DA lays out clear demands to resolve the Transnet port and rail crisis
19 November 2023
The evolving Transnet rail and port crisis is threatening to collapse South Africa’s entire export sector, and by extension the national economy. Amidst all the chaos, there is a gaping leadership vacuum from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s National Logistics Crisis Committee, the Minister of Public Enterprises – Pravin Gordhan, Minister of Transport – Sindisiwe Chikunga and Transnet itself.
Despite irrefutable evidence that the rail, port and road bottlenecks have reached crisis levels, none of the aforementioned parties have made a discernable effort to appraise the country on the steps that they are taking to resolve the issue.
Within the next few days, the DA demands a clear multi-agency response to map out the bottlenecks at ports with a view to providing interim measures that will provide relief to the affected parties. The DA is therefore calling for:
- A public address by the National Logistics Crisis Committee on steps being taken by the national government to resolve the ongoing port crisis;