Government eyeing private sector participation to fix rail and ports

CapeTalk’s Lester Kiewit speaks with Andrew Pike, Senior Consultant and Head of the Ports, Rail and Logistics Sector at Bowmans.

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The state of our rail network is dire, but that may change with the help of the private sector.

Government has launched an online Request For Information (RFI) to allow private sector participation in the rail and ports sectors.

This should drive new investment.

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Pike is cautiously optimistic about the RFI but notes it will take some time before we see the impact.

“We are still some way off but nonetheless it is quite an exciting development.”

- Andrew Pike, Senior Consultant at Bowmans and Head of their Ports, Rail and Logistics Sector 

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