State-owned logistics company Transnet has ordered Chinese locomotives company CRRC-E Loco to “cease activities” at its Pretoria Koedoespoort plant, where locomotive manufacturers, contracted as part of a group of companies to assemble locomotives, are based. Mncedisi Ndlovu & Sedumedi (MNS) Attorneys, representing Transnet, last week sent letters to lawyers representing the Chinese electric locomotives manufacturers,..
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Chinese company told to stop building Transnet trains – including notorious R54.5bn procurement contract for 1,064 locomotives
Prasa may lose 13 unused locomotives worth R2.6 billion due to dispute over ownership
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The thirteen locomotives that are not suitable for driving on the South African rail network because the huge machines are too high will now become a dispute over whose property it is. The 13 Afro-4000 locomotives are now in the balance and Prasa will have to fight to make them his property, informed sources said…
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The ANC’s R80 million failure – 13 ‘unused’ Prasa trains, manufactured by the Spanish company under the hammer, because it’s too big for SA rail specifications
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Thirteen locomotives ordered by Prasa from Spanish manufacturer Vossloh Espana will be auctioned to the highest bidder in early September without any of the locomotives being used by Prasa. Already in 2015, the locomotives were found to be too large for South African rail specifications. More than R80 million has been channeled to Maria Gomes,..
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