Transport Forum

“Almost three decades of underinvestment in network infrastructure, both in the energy and freight logistics sectors, has resulted in a loss of key capabilities and skills in supplier industries, which has become a constraint to the investment programmes currently being undertaken by State Owned Enterprises (SOE).

This is an area requiring urgent intervention by all stakeholders, if we are to achieve higher and more sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.

The launch of this association is therefore an important step, as it will enable Transnet to work with both local and multinational companies within their supply chain to develop the local companies in areas where there is consensus that development is required.

“It is imperative for the region to ensure that as Eskom and Transnet’s massive capital investment programmes are rolled out, while industrializing the related local input sectors. This is precisely the aim of the Competitive Supplier Development Programme (CSDP).”

Alec Erwin, Previous Minister of Public Enterprises