DA welcomes Transnet/International Container Terminal Services partnership - clarity still needed on deal
18 July 2023
The DA’s principled policy stance, in which we have consistently called for the opening up of the State Owned Enterprises (SOE) sector to private sector investment due to state failure which has severely impacted the economy, has started to bear fruit after Transnet announced that it has entered into a partnership with Philippines-headquartered International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) for a 25-year joint venture to develop and manage Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2.
We welcome this development and call on Transnet to speed up private sector investment in the rest of the port system to improve efficiency and increase South Africa’s competitiveness as a trade destination.
In the interest of public accountability, the DA is calling on Transnet to release the full details of the ICTSI deal. Transnet should:
Give details of others bidders who participated in the joint venture tender process but were not successful;