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AFRICA costs .” Aside from developing modern , sustainable infrastructure the MDS aims to create almost 600,000 new jobs by supporting the growth of local businesses .

This enthusiasm for investment breaks away from the prerogatives of previous management teams , which Pita described as conservative . Most capital investments are planned to be completed in the next five years , which will be across the company ’ s freight and freight rail operations . Perhaps the most important of these is to increase rail capacity growth to meet growth in market demand volumes which will see capacity soar from 79.7 megatonnes to 170.2 megatonnes . Increases in coal , iron ore and manganese exports are planned as global demand for these resources increases , especially from China .

An increase in demand for Transnet ’ s Rail freight operations as demands for larger bulk volumes increases

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