12 after a deadlock within the Government of National Unity coalition partners over VAT. This was part of the proposed Budget that is now under review: The ...