‘Deep’ reforms, Transnet appointments key to dealing with South Africa’s logistics crisis – BLSA

With commodity prices declining and mining companies being unable to get output to their markets owing to issues with the rail and port services that State-owned utility Transnet provides, business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso reiterates that stockpiles have been building up. “The only option is to reduce production, which means there is excess workforce. The logistics crisis is a very serious challenge for the economy, and that is why business and government have pulled together with unprecedented speed to work on solutions.