Thursday 19 March 2015

Otmane El Rhazi : Zuma affirms Transnet’s OEM aspirations, reveals AU support for SA’s rail-champion role

Otmane El Rhazi from Mining Weekly | Ferrous Metals Home.



President Jacob Zuma has described Transnet's first domestic production of electric locomotives in partnership with a Chinese railways group as a “significant step” in the evolution of Transnet Engineering into an original equipment manufacturer. He has also revealed that the African Union Heads of State had taken a decision to nominate South Africa to champion the manufacturing of rolling stock on the continent. Zuma was speaking at a function to mark the delivery of 95 electric locomotives supplied to Transnet Freight Rail in a manufacturing collaboration with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, a joint venture between China South Rail (CSR), which holds a 70% stake, and black economic–empowerment company Matsete Basadi.

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