Transnet security firms up in arms over ‘irregular’ cash demand

TFR manager under a cloud for trying to force six companies to cough up R5m each as a condition of contract to protect rail network

03 November 2024 - 00:05

In a blow to efforts to revive South Africa’s battered rail network, a senior Transnet executive is in hot water after demanding that six security companies contracted to secure railway corridors cough up R30m to subcontract some of the work to a third party...

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