SADC to produce a regional transportation blueprint
Countries across Southern Africa are pouring billions of dollars into overhauling their railways, hoping to ease the flow of exports and to boost their plan to create a common market, News24.com reports.
While Angola and Mozambique are reviving railways that were destroyed during decades of civil war, South Africa has proposed tripling its rail investment to unblock bottlenecks in its exports of raw materials.
"The expansion of our mining and resource processing industries, which are key exporters in our economies, is going to depend on the growth of rail capacity and improvement in productivity," said public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba, according to News24.com.
For more:
- News24.com: New rail plan for Southern Africa
