The article describes the progress that has been made in reforming South Africa's freight rail system, including increasing the involvement of the private sector.
While the Eskom loadshedding story is the most well known and visible of South Africa's infrastructure problems, the collapse/sabotage/looting of the rail system has been just as disastrous – you can't grow the South African economy if you can't get minerals out or move workers around.
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