R8.9 billion to restore South Africa’s most important railway line

• Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has committed R8.9 billion in investment to restore reliability and capacity on South Africa’s iron ore rail corridor.
• The 861 km railway line connects the Sishen iron ore mines in the Northern Cape to the Port of Saldanha in the Western Cape, and is considered one of the country’s most vital freight lines.
• The South African government aims to transport 250 million tonnes of freight by rail per annum by the year 2029, with Creecy saying the Sishen-Saldanha investments align with this goal.