Transnet needs about R150 billion to fix its infrastructure so the R5 billion loan from New Development Bank is perhaps a drop in the ocean – but when added to the R18.5 billion loan recently received from African Development Bank and the government R47 billion loan guarantee – things are starting to look up for the country’s logistics provider. From Power Business FM.
The Writer's Room is a curated by Ciaran Ryan, who has written on South African affairs for Sunday Times, Mail & Guardian, Financial Mail, Finweek, Noseweek, The Daily Telegraph, Forbes, USA Today, Acts Online and Lewrockwell.com, among others. In between he manages a gold mining operation in Ghana, and previously worked in Congo. Most of his time is spent in the lovely city of Joburg.